The growing need for valid assessment procedures of the outdoor thermal environment in the fields of public weather services, public health systems, urban planning, tourism & recreation and climate impact research raised the idea to develop the Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI based on the most recent scientific progress both in thermo-physiology and in heat exchange theory. Following exten...

Leisure Sciences An Interdisciplinary Journal Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713773100 Evaluating Household-Level Relationships between Environmental Views and Outdoor Recreation: The Teton Valley Case M. Nils Peterson a; Vanessa Hull b; Angela G. Mertig c; Jianguo Liu b a North Carolina State...

background: sperm vitrification is a technique of ice and cryoprotectant free cryopreservation by direct plunging of sperm suspension into liquid nitrogen (ln2). the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of cryoprotectant free-vitrification on human sperm fine structure by msome technology and the fertility potential by zona binding assay (zba). methods: 20 normo-ejaculates were pr...