I barnelitteratur har fugler og barns forhold til natur lenge hatt en sentral plass. Premissene som ligger i bildebøker kan imidlertid ha betydning for forståelse naturen et bærekraftig samfunn. Både rammeplan barnehagen læreplanverket skolen understreker at det er viktig barn skal bli kjent med naturens mangfold, få naturopplevelser, skape tilhørighet lære seg å ta vare på naturen. Det betyr n...

according to statistics, in 2009 iran’s oil and gas consumption were 1.4 and 3.1 times higher than the world average and during 1998 to 2008 residential sector accounted for 42% of the total energy consumption in the country. as hot-humid climate is the most severe climate across the world, climatic consideration must be incorporated in design of the new dwellings in this area. over the centuri...

Tunicamycin, an antibiotic which specifically inhibits the dolichol-mediated synthesis of glycoproteins, significantly decreased the incorporation of tritiated o-mannose and o-glucosamine into L1210 ascites leukemia cell glycoproteins at concentrations which affected the biosynthesis of proteins minimally. Mice re ceiving inoculations of LI 210 cells pretreated with 10 ^M tunicamycin in vitro s...

Reprint requests to: Dr. Yu-Shien Ko The First Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. No. 5, Fu Sing Street, Gueishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, R.O.C. Evaluat ion of chest pain in the emergency department (ED) is a formidable chal lenge. It is established that multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) can detect the changes of myocardial perfusion aft...

After a reg ionwide two-cen tu ry per iod of deforestation and agrar ian expansion, the d ramat i c reduct ion in agr icul ture in N e w Eng land dur ing the past 150 years genera ted a wave of land-cover change . Fores t cover increased from less than 3 0 % to more than 7 5 % in m a n y regions. Despi te suppor t ing one of the densest h u m a n popula t ions in the nat ion, N e w Eng land is ...

Control and Optimization of Power Systems with Renewables:Voltage Regulation and Generator DispatchbyBaosen ZhangDoctor of Philosophy in Engineering-Electrical Engineering and Computer SciencesUniversity of California, BerkeleyProfessor David Tse, Chair The electric power system is undergoing dramatic transformations due to the emergence ofrenewable resources. Howeve...

tion, may mediate or contribute to these findings. colleagues (1999) is to characterize the truncated pro-any, between hypocretins and HLA-DQB1*0602 in hu-19, 248–257. mans. HLA class II molecules, such as HLA-DQB1*0602, are expressed in the nervous system and bind peptides; whether or not a particular peptide is bound depends on which antigen is expressed. If HLA-DQB1*0602 binds hypocretins, i...

In Greek mythology, Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans. His action infuriated Zeus, who then chained the giant to a rock in the ocean where he was lashed by the seas and burned by the sun. Today, humans' ability to capture energy and use it as we wish may be leading us toward a similar fate. Records from glacial ice cores and direct air sampling confirm that since the ind...

Food fortifi cation with synthetic folic acid (pteroyl monoglutamic acid) remains a source of debate in terms of benefi t versus issues of safety and consumer choice. Several countries have adopted mandatory folic acid fortifi cation. A decision to proceed in Australasia was made in June, 2007. We report the case of a woman who had three episodes of type I hypersensitivity, including ana phylax...

Russlands invasjon av Ukraina kom som julekvelden på kjerringa. Blant hovedårsakene til mange observatørers måpende overraskelse var inngrodde forestillinger, faste forventninger og vante antagelser om interstatlige forhold. Mange disse har lenge vært vedlikeholdt en såkalt nyrealistisk tilnærming internasjonal politikk. Denne artikkelen begynner med å identifisere nyrealismens betydelige blind...