The International Energy Agency Implementing Agreement for a Cooperative Programme on Geothermal Energy Research and Technology, or Geothermal Implementing Agreement (GIA), provides an important framework for wide-ranging international cooperation in geothermal R&D. The activities of the GIA, which began in March 1997, are directed primarily to the coordination of on-going national programmes a...

C O N T E N T S Forward Executive Summary Introduction Disease Prevalence Diabetes Mellitus Hypertension Risk Factor Prevalence Cigarette Smoking Physical Activity Obesity Cholesterol Alcohol Consumption Angina Awareness of Cancer Screening Breast Cancer Screening Cervical Cancer Screening Survey Response Survey Methodology References Annexes Annex A: Detailed Tables Annex B:Main Findings of Na...

The written contributions and comments received in relation to the previous and this version of the Research Roadmap have been summarised. That summary and the specific observations from the editors are provided in the Annexes to this version of the Roadmap.

Clouston syndrome is a rare genodermatosis that affects skin and annexes. It is a form of ectodermal dysplasia characterized by generalized hypotrichosis, palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and nail dystrophy. This paper reports a 25-year follow-up of a patient with Clouston syndrome, from childhood to adulthood, monitoring diagnosis and clinical course of the disease.

This Recommendation provides methodologies for the interference evaluation from the HAPS-to-ground transmission downlink of the fixed service (FS) using high altitude platform stations to the uplink of the fixed-satellite service using the geostationary satellites within the bands 27.5-28.35 GHz.This Recommendation contains three Annexes that provide methodologies for interference calculation, ...

The European Groundwater Directive could be improved by limiting the scopes of the Annexes I and II to the manmade and natural substances, respectively, and by defining a common monitoring protocol. The changes in the European landuse patterns, in particular the urban sprawl phenomena, obscure the distinction between the point and diffuse sources of contamination. In the future more importance ...

BACKGROUND The scarce fritillary Euphydryas (Hypodryas) maturna (L.) is included in the Habitats Directive's Annexes II and IV(a). Therefore, it is crucially important to be able to define the habitat and breeding places of E.maturna in a correct and unbiased way. NEW INFORMATION Data on a previously unknown pre-diapause main host plant, the small cow-wheat (Melampyrumsylvaticum L.), of Euphy...