in many countries, studies to determine the severity of desertification and providing land plans to implement desertification. one of the models is modified medalus or iranian model (imdpa), has been used in present research in order to investigate desertification situation in the tashk region of fars province. in this research, the modified imdpa model used with emphasis on the water, soil and...

widespread use of pharmaceuticals has resulted in mixture concentrations ranging from mg/l in effluent to µg/l concentrations in surface water. in a 2008 study, 13 pharmaceuticals, ranging in amounts from 0.0028 to 0.1757 µg/l, were identified in the tennessee river, usa and its tributaries. in order to address the need for risk assessment of environmentally relevant pharmaceutical mixtures, da...

kumasi, sekondi-takoradi, and accra are the major recipients of agricultural commodities or productions in ghana, primarily due to their population and ready markets. to ensure food security, meet food demands, and mitigate the threats posed by pests and diseases, pesticides are used when cultivating vegetables and fruits in ghana. the present study has been conducted to assess the concentratio...

"The Technological Hazard – A Factor for Modeling the Industrial Cultural Landscape in Ocna Mureș. It is well known that an exploitable resource a potential factor of social attraction and economic development Thus, concretely salt present underground Mureș facilitated its exploitation from first moments discovery construction specific industry with technological evolution at global level findi...

Diabetes has been reported to increase the risk of malignant neoplasms of kidney and bladder, but the studies' results are still inconclusive. Age, sex, and geographical area-specific incidence and relative risks of above neoplasms are also scarce in the literature. We prospectively investigated the age, sex, geographical area-specific incidence and relative risks of kidney and bladder neoplasm...

the purchase of insurance may cause the insureds to increase the costs of insurance companies, compared to their estimation of costs. if after the demand of insurance services, the loss ratio of insurance companies increases because of consumer behavior, moral hazard will be evident. in this paper, after introducing the literature, the presence of moral hazard in iran insurance company is teste...

Abstract Background Relative reduction in breast cancer mortality is the preferred outcome measure for evaluation of mammography screening. However, mean survival time has been advocated as a better and more intuitive risk communication. We have previously introduced method to predict difference from empirical hazard ratios all-cause mortality. In this article, we aim investigate association be...

Data acquired by satellite-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems can be profitably used for the detection and quantification of slow mass movements, provided that the interferometric analysis and data interpretation is guided by field knowledge and comprehension of slope failure/ground deformation mechanisms. The Permanent Scatterers (PS) technique, which overcomes several limitations of...