Ten male Merghoz goats with initial live weights of 29.2 ± 1.2 kg (Mean±SE) were used to investigate the effect of natural changes in photoperiod on dry matter intake (DMI) and reproductive activity during a 365 day study. The bucks were housed in individual pens, under natural daylength condition at west of Iran, Kermanshah (34˚ 18¢N and 47˚ 3¢E and 1420 m above sea level). A diet was offered ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Transmission of dengue virus depends on the presence of Aedes mosquito. Mosquito generation and development is known to be influenced by the climate. This study was carried out to examine whether the climatic factors data can be used to predict yearly dengue cases of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. METHODS Monthly reported dengue cases and climate data for the years 2000-2008 ...

3). This amount was equal to a little more than 89 percent of the total increase in monthly old-age and survivors insurance benefits paid to these cases. The average reduction in the old-age assistance payment was $4.44; the average increase in the old-age and survivors insurance benefit was $4.98. For aid to dependent children, the total reduction of $197,000 in monthly assistance payments equ...

Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX 78713, United States Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, United States Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical, Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Ch...

The purpose of this study was to investigate seasonal variations in population monthly hemoglobin A(1c) (A1c) values over 2 years (from October 1998 to September 2000) among US diabetic veterans. The study cohort included 285,705 veterans with 856,181 A1c tests. The authors calculated the monthly average A1c values for the overall population and for subpopulations defined by age, sex, race, ins...

In order to assess the impact of natural and anthropogenic stresses on forest ecosystems, it is necessary to interpolate air temperature and tropospheric ozone (O3) exposure values at high spatial resolution over complex terrain. The proposed interpolation approach was selected because of its ability to (1) account for the effect of elevation on temperature and their effects on tropospheric ozo...