Desertification leads to decrease in the ecosystem C pool and attendant reduction in Soil Organic Carbon (SOC). Reclamation of sandy land in arid and semi-arid has a high potential to increase carbon sequestration and improving soil quality. Our objective as to examine the changes in the soil carbon sequestration and soil properties of two soil layers (0–20 and 20-50 cm) under two types of recl...

Temperate inland salt marshes, formerly used as meadows or pastures, are priority habitats in Europe and threatened by intensifying anthropogenic activites. They particularly important because of their biogeographical location on the North German Plain, which is westernmost hotspot continental halophytic vegetation Eurasia. In spite remarkably long history floristic research, there disproportio...

The wide range of data bases that can be used for Medicaid analyses and research are reviewed in this article. The Health Care Financing Administration, State Medicaid agencies, and other groups have developed useful data bases and made them available to the public. Efforts could be made to obtain better quality national data, including annual reports on State participation, expenditures and pr...

Prevalence of Fasciola hepatica L. infection among cattle slaughtered in the Lublin province in the years 2005-2008 was evaluated. The study draws its data from annual reports of the Veterinary Inspectorate in Lublin. The results of the study are as follows: the prevalence of Fasciola hepatica infection in the cattle of the Lublin province between 2005 and 2008 amounts to 21.24%.