Tornado occurrence rates computed from the available reports are biased low relative to unknown true rates. To correct for this bias, authors demonstrate a method estimate annual probability of being struck by tornado that uses average report density estimated as function distance nearest city/town center. The is demonstrated on Kansas and then applied 15 other tornado-prone states Nebraska Ten...

CODE OF ORDINANCES TOWN OF DAVIDSON, NORTH CAROLINA ________ Published by Order of the Board of Commissioners ________ Adopted February 13, 2001 Effective February 13, 2001 ________ Published by Municipal Code Corporation Tallahassee, Florida 2000 OFFICIALS of the TOWN OF DAVIDSON, NORTH CAROLINA AT THE TIME OF THIS CODIFICATION ________ Randall R. Kincaid Mayor ________ Garfield Carr Bruce McM...

Little is known about the relationship between town size and physical activity levels. A representative population sample survey was used to identify activity and environmental barrier differences between residents in diverse town sizes (n=7916). Binary logistic regression analysis identified residents in large cities (>100,000 people) were 15% less likely to be sedentary for overall activity c...

With the development of urbanization, the construction of town informationization is becoming more and more urgent and important in China. At present, the consciousness of town informationization is not deep; the information application is not of large scale; information-based talents are not enough and the information industry is of low level. Besides, lots of towns don’t know what to do and h...

2015 Vol 7 No 1 South Afr J Gynaecol Oncol Elhassan MMA,1 FCRadOnc, MMedRadOnc, Radiation Oncologist Wu H-T,2 FCPathAnat, MMed, Senior Consultant Van Wijk AL,3 FFRAD(T), Senior Consultant Radiation Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira, Wad Madani, Sudan Department of Anatomical Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town National Health Laboratory Service, Groo...

Child immunization stands out amongst the best intelligent divulgences at any point. It shields adolescents from becoming sick and dead appalling diseases, diminishing pain of various guardians. In this study, a quantitative cross-sectional study design is used. The self-administered questionnaire used to measure knowledge perception mothers regarding child immunization. data was analyzed using...

1​ Gene Expression & Biophysics Group, CSIR Synthetic Biology ERA, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. 2​ Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine (IDM), Division of Chemical Systems & Synthetic Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa. 3​ KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for TB-HIV (K-RITH), Durban, 4001, South Africa. 4​ University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 404...

1 Sonke Gender Justice, Cape Town, South Africa, 2 School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 3 School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 4 Vaccine Evaluation Centre, Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, 5 Médecins Sans Frontières, Khayelitsha, Cape To...

1t d reid, 2H Ipp, 3L Becker, 1R H Glashoff. 1Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; 2Division of Haematology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University & NHLS, Cape Town, South Africa; 3Desmond Tutu Foundation for HIV Research, University of...

We analyzed the expansion process of town centers in the rural area of Changjiang delta since middle of 1980s and its mechanism using satellite images. The local industries played the most important role in urbanization of rural areas through investing their profits and paying their taxes to the town finance. Therefore, expansion of the town center was regulated by the growth of local industrie...