Abstract The article studies the adaptive mechanism of distribution Acer negundo L. on example habitats in Southwestern forest park based population (age and vitality structure) organismal parameters (morphometric indicators). An assessment invasive potential made it possible to establish similar features introduction ash-leaved maple any its habitats. All fragments cenopopulation were at initi...

The northern KwaZulu-Natal (NKZN) region of South Africa is the southern limit of the African tsetse belt. Entomological information on Glossina brevipalpis and Glossina austeni was generated following the outbreak of trypanosomosis in cattle in 1990. However, these data have not been supported by parallel studies on epidemiology of the disease and therefore there has been no control policy in ...

OBJECTIVES We examined the relationship between adverse reproductive outcomes and exposure to several disinfection by-products including haloacetic acids (HAAs), trihalomethanes (THMs), and the brominated THMs sum (THMBr). METHODS Second- and third-trimester exposure scores were estimated from quarterly town-level average THM and HAA concentration data and were examined relative to mean birth...

Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus would be harmful. Where abnormally high blood glucose level results in some serious complications such as diabetic wounds (1). The main concern with diabetic wounds is poor or delayed healing caused by peripheral arterial disease and peripheral neuropa-thy (2). In diabetic patient damage of blood vessels and impairment of immune system make ulcers difficult t...

OBJECTIVES To report trihalomethane (THM) and haloacetic acid (HAA) concentrations in drinking water, assess variations in these concentrations depending on source and over time, and estimate individual intake during pregnancy. METHODS Water taken from 33 representative points of the water supply network of the 25 municipalities in the study area was analyzed from 2006-2008. Water drinking ha...