The article is devoted to the problems of water resources in Belarusian Polesie. Surface analysis was carried out for different types runoffs. There a significant decrease maximum spring runoff and average annual runoff. A statistically increase minimum winter observed rivers Pripyat River basin. For summer–autumn runoff, there no unambiguous trend change. Quality natural waters included invest...

The most urgent task is to develop a methodology for the economic substantiation of calculating environmental insurance rates. solution this problem will make it possible that compensate financial component damage. mechanism guarantees implementation measures, optimizes risks, and promotes investment in procedures help prevent accidents. method risks without taking into account influence intere...

There is a growing awareness and concern in contemporary societies about potential health impacts of environmental contaminants on children. Mothers are traditionally more involved than other family members in managing family health and household decisions and thus targeted by public health campaigns to minimise risks. However little is known about how new mothers perceive and experience enviro...

We present general formulae for several common situations in the genetic counseling of heterogeneous disorders. The occurrence or not of parental consanguinity is taken into account, since it distorts significantly the prior probabilities favoring the different mechanisms. Nonsyndromic deafness is used as a numerical application, since it can be produced by any type of monogenic inheritance and...

Communicating the rationale for allocating resources to manage policy priorities and their risks is challenging. Here, we demonstrate that environmental risks have diverse attributes and locales in their effects that may drive disproportionate responses among citizens. When 2,065 survey participants deployed summary information and their own understanding to assess 12 policy-level environmental...