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Aug 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-20-3439
Daniel AbomaCorresponding author
Background Pregnancy and parturition are events of considerable significance in the life cycle of women. Though it is supposed that the quality of care during labor, birth, and postpartum period plays a great role for adverse outcomes of birth, various reports claimed that cesarean delivery carries…
May 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3373
Baratali RezapourCorresponding author
One of the key steps in determining how to prevent the viral disease is to identify the virus. The virus lives in different ways and in different environments. It lives in the air, in the sea, on plants, animals and objects and humans. Some people put humans on the path of developing zoonotic diseas…
Apr 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2637-6075.jpae-20-3322
Omozemoje Ayobami AigberuaCorresponding author
Department partment of Environment, Research and Development, Anal Concept Limited, Elelenwo, Rivers State, Nigeria
In spite of the popularity of open-air waste dumping in Nigeria, it remains a relatively less effective waste management option across the globe because of its associated environmental impacts which includes the release of green house gases (GHGs), persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and metal mic…
Jan 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-20-3165
Prem NarainCorresponding author
This commentary questions the presumption of ever‑increasing crop productivity as the singular goal. It weighs diminishing returns and ecological costs against diversification, efficiency, and demand‑side measures. The authors argue for context‑specific targets that prioritize nutrition, resilience,…
Nov 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-19-3065
Carlos Marcelo ScavuzzoCorresponding author
The importance of horticulture around the large cities, called green belt (GB), or proximity food production area is related to its contribution to the provision of food as well as its role on social, cultural and ecological aspects. Geoscience and Remote sensing (GRS) are tools that should aid in g…
Jun 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2766-869X.jfd-19-2718
Eribel Bello-CervantesCorresponding author
We analyze the effects of the ethnomycological knowledge depending on the age range of its users and how far their homes are from the forest areas. As a study model, the traditional mycological knowledge of San Pedro Tlalcuapan SPT, in Central Mexico was used. During 2017, 135 semi-structured interv…
Aug 2018
Alina ParaninaCorresponding author
Journal of Biosemiotic Research is a new periodical devoted to a young, actively developing science. A review of recent scientific publications shows that in the broad scientific space of biosemiotics contemporary questions and "eternal themes" interact, not finding an answer in the private sciences…
May 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-18-2074
Oluwasomidoyin Olukemi BelloCorresponding author
Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of non-fistulous urinary incontinence (UI) among non-parturient women at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study of 500 non-parturient women presenting with non- fistulous gynaecological sym…
Mar 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2637-6075.jpae-18-1937
Muyuan MaCorresponding author
Institute of Wetland Research, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
Hengshui Lake Wetland is the only national wetland and bird nature reserve in the North China Plain. It plays an important role in maintaining the species diversity and ecological balance. In recent years, due to industrial and agricultural production, infrastructure and ecological environment const…
Feb 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2637-6075.jpae-17-1868
Alfred M. SichilimaCorresponding author
An ecological study was conducted on termites located at the new site of Ndola International Airport in Zambia. The aim of this study was: (a) to assess the distribution pattern of different sizes of termite mounds located at the site, (b) to investigate the interior geometrics of termite mounds, (c…
Jul 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2476-1710.jdt-17-1564
Anne Caroline KrefisCorresponding author
The objective of this first part of our study was to investigate associations of road traffic noise, socioeconomic and -demographic risk factors, and health access on depression on borough level. We investigated in a large metropolis associations between prevalence rates of depression per borough (n…
May 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-584
David W. HeyCorresponding author
During the past three decades the prevalence of childhood obesity has steadily increased in the United States. Causes of childhood obesity are complex and include numerous individual and environmental factors. The purpose of this study was to determine parent perceptions on the social-ecological bar…