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  • 1
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    Online Resource
    Cham :Springer International Publishing AG,
    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (182 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9783030762315
    DDC: 363.705
    Language: English
    Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 Organization of This Book -- 1.2.1 Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.2.2 Chapter 2: National and International Developments -- 1.2.3 Chapter 3: Climate Change and Built Environment -- 1.2.4 Chapter 4: Energy and Carbon Emission -- 1.2.5 Chapter 5: Materials and Water -- 1.2.6 Chapter 6: Sustainable Waste Management -- 1.2.7 Chapter 7: Sustainable Building Design -- 1.2.8 Chapter 8: Resilience and Adaptation in Buildings -- 1.3 Sustainability and Sustainable Development -- 1.3.1 Sustainability -- 1.3.2 Sustainable Development -- 1.3.3 Key Themes in Sustainable Development -- 1.3.4 Key Principles of Sustainable Development -- 1.3.5 Key Questions in Sustainable Development -- 1.4 Sustainable Construction -- 1.4.1 Overview -- 1.4.2 Life Cycle Approach in Sustainable Construction -- 1.4.3 Challenges of Sustainable Construction -- 1.5 Summary -- 1.6 Discussion Queries -- References -- Chapter 2: International and National Sustainable Developments -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 International Developments -- 2.2.1 History of Sustainable Development -- 2.2.2 UN Policy on Sustainable Development -- 2.2.3 CIB Agenda 21 on Sustainable Construction -- 2.2.4 OECD Policies on Sustainable Development -- 2.2.5 ISO Policies on Sustainable Development -- 2.2.6 Melbourne Principles for Sustainable Cities -- 2.3 National Developments -- 2.3.1 Introduction -- 2.3.2 Australia's Commitment to International Sustainable Development -- 2.3.3 Council of Australian Government (COAG) Agreements -- 2.3.4 Federal Australian Government Actions -- 2.4 State and Territory Developments -- 2.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Climate Change and Built Environment -- 3.1 What Is Climate Change? -- 3.1.1 Climate System -- 3.1.2 Climate States -- 3.1.3 Greenhouse Effect -- 3.1.4 Sources of GHG -- 3.2 Climate Change. , 3.3 Global Warming -- 3.4 Carbon Cycle -- 3.5 Climate Projection -- 3.6 Global Climate Change-Observations -- 3.7 Climate Projection -- 3.8 Impact of Climate Change on Built Environment -- 3.9 Coping with Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation -- 3.9.1 Mitigation to Climate Change -- 3.9.2 Adaptation to Climate Change -- 3.10 Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Energy and Carbon Emission -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Energy Sources, Production and Consumption -- 4.2.1 Primary and Secondary Energy Sources -- 4.2.2 The Energy Consumption -- 4.3 Energy per Capita and Human Development -- 4.4 Energy and CO2 Emission of Construction Sector -- 4.5 Embodied Energy -- 4.6 Operating Energy -- 4.6.1 Residential End Use -- 4.6.2 Commercial End Use -- 4.7 Energy Efficiency in Buildings -- 4.8 Carbon Accounting in Construction -- 4.8.1 Emissions from Fuel Combustion -- 4.8.2 Emissions from Electricity -- 4.9 Implications of Climate Change to Residential Building Energy -- 4.10 Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Materials and Water -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Sustainable Resource Management -- 5.2.1 Global Material Consumption Trend -- 5.2.2 Sustainable Material Management -- 5.3 Sustainable Water Management -- 5.3.1 Overview -- 5.3.2 Water Efficiency and Recycling -- 5.3.3 Water Quality and Treatment -- 5.3.4 Rainwater Tanks -- 5.3.5 Desalination, Recycling and Energy -- 5.4 Summary -- References -- Chapter 6: Sustainable Waste Management -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Solid Waste Management: A Global and National View -- 6.2.1 Types of Solid Wastes -- 6.2.2 Impacts of Solid Waste -- 6.2.3 Construction and Demolition (C& -- D) Waste -- 6.3 Waste Treatments -- 6.4 Waste to Resource Management: A Circular Economy Approach -- 6.5 Challenges with Reuse and Recycling in the Construction Sector -- 6.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 7: Sustainable Building Design. , 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Sustainable Building Design Opportunities -- 7.3 Green Building Design -- 7.4 Low-Energy Building Design -- 7.4.1 Building Orientation and Aspect Ratio -- 7.4.2 Building Envelope Design -- Building Envelope Design: Wall System -- Building Envelope Design: Windows -- Building Envelope Design: Roof -- 7.4.3 Daylighting Strategies -- 7.4.4 Ventilation Strategies -- 7.4.5 Thermal Mass and Insulation -- 7.4.6 Internal Load Reduction -- 7.5 Zero-Energy/Zero-Carbon Design -- 7.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 8: Resilience and Adaptation in Buildings -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Sustainability -- 8.3 Built Environment -- 8.4 Climate Change Implications to Buildings -- 8.5 Resilience for Thermal Comfort -- 8.5.1 Thermal Comfort -- 8.5.2 Climate Change and Thermal Comfort -- 8.6 Resilience to Heat Waves -- 8.7 Resilience for Durability -- 8.7.1 Building Durability -- 8.7.2 Deterioration of Concrete Structures Under Changing Climate -- 8.7.3 Prevention of Concrete Deterioration -- 8.7.4 Durability of Timber -- 8.7.5 Deterioration of Timber Under Changing Climate -- 8.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 9: Summary and Conclusions -- Index.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: A 20-kDa DNA-binding protein that binds the AT-rich sequences within the promoters of the brain-specific protein kinase C (PKC) γ and neurogranin/RC3 genes has been characterized as chromosomal nonhistone high-mobility-group protein (HMG)-I. This protein is a substrate of PKC α, β, γ, and δ but is poorly phosphorylated by PKC ε and ζ. Two major (Ser44 and Ser64) and four minor phosphorylation sites have been identified. The extents of phosphorylation of Ser44 and Ser64 were 1:1, whereas those of the four minor sites all together were 〈30% of the major one. These PKC phosphorylation sites are distinct from those phosphorylated by cdc2 kinase, which phosphorylates Thr53 and Thr78. Phosphorylation of HMG-I by PKC resulted in a reduction of DNA-binding affinity by 28-fold as compared with 12-fold caused by the phosphorylation with cdc2 kinase. HMG-I could be additively phosphorylated by cdc2 kinase and PKC, and the resulting doubly phosphorylated protein exhibited a 〉 100-fold reduction in binding affinity. The two cdc2 kinase phosphorylation sites of HMG-I are adjacent to the N terminus of two of the three predicted DNA-binding domains. In comparison, one of the major PKC phosphorylation sites, Ser64, is adjacent to the C terminus of the second DNA-binding domain, whereas Ser44 is located within the spanning region between the first and second DNA-binding domains. The current results suggest that phosphorylation of the mammalian HMG-I by PKC alone or in combination with cdc2 kinase provides an effective mechanism for the regulation of HMG-I function.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
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    Publication Date: 2013-03-26
    Description: AmyP is a raw-starch-degrading α-amylase newly identified from a marine metagenome library. It shares low sequence similarity with characterized glycoside hydrolases and was classified into a new subfamily of GH13. In particular, it showed preferential degradation to raw rice starch. Full-length AmyP was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli , then purified and crystallized in the presence of its substrate analogue β-cyclodextrin. X-ray diffraction data were collected to a resolution of 2.1 Å. The crystal belonged to space group P 2 1 2 1 2, with unit-cell parameters a = 129.824, b = 215.534, c = 79.699 Å, α = β = γ = 90°, and was estimated to contain two molecules in one asymmetric unit.
    Electronic ISSN: 1744-3091
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Geosciences , Physics
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    Publication Date: 2015-08-27
    Description: The cloud water content (CWC) in rainy clouds is a crucial parameter to determine the onset and the growth rate of precipitation, and to quantify the associated latent heating rate. No direct retrieval of CWC in rainy cloud from satellite observations is reported due to the difficulties of separating cloud particles from precipitation sized particles. However, based on multiple cloud simulations from the Weather and Research Forecasting (WRF) model, we have found that the CWC profile in warm rains can be well determined by three macro-physical cloud properties of cloud water path (CWP), cloud top height (CTH), and cloud bottom height (CBH). The CBH can be estimated using CWP, CTH and near surface rain rate. We proposed an algorithm with a lookup table for estimating the CWC profile using CWP, CTH and near surface rain rate as inputs. The performance of this algorithm was tested with WRF model simulations and a real drizzle case observed by the CloudSat satellite. Testing verified that the algorithm can retrieve the vertical distribution of CWC correctly with few errors at different spatiotemporal scales. In addition, the algorithm is not confined to particular microphysics schemes and is valid for multiple cloud systems in different areas over the world. This algorithm is expected to improve current knowledge of cloud water content in rainy clouds.
    Print ISSN: 0148-0227
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: [1]  One of the primary goals for the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) is to provide the science and user communities with the data continuity of the Environmental Data Records (EDR) (or Level-2 products) over global oceanic waters for various research and applications, including assessment of climatic and environmental variations. The ocean color EDR is one of the most important products derived from VIIRS. Since ocean color EDR is processed from the upstream Sensor Data Records (SDR) (or Level-1B data), the objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the SDR on the VIIRS ocean color EDR. The quality of the SDR relies on pre-launch sensor characterizations as well as on-orbit radiometric calibrations, which are used to develop the sensor F-factor lookup tables (F-LUTs). VIIRS F-LUTs derived from solar and lunar calibrations have been used in processing data from the VIIRS Raw Data Records (RDR) (or Level-0 data) to SDR. In this study, three sets of F-LUTs with different generation schemes have been used to reprocess the SDR and then the ocean color EDR for product evaluations. VIIRS ocean color products are compared with in situ data from the Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) and products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the satellite Aqua. It is found that the data quality of VIIRS operational ocean color products before 6 February 2012 is poor due to the inappropriate use of the at-launch F-LUTs for the SDR calibration, and that the recently updated VIIRS F-LUTs have significantly improved the SDR and ocean color EDR. Using reprocessed SDR with updated F-LUTs and including vicarious calibration, VIIRS ocean color EDR products are consistent with those from MODIS-Aqua in global deep waters. Although there are still some significant issues with VIIRS ocean color EDR, e.g., poor data quality over coastal regions, our results demonstrate that VIIRS has great potential to provide the science and user communities with consistently high quality global ocean color data records that are established from heritage ocean color sensors such as MODIS-Aqua.
    Print ISSN: 0148-0227
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
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    Publication Date: 2012-07-17
    Description: Author(s): Ryan Stearrett, W. G. Wang, Xiaoming Kou, J. F. Feng, J. M. D. Coey, J. Q. Xiao, and E. R. Nowak The strength of the exchange bias field is found to influence the low-frequency magnetoresistive noise associated with the magnetic reference layer in sputtered-deposited and electron-beam-evaporated CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB tunnel junctions. The noise is due to magnetic losses arising in the reference layer... [Phys. Rev. B 86, 014415] Published Mon Jul 16, 2012
    Keywords: Magnetism
    Print ISSN: 1098-0121
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-3795
    Topics: Physics
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    Publication Date: 2017-08-15
    Description: Author(s): Si Li, Zhi-Ming Yu, Ying Liu, Shan Guan, Shan-Shan Wang, Xiaoming Zhang, Yugui Yao, and Shengyuan A. Yang A nodal loop appears when two bands, typically one electronlike and one holelike, are crossing each other linearly along a one-dimensional manifold in reciprocal space. Here, we propose a type of nodal loop which emerges from the crossing between two bands which are both electronlike (or holelike) a... [Phys. Rev. B 96, 081106(R)] Published Mon Aug 14, 2017
    Keywords: Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems
    Print ISSN: 1098-0121
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-3795
    Topics: Physics
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 2017-01-24
    Description: Agricultural production, rural areas, and farmers are three key aspects of agriculture related to sustainable economic and social development in China. Rural development is a process of multi-participation, which involves actors from governments, village committees, villagers, rural economic cooperatives, enterprises, financing institutions, and non-government organizations (NGOs). Based on social network analysis (SNA), this article analyzes the social network structures and characteristics of various actors in different stages of rural development in Yanhe village, Hubei Province, China. The results show that both the village committee and villagers have great influence on rural development; NGOs are the leaders of rural environmental improvement; village cooperatives are the promoters of rural economic development; enterprises are the accelerators of rural construction and development. The study outlines the rural development model in Yanhe village where the village committee is the leader and multiple forms of participation and cooperation are present; there are excellent partnerships and communication mechanisms among the participants. The endogenous and sustainable development model identified from Yanhe village is valuable for other villages in China to adopt.
    Print ISSN: 0017-4815
    Electronic ISSN: 1468-2257
    Topics: Geography , Economics
    Published by Wiley-Blackwell
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    Publication Date: 2018-08-31
    Description: Author(s): Xiaofei Shao, Xiaobiao Liu, Xinrui Zhao, Junru Wang, Xiaoming Zhang, and Mingwen Zhao Two-dimensional (2D) lattices composed exclusively of pentagons represent an exceptional structure of materials correlated to the famous pentagonal tiling problem in mathematics, but their π conjugation and the related electronic properties have never been reported. Here, we propose a tight-binding ... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 085437] Published Thu Aug 30, 2018
    Keywords: Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems
    Print ISSN: 1098-0121
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-3795
    Topics: Physics
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    Publication Date: 2014-08-13
    Description: P-n junction BiOBr/ZnO composites were prepared by a facile solvothermal process with double Br sources of CTAB and KBr. The samples were characterized by XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, HRTEM, DRS, BET and PL. The BiOBr/ZnO composites exhibited much higher photocatalytic activity than single BiOBr and ZnO for the degradation of phenol under simulated sunlight irradiation. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of BiOBr/ZnO composites could be mainly ascribed to the high-efficiency separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs through BiOBr/ZnO p-n junction. The reaction mechanism for the removal of phenol was also discussed. Hole and ·OH were the main reactive species. Moreover, the influence of disparate ratios of double Br sources to BiOBr/ZnO composites was also investigated. The results indicated that the BiOBr/ZnO composites prepared by double Br sources showed better photocatalytic activities than the sample prepared by single Br source. P-n junction BiOBr/ZnO composites were prepared by a facile solvothermal process with double Br sources and the composites exhibited higher photocatalytic activity than BiOBr and ZnO for the degradation of phenol, which could be ascribed to two reasons. One reason may be the high efficient separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs through BiOBr/ZnO p-n junction. Another one would be the high surface area achieved by adjusting the content of CTAB.
    Print ISSN: 0232-1300
    Electronic ISSN: 1521-4079
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Published by Wiley-Blackwell
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