Energy retrofitting of existing building stocks is essential to reduce building-related energy consumption. Cavity wall insulations are commonly applied, however, their hygrothermal performance not well established. This study focuses on the rehabilitated cavity walls in Netherlands. A state-of-the-art aerogel composite developed for using blown-in method presented. The has a dry thermal conduc...

Childhood asthma is a highly morbid respiratory disorder. In spite of effective remedies, heterogeneity of disease process and poor treatment compliance lead to substantial proportion of childhood asthma remaining uncontrolled. Hence, school absenteeism, loss of play hours and sleep disturbances are significant. Strain on health care budget is also high. Newer immunotherapeutic modalities do of...

This research was designed to study sexual differences in place conditioning induced by morphine in offspring born of female Wistar rats mated with drug-naïve males. Mothers were exposed to morphine during the 14th-16th days of gestational. Control dams were simply saline-injected. Female and male virgin offspring born of morphine-treated or saline-treated mothers were separately housed until b...

the purpose of the present study was to determine the role of medial prefrontal cortex (mpfc) dopaminergic system in fear conditioning response considering individual differences. animals were initially counterbalanced and classified based on open field test, and then were given a single infusion of the dopamine agonist, amphetamine (amph) and antagonist, clozapine (clz) into the medial prefron...

Historic building restoration and renovation requires sensitivity to the cultural heritage, historic value, sustainability (i.e., physics, energy efficiency, comfort) goals of project. Energy-efficient ventilation such as demand-controlled heat recovery can contribute aforementioned goals, if concepts airflow distribution are planned realized in a minimally invasive way. Compared new buildings,...

Composites are subjected to different use conditions. Hence, the mechanical properties under aging conditions crucial in composite field. This study aims investigate effect of a glass/epoxy unidirectional three distinct conditions: mechanical, hygrothermal (hot water), and combined (mechanical hygrothermal) aging. The composites longitudinal [0°] transversal [90°] directions were molded by RTM ...