In geological remote sensing approaches for estimating evapotranspiration, METRIC method is among the most modern and precise that many positive experiments have been reported regarding its applicability. this study, value of actual evapotranspiration (ET) occurred in Marvdasht farmlands, Fars province, Iran, was calculated instantaneously (hourly) daily (24 hours), at 24 April 2017 using Lansa...

We analyzed the expansion process of town centers in the rural area of Changjiang delta since middle of 1980s and its mechanism using satellite images. The local industries played the most important role in urbanization of rural areas through investing their profits and paying their taxes to the town finance. Therefore, expansion of the town center was regulated by the growth of local industrie...

In this paper, we ask “Can proximity to towns reduces poverty in rural areas?” For this study we have mapped all the villages in Orissa. The study is based on small area poverty estimation methodology as well as the secondary data covering 47,395 villages and 109 towns. Our main findings are (i) there is a relationship between the distance to nearest town and rural poverty and (ii) poverty leve...

Drought induced stress is one of the most significant environmental challenges. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of drought stress on crop yield and antioxidant systems during the vegetative period of wheat. The study was carried out in a greenhouse using factorial experiment based on complete randomized block design (RCBD) in three replications in Razi University in Iran from 20...

BACKGROUND After 4 years a coronary heart disease risk factor intervention programme produced equally large and significantly reduced risk profiles in two intervention towns compared with a control town. Intervention effects through community participation were assessed after cessation of the active intervention programme. The impact of secular trends was assessed in the control town and in two...

life cycle study of a product is an accepted method for determining the side effects of its production process on environment during its complete life cycle. in this research, the impacts of global warming, acidification, terrestrial eutrophication and fossil resources depletion per unit yield of wheat (ton) on environment were investigated using life cycle assessment method in marvdasht region...

1Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 2Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 3Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand 4Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, ...

Imagine a town where wealthy residents live in strong, well-built homes in the center of town, and poorer residents live in rather shabby shacks around the edge of the town. Every few nights, without warning, some sort of monster or group of terrorists from the surrounding countryside carries off one of the residents from the homes around the edge of town. The hapless resident is never heard fr...

1 Genital Mucosal HIV and STI Research Group, Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Medical Virology Laboratory, Cape Town, South Africa, 2 Genital Mucosal HIV and STI Research Group, Department of Pathology, Division of Medical Virology, NRF-DST CAPRISA CENTRE OF EXCELENCE, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 3...

Grant Theron, Anil Pooran, Jonny Peter, Richard van Zyl-Smit, Hridesh Kumar Mishra, Richard Meldau, Greg Calligaro, Brian Allwood, Surendra Kumar Sharma, Rod Dawson, Keertan Dheda 3* Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology & UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Scien...