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Abstract Objectives To identifying spatial patterns in the distribution of perinatal mortality in the state of São Paulo from 2003 to 2012. Methods An ecological and exploratory study with data on perinatal mortalit...

Objective: The spatial variation of dental caries in late Holocene Southern South American populationswill be analyzed using geostatistical methods. The existence of a continuous geographical pattern ofdental caries vari...

The paper concerns mortality in Poland. The aim of the article is to identify factors determining average life length of men and women in 66 subregions of Poland. We use spatial quantile regression methodology which allo...

In the assessment of the degree of the old age a lot of measures are being exploited. Question, to what extent conducted analyses cause similar conclusions. Analysis is regarding the index of the old age, but counted at ...

Spatial planning is certain of basic areas of activity of local governments. Communes were equipped with planning controls so they can shape the use of space. The main instrument of spatial planning in Poland is land-use...

Subjects / keywords: Ordenadores; Ingeniería Informática

The present volume examines Judith Butler’s concept of gender performance in Angela Carter’s _Nights at the Circus_ (1984), Sarah Waters’s ¬_Tipping the Velvet_ (1998) and Peter Ackroyd’s _Dan Leno and the Limeh...

En tiempos de crisis económicas parece que el territorio «no importa»... o importa menos que nunca. Este argumento deja de lado, conscientemente o no, la posibilidad de las nuevas formas innovadoras que contribuyen pr...

Subjects / keywords: Crítica Literaria /General

ABSTRACT The spatial distribution of forest biomass in the Amazon is heterogeneous with a temporal and spatial variation, especially in relation to the different vegetation types of this biome. Biomass estimated in this ...

ABSTRACT Understanding spatial patterns of land use and land cover is essential for studies addressing biodiversity, climate change and environmental modeling as well as for the design and monitoring of land use policies...

In the article based on information from the years 1991–2011 the following hypotheses were subjected to the verification: 1. with time, we observe spatial standardizing of coefficient rate of the feminization of the de...

Subjects / keywords: FRIAS SAGARDOY, MARIA ANTONIETA; PROMESA; 727.60004 F897e

Subjects / keywords: FREEMAN, H; ACADEMIC PRESS; 155.413 F854s

For the first time meet in a publication, the leading exponents of contemporary geography as Brian J. L. Berry, Neil Wrigley, Richard Shearmur, Luc Anselin and Jim Simmons in order to analyze the past, present and future...

Water availability is one of the main limiting factors that control ecosystem functions and productivity in semiarid regions. Vegetation of these regions usually presents a patchy distribution where sparse plant cover is...

Progress towards gender equality in Europe has been very significant over the last century, however, there is still room for improvement in some of the key dimensions. The EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 calls for ...

Espanya inacabada quiere sugerir una idea global positiva. Más que un «problema» hay una realidad compleja en construcción permanente, un proceso abierto. Pero en lugar de percibir la complejidad y las situaciones di...

In arid and semiarid areas, the interplant spaces are usually covered by physical and biological soil crusts. These crusts, though representing an almost negligible portion of the soil profile, have a number of crucial r...

The author addresses, in an original way and with a recognized methodological rigor, the study of the constructive conditions of urban housing that was promoted in the city of Manizales (central western Colombia) in a ti...

Distance has always been a factor surrounded by the myth when comprehending political behaviour, Come would say that spatialituy is fixed, and therefore outside the influence of political actors, and others suggest that ...

The city is perhaps the most complex of all human constructs. In the 21st century when cities are bigger than ever, and the majority of the world’s population now live in urban areas, the need for research into this co...

Bergmann's rule is one of the most known biological rules and relates the body size variation to changes in latitude or temperature. Most recently, a "resource rule" had been presented, which explains several trends in b...

Agricultural landscapes support large amphibian populations because they provide habitat for many species, although agriculture affects amphibians through various mechanisms. Pollution with agrochemicals is the major thr...