EVALUATION OF EVAPOTRANSPIRATION FOR EXORHEIC CATCHMENTS OF CHINA DURING THE GRACE ERA: FROM A WATER BALANCE PERSPECTIVE

Evaluation of Evapotranspiration for Exorheic Catchments of China during the GRACE Era: From a Water Balance Perspective

Evapotranspiration (ET) is usually difficult to estimate at the regional scale due to scarce direct measurements.This study uses the water balance equation to calculate the regional ET with observations of precipitation, runoff, and terrestrial water storage changes (TWSC) in nine exorheic catchments of China.We compared the regional ET estimates f

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Toward Socially Sustainable Tourism: The Impact of Tourism on SMEs And Livelihood Development At Tourism Destinations In Bahawalpur Pakistan

The purpose of this study is to analyse the impact of tourism on SMEs and livelihood development at local area (tourism destination).The idea behind preparing this thesis is to study and relate to this particular scenario which is green tourism within Pakistan.Sustainable tourism should provide a better vacation experience, and for local residents

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Restorative nostalgia, identity closures, conflicts and divisions

Nostalgia is a complex emotion produced by the individual and collective processes of remembering.Svetlana Boym distinguishes between reflective nostalgia, regarding the personal reactions to the passing of time, and restorative Peels nostalgia, which acts on the collective level in response to the need to look at the past, that is presented in rig

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Pleiotrophin Interaction with Synthetic Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics

Chondroitin sulfate (CS) E is the natural ligand for Clearance pleiotrophin (PTN) in the central nervous system (CNS) of the embryo.Some structures of PTN in solution have been solved, but no precise location of the binding site has been reported yet.Using 15N-labelled PTN and HSQC NMR experiments, we studied the interactions with a synthetic CS-E

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Recent emergence and outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Samoa: A scoping review of risk factors, containment measures and public health preparedness

Diarrheal diseases have been known to cause death in many children below the age of five years, and rotavirus infection represents a major health problem in the world today, particularly in developing countries.The recent outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Samoa led to the introduction of her debut national immunization program on rotavirus v

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