introduction: the greatest part of constructed dams belongs to embankment dams and there are many examples of their failures throughout history. about one-third of the world’s dam failures have been caused by flood overtopping, which indicates that flood overtopping is an important factor affecting reservoir projects’ safety. moreover, because of a poor understanding of the randomness of floods...

Since the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011, Iitate Village has continued to be classified as a deliberate evacuation area, in which residents are estimated to receive an annual additional effective radiation dose of >20 mSv. Some companies still operate in Iitate Village, with a special permit from the Cabinet Office Team in Charge of Assisting the Lives of Disaster Victims. In this...

Hovey Lake and Ries-Hasting are late prehistoric Caborn-Welborn phase archaeological sites located in southwestern Indiana, along the Ohio River. Hovey Lake is a large village, and RiesHasting is a small hamlet. Both have been investigated with surface survey and small-scale excavations by researchers from Indiana University and other institutions. To understand Caborn-Welborn tool use and prod...

This study captured evidence of the changes to Qinkou village during the period of its development as an example of eco-tourism in Yunnan province, Southwest China; a process which began in 2001. By examining the original project brief and the resulting changes to the village in 2001, 2006 and 2013 respectively, the paper explores how tradition and culture were deployed with regard to the built...

This study aims to find out the shape of backwardness inland Villages in Luyo Sub-district Polewali Mandar District and GoVernment Participation existing development Kecamatan Regency. type research is qualitative. Research Sites District. Determination or retrieval informant/respondent this by purposive sampling, as many 7 people with a background goVernment apparatus society. Data collection ...

BACKGROUND In India, while the total fertility rate has been declined from 3.39 in 1992-93 to 2.68 in 2005-06, the prevalence of unintended pregnancy is still stagnant over the same period. A review of existing literature shows that within the country, there are variations in fertility preferences between different regions. Also there is a strong argument that the availability of a health facil...

Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth? We explore the relationship between the level of village inequality in 1986, and the subsequent growth of household incomes from 1986 to 1999. Using a detailed householdlevel data set from rural China, we find robust evidence that initial inequality is negatively related to subsequent household income growth. We are abl...

Abstract Zoo-holoplankton dynamic between the sites are useful to knowledge with regard characteristic of areas and in relative community structure zoo-holoplankton.The research conducted surrounding waters Kamal village, western part Seram Island, Maluku Province. organisms collected from six-fixed Research stations consisted different characteristics, namely 1 2 Fish Aggregation Device placem...

We have investigated whether or not drinking water plays a major role in the cause of infectious diseases, especially gastrointestinal infectious diseases, in North East Thailand. This investigation was conducted twice, each time for three months period, that is from September 1983 through December 1983 and from November 1984 through January 1985. Since it was not easy to obtain suitable diagon...

The purpose ofthe studywas to determinethe influence ofbreeding siteon thedensity oflarvalAnophelesbreedinginthe VillageNgreco District ofTegalomboPacitan Indonesia. The study wasobservationalwithcross sectionalapproachconductedinfoursubdistrictHamletVillageNgrecoTegalomboPacitanin May-June 2014. The population and the sample contained 15 breeding sites of Anopheles larvae were found in four ha...