Climate change, especially the variability of rainfall patterns, poses a threat to maize production in Ghana. Some farmers harvest rainwater and store it for cope with unpredicted patterns. However, there are only few studies on adoption harvesting production. This study analyses factors that influence farmers' decision A probit regression model is applied empirical analysis, using primary data...

mercury is a dangerous and an extremely toxic element, which can transfer to the food chain.presence of this element in the atmosphere particularly during the rainy seasons cause soil and environmental pollution, therefore this research will evaluate the transformation of mercury vapor from the atmosphere through precipitation into the soil. in the present study, mercury concentrations were det...

Title: Reliability of Multiple Mini-Interviews and traditional interviews within and between institutions: a study of five California medical schools Authors: Anthony Jerant ([email protected]) Mark Henderson ([email protected]) Erin Griffin ([email protected]) Julie Rainwater ([email protected]) Theodore Hall ([email protected]) Carolyn Kelly ([email protected]) Ellena Pete...

The Philippines is in a tropical location where rainwater abundant for the frequent rain year. Rainwater becomes waste flowing down drains causing flood, especially urban areas. This problem initiates local governments some cities to adapt and implement Green programs that require installation utilization of catchment system. Though this program addresses control flood caused by rain, generatio...

The adsorption rate of a guanidine-resistant strain of poliovirus LSc 2ab was measured in Long Island soils with in situ field cores (10.1 by 75 cm). The test virus was chosen because it exhibited soil adsorption and elution characteristics of a number of non-polioviruses. After the inoculation of cores with seeded sewage effluent at a 1-cm/h infiltration rate, cores were extracted, fractionate...

After heavy rains Campylobacter jejuni together with high counts of Escherichia coli, other coliforms and intestinal enterococci were detected from drinking water of a municipal distribution system in eastern Finland in August 2004. Three patients with a positive C. jejuni finding, who had drunk the contaminated water, were identified and interviewed. The pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)...