Affem Boussou community forest (AFC) abounds in important biological resources. This study, which contributes to its better management, examines the spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation and ecological structural characteristics propose a zoning plan for said forest. The analysis land use AFC from Google Earth images 2015, 2018, 2021 revealed regressive trend formations: crops fallows (−33.98%)...

Otto Cruz Sui1*, Dervel Felipe Díaz Herrera2, Lucy Montano Tamayo3, Kenia Romero Martínez2, María Teresa Pérez Guevara4 and Eladio Silva Cabrera5 1Biologist, MSc degree in Biochemistry, Health Sciences PhD, Senior Researcher, AIDS Research Laboratory, Cuba 2Biochemistry, MSc degree in Biochemistry, Adjunct Researcher, AIDS Research Laboratory, Cuba 3Chemical Analysis Technician, AIDS Research L...

This paper solves and simulates a stochastic life cycle model of an economy with 401(k) plans. We use the model to establish a benchmark for patterns of contributions and participation and show how these patterns depends on such features as employer matching, vesting policies, and the availability of plan loans. Consistent with empirical studies, the model predicts relatively low participation ...

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Indian forests provide a multitude of services to vast populations. Common human activities including livestock grazing, fuelwood extraction and burning have the potential to impact forest ecosystem structure and function. The effects of these activities on vegetation, ecology and soil properties were investigated in Bandipur National Park (BNP) in southern India. Data were collected from 200 s...

The origins of racial residential segregation in US cities have been a central concern to scholars examining the relationship between race, racism and urban development. Conventional accounts focus on the advent of industrialization, the ‘Great Migration’ of southern blacks to northern cities after the first world war, and white prejudice and racial discrimination in creating racially segregate...

Jean-Claude Dujardin*, Socrates Herrera, Virgilio do Rosario, Jorge Arevalo, Marleen Boelaert, Hernan J. Carrasco, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, Lineth Garcia, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Theresa W. Gyorkos, Alexis M. Kalergis, Gustavo Kouri, Vicente Larraga, Pascal Lutumba, Maria Angeles Macias Garcia, Pablo C. Manrique-Saide, Farrokh Modabber, Alberto Nieto, Gerd Pluschke, Carlos Robello, Antonieta Rojas de ...

Vivian Iida Avelino-Silva, Fabio Eudes Leal, Caio Coelho-Netto, Guilherme Cutait de Castro Cotti, Ricardo A. S. Souza, Rodrigo Lautert Azambuja, Manoel de Souza Rocha, Esper Georges Kallas I Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. II Hospital Sı́rio-Libanês, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. III Faculdade de Medicina da Unive...