Le Wessex, espace étranger by Isabelle Gadoin-Luis

“…It is now well agreed that far from being the comfortable reproduction of the picturesque counties of Hardy’s native Dorset, Wessex is a territory of the imagination, a territory that evolves along with the novels, to finally appear in all its unfathomable scope and distance at the end of the work. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of short stature in children aged 3–18 years in Hainan Province, China: a cross-sectional study by Mi Yan, Mi Yan, Yingying Qin, Yingying Qin, Hongai Li, Chuican Huang, Haidan Li, Li Liu, Yuhua Cai, Lichun Fan, Wei Xiang, Xiaoyan Huang, Xiaoyan Huang

“…A total of 26,189 children aged 3–18 years, originating from 18 cities and counties in Hainan Province, to determine the prevalence of short stature. …”
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The Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Sustainable Development Strategy of Huizhou’s Traditional Villages in the Xin’an River Basin by Wei Wang, Anqi Liu, Xiaoxiao Xu

“…The villages exhibit a “one belt, two cores, and multiple dispersion” pattern, with Shexian and Yixian counties as hot gathering areas of traditional villages. …”
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Evaluation of Spatial Planning in Urban Areas of Kohgiluyeh and Bouyer Ahmad Province by Techniques; Development Combination Index and Mauritius by Abdall hassan Shivaey, Asghar Zaraby

“…The findings of the research indicate that Boyerahmad, Dena and Gachsaran cities were developed in the first to third grades and the Bahmei city was at the last rank of development of the province, and in the study of all factors individually, Was deprived of the last rank, and the counties of Saram, Kohgiluyeh and Basht were deprived of the level of development and were slightly better than Bahmei, which is why the Bahmei city should be placed in the first priority for development planning.…”
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A dynamic optimization of soil phosphorus status approach could reduce phosphorus fertilizer use by half in China by Haiqing Gong, Yulong Yin, Zhong Chen, Qingsong Zhang, Xingshuai Tian, Zihan Wang, Yingcheng Wang, Zhenling Cui

“…Our evaluation extends to estimating future soil P status and P fertilizer inputs across all counties in China for three cereal crops (wheat, rice, and maize). …”
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Loosening of Access Threshold and Downturns in Listed Firms Performance: A Quasi-Natural Experiment from the “IPO Green Channel” for Poverty Alleviation by Yi Sun, Chunying Cui, Ya Gao, Chunyan Zhao

“…This paper uses data from public annual reports of listed companies to construct a policy intervention group and a control group and comparatively analyzes the degree of annual performance downturn of newly listed companies in A-share from 2016 to 2017 through a counterfactual method, and the results show that the “IPO green channel” policy for poverty alleviation has an obvious negative effect on listed enterprises in poverty-stricken counties. The results show that enterprises listed via the green channel have more significant performance downturn than those listed normally during the same period. …”
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Enhancement of state response capability and famine mitigation: a comparative analysis of two drought events in northern China during the Ming dynasty by F. Tian, F. Tian, Y. Su, Y. Su, X. Chen, X. Chen, L. Tao, L. Tao

“…The findings are as follows: (1) by the time of the Wanli drought, the increase in land reclamation had enhanced societal defence, preventing many drought-affected counties from experiencing famine. Even in cases where famines did occur, their severity was lower than during the Chenghua drought. (2) State emergency measures, including exemption and relief, proved effective in mitigating famines. …”
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A proposta da Base Nacional Comum Curricular e o debate entre 1988 e 2015 by Ileizi Luciana Fiorelli Silva, Henrique Fernandes Alves Neto, Daniel Vitor Vicente

“…Thus, they dialogue with the National Curricular Parameters (1998), the National Curricular Guidelines (1998, 2013), the Reference Matrices of the National Examination of Secondary Education and the Elementary Education Assessment System, besides the proposals of States and Counties.…”
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Health risk assessment via ingestion of disinfection by-products in drinking water by Lei Wang, Zisi Fang, Xiaocong Zhou, Keyi Cheng, Yanjun Ren, Chaokang Li, Bing Gao, Ye Lv, Shanshan Xu, Hong Xu

“…This study monitored DBPs in drinking water across 13 districts and counties in Hangzhou, conducting a risk assessment based on the health risk assessment model recommended by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. …”
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Rancher Perceptions of the Coyote in Florida by Raoul K. Boughton, Bethany Wright, Martin B . Main

“…Coyotes have rapidly taken advantage of these environmental shifts and expanded into new areas, now including all 67 counties in Florida and even Key Largo. Each year more people in Florida catch a glimpse of a coyote crossing a road or running across open fields, or notice coyote scat along a hiking trail–and farmers and ranchers are seeing signs of coyotes on their farms.  …”
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COMPARATIVE CLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN THE WINTER OF 2011–2012 AND THE WINTER OF 1953–1954 IN THE SOUTH OF ROMANIA by ION MARINICĂ, ANDREEA FLORIANA MARINICĂ, OCTAVIA BOGDAN

“…The first two warm winter months, which had lasted until January the 24th 2012, were followed by truewinter weather between January 25 and February 15, when temperatures dropped below -20°C, associated with heavy snowfalls, snowstorms and strong winds (70–80 km/h) that blew and drifted the snow with disastrous effects for Romania’s south-east counties, in particular. National losses: disrupted traffic of all types, snow-blocked households and animal shelters, black-outs, closed schools,difficulties in conducting supply and salvage operations for the population, etc. …”
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Rancher Perceptions of the Coyote in Florida by Raoul K. Boughton, Bethany Wright, Martin B . Main

“…Coyotes have rapidly taken advantage of these environmental shifts and expanded into new areas, now including all 67 counties in Florida and even Key Largo. Each year more people in Florida catch a glimpse of a coyote crossing a road or running across open fields, or notice coyote scat along a hiking trail–and farmers and ranchers are seeing signs of coyotes on their farms.  …”
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Characterization of Soil Properties and the Implications for Landslide Occurrence in Rubanda District. by Ainamaani, Samuel

“…A mudflow washed away Mfasha trading Centre, which hosts people mostly from Bufundi and Muko sub counties. In order to test the hypothesis that ‘soils at the landslide site are particularly ‘problem soils’ and thus prone to landslides’, the following analyses were undertaken: Dynamic Cone Penetration Test (DCP), particle size distribution and Atterberg limits. …”
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Napiergrass: Biology and Control in Sugarcane by Curtis Rainbolt

“…Napiergrass, also known as elephantgrass, has been documented in almost 30 counties throughout Florida. It is of African origin, but has been introduced to all tropical areas of the world because of its ability to quickly produce large amounts of biomass. …”
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Napiergrass: Biology and Control in Sugarcane by Curtis Rainbolt

“…Napiergrass, also known as elephantgrass, has been documented in almost 30 counties throughout Florida. It is of African origin, but has been introduced to all tropical areas of the world because of its ability to quickly produce large amounts of biomass. …”
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Temporary Shelter Applications After the February 6, 2023, Earthquake: Gaziantep Nurdağı Example by Cafer Giyik

“…While these earthquakes were effective in Malatya, Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Hatay, Adana, Osmaniye, Kilis and surrounding counties, 50,399 people lost their lives and 1,279,727 structures (independent units) were damaged. …”
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Assessment of agricultural sustainability performance in Dali Prefecture, China using the DPSIR Model by Yishan Chen, Harison Kiplagat Kipkulei, Zhiqiang Xie, Stefan Sieber

“…The assessment showed that all counties except Dali City scored a performance index below 0.5. …”
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Vegetation Activity Trend and Its Relationship with Climate Change in the Three Gorges Area, China by Guifeng Han, Yongchuan Yang, Shuiyu Yan

“…Vegetation activity presents a distinctive uptrend during the study period, especially in Fengjie, Yunyang, Wushan, Wuxi, and Badong counties located in the midstream of the Three Gorges Reservoir. …”
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Spatial–Temporal Analysis of Coupling Coordination Between New Urbanization and Ecological Environment in Ya’an, China by Wei Wei, Lei Xiao, Xiao Zhang, Luyao Jin, Di Wang, Xin Long, Qiaoqiao Yang, Jinxiang Li, Ying Zhou

“…Finally, spatial autocorrelation and geographically weighted regression (GWR) models are combined to analyze the factors influencing coupling coordination degree differences among Ya’an’s districts and counties. The results indicate the following: (1) From 2011 to 2021, the CCD of Ya’an shifted from basically balanced to highly balanced, and RDD shifted from new urbanization lag to systematic balanced. (2) The CCD of Ya’an varies significantly among regions, and the spatial differentiation of the effects of different factors has different characteristics.…”
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Molecular Monitoring of Flavivirus Infections (West Nile Virus and Dengue Virus) Among Culicidae Mosquitoes in Southern Iran by Masoumeh Amin, Hamideh Edalat, Hamidreza Basseri, Morteza Zaim, Kourosh Azizi, Mostafa Salehi- Vaziri, Sahar Khakifirouz, Mohsen Kalantari, Mozaffar Vahedi, Saideh Yousefi, Parisa Amin

“…Mosquitoes were collected from 23 stations across urban and rural areas and migratory bird habitats in five counties, using hand catch with manual aspirators, CDC light traps with CO2, and human and animal bait methods from April to December 2018. …”
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