current world conditions require compressors to be both efficient and economical to manufacture. one means of improving efficiency in a rotary vane (or any) compressor is to use the lubricant as a heat transfer agent. A rotary vane refrigerator compressor was modified and instrumented for calorimeter testing so that the performance improvement could be identified. The changes and testing were c...

a full account of architectural science must include empirical findings about the social and psychological influences that housing have on their occupants. tall residential housing can have a myriad of such effects. this review summarizes the results of research on the influences of high-rise housing on residents’ experiences of the housing, satisfaction, preferences, social behavior, children,...

Public housing is the largest housing submarket in Singapore. There is also an active resale public housing market, where public housing dwellers are allowed to trade their houses after a time-bar of five years from the date of their purchase. This segment of resale HDB market is liken the private housing submarkets, where housing prices are more likely to fluctuate in accordance to the market ...

The reversed phase liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) separation of small molecules using a polystyrene-co-divinylbenzene (PS-co-DVB) polyHIPE stationary phases housed within 1.0 mm i.d. silcosteel columns is presented within this study. A 90% PS-co-DVB polyHIPE was covalently attached to the walls of the column housing by prior wall modification with 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl methacrylate and c...

This paper describes a prototype spatial decision support system (SDSS) designed to assist Housing Choice Voucher Program clients, with the guidance of housing counselors, make better quality decisions about neighborhoods in which to search for rental housing and specific rental units to evaluate for occupancy. This application also serves as a marketing tool for public housing authorities (PHA...

Nikki Stephens BSc (Hons), RGN, Dip RN child is team co-ordinator complex care and respite, Community Children’s Services, Islington PCT Navigating a discharge from hospital to home can be a protracted process fraught with difficulties for a child with complex care needs. Poorly co-ordinated planning prolongs the discharge process (Edwards et al 2004, Ludvigsen and Morrison 2003, Noyes 2002). P...

China is experiencing an unprecedented urban revolution, with massive ruralto-urban migration. Owing to the discriminatory hukou system, millions of migrants are excluded from accessing subsidized housing and suffer severe housing poverty. How to provide decent and affordable housing to migrants is an unprecedented challenge in China. In this paper we aim to scrutinize the current migrant housi...

Introduction Trace elements are essential in human and animal’s nutrition. They play a major role in health, immunity and reproduction. The production of milk or meat as well as the housing and management conditions of high-performing animals can generate oxidative stress and health troubles in cattle. Some trace elements and vitamins have an anti-oxidative action and increase immunity. The mos...

Housing reform in urban China has introduced market mechanisms into a previously welfare-oriented housing system. Although microlevel factors such as household characteristics begin to shape housing behavior in urban China as is the case in the West, macrolevel constraints and opportunities defined by not only housing stocks and housing markets but also local government behaviors continue to be...

In France in 2008, the “Grenelle de l’Environnement” Forum agreed and planned on energy renovation on private buildings to reduce greenhouse gases; the cost was estimated as hundreds of billion euros. Its implementation is actually more difficult than expected: in the absence of the obligation to renovate, public initiatives are required. Government strengthened incentive tax breaks, but they b...