The melodic singing of birds is a pleasure that most people enjoy. Perhaps you live in the country and welcome the robin’s song as the first herald of spring. Or maybe you live in a city apartment filled with the singing of a canary. I remember hearing a canary sing for the fust time at my grandmother’s house. I’ve been fascinated and thrilled ever since to hear birdsongs. As a onetime student ...

The user authentication and access control technology of home networks has, up until recently, adopted a practice of direct security management by residents, with the placing of the security system in the home network of each house. Such a type of system has a high probability of producing weaknesses in security, because home residents must manage their security. Additionally, as the security s...

Indoor climate was assessed in an apartment in Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, by use of a fungal index. The index represents the environmental (climate) capacity to allow fungal growth; it is determined by measuring the growth rate of a biosensor fungus, Eurotium herbariorum J-183. Differences in climate among various parts of the apartment (microclimate) and its changes could be cla...

OBJECTIVE This study assessed renters' preferences for official smoking policies in their buildings and their practices concerning restricting tobacco smoking in their apartments. DESIGN Renters (n = 301) living in large apartment complexes in a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, completed a mail survey. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The survey asked about the official smoking policies in place in t...

Unintentional accidents are very common in children and the main reason for consultation hospitalization paediatric surgery. Aim: To determine factors associated with unintentional resulting hospitalization. Material methods: This is a cross sectional study carried out Paediatric Surgical Emergency Department of Children's Hospital Rabat over period 4 years. We processed 1205 children's files; ...

In 2002, the Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD) introduced energy certification schemes to classify and compare building performances support reaching efficiency targets by informing different actors sectors. However, since its implementation, Certifications (EPCs) remained unexploited with limited impact on savings targets. this context, EPC RECAST project aims at studying a new g...