In order to revolutionize traditional census, the United Nations Statistics Division is promoting the use of GPS, digital imagery and GIS with census mapping in the new millennium [1]. The pilot research is to find a practicable solution to solve the census mapping problem in line with China’s national conditions. The general idea for the pilot research is as follows: based on high-resolution s...

Termites are the most important soil fauna in the Sahelian zone of Africa, intensely interacting with the soil. Both the biotic and abiotic state of the soil affect the termite population and activity. The construction by termites of nests, gallery systems or sheetings from soil or from a mixture of soil and other material within the soil horizons or on the soil surface affect the physical and ...

model life tables are a key methodological tool for the study of mortality, especially in countries where statistics are incomplete. the tables published by the united nations in 1982 paved the way for considerable progress in this field. now that more complete and reliable data are available, the use and interpretation of these tables can be critically assessed. zhongwei zhao shows here that m...

* The author is Chief of the Human Development Section in the Social Development Issues and Policies Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations Secretariat.

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cambridge University, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 2 Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 3 Department of Public Health, Greater Glasgow National Health Service Board, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 4 Information and Statistics Division, Common Services Agency, Edinburgh, Unite...

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