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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMercury Contamination within Protected Areas in the Brazilian Northern Amazon-Amapá StateRossana Venturieri, Marcelo Oliveira-da-Costa, Cecile Gama, Christoph Bernhard JasterMercury contamination is a long-standing environmental and social problem, notably in the Amazon. The widespread use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining has driven contamination of the environment and the people, threatening biodiversity, human health and livelihoods of traditional populations. Along the border area between Brazil and French Guiana, illegal gold mining is considered a critical threat to … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 17 Jan 2017 · 9,253 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCombating Climate Change One Bite at a Time: Environmental Sustainability of Veganism (with a Socio-Behavioral Comparison of Vegans and Omnivores)Jennifer M. Ghahari, Jennifer A. McAdamIn an era of escalating climate change, our research examines the environmental benefits of veganism and finds which factors could contribute to a societal shift towards veganism. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) release significant greenhouse gas emissions as well as expose people and animals to pathogens. Tropical rainforest destruction for grazing land, the vast amount of fresh/potable water needed for … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 30 Mar 2018 · 9,764 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractThe Timeless Contribution of Rootstocks towards Successful Horticultural Farming: From Ancient Times to the Climate Change EraIoannis E. PapadakisGrafting is a horticultural practice by which living vegetative plant organs (root, stem and/or buds) of either the same genotype or, usually, different genotypes belonging to the same species, genus, subfamily and/or family, are tightly connected to each other to form a double-compound plant. In fact, it is a method of asexual (clonal-vegetative) propagation of plants. The basal part of … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 16 Dec 2016 · 9,527 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Status of Pollutants in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China and its Ecological Health AssessmentChun-Jiao Lu, Dan Luo, Muhammad Junaid et al.The Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) stretches along the Yangtze River from Jiangjin District, Chongqing to Yichang, Hubei in China. Since TGRA is the main source of drinking water and fresh fishery in China for millions of people, both researchers and the government have concerns for environmental pollution and ecological security in the TGRA. This review highlighted the status and … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 5 · 28 Sep 2016 · 7,932 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractAn Opportunity for the Agricultural Sector: The Renewable Energy SourcesRiccardo Testa, Salvatore TudiscaToday, among the most important issue for energy decisions by policymakers, there are security challenges and environmental impacts on climate change and economic aspects. Since the seventies, in fact, global warming and environmental issues have had an increasing importance in international debate, attracting the attention of several scientific studies (Landi and Benelli, 2016). Many of these studies denoted that over … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 6 Sep 2016 · 8,098 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRecent Status of Fishes in the Yangtze River and its Ecological Health AssessmentChun-Jiao Lu, Jin-Jing Duan, Muhammad Junaid et al.The Yangtze River, ranking behind the Nile and the Amazon rivers, is the third longest river in the world. The Three Gorges Dam constructed on the Yangtze River dramatically altered the ecological environment in the surroundings. In this review, we integrated the published data about the Three Gorges Project and systematically analyzed the status of fish population in the Three … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 2 · 4 Apr 2016 · 10,529 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Review of Flood Risk Analysis in NigeriaAkinola Adesuji Komolafe, Suleiman Abdul-Azeez Adegboyega, Francis Omowonuola AkinluyiNigeria has witnessed diverse flood events in the past years and due to the high level of vulnerability and lack of coping capacity of the people, with the fast occurrence of extreme events resulting from climate change, many lives and properties are at risk of its impacts. This paper reviews the recent past and present efforts in assessing the flood … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 12 Sep 2015 · 10,806 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCadmium Exposure Via Food Crops: A Case Study of Intensive Farming AreaRaagheni Munisamy, Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail, Sarva Mangala PraveenaCadmium (Cd) is ubiquitous in environment and may enter food chain through intense application of phosphate fertilizers to agricultural crops. A cross-sectional study was conducted at Kuala Terla and Blue Valley farming villages, Cameron Highlands to determine cadmium concentration in vegetables and soil and to determine the health risks among respondents. A total of 87 respondents were selected based on … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 10 · 6 Sep 2013 · 8,537 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMultilevel Ordinal Response Modeling of Trend of Breastfeeding InitiationWaheed Babatunde Yahya, Samson Babatunde AdebayoThe amount of health benefits derived from breastfeeding is influenced by age of the child at initiation of the first breast milk, the duration and intensity of breastfeeding and age at which the child is introduced to supplementary foods and other liquids. In this study, the general trend of timing of breastfeeding initiation among nursing mothers in Nigeria between 1990 … …Current Research in Biostatistics, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 4 Sep 2013 · 8,158 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBooming Medical Tourism and Economic IndicesRamalingam ShanmugamGlobalization in this 21st century unifies nations. The globalization impacts positively to promote trade and services among the nations but it could also harm economic growth and technological innovations in nations as their capital are drained to elsewhere. On its own merits, the globalization is a true manifestation of an open economy. The medical profession is not immune to this … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 30 Mar 2013 · 7,780 accessesView PDFCite