Securing electricity supply in ...

1. Introduction, by Z. Lukszo, M. Weijnen,G. Deconinck; 2. The future of electricity systems: general trends, developments (not yet focused on ICT), b ...

Constructing a pipe-bound city ...

Foreword 9 Introduction 11 Problematique and Aim 12 The Urban Arena: Historical and Academic Context 13 Industrialization, Urbanization, and Revol ...

State of the environment in Asi ...

What have been the main drivers of environmental change in Asia and the Pacific? 1 Fast economic growth is the most important driver of environmental ...

Achieving the health millennium ...

Quality improvement for mental ...

Table of Contents Preface x Executive summary 2 Aims and target audience 7 1. Introduction 10 2. Quality improvement: from policy alignment to r ...

Engineered barrier systems (EBS ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. 3 ...

The economics of climate change ...

Greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of climate change -- The cost-effectiveness of climate change mitigation policy instruments -- Mitigating cl ...

The challenge in disaster reduc ...

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V Water and Sanitation: Suspension ...

The world of risk management

Water pumps and pumping systems

CONTENTS Preface xix Table of Symbols and Terminology xxiii Location of Figures xxv PART 1. The Basic Tools of Design CHAPTER 1. Digital Electron ...

Williams textbook of endocrinol ...

Ch. 1. Principles of endocrinology -- Ch. 2. The endocrine patient -- Ch. 3. Genetic control of peptide hormone formation -- Ch. 4. Mechanism of ac ...

Davidson's diabetes mellit ...

Ch. 1. Diagnosis, classification, and epidemiology of diabetes mellitus -- Ch. 2. Treatment: general principles -- Ch. 3. Nutrition and physical act ...

Contraceptive status and sexual ...

The aim of this paper is to survey the current contraception use and analyze the sexual patterns in women above 35 years of age in India. Five hundre ...

Does Freshwater Pearl Mussel (M ...

critical analysis of the literature data shows that infection by freshwater pearl mussel glochidia neither influences the duration of the freshwater ...

‘‘And Let Me See Them Damn Pape ...

Common strategies employed in preventing STI/AIDS transmission among young adults in America include abstinence, monogamy and safer sex. These strat ...

Lena Koh Æ Andrei Zakharov Æ Gu ...

The textbook view that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) absorption occurs mainly through the arachnoid granulations and villi is being challenged by quanti ...

Two endothelial cell lines deri ...

Somites are sequentially formed, metameric units of the paraxial mesoderm of vertebrate embryos. They are the most obvious correlative of the segmen ...

Inhibition of Phosphodiesterase ...

(PDEs) with IBMX (1-methyl-3-isobutylxanthine) can modulate the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening by inactivating glycogen s ...

Chronic Istaroxime Improves Car ...

exerts inotropic action by reducing Na+/K+-ATPase activity, and simultaneously it stimulates sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase function, thus also ...

Achievement of Lipid Targets wi ...

Objective The objective of this study was to assess the proportion of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) attaining individual and combine ...

The Impact of Age on Effects of ...

Purpose Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors are favourable in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, and the additional value of early pr ...

Clinical usefulness of diffusio ...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) and multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) ...

Cumulative ionizing radiation e ...

Objective: To quantify cumulative exposure to ionizing radiation in patients with end stage kidney disease (ESKD). To investigate factors which may ...

Multimodality imaging findings ...

Littoral cell angioma (LCA) is a rare primary splenic vascular tumor arising from the littoral cells that line the splenic sinuses of the red pulp. ...

Gallbladder metastasis: spectru ...

The objective of this study is to report the diagnostic features of hematogenous gallbladder metastasis using various imaging modalities. We carried ...