BACKGROUND Kiribati is an atoll country of 103,058 (2010 Census) situated in the central Pacific. Previous mortality estimates have been derived from demographic analyses of census data. This is the first mortality analysis based on reported deaths. METHODS Recorded deaths were from the Ministry of Health and the Civil Registration Office for 2000-2009; populations were from the 2000, 2005, a...

CORINE Land Cover is one of the most relevant Use (LUC) databases in Europe because its degree detail and long time series. Although some studies have assessed uncertainty inconsistencies database for specific years periods, no work has been found that analyses all available series (1990–2018). In this study, we analyse a Spanish region (Asturias). To end, compare status layers (CLC) changes (C...

BACKGROUND Estonian and Russian ethnic groups in Estonia differ from one another in several aspects, such as historic and socio-economic background, language and culture. The aim of the current study was to examine ethnic differences in cancer incidence in Estonia, and to compare the situation before and after the profound political and economical changes in the early 1990s. METHODS Two cross...

predicting the hydraulic behavior of the river and flood zone determination to reduce probable damages, are among measures which in recent years has been the attention of many researchers. mazandaran province, especially the city of neka, each year is affected by the floods with different return periods; therefore, land use changes and the role of these changes were evaluated in flood zones. in...

The consequences of climate change have challenged researchers to generate models and projections understand behavior under different scenarios. In Costa Rica, as in other countries, climate-change (CC) are essential make decisions about the management natural resources, mainly water. To change’s impact on hydraulic parameters such velocity, depth, river surface area, we studied Pejibaye basin,...

Shifting cultivation has a long history that predates the development of agriculture as whole. Locally known jhum farming in Northeast India, this system's farmers are referred to jhummias. The strategy is based on crop planting during wet season and cutting burning vegetation dry season. After growing crops for two three years, land left fallow number years before being further cultivated. loc...

Implementation of the Grain for Green program (GGP) intensifies land use/cover change (LUCC) in loess hilly-gully region. Clarifying response LUCC to GGP and its driving forces are basic premises implement more effectively alleviating soil erosion this This study analyzed spatio-temporal characteristics conversion cultivated forest grassland two periods 2000–2010 2010–2018. The transition matri...

We analyze EU Regional Policy during four programming periods: 1989-1993, 1994-1999, 2000-2006, 2007-2013. When looking at all periods, we focus on the growth, employment and investment effects of Objective 1 treatment status. For the two later periods, we additionally look at the effects of the volume of EU transfers, overall and in sub-categories, on various outcomes. We also analyze whether ...