Midterm congressional elections provide an interesting testing ground for theories of voting and elections in America. Free from the contamination of national personalities and stylized issues that epitomize presidential campaigns, midterm elections provide a cleaner issue environment for investigating the effects of systematic short-term forces on congressional elections. The seemingly inevita...

Mrtasanjivani sura was prepared according to the formulary in an earthen pot and in a glass vessel. The drug fermented in glass vessel was distilled using glass joint distillation apparatus and that fermented in earthen pot was distilled by baka yantra method. The alcohol content in the finished medicine in the glass distilled and baka yantra methods were 3.44% and 4.70% respectively. The medic...

Abstract These days, aquatic (fish) welfare is a major issue and significant component that affects fish output. Although numerous factors can be involved, climate-induced floods are one of the most critical limiting in aquaculture fisheries industry’s development. Understanding extent losses damages caused by at farm level will thereby exacerbate pre-emptive policy responses. Thus, impact on p...

The worth and important Iranian tradition is still unknown in most of the World and there is much humanity life style and building teqniques, according to its natural sources such as Earthen Architecture in different parts of Iran such as Yazd City, as “The World First Adobe”. Having a highly developed technology make these vernacular buildings still alive, by using an incredible use of natural...

The following study examined the persistence of 17α-methyltestosterone (MT) in the environment after its use for masculinizing Nile tilapia in nursery ponds located in the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Mexico. Fry harvested from spawning ponds were treated with a masculinizing dose of MT (60 mg kg-1) for four weeks. Concentrations of MT were determined by radioimmunoassay. MT was not ...

This paper analyzes the use of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery to support levee condition assessment by detecting potential slide areas in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Levees are prone to a failure in the form of internal erosion within the earthen structure and landslides (also called slough or slump slides). If not repaired, slough slides may lead to levee failures. In thi...

Semi-intensive shrimp production in Honduras is based upon use of formulated diets to supply nutrients for shrimp growth. Unconsumed feed contributes nutrients to pond water, which when discharged may deteriorate water quality in receiving waters. This experiment focused on the development of nutrient budgets (nitrogen and phosphorus) in semi-intensively managed shrimp ponds receiving a low or ...

Following disparity of earlier results, this study tested the performance of African catfish Clarias gariepinus fed dried brewer's yeast slurry meal (DBYM) based diets. Fingerlings of C. gariepinus with pooled mean initial weight of 1.58 ± 0.01 g were stocked in hapas (1 m × 1 m × 1 m) immersed in an earthen pond at a density of 15 fish per cage. Five diets with increasing substitution of soybe...

For conservation and successful stock enhancement of endangered species, an understanding of the movement patterns and behavior of the target species is indispensable. The Mekong giant catfish, Pangasianodon gigas, is endemic to the Mekong Basin and now is threatened with extinction. Although biotelemetry using acoustic transmitters and receivers is expected to reveal its movement patterns and ...