Biology, Control and Invasive Potential of Giant Reed (Arundo donax L.) in Florida by Patrick Minogue, Seth Wright

“…This species was introduced to Florida over 100 years ago and is currently naturalized in at least 26 of the 67 Florida counties. So far, giant reed has not proved problematic in Florida, but recent permitting of its planting for bioenergy feed stock may increase the risk that it could naturalize into plant communities in Florida and other southeastern states and potentially cause economic losses as well as harm to native species and habitats. …”
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Molecular Identification of Fasciola Isolated from the Liver of Meat Animals in Fars Province, Iran by Aminallah Saadatnia, Kavous Solhjoo, Mohamad Hasan Davami, Saber Raeghi, Ahmad Abolghazi

“…Sixty Fasciola spp. samples were collected from infected slaughtered animals in three counties of Fars province, Iran (Jahrom, Nourabad Mamasani, and Kazeroun).Genomic DNA was extracted by the conventional phenol-chloroform method. …”
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Recycling Edwardian Geology Excursions for Five Modern Cyclists’ Geotrails in England by Thomas Hose

“…At that time the London-based Geologists’ Association was well placed to employ the railway network to transport its members to and from excursion areas; locations immediately north of London (especially in the counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire) were particularly favored due to their regular trains. …”
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Study on Hydrological Drought Forecasting Based on SWAT Model and ESP Thought by SUN Long, LI Meng

“…Based on measured data such as 40-year long series of hydrological and meteorological data from 1970 to 2009,and the distributed hydrological model SWAT with strong mechanism and integrated forecasting ESP thought,this paper builds a set of drought forecasting system,optimizes the parameters of SWAT model by data from 1970 to 2009,predicts the future long-term (April to October,2010) hydrological drought in the middle and lower reaches of Ganjiang,and calculates and predicts the probability of occurrence of hydrological drought from early April 2010 to late October 2010 in a ten-day basis with ten-day runoff depth anomaly percentage as the early warning indicator for judging the hydrological drought in various districts and counties.The results show that,hydrologic drought is more likely in the middle of May,middle of June to late July,middle of August,early September and middle of October to late October, among which a wide range of hydrological drought is likely to happen in early to middle of July and middle to late October.The predicting results can provide scientific guidance for drought resistance and disaster reduction.…”
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Geospatial and econometric approaches or older driver safety: Analysis of crash injury severity of regional highways. by Daiquan Xiao, Dajie Zuo, Xuecai Xu, Quan Yuan

“…To reach the goal, a spatial analysis was proposed employing geographic information systems (GIS) with a case study application to two counties in Nevada. First, crash clusters were explored using Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (DBSCAN) approach to investigate the spatial crash pattern for older drivers, and determine high risk locations of injury severity. …”
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Biology, Control and Invasive Potential of Giant Reed (Arundo donax L.) in Florida by Patrick Minogue, Seth Wright

“…This species was introduced to Florida over 100 years ago and is currently naturalized in at least 26 of the 67 Florida counties. So far, giant reed has not proved problematic in Florida, but recent permitting of its planting for bioenergy feed stock may increase the risk that it could naturalize into plant communities in Florida and other southeastern states and potentially cause economic losses as well as harm to native species and habitats. …”
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High-Quality Economic Development in Huaihe Economic Zone Level Measurement and Evaluation by Xin Sun, Shu Fang, Su Zhang

“…Use the entropy method to comprehensively measure the urban competitiveness level of 25 counties and cities in the economic zone, clarify the differences in their high-quality development levels, and use spatial econometric analysis methods to study the spatial agglomeration and dispersion and spatial convergence of regional urban competitiveness. …”
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Health Performance Evaluation of Rural Drinking Water Safety Project Based on Time-varying DID Method by GUO Xiaohong, LI Changyan

“…As an important project of poverty alleviation,the “Rural Drinking Water Safety Project” is a key livelihood policy to solve the drinking water shortage for rural residents.Based on the panel data of 450 villages and communities from 150 counties in China in 2011,2013,2015,and 2018,the time-varying difference-in-difference method is used to evaluate the impacts of the Rural Drinking Water Safety Project on residents' health conditions.In addition,a further robustness test is conducted combined with matching and the difference-in-difference method.The conclusions of the empirical analysis are as follows.①Rural Drinking Water Safety Project can significantly improve the overall health and physical functions of rural residents and relieve their mental depression and physical pain.②Further heterogeneous analysis finds that the Project has a higher effect on the health improvement of female residents than that of male residents,and especially it can significantly relieve women's physical pain.③The Project has a significant effect on the improvement of residents from good family economic conditions but cannot greatly improve residents from poor families.This paper can provide policy reference for the further improvement of the Rural Drinking Water Safety Project.…”
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Large-Scale Mapping of Maize Plant Density Using Multi-Temporal Optical and Radar Data: Models, Potential and Application Strategy by Jing Xiao, Yuan Zhang, Xin Du, Qiangzi Li, Hongyan Wang, Yueting Wang, Jingyuan Xu, Yong Dong, Yunqi Shen, Sifeng Yan, Shuguang Gong, Haoxuan Hu

“…Our approach improves performance over single-temporal models, and successful maize density maps were generated for the three typical demonstration counties. This work represents an advancement in large-scale crop density estimation, with the potential to expand to other regions and support precision agriculture efforts, offering a foundation for future research on optimizing agricultural resource management.…”
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Enhancing urban agriculture networks: A clustering and multicriteria decision-making approach to sustainability indicators and governance by Jiangwei Kong, Mengxi Gao, Hind Alofaysan, Dilafruz Fayziyeva, Zhi Liu

“…This research highlights food security via an urban agricultural network in the larger Miami metropolitan region, which includes Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. Utilizing the current governance framework, we measured various sustainability indices for clustering analysis to aggregate urban agricultural sites (UASs) and to ascertain the prioritization of clusters based on their vulnerability or risk level as indicated by their priority index in multicriteria decision-making. …”
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Analysis of Farmers’ Crop Rotation Intention and Behavior Using Structural Equation Modeling: Evidence from Heilongjiang Province, China by Rui Zhang, Guoming Du, Bonoua Faye, Haijiao Liu

“…Utilizing 448 micro-research samples from three counties in Heilongjiang Province, a structural equation model was developed to examine the factors influencing farmers’ crop rotation intention and behavior. …”
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Effects of organic farming adoption on farmer’s subjective well-being: evidence from Xiangxi Prefecture, China by Pingan Xiang, Chi Wen, Zhifen Lin, Maosen Xia

“…This paper utilizes a sample of 450 farmers from four counties in the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan Province, China, to compare the SW of conventional and organic farmers. …”
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DEATHS FROM SUICIDE IN FINLAND FROM 2016 TO 2023 by TIMO PARTONEN, AKI EKLIN, MARJUT GRAINGER

“…In the districts corresponding to the six wellbeing services counties, where a development project for suicide prevention work was conducted as part of the second national suicide prevention programme, the suicide mortality rate on average was subsequently reduced to equal that in the rest of the country.…”
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Developing an Optimization Model to Manage Unpaved Roads by Promothes Saha, Khaled Ksaibati

“…This methodology will facilitate a statewide implementation of unpaved road management system for counties in Wyoming. The methodology can be easily adopted by other states interested in the management of gravel roads.…”
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Gulf Coast Lupine, Lupinus westianus var. westianus by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

“…The species is endemic to coastal counties in the western Panhandle of Florida. Two disjunct populations are noted with Lupinus westianus var. aridorum occurring only in the central peninsula of Florida. …”
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Porcine Cysticercosis Control in Western Kenya: The Interlink of Management Practices in Pig Farms and Meat Inspection Practice at Slaughter Slabs by Marie-Françoise Mwabonimana, Charles Muleke Inyagwa, Bockline Omedo Bebe, Eduard Kokan Shakala, Anthony Macharia King’ori

“…This study assessed the management practices for controlling porcine cysticercosis (PC) on pig farms and in pork at the slaughter slabs in two counties (Busia and Kakamega) of Western Kenya. A total of 162 pig-rearing households at the farm level, 26 butcher owners, and 26 slaughter slab workers at the slaughter slab level were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. …”
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Gulf Coast Lupine, Lupinus westianus var. westianus by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

“…The species is endemic to coastal counties in the western Panhandle of Florida. Two disjunct populations are noted with Lupinus westianus var. aridorum occurring only in the central peninsula of Florida. …”
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Roof renewal disparities widen the equity gap in residential wildfire protection by Sebastian Reining, Moritz Wussow, Chad Zanocco, Dirk Neumann

“…We investigate the relationship between social vulnerability and wildfire community preparedness using building permits from 16 counties in California with 2.9 million buildings (2013–2021) and the U.S. government’s designation of disadvantaged communities (DACs), which classifies a census tract as a DAC if it meets a threshold for certain burdens, such as climate, environmental, and socio-economic. …”
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Government interventions in supporting SME growth in Lira district, northern Uganda by Eton, Marus

“…Data were collected by use of the self-administered questionnaire in Erute counties and Lira Municipality. A sample of 167 respondents was chosen from the respondents and the response rate was 100%. …”
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Government interventions in supporting SME growth in Lira district, northern Uganda by Eton, Marus, Charles David Ebong, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel

“…Data were collected by use of the self-administered questionnaire in Erute counties and Lira Municipality. A sample of 167 respondents was chosen from the respondents and the response rate was 100%. …”
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