1. introduction floods are among earth's most common and most destructive natural hazards. floods create geomorphic hazards via changes in sediment transport and channel configuration (e.g. channel width, lateral migration, planform changes, etc). in this context, floodplain zoning and its application in spatial planning is important in non- structural measures in order to reducing flood damage...

Pendant l’adolescence, une bonne alimentation est essentielle pour supporter des taux de croissance plus ClevCs, et, d’autre part, les habitudes didtetiques apprises dans l’enfance et l’adolescence peuvent, dans une certaine mesure, &re conservdes dans la vie d’adulte. L‘adolescence est une pCriode de modifications physiologiques et psychologiques. Un processus de transition vers une plus grand...

for purposes of planning and programming of environmental health activities at the community level, it is important to gather information regarding people's need, demands, and the basic socio demographic data, as well as relevant community resources. it is more likely, that in this way, the people not only will participate and get involved with the programme, but the health activities will be m...

WP rnnrlurted fnraging ob,ervations, food habits studie~, and producer aurveys to determine the foraging behavior and monetary impact of great blue herons Ardca hr.rodia5, great egrets A . alba, and little blue heron5 E m t r a cnurulua loragine at Arkansas haiffish farms. Although great egrets captured most baitfishlminute, captureslstrike were nearlj identical among the three wadine bird snec...

1. introduction natural hazards have existed in all periods of human life, but nowadays due to the exponential growth of human and population density in all aspects of life, especially in high risk areas, human has been faced with major disasters such as the asia tsunami, hurricane katrina and the earthquake in sichuan of china with significant casualties even in developed countries. these haza...

An intravenous injection of a lymphocyte pro-inflammatory factor (LpIF), obtained from rat spleen, restored diminished fluid and cellular responses in carrageenan pleurisy in leucopenic animals. A similar filtrate of bone marrow cells had no restorative properties. Previous results from elsewhere indicated a single pro-inflammatory activity on the fluid component of inflammation. We propose tha...