Finnish town maps

The Finnish lapphund retinal atrophy locus maps to the centromeric region of CFA9

BACKGROUND Dogs have the second largest number of genetic diseases, after humans. Among the diseases present in dogs, progressive retinal atrophy has been reported in more than a hundred breeds. In some of them, the mutation has been identified and genetic tests have allowed the identification of carriers, thus enabling a drastic reduction in the incidence of the disease. The Finnish lapphund i...

Finnish woodworkers

A case-control study of respiratory cancer, nested within a cohort of male woodworkers, was updated in Finland. The update extended the initial follow up of 3805 workers from 19 plants to 7307 workers from 35 plants. Each case of respiratory cancer (n = 136) diagnosed between 1957 and 1982 within the cohort was matched by year of birth with three controls (n = 408) from the cohort. Chemical exp...

“So go down town”: simulating pedestrian movement in town centres

Pedestrian movement models have been developed since the 1970s. A review of the literature shows that such models have been developed to explain and predict macro, meso and micro movement patterns. However, recent developments in modelling techniques, and especially advances in agent-based simulation, open up the possibility of developing integrative and complex models which use existing models...

The Town Dweller

Integrating Town Information Servers

This article presents a case study on the integration of Web sites based on the HyperView approach. The design of a prototype for a virtual Web site is described in order to demonstrate the application of the HyperView approach in the field of cultural town information. A number of open issues arising from this particular application are identified and discussed.