Article history: Received 18 November 2009 Received in revised form 10 June 2010 Accepted 12 June 2010 Available online 19 June 2010

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Serge Monturet,1 Maite Alducin,2,3 and Nicolás Lorente4 1Institut für Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany 2Centro de Física de Materiales, Materials Physics Center (MPC), CSIC-UPV/EHU, P. Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain 3Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P. Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain 4Cen...

432 a Research Assistant, Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. b Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey and Visiting Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Corresponding author: Ahmet Yagci. Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Erciyes Univ...

Suzhi Li,1 Xiangdong Ding,1,2,*,† Ju Li,1,3,*,‡ Xiaobing Ren,1,4 Jun Sun,1 Evan Ma,1,5,*,§ and Turab Lookman2 1State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China 2Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA 3Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,...

Asia Pacific is experiencing multiple dynamics of urbanisation, economic growth, poverty and environmental deterioration. It is the largest region with more than 60 percent of the world population. About 43 percent of the total population in the region live in urban areas, of which 40 percent live in slums and substandard conditions. In the past 30 years, the urban population in Asia Pacific ha...

1Department of Tuberculosis & Respiratory Medicine, Pt.B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak (Haryana), India. 2Department of Microbiology, Pt.B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak (Haryana), India. Received for publication: June 24, 2010. Reprint request: Dr. Vipul Kumar, H No.717, Sector-1, Rohtak. 124001, Haryana, India. E.mail: [email protected].