With the current concerns about sustainable development and energy consumption in buildings, water pumping systems have become essential for reducing consumption. This research aims to develop guidelines assessment of multifamily buildings. The methodological procedures are: (i) definition efficiencies electric motors; (ii) pump efficiency levels; (iii) determination consumption; (iv) construct...

Ventromedial frontal lobe (VMF) damage is associated with impaired decision making. Recent efforts to understand the functions of this brain region have focused on its role in tracking reward, punishment and risk. However, decision making is complex, and frontal lobe damage might be expected to affect it at other levels. This study used process-tracing techniques to explore the effect of VMF da...

AIMS An evaluation was made of the prevalence of Legionella species in hot water distribution systems in the city of Bologna (Italy) and their possible association with bacterial contamination (total counts and Pseudomonadaceae) and the chemical characteristics of the water (pH, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn and Total Organic Carbon, TOC). METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 137 hot water samples were an...

The present paper discusses the heterogeneity of apartment market. For this purpose, we have developed model for mass valuation apartments in Republic Slovenia. construction is based on generalised additive approach. In paper, development presented. experimental part, analysis results two models performed. dependent variable (the price an apartment) distributed according to Gaussian and gamma d...

BACKGROUND Falls from balconies and windows are an important cause of childhood injury. This study investigated the circumstances around such falls and attempted to identify possible measures for their prevention. POPULATION Children <15 years living in Dallas County, Texas. METHODS Each child treated because of a fall from a building in 1997-99 had information about the injury collected, a...

OBJECTIVE To investigate thermal balance of infants in a Mongolian winter, and compare the effects of traditional swaddling with an infant sleeping-bag in apartments or traditional tents (Gers). DESIGN A substudy within a randomised controlled trial. SETTING Community in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. SUBJECTS A stratified randomly selected sample of 40 swaddled and 40 non-swaddled infants recrui...

Current bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., control usually involves insecticide applications that pose a high risk of insecticide exposure to residents and applicators. To minimize these risks and the amount of insecticides used, we designed and evaluated a dust band treatment technique. The laboratory assay showed that 1% cyßuthrin dust treated bands are highly effective in killing bed bugs. We fu...