The proportion of the world’s population living in urban areas is constantly increasing. Different urban shapes result in different microclimates. The way cities are planned and built is therefore important for the global energy use. This study presents results from measurements of street climate in the city of Fez, Morocco, in contrasting traditional and modern housing areas, each with its own pr

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Unseasoned (green) Spruce timber planks with dimensions25 x 150 x 5400 mm3 were flat-wise glued with a one-componentPUR adhesive, forming laminated beams with 150 x 300 mm2 crosssection.After curing, each beam was divided in two halves and subsequentlydried. The final cross-section of the beams was thus 50 x 300mm2. The evaluation of the beams included bending stiffness andbending strength in 4-po

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In the interaction between two ecologically-associated species, the population structure of one species may affect the population structure of the other. Here, we examine the population structures of the aphid Metopeurum fuscoviride, a specialist on tansy Tanacetum vulgare, and its specialist primary hymenopterous parasitoid Lysiphlebus hirticornis, both of which are characterized by multivoltine

Popular Abstract in Swedish Homeostasen, dvs. bibehållandet av ett konstant antal blodceller, pågår genom hela livet och har sitt urprung från en sällsynt cell som huvudsakligen finns i benmärgen, där den utgör mindre än 1 cell på 10000-100000. Denna cell, den hematopoetiska stamcellen, ger upphov till alla blodprogenitorer (snabbväxande celler som har bestämt vilken typ av blodceller som de kan uHematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells are maintained in the bone marrow microenvironment, where factors including soluble and membrane-bound cytokines influence the processes of self-renewal, proliferation and differentiation. Two nonreduntant cytokines with effects on hematopoiesis, Kit Ligand (KL) and Flt3 Ligand (FL), signal via related tyrosine kinase receptors, c-kit and Flt3. In this

As democracy encounters increasing difficulties, many citizens are turning to the domain of alternative politics, and in so doing, making considerable use of the Web and other new communication technologies. Clearly this is having significant impact, and we see that new modes of political participation and even political cultures are emerging. Yet, we would be foolish to expect some simple 'techno

In this paper, we propose a new system-level design language, called SystemJ. It extends Java with synchronous reactive features present in Esterel and asynchronous constructs suitable for modelling globally asynchronous locally synchronous systems. The strength of SystemJ comes from its ability to offer the data processing and encapsulation elegance of Java, Esterel-like reactivity and synchrony,