background: the distribution and ecological preferences of ticks of domestic animals in north of iran were studied four times a year from 2002 to 2005. methods: a total of 1720 tick specimens were collected from cattle, sheep and goats from different localities of caspian sea areas consisting of guilan, mazandaran, golestan and ardebil provinces, iran. results: fourteen tick species were identi...

investigation of drought event has a great importance in the natural resources management and planning water resources management. in this research, the effect of the climate change on drought characteristics in northwest of iran was investigated using the hadcm3 model under a2 scenario. the statistical downscaling was executed using sdsm 4.2.9 and observed daily precipitation, observed predict...

Four new species of Astenus (Eurysunius) Dejean (Staphylinidae: Paederinae) are described from Western Anatolia, Turkey, and illustrated: Astenus gusarovi sp. n. (Çökelez Mountain, Denizli province), A. orgeli sp. n. (İmambaba Tepesi, Aydın province and Bozdağlar, İzmir province), A. kumlutasi sp. n. (Akdağlar, Kütahya province and Murat Mountain, Uşak province) and A. honazicus sp. n. (Honaz M...

In the context of China’s trial fallow policy; the heavy metal pollution of farmland is addressed via field surveys in Hunan Province, where the fallow policy has been implemented, and in Jiangxi Province, where it has not been implemented. We measured and analyzed willingness to accept (WTA) using the contingent valuation method (CVM). The conclusions of this study are as follows: (1) Farmer a...

A species of the genus Cyclocosmia Ausserer, 1871 collected from Guizhou Province, China is diagnosed and described as new to science: Cyclocosmia liui Xu, Xu & Li, sp. n. (♀). New records of Cyclocosmia latusicosta Zhu, Zhang & Zhang, 2006 (♀) from China (Yunnan Province) and Vietnam (Vinh Phuc Province, Ninh Binh Province), and Cyclocosmia ricketti (Pocock, 1901) collected from Jiangxi Provin...

Foundation item: Supported by Zhejiang Innovation Program for Graduates, China(No.YK2010015) 1Eye Center, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital; Eye Institute of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310014, Zhejiang Province, China Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang Province, China Correspondence to: Miao-Qin Wu. Eye Center, Zhejian...

1 Department of Orthopedics, Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China 2 Basic Department, Air Force Aviation University of Chinese PLA, Changchun, Jilin Province, China 3 Department of Engineering Mechanics, Nanling Campus, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China 4 Department of Pain, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the economic impact of a 100% smoke-free law on bars and restaurants in an Argentinean province. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a time series analysis of restaurant and bar revenues in the province of Santa Fe 31 months before and 29 months after the implementation of the 100% smoke-free environment law. The neighboring province of Entre Rios without smoking restricti...