BACKGROUND Psychosocial and environmental factors at the workplace play a significant role in building-related symptoms (BRSs). Environmental factors change during summer cooling and winter heating using air-conditioning systems. Thus, significant risk factors in each season need to be clarified. METHODS A nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted during summer in Japan and seasonal diff...

The Paramyxovirus membrane associated proteins are composed of two integral membrane glycoproteins, HN (H, G) and F, and of a matrix protein (M) carpeting the membrane inner layer. For Sendai virus (SeV), F and M have been proposed to form a complex at the endoplasmic reticulum that further migrates to the cell periphery where it represents a nucleation site for viral assembly completion (Essai...

Case history A 68 year old Caucasian woman presented with a lump in her right groin and lower abdominal pain. No changes in bowel habit or other bowel symptoms were reported. Previous medical history included endometrial cancer diagnosed at age 57, treated by hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. The family history was negative for desmoids, colon polyps and cancer. By CT scan, a 4 ...

NIST RESEARCH SHOWS NANOCOMPOSITE CAN TAKE THE HEAT Remember the scene in “The Graduate” when a wouldbe mentor wraps his arm around young Benjamin and says, “I’ve got just one word for you . . . Are you listening? . . . Plastics!” If that film were being made in 1997, that one word might be nanocomposites. Nanocomposites are super plastics—compounds in which about 1 nm size particles of montmor...

The Paramyxovirus membrane associated proteins are composed of two integral membrane glycoproteins, HN (H, G) and F, and of a matrix protein (M) carpeting the membrane inner layer. For Sendai virus (SeV), F and M have been proposed to form a complex at the endoplasmic reticulum that further migrates to the cell periphery where it represents a nucleation site for viral assembly completion (Essai...

This paper forms part of a broader research into the development of a building maintenance programme through visualization of the building as it degrades over time. In a previous work, by the authors, the overview model of building maintenance visualization has been given in which the behaviour of building components are mathematically analysed before submitted for VRML representation. In a lat...

A 30-year-old female, with no significant family history, came with complaints of intermittent, colicky abdominal pain and abdominal distension of 5 months duration, with significant weight loss. CT abdomen showed multiple polypoidal lesions in the colon. Colonoscopy revealed multiple polyps carpeting the entire colon (Fig. 1A); biopsy of which revealed adenomatous polyps. The patient underwent...

Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is characterised by the presence of profuse colonic carpeting of adenomas throughout the entire colon and rectum. The genetic basis of FAP has been shown to be primarily associated with germline mutations in the APC gene. Notwithstanding, several reports have been published indicating that there is genetic heterogeneity in FAP and that the most likely explan...

Introduction: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been used as flame retardants for several decades in the United States. Their incorporation into mattress coverings, carpeting, upholstery fabric, clothing and plastics have greatly reduced fire-related deaths. However, their widespread use and resistance to degradation have resulted in global contamination. PBDEs have a tendency to bioa...

A joint research group was formed to evaluate the effects of flooring and ceiling choices on controlling “corridor activity noise” in an occupied hospital. Beside noise control within the corridors, the sound absorption also played an important role in isolating sound from room to room and from nurses‟ station to patient rooms. In the present study, noise levels (recorded as percentile level Ln...