The occurrence of a large number of fossil woods having resemblance in anatomical features with the modern palm genus, Phoenix L in Deccan Intertrappean fossil flora of Maastrichtian-Danian age (i. e. Late Cretaceous and Earliest Tertiary (65-67 my)) indicates the most primitive record of date palm. Present discovery of biocompounds from fossil wood of Phoenix collected from Deccan Intertrappea...

the comparative exemption of the natives of the Indian peninsula from scrofula, tuberculosis, and phthisis. This freedom was attributed to the nature of the food consumed, the open-air life of the masses of the people, warm temperature, the infrequency of measles, mumps, whooping-cough, scarlatina, etc., and last, though not least, to the remarkable absence of the scrofulous diathesis. On conti...

the larsemann hills range is an ice-free oasis on the ingrid christensen coast of princess elizabeth land, east antarctica, which includes bharti island, fisher island, mcleod island, broknes peninsula, stornes peninsula, and several other islands, promontories, and nunataks. the larsemann hills is an ice-free area of approximately 50 km2, located halfway between the vestfold hills and the amer...

conclusions we hope that turkey will be one of the brucellosis-free countries in near future with highlights from the current and further studies. materials and methods seroprevalence of brucellosis was examined in sera of 2913 patients who referred to igdır state hospital between february and december of the year 2010 by standard tube agglutination test method. results results were statistical...

The temporal and spatial structures of the atmospheric circulation associated with the climatology and interannual variations of the summer monsoon onset over the Indochina Peninsula were studied using the observed daily rainfall at 30 stations and the NCEP–NCAR reanalysis from 1951 to 1996. The climatological monsoon onset over Indochina is on 9 May, with a standard deviation of 12 days. The m...

The Skokomish salmon processing plant was built to provide a more efficient system for handling fish from the Indian commercial fishery on the Skokomish River. It is located on the Olympic Peninsula near the mouth of the Skokomish River about 45 miles southwest of Seattle, Washington (Figure 1). processing plant was designed in 1971, constructed in 1972, and has been in operation since December...

There are approximately 360 species and subspecies in the succulent plant genus Aloe, distributed in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and certain islands of the Indian Ocean. In East Africa, as defined for this review there are nearly 200 taxa, many of which are naturally rare and confined to specific habitats. The sap of certain Aloes has medicinal or cosmetic applications and has been traded int...

A brief analysis on the distribution range of some of the species dominating in the arid and extra arid regions of North Africa and Arabian Peninsula is presented. These species are belonging to three phytogeographical categories namely: Saharo-Sindian, Sudano-Deccanian and Tropical African-Indian elements. Species included for this study are either disjunct or they have a wider distribution, s...