The farm on the property produces 60% of the food served in the restaurant, and the infinity pool uses mainly salt water for purification. Nature-oriented activities for the whole family include an herbal medicine trail, butterfly farm, nature center, horseback riding on the resort’s 20 horse...
Maya resented being invaded and enslaved. In fact, not only did the Spanish want to extract all the wealth from Mexico and its people, but they were also under orders of the catholic church to destroy sacred Maya temples and build catholic churches to convert the indigenous people to ...
The measurement of conductivity—that is, the ability to conduct electrical current—is used to characterize water samples [6] because of its correlation with the total salt content of water solutions. Conductivity is also dependent on the ions' mobility, which, in turn, depends on their mass/...
Dry flood-proofing has disadvantages: When a house is surrounded by water, the pressure on the walls may cause them to cave in—especially in frame constructions. Both the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [25] and Keating et al. [26], therefore, advise to not build dry flood-...