Personal factors in thermal comfort assessment: clothing properties and metabolic heat production

In the assessment of thermal comfort in buildings, the use of the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) model is very popular. For this model, data on the climate, on clothing and on metabolic heat production are required. This paper discusses the representation and measurement of clothing parameters and metabolic rate in the PMV context. Several problems are identified and for some of these solutions are pro

Visual attention in three species of great apes

B-value requirements for suppression of old lacunar infarcts in stroke diagnosis with diffusion-weighted MRI

Everyone Loves a Winner: Expectations and Realisations in the Emerging CDM Market

Transaction Costs of Energy Efficiency Projects (ESCOs, building owner, building developer)

Like a White Piece of Paper: Embodiment and the Moral Upbringing of Vietnamese Children

'Your kid is just great': On ethics and access in research with children.

Multitasking Real-Time Control Systems in Easy Java Simulations

The paper presents the development of interactive real-time control labs using Easy Java Simulations (Ejs). Ejs is a free software tool that allows rapid creation of interactive simulations in Java. A new TrueTime-based kernel has been designed in Ejs in order to create multitasking real-time system simulations as well as soft real-time applications. The main features of these new capabilities are

On fluorescent Fe II lines in the ultraviolet spectrum of the symbiotic star RR Telescopii

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Internationalization of the Firm and Its Board

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Swedish Industrial Growth and Crises in the 20th Century

Democratization and Public Policy Conflict Management in Thailand: The Synthesis of the State and the Civil Society

Flexibility in networked learning for sustainable development

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Supply Chain Inventory Control-Methods for Coordination and Evaluation

Thanks to the fierce competition and the globalization of markets as well as compa¬nies, supply chain management has emerged as one of the most urgent manage¬rial issues in business today. This thesis is devoted to one aspect of this vast problem area - the coordinated management/control of supply chain inventories. The objective is: To develop methods and models for coordinated inventory contro

Taiwan Experience and the Chinese Education Movement in Malaysia

Involvement of the immune system in phytohaemagglutinin-induced structural and functional precocious maturation of the gut in young rats

Mammals are born with an immature gastrointestinal (GI) tract that allows the uptake of the specific nutrients and bioactive macromolecules in the milk, especially the protecting maternal antibodies. Eventually during weaning, the intake of milk decreases while that of solid food increases, and the GI system undergoes prominent structural and functional changes adapting the young this dietary chan

A mechano-regulatory bone-healing model incorporating cell-phenotype specific activity

Phenomenological computational models of tissue regeneration and bone healing have been only partially successful in predicting experimental observations. This may be a result of simplistic modeling of cellular activity. Furthermore, phenomenological models are limited when considering the effects of combined physical and biological interventions. In this study, a new model of cell and tissue diff

Simulation and verification of different parameters effect on springback results

Today, simulation of springback has still not reached enough accuracy for acceptance as a production tool in the automotive industry. Further investigations need to be done in order to understand how to improve the results in an efficient way. In order to investigate which parameters that are important for the accuracy in a springback simulation, a parameter study of a U-shaped rail was performed.