Tropics

South Asia, is home to over one fifth of the world’s population and is known to be the most disaster prone region in the world. It is also home to a majority of the world’s poor. According to FAO (2009), 1.02 billion people are undernourished worldwide in 2009. About 456 million people in South Asia are estimated to be undernourished. In the recent past, climate change emerged as the single most pressing issue facing society on a global basis, with serious implications for the food security of…

forests in Indonesia as well as in South East Asia. Sumatera Forest basically has peat soil type that caused easier to burn. Estimated between 7.3 to 9.7 hectares are covered by peat lands or roughly a quarter of the entire area of peat lands in the tropics (Hisyam, Damanik, Anwar, 1984). Sumatera Forest Fires are the one of the serious problem in Indonesia. It happened almost every year. However, some of the biggest were happening in 1982, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2013 and 2014. Therefore, the…

Seasonal changes are due to the Earth revolving around the sun. Different areas of the world experience seasons differently. Temperate and Polar Regions which are far from the equator experience spring, summer, autumn and winter (Figure 42). In the tropics, many regions experience wet and dry seasons links to monsoons and wind cycles. Weather forecasting Weather forecasting is a prediction of what the weather likely to be in hourly, daily, or weekly. Weather forecasting involves a combination of…

Materials Used to Conduct this Experiment: • 1 piece of paper • 1 pencil • 9 large balloons • 1 black sharpie or marker • 2 glass funnels of varying sizes • 1 cardboard tube • 3 yellow small rubber bands • 3 green small rubber bands • 3 red small rubber bands • 1 CO2 gas sensor that ranges-0 to 10,000 and 0 to 100,000 • 1 roll of measuring tape (cm) • 1 CO2 gas chamber (2000 mL) • 3 different vehicles (#1= Triumph Tiger 800 2013 Motorcycle #2= Buick Terraza Minivan 2006 #3= 1997 Honda CRV) •…

South Asia, is the home for one fifth of the world’s population and is known to be the most disaster region in the world regarded as world’s poor region. In South Asia, bout 456 million people are estimated to be undernourished. In the recent past, climate change appeared as most critical issue facing by the society on a global basis, with serious problems of food security of billions of people in the developing countries. The inter-annual, monthly and daily distribution of climate variables…

Parasites are one of the four major classes of pathogenic organisms that cause infectious diseases (Janeway et al., 2001). They are replete in Sub Sahara Africa because of suitable climate and socio-economic situation favouring their growth and that of their vectors leading to easy spread and perennial persistence of parasitic diseases in the population (Pullan and Brooker, 2008; Froeschke et al., 2010, Patz et al 2000). Plasmodium falciparum is the commonest specie of Plasmodium parasite…

Ever since I was three years old, my family and I regularly attended church. Even when I was little, I truly believed in God and viewed church not only for social gathering, but also a place for psychological support. People fast and pray for days to be sincere and in hope that their prayers may be answered. There are so much that people gain by praying. One popular prayer topic has always been health or long life. According to O 'Connor 's study, where 47% of study subjects prayed for their…

The Burkholderia Taxonomy and Genomics Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bp) belongs to the Burkholderia genus which contains over 40 species that inhabit a variety of ecological niches. The majority of species within this genus are non-pathogenic soil-dwelling bacteria, but a few species are highly pathogenic to humans and can result in severe disease [1]. This includes B. mallei, an obligate mammalian pathogen and the causative agent of glanders, which primarily affects horses and other solipeds…

Texas Poetry in the High School Classroom This semester, I had the unique opportunity to implement the Texas Poet Laureate Series into the English curriculum at Lone Oak High School. I teach 10th grade English, and a portion of the objectives call for the students to be exposed to poetic devices and figurative language. So, I thought that introducing the Texas Poet Laurette series would not only cover those objectives, but will capture the attention of my students. Lone Oak ISD is a…

United States, but it was certainly not warranted for most parts of the globe. In contemporary history, the tropical regions have faced the scourge of infectious diseases than the temperate world. The thrive for these infectious diseases in the tropics is attributable to high levels of biodiversity in hosts, vectors, and pathogens which are encouraged by both biological and environmental factors, as well as social factors that sabotage efforts to control diseases (Sattenspiel, 2000).…