Ongoing climate change processes and increasing environmental pressure suggest the need to adjust wine production systems worldwide new conditions while reducing their pressure. The grapes’ cultivation phase may be influenced by expected changes. It follows that existing grape should analyzed identify major ‘hotspots’ opportunities for change. Several studies have materials, energy inputs, rela...

During last two decades in India, the productivity and efficiency of horticultural production have received particular attention and key concept has been to accelerate plant growth to achieve maximum production. Protected cultivation makes it possible to obtain increased crop productivity maintaining a favourable environment for the plants. Therefore, production in greenhouses has become more p...

A methodology to generate spatially continuous fields of tree heights with an optimized Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitations (ASRL) model is reported in this first of a multi-part series of articles. Model optimization is performed with the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) waveform data. This methodology is demonstrated by mapping tree heights over forested lands in the continent...

The "Passivhaus" standard has become a set of rules and suggestions that allow any architect or engineer to design a house with very low or zero energy consumption. The simple application of the "Passivhaus" building code does not necessarily mean that the expected comfort conditions will be achieved, since the rules were first developed in colder climates, which are very different from the Med...

Broiler Performance Efciency Factor (BPEF) isa smart and comprehensive indicator to assessthe performance of broilers. Batch wise datawere recorded from commercial broiler farmslocated in the hot and cold climatic zones inindustrial broiler production areas and analyzedfor its mean BPEF performance. The mean oorspace allowance, stocking density recorded in ...

BACKGROUND Climate and environment vary across many spatio-temporal scales, including the concept of climate change, which impact on ecosystems, vector-borne diseases and public health worldwide. OBJECTIVES To develop a conceptual approach by mapping climatic and environmental conditions from space and studying their linkages with Rift Valley Fever (RVF) epidemics in Senegal. DESIGN Ponds i...

The Earth is only partially habitable according to the standard liquid-water definition. We reconsider planetary habitability in the framework of energybalance models, the simplest seasonal models in physical climatology, to assess the spatial and temporal habitability of Earth-like planets. In order to quantify the degree of climatic habitability of our models, we define several metrics of fra...

The fauna of Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of Israel has been analyzed after examining 128 new specimens from 35 localities, reinterpreting all published data including 103 records, and relating occurrence of species with major climatic parameters. A key to identification has been compiled. A total of 17 species are distinguished, of which three are reported from Israel for the first time, while fiv...

BACKGROUND Owing to the emergence of some challenges in the demographic structure of many countries and possible decrease in young human workforce in the future decades, the reduction in the fertility rate has become a major public concern. This study aimed to investigate the effects of climatic factors on fertility. AIM In this correlational study conducted during 2005-2009, the relationship...

Water in the XXI century has become the primary factor for sustainable development, eradication of poverty and reversal of ecosystem degradation. Increasing water demand for agriculture and urbanisation, combined with pollution, eutrophication and amplification of the stochastic character of climatic processes, increases water limitations for ecosystems and societies. The transdisciplinary scie...