Identification of Cis-Elements Necessary for Glucocorticoid Induction of Growth Hormone Gene 1 Expression in Chicken Embryonic Pituitary cells 2 3 Kristina Heuck-Knubel, Monika Proszkowiec-Weglarz, Jyoti Narayana, Laura Ellestad, 4 Nattiya Prakobsaeng, and Tom E. Porter 2 5 Department of Animal & Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 6 USA 7 2 Molecular & Cell Biology P...

Population growth and rapid urban development have led to urbanization, caused environmental problems such as: heat islands air pollution. The installation of park green space system is widely regarded as effective in alleviating the thermal environment improving surrounding quality. Therefore, this study focuses on parks highly developed cities, measurements terrain topography were conducted u...

Extensive spatial and temporal surveys, over 15 years, have been conducted in soil in urban parks and street dusts in one of the most polluted cities in western Europe, Avilés (NW Spain). The first survey was carried out in 1996, and since then monitoring has been undertaken every five years. Whilst the sampling site is a relatively small town, industrial activities (mainly the steel industry a...

Trees can improve air quality, but at the same time, pollution might put them at risk. Plane(Platanus orientalis L) and willow trees (Salix babylonicaL) are important trees in the green space of Tehran. Plane trees in Tehran have experienced early autumn in recent years due to severe air pollution. The present study, investigated some physiological traits of these trees under study to determine...

A growing body of research shows positive association between parks and physical activity, but very few studies have investigated the characteristics of users and how the activities vary according to different user groups. The purpose of this study was to investigate the socio-demographic profile of the users, their activities and motivation of visiting the park. Total 400 users of Ramna Park w...

The article analyzes the basic principles of landscape design imperial and aristocratic parks in Russian Empire XVIII–XIX centuries. There were "official" designed to be visited by high-ranking guests, "private" parks, which not covered canons park. In Tsarskoye Selo residence Catherine's Park performed function with appropriate pomp, located next it Alexander's –respectively, became a model fo...

iranian women who, in the traditional conditions of the past and norms of the iranian society, have had a limited access to the public spaces of the city, with the changes taken place in our modern day society and factors such as education, employment and so on. nowadays, they have distinguished themselves in various fields and introduced their own issues and concerns to the society. however, i...

In the Amacayacu National Park in Colombia, which partially overlaps with Indigenous territories, several elements of an inclusive protected area management model have been implemented since the 1990s. In particular, a dialogue between scientific researchers, indigenous people and park staff has been promoted for the co-production of biological and cultural knowledge for decision-making. This p...