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Remote Sensing-Based Time Series Models For Malaria Early Warning In The Highlands Of Ethiopia, A. Midekisa, G. Senay, G. M. Henebry, P. Semuniguse, M. C. Wimberly

Natural Resource Management Faculty Publications

Background

Malaria is one of the leading public health problems in most of sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Ethiopia. Almost all demographic groups are at risk of malaria because of seasonal and unstable transmission of the disease. Therefore, there is a need to develop malaria early-warning systems to enhance public health decision making for control and prevention of malaria epidemics. Data from orbiting earth-observing sensors can monitor environmental risk factors that trigger malaria epidemics. Remotely sensed environmental indicators were used to examine the influences of climatic and environmental variability on temporal patterns of malaria cases in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. …

An Analysis Of Municipal Annexations In North Carolina And A Comparative Investigation Of The Annexation Statutes Of North Carolina And Other Selected States, Paul Loring Key

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

In this paper the author will investigate the workings of the annexation laws of the State of North Carolina as compared to those of selected other states. A case study of an annexation proposed by the City of High Point, North Carolina represents a major source of information as to the reasons for annexation, the arguments against annexation, and the problems encountered in the legal process of annexation.