Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for Native Americans. For several decades, the American population has fallen victim to poor nutritional habits, where healthy, natural foods have been replaced with unwholesome foods prepared with too much sugar, saturated fat and artificial additives. American Indian and Alaska Native populations have fared no better. Being forced onto rese...

Running across Enron Field during the Owls' baseball game on Friday seemed like a ha rmless prank to Jose De La Pena. But it laiided the Baker College senior in jail for the night, and he may face fines of up to $2,500. At the game, a group of about 25 Baker students, including De \ x Pena, along with Baker Master Mickey Quinones were sitting on the third base line. Quinones had purchased ticke...

Environmental pollution, such as air, water, and soil has become the most serious issue. Soil pollution is a major concern it generally affects lands makes them non-fertile. The main cause of agro-waste. It may be possible to mitigate agro-waste by re-utilizing this agro-waste, namely natural fibres (NFs), blending into polymer-based material reinforce polymer composite. However, there are pros...

Reclamation of Arid LandsIt is our pleasure to inform you that Springer International Publisher (2017) has published a book entitled "Reclamation of Arid Lands" in English.This book is the result of joint collaboration between the University of Tehran, University of Kashan and Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, whose authors are as follows:Mohammad Jafari: Professor, Faculty of Natur...

Since the start of the second Palestinian uprising (Al-Aqsa Intifada), and due to the Israeli activities, curfews, closures, and military checkpoints imposed since 2000, the quality of social services rendered by Nablus city has been gradually deteriorating. Solid waste management in Nablus city was badly affected by these conditions, and this situation is negatively affecting health and damagi...

The goal of sustainable management of municipal solid waste (MSW), integrated planning required by financial support to control the situation. Life cycle assessment, categorisation, recycling of wastes and proper landfilling are required.