Investigation of Viral, Bacterial and Parasitic Zoonotic Diseases in Rodents in Turkey by Mehmet Ozkan Timurkan, Esin Guven, Seyda Cengiz, Hakan Aydın, Ridvan Kirman, Hamza Avcioglu

“…Methods A total of 498 voles collected from 20 counties of Erzurum province. Conventional PCR was used for pathogen search. …”
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The impact of temperature on cotton yield and production in Xinjiang, China by Yongyan Zhao, Yumeng Zhu, Shouli Feng, Ting Zhao, Luyao Wang, Zhihong Zheng, Nijiang Ai, Xueying Guan

“…A comparison is made with cotton-producing counties in the U.S. southwest (Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma). …”
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Prevalence and distribution of hypertension and related risk factors in Jilin Province, China 2015: a cross-sectional study by Bin Liu, Wei Sun, Junduo Wu, Tianyi Li, Xianjing Song, Yangyu Zhang, Yingyu Liu, Longbo Li, Yunpeng Yu, Yihang Liu, Chao Qi

“…Objective This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and distribution of hypertension and its related factors in Jilin province, China.Design A cross-sectional study in four cities and four rural counties in Jilin as part of a national Chinese study.Participants and setting A total of 15 206 participants who were ≥15 years old and were selected using a stratified multistage random sampling method.Main outcome measures The prevalence of hypertension.Results The prevalence of hypertension in Jilin province was 24.7%. …”
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R post-vocalique et histoire de l’anglais by Jacques Durand

“…While the loss of post-vocalic r’s does require an explanation in phonetic and phonological terms, I mainly concentrate on broader sociolinguistic and sociohistorical issue: on the one hand, the early emergence in Britain of London and the surrounding counties as a centre from which changes radiate across the whole of Britain; on the other hand, the complex evolution of English in the United States with the emergence of new social and geographical boundaries. …”
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Farmers’ Management Practices of Potato Bacterial Wilt and Its Implications in Disease Prevalence in Kenya by Samuel Musah, Rael Birithia, Hellen Kamiri, Esther Kahariri

“…To gain insights into farmers' knowledge and practices in managing bacterial wilt and to outline feasible intervention strategies, a survey was conducted involving 136 randomly selected farmers from four key potato-growing counties in Kenya between April and June 2019. The results indicate that farmers mainly identified potato bacterial wilt through visual indicators like plant wilting (53.7%) and tuber rot (30.9%). …”
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Impacts of Land Use Change on the Regional Climate: A Structural Equation Modeling Study in Southern China by Zhanqi Wang, Bingqing Li, Jun Yang

“…Southern China was selected as the study area for its rapid urbanization and different structure of land use among its counties. The results indicate that the path coefficients of “vegetation,” “Urban and surrounding area,” and “other” to “climate” are −0.42, 0.20, and 0.46, respectively. …”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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