Para Eco House

Material of interest: Green walls. Material used: Wood plates, vegetation Propertiesof material: Perforated walls, the concept of creating a multi-layer skin emerges from a combination of Dao theory in eastern philosophy and the theories of Michel Foucault in western thought, especially the ideas of autonomy in architecture.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1091/thumbnail.jp

SHORT TERM TEMPORAL TRENDS IN GENE EXPRESSION IN SENSITIVE AND TOLERANT SOYBEAN GENOTYPES EXPOSED TO OZONE

Soybean (Glycine max) is sensitive to O3. My work aimed to identify molecular mechanisms associated with the differential tolerance to O3 among tolerant (Fiskeby III) and sensitive (Mandarin Ottawa) soybean genotypes. Short-term changes in gene expression were investigated using quantitative real-time PCR techniques. Plants were exposed from 9 am to 5 pm at 19.3 + 0.43 ppb or 63.6 + 0.43 ppb O3. A single leaflet was collected just prior to exposure, and at 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24, and 48 hours post-exposure, and frozen in liquid N2 until processing. Gas exchange measurements were made on each plant at the end of the exposures to determine if there were changes due to O3 exposure and/or genotype. Photosynthetic rate was not significantly different between the treatments or genotypes, but stomatal conductance was higher in Mandarin than Fiskeby under both O3 conditions. Glutathione reductase 2 (GR2) expression in both genotypes was upregulated under high O3 treatment. Protein D1 (pD1) expression was downregulated in Mandarin but not affected in Fiskeby III, maybe due to the larger gs in Mandarin and subsequently higher dose. An improved understanding of the molecular factors influencing O3 sensitivity could help guide breeders to develop O3 tolerant genotypes

Framework for Urban Metabolism and Life Cycle Assessment of Hardscape

According to the United Nations, 54 percent of the world's population lived in cities in 2014, and this figure is projected to be 66 percent by 2050. Job opportunities, better quality of life, and greater access to services are some of the attractions of urban areas that lead to the expansion of city boundaries, land use development and an increase in the use of resources. The use of materials and energy in urban areas, particularly large urbanized areas, is intense. Whether urbanization is more or less efficient per capita than other forms of development is uncertain. Regardless of whether urbanized development, and particularly large urbanized areas, are more efficient than other forms of land development it is clear that the trend towards urbanization is increasing as GDP increases, and that goals for improved efficiency of those urbanized areas are needed to reduce their impact on the planet through global warming, and to improve the health, safety and quality of life for the people living in them and in the surrounding areas from which they draw their resources. The goal of this white paper is to advocate that researchers and policy-makers use the analytical approach of combining urban (UM), material flow analysis (MFA) and elements of life cycle assessment (LCA) to measure and improve the efficiency of urban hardscape in large urbanized areas with respect to environmental impacts affecting global warming, safety and quality of life through use of alternative hardscape structure and materials and more permeable hardscape

A Combined Urban Metabolism and Life Cycle Assessment Approach to Improve the Sustainability of Urban Hardscapes [Policy Brief]

Streets, sidewalks, parking areas, plazas, and other paved surfaces cover large portions of urban areas. These urban hardscapes contribute significantly to cities\u2019 resource consumption. Although urban hardscapes enable people and goods to move freely, they also have profound impacts on cities\u2019 water, air quality, energy, and material use. Reducing the environmental impacts of hardscapes will be an important component of making cities more sustainable. The necessary first step is to quantify those impacts

Latent membrane protein 1 encoded by Epstein-Barr virus modulates directly and synchronously cyclin D1 and p16 by newly forming a c-JunJun B heterodimer in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line

Recently we confirmed that latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) encoded by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) accelerates a newly forming active c-Jun/Jun B heterodimer, a transcription factor, but little is known about the target gene regulated by it. In this paper, results indicated that a c-Jun/Jun B heterodimer induced by LMP1 upregulated cyclin D1 promoters activity and expression, on the contrary, downregulated p16, and maladjustment of cyclin D1 and p16 expression accelerated progression of cell cycle. Firstly, we found a c-Jun/Jun B heterodimer regulated synchronously and directly cyclin D1 and p16 in the Tet-on-LMP1-HNE2 cell line, in which LMP1 expression is regulated by Tet-on system. This paper investigated in depth function of the newly forming active c-Jun/Jun B heterodimer, and built new connection between environmental pathogenic factor, signal transduction and cell cycle. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Analysis of factors influencing the outpatient workload at Chinese health centres

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although the community health service system is now established in China, the utilisation of the community health service institutions is low due to the lack of a gate-keeping role of the primary health service providers and referrals among the three-tiered health service institutions. In addition to this, patients who can afford to pay, often seek best services in big hospitals to guarantee the quality of care. Thus, the need of guiding the patients to the community health services and increasing the utilisation of the community health service institutions is becoming an urgent problem, which hinders the future development of community health services. This study focuses on the question of how to increase the utilisation of Chinese community health centres (HCs).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A cross-sectional Base-line Survey of Chinese City Community Health Service System Building using the multi-staged cluster sampling was conducted to collect data from all HCs in 28 key contact cities. Relevant indicators of totally 1790 HCs were analysed. The statistical methods included ANONVA and logistic regression.</p> <p>Results and Conclusions</p> <p>The analysis suggested several key factors for increasing the outpatient workload (OW) at the HCs: establishing an adequate referral system among the different levels of the health system; enhancing the qualification of health personnel and increasing the compensation by the health insurance for services provided at HCs. Other key factors with a positive effect on the OW included: the government ownership of the HCs, the scale of the institutions, the medical equipment used, the mix of health services provided, and the women in childbearing age in the residence.</p