A Canadian returning home from a visit to a physician has no idea of the cost of providing the service just received.This is true for two reasons.One is because he or she does not receive a bill to pay.The other reason has to do the myriad of ways provincial governments fund the provision of health care.Health care is financed by a wide variety of
Abstract Background Studies of malaria in well-defined cohorts offer important data about the epidemiology of this complex disease, but few have been done in urban African populations.To generate a sampling frame Bar Tables for a longitudinal study of malaria incidence and treatment in Kampala, Uganda, a census, mapping and survey project was condu
The National Wildlife Refuge system is a vital resource for the protection and conservation of biodiversity and biological integrity in the United States.Surveys were conducted to determine the spatial and temporal patterns of fish, macroinvertebrate, and crayfish populations in two watersheds that encompass three refuges in southern Indiana.The Pa
The rationale for enrichment of flour confectionery products with dietary fibers Glass was shown and the use of plant raw materials by-products, namely wheat germ oil cake and beet fibers as the sources of such dietary fibers, was justified.The content of nutrients, the quantitative and qualitative composition of dietary fibers as well as the granu
Accurately mapping the spatial distribution information of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks is a key premise for soil resource management and environment protection.Rapid development of satellite remote sensing provides a great opportunity for monitoring SOC stocks at a large scale.In this study, based on 12 environmental variables of multispectral