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Volume 53, Issue 264, December 2017

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Global climate change is now a reality and Bangladesh is widely recognized to be one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. Among the many challenges faced by the coastal communities, the effects of climate change are discernibly threatening, impacting on human settlement, agricultural production, economic development, and human health in the Chawra Union of Barguna district. The study mainly focuses on assessing current knowledge base and understanding on public health impacts due to climate change and also to explore the different strategies/measures people employ to cope with climate sensitive diseases and sickness. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 70 households from Chawra union elected through multi-stage sampling techniques, using a semi-structured questionnaire supplemented by focus group discussions and key informant interviews. The study found that climatic changing parameter (temperature, rainfall) is increasing during 1991-2015 rapidly. A number of diseases like normal colds/coughs/fevers, dysentery, headaches, diarrhea, skin diseases, psychological disorders, malnutrition related diseases, pneumonia, measles, heatstroke, malaria, etc., is exacerbating by extreme climate events in the study area. The study also found that respondents applied different types of primary health coping strategies to prevent climate related diseases and sickness.

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ANALYSIS

Aeromagnetic mapping of the basement architecture of the Ibadan region, South-Western Nigeria

Cyril Chibueze Okpoli, Victor Ekere

Potential-field data of Ibadan sheet was processed to interpret the subsurface geology and estimate the depth to basement sources in order to evaluate and deduce structural lineaments, basement configuration trends. Aeromagnetic data were acquired, filtered, inverted, and enhanced using appropriate software packages to generate a model of the subsurface topography.

Discovery, 2017, 53(264), 614-635

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RESEARCH

Climate change worsens risk to public health and coping strategy in Bangladesh

Irteja Hasan, Tapos Kormoker, Tazmul Ahosan Azad, Ali Adnan, Shafiqul Islam

Global climate change is now a reality and Bangladesh is widely recognized to be one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. Among the many challenges faced by the coastal communities, the effects of climate change are discernibly threatening, impacting on human settlement, agricultural production, economic development, and human health in the Chawra Union of Barguna district.

Discovery, 2017, 53(264), 636-650

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ANALYSIS

Distribution of Mercury in industrialized urban area and bottom sediments in India

Divya Tyagi

The aim of this study was to determine distribution of mercury in bottom sediments and soil from different locations. Total mercury concentrations have been determined in bottom sediment (ponds, lakes, streams and rivers) and soil samples collected and analyze.

Discovery, 2017, 53(264), 651-655

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