Members of the genus Isospora have a single host. Merogony and gametogony take place within the host cells, and sporogony occurs outside the body. The oocysts contain two sporocysts, each containing four sporozoites (Mehlhorn, 1988). Many species of Isospora were described from lacertilian hosts (Finkelman and Paperna, 2002; Daszak et al., 2009). Regarding genus Acanthodactylus, Isospora acanth...

In spite of social media’s lack of structural integrity, accuracy, and reduced noise with respect to other forms of communication, it plays an increasingly vital role in the observation of societal actions before, during, and after significant events. In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy making landfall on the northeastern coasts of the United States demonstrated this role. This work provides a pre...

[1] Hurricane Sandy’s track crossed the New Jersey coastline at an angle closer to perpendicular than any previous hurricane in the historic record, one of the factors contributing to recordsetting peak-water levels in parts of New Jersey and New York. To estimate the occurrence rate of Sandy-like tracks, we use a stochastic model built on historical hurricane data from the entire North Atlanti...

سیستم حمل‌ونقل ریلی از تعامل مجموعه‌ای تجهیزات و عملیات تشکیل‌ شده است که توانایی ظرفیت یک در بار مسافر را تعیین می‌کند. بدین‌منظور، محاسبة پیش‌بینی نحوة تغییرات آن مهم شناخت آن‌ کمک شایانی به ارتقای سطح بهره‌برداری شبکة روش‌های گوناگونی برای وجود دارد با توجه نوع شبکه شیوة استفاده این روش‌ها، می‌توان آنها بهره گرفت. ظرفیت، توانمندی‌های سیستم‌های اطلاعات مکانی می‌شود تحت وب، وضعیت ظرفیتی عملیات...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether religiousness mediates the relationship between sociodemographic factors, multimorbidity and health-related quality of life of older adults. METHODS This population-based cross-sectional study is part of the Survey on Health, Well-Being, and Aging (SABE). The sample was composed by 911 older adults from Sao Paulo, SP, Southeastern Brazil. Structural equation model...