Southwest Watershed Research Center Data Access Project

Biochemical Profile at Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center, Southwest Ethiopia

BACKGROUND The biochemical reference ranges currently used in developing countries are derived from data collected from populations living in developed countries. However, it is a fact that there is considerable variation in biochemical reference intervals by several variables. Moreover, reference ranges provided by different laboratory manuals and books do not also solve this problem. Biochemi...

Hematoimmunological Profile at Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center, Southwest Ethiopia

BACKGROUND Health and disease can only be distinguished by accurate and reliable reference values of a particular laboratory test. In interpreting laboratory test results, usually the reported values are compared with established reference values from developed countries. Now it is a fact that there is considerable variation in hematology reference intervals by several variables. However, such ...

Development of a National Mega Research Project on the Integrated Watershed Management for Iran

The Mid-Atlantic Watershed Atlas (MAWA): Open access data search & watershed-based community building

The Mid-Atlantic region in the United States (US) is composed of a diverse range of gradients across its natural and human systems. These gradients encompass heavily urbanized population centers, agriculture dominated valleys, reforested headwaters, and some of the most important estuaries in North America. The Mid-Atlantic Watershed Atlas (MAWA) portal has been developed to encourage public ac...

Simplifying Data Access: The Energy Data Collection Project

February 2001 47 I n a democratic society, the government has a mandate to make most information it collects available to the public. Responding to demands for data by statisticians, policymakers, researchers, businesses, investors, educators, and others, federal and state agencies are providing access to a vast amount of statistical data in electronic form. Making this information accessible a...