Inorganic soils of the San THERMO BUILDER TREATMENT Joaquin and Sacramento valleys planted potatoes often crust in early spring.Crust strength and thickness are conditioned by the amount and intensity of rainfall, soil clod stability, and rate of drying of the soil surface.In the past there has not been much information about the extent to which cr
Globally, China is one of the largest producers and exporters of meat, and animal welfare is an emerging focal issue for Chinese society and for ASTRAGALUS ROOT primary producers.We assessed the effectiveness of a “train the trainer” program to increase awareness of animal welfare issues in stakeholders in the livestock industries of Ch
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the global burden of cholera using population-based incidence data and reports.METHODS: Countries with a recent history of cholera were classified as endemic or non-endemic, depending on whether they had reported cholera cases in at least three of the five most recent years.The percentages of the population in each country th
The cost of reproduction hypothesis suggests that current reproduction has inherent tradeoffs with future reproduction.These tradeoffs can be both in the form of energy allocated to current offspring as opposed to somatic maintenance and future reproduction (allocation costs), or as an increase in mortality as a result of morphological or physiolog