The magnitude of crustal extension across the northern Basin and Range province is a matter of longstanding controversy; estimates range from 10 to 3009~,. Recently published estimates of extension across the southern Basin and Range province (36°N) are in the range of 80-100%. Thus, the larger values suggested for the northern part of the province (40°N) seem to require substantial countercloc...

The numbers and species of helminths recovered from one black wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou, three eland, Taurotragus oryx, 18 mountain reedbuck, Redunca fulvorufula, one red hartebeest, AIcelaphus buselaphus and two springbok, Antidorcas marsupialis, in the Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape Province; two black wildebeest, two grey rhebuck, Pelea capreolus, two mountain reedbuck and fo...

Spatial distribution rules and risk factors for syphilis were studied in Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China during 2005 and 2009. Trend surface analysis, spatial autocorrelation analysis and spatio-temporal clustering were applied with the incidence rates of the various counties in the province to determine spatial distribution rules and risk factors. Syphilis was found to be most sev...

Author details Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, QingDao University, QingDao 266003, R. P. China. Pathology, the Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, QingDao University, QingDao, Shan Dong Province 266003, P. R. China. Molecular Biology, the Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, QingDao University, QingDao, Shan Dong Province 266003, P. R. China. Hepatobiliary surgery, T...

To develop into big coastal economic province, Hebei Province requires the support of the coastal cities, one of the biggest coastal cities in Hebei Province, playing an important role. In this paper, the authors mainly use the SWOT method to analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that Tangshan City mainly faces today. It is very essential to develop effective measures to brin...

From December 1998 to April 2000, a longitudinal study was conducted of the pooled trematode faecal egg counts of samples collected from goats of resource-poor farmers at Rust de Winter, Gauteng Province, Impendle, KwaZulu-Natal Province, and Kraaipan, North-West Province, South Africa. The amphistome faecal egg counts followed a seasonal pattem, with an increase in the counts during the warmer...

Introduction The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is located on the east coast of Canada. The province, which has both an island and mainland portions with a total area of 505 066 square kilometres, has a population of approximately 550 000 people. With about 60% of the population living within a 150-kilometre radius of the capital region, the remainder of the province is sparsely populate...

: this study classify the regions and districts according to the access of male and female students to educational opportunities in sistan and baloochestan. the necessary information was collected in terms of regions, districts, and sex by referring to the iranian statistics of census and population in 1375. we used gini coefficient and lorenz curve to rank the regions and measure the access to...

Driven by fiscal pressures in the 1990s, Canada’s provincial Medicare systems cut inpatient care, expanded community services, and consolidated hospitals under regional authorities in nine of ten provinces. Public confidence has been badly shaken by the transition. No province has successfully integrated services across the continuum of care. Home care and prescription drug coverage vary from p...

Background Special Autonomy policy grants greater authority for Papua government to manage, organise and finance the province in improving social economic development. Papua province received Special Autonomy status along with other provinces; West Papua and Aceh. As part of that policy, Papua receives special funding from the central government called Special Autonomous Fund (Dana OTSUS). OTSU...