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    Environmental Sustainability in Building Design and Construction. (2021)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing AG,
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (182 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9783030762315
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=6838693
    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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    The Ahmed shunt versus the Baerveldt shunt for refractory glaucoma: a meta-analysis (2016)
    BioMed Central
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    Publication Date: 2016-06-09
    Description: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of the Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implant and the Baerveldt implant for the treatment of refractory glaucoma.
    Electronic ISSN: 1471-2415
    Topics: Medicine
    Published by BioMed Central
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    One-chip multicolor electroluminescence from an isotype heterojunction light-emitting diode (2014)
    American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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    Publication Date: 2014-09-16
    Description: Both direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) driving electroluminescence were obtained from isotype heterojunction ( n-i-n : n-ZnO/i-HfO 2 /n-GaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) fabricated by a pulsed laser deposition system. The n-ZnO film maintained the same growth orientation as the n-GaN film and was of high crystalline quality even on a polycrystalline high- k HfO 2 thin film. The as-produced n-i-n LEDs can emit strong visible light or dominant ultraviolet light at ∼392 nm, depending on the polarity of the applied DC voltages. The individual spectrum under either forward or reverse bias can be integrated to one spectrum by applying 50 Hz AC driving voltages (sinusoidal signals). More importantly, near white-light can be obtained by tuning the symmetric driving AC sinusoidal signals to the asymmetric ones. This simple and facile method only by applying AC asymmetric signals to achieve white light emission on one single chip may provide an easy route for the white-light solid-state lighting industry.
    Print ISSN: 0003-6951
    Electronic ISSN: 1077-3118
    Topics: Physics
    Published by American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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    Low-power, ultrafast, and dynamic all-optical tunable plasmonic analog to electromagnetically induced transparency in two resonators side-coupled with a waveguide system (2015)
    American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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    Publication Date: 2015-06-06
    Description: We theoretically and numerically investigate a low-power, ultrafast, and dynamic all-optical tunable plasmonic analog to electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in two nanodisk resonators side-coupled to a metal-insulator-metal plasmonic waveguide system. The optical Kerr effect is enhanced by the slow light effect of the plasmonic EIT-like effect and the plasmonic waveguide based on graphene-Ag composite material structures with giant effective Kerr nonlinear coefficient. The optical Kerr effect modulation method is applied to improve tuning rate with response time of subpicoseconds or even femtoseconds. With dynamically tuning the propagation phase of the plasmonic waveguide, π -phase shift of the transmission spectrum in the plasmonic EIT-like system is achieved under excitation of a pump light with an intensity as low as 5.85 MW/cm 2 . The group delay is controlled between 0.09 and 0.4 ps. All observed schemes are analyzed rigorously through finite-difference time-domain simulations and coupled-mode formalism. Results show a new direction toward the low power consumption and ultrafast responses of integration plasmonic photonic devices and all-optical dynamical storage of light devices in optical communication and quantum information processing.
    Print ISSN: 0021-8979
    Electronic ISSN: 1089-7550
    Topics: Physics
    Published by American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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    Choroidal thickness and high myopia: a cross-sectional study and meta-analysis (2015)
    BioMed Central
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    Publication Date: 2015-07-04
    Description: Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the choroidal thickness of patients with high myopia using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) and compare them with healthy subjects. Methods: We first conducted a cross-sectional study and then performed a meta-analysis to address this issue further. Using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT), the macular choroidal thickness of high myopic eyes and normal control eyes were measured and compared at each location. Univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses were performed to assess the association between choroidal thickness and clinical factors such as axial length (AL), spherical equivalent (SE), and central corneal thickness. In the high myopic eyes, subgroup analysis of macular choroidal thickness was performed in eyes with or without lacquer cracks and choroidal neovascularization (CNV). The meta-analyses were conducted using the Stata software package. Results: The high myopic eyes had a thinner choroid than the control eyes at all macular locations (all P 
    Electronic ISSN: 1471-2415
    Topics: Medicine
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    DNA Polymerases as targets for gene therapy of hepatocyte carcinoma (2015)
    BioMed Central
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    Publication Date: 2015-04-30
    Description: Background: Hepatocyte carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. Despite many achievements in diagnosis and treatment, HCC mortality remains high due to the malignant nature of the disease. Novel approaches, especially for targeted therapy, are being extensively explored. Gene therapy is ideal for such purpose for its specific expression of exogenous genes in HCC cells driven by tissue-specific promoter. However strategies based on correction of mutations or altered expressions of genes responsible for the development/progression of HCC have limitations because these aberrant molecules are not presented in all cancerous cells. In the current work, we adopted a novel strategy by targeting the DNA replication step which is essential for proliferation of every cancer cell. Methods: A recombinant adenovirus with alpha fetoprotein (AFP) promoter-controlled expressions of artificial microRNAs targeting DNA polymerases α, δ, ε and recombinant active Caspase 3, namely Ad/AFP-Casp-AFP-amiR, was constructed. Results: The artificial microRNAs could efficiently inhibit the expression of the target polymerases in AFP-positive HCC cells at both RNA and protein levels, and HCC cells treated with the recombinant virus Ad/AFP-Casp-AFP-amiR exhibited significant G0/1 phase arrest. The proliferation of HCC cells were significantly inhibited by Ad/AFP-Casp-AFP-amiR with increased apoptosis. On the contrary, the recombinant adenovirus Ad/AFP-Casp-AFP-amiR did not inhibit the expression of DNA polymerases α, δ or ε in AFP-negative human normal liver cell HL7702, and showed no effect on the cell cycle progression, proliferation or apoptosis. Conclusions: Inhibition of DNA polymerases α, δ and ε by AFP promoter-driven artificial microRNAs may lead to effective growth arrest of AFP-positive HCC cells, which may represent a novel strategy for gene therapy by targeting the genes that are essential for the growth/proliferation of cancer cells, avoiding the limitations set by any of the individually altered gene.
    Electronic ISSN: 1471-2407
    Topics: Medicine
    Published by BioMed Central
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    Wnt/β-Catenin signaling reduces Bacillus Calmette-Guerin-induced macrophage necrosis through a ROS -mediated PARP/AIF-dependent pathway (2015)
    BioMed Central
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    Publication Date: 2015-03-25
    Description: Background: Necrosis of alveolar macrophages following Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection has been demonstrated to play a vital role in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. Our previous study demonstrated that Wnt/β-catenin signaling was able to promote mycobacteria-infected cell apoptosis by a caspase-dependent pathway. However, the functionality of this signaling in the necrosis of macrophage following mycobacterial infection remains largely unknown. Methods: Murine macrophage RAW264.7 cells were infected with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) in the presence of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. The necrotic cell death was determined by cytometric assay and electronic microscopy; the productions of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reduced glutathione (GSH) were measured by a cytometric analysis and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively; and the activity of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1)/apoptosis inhibition factor (AIF) signaling was examined by an immunoblotting assay. Results: The BCG can induce RAW264.7 macrophage cells necrosis in a dose- and time-dependent manner along with an accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Intriguingly, an enhancement of Wnt/β-catenin signaling shows an ability to reduce the mycobacteria-induced macrophage necrosis. Mechanistically, the activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling is capable of inhibiting the necrotic cell death in BCG-infected RAW264.7 cells through a mechanism by which the Wnt signaling scavenges intracellular ROS accumulation and increases cellular GSH concentration. In addition, immunoblotting analysis further reveals that Wnt/β-catenin signaling is capable of inhibiting the ROS-mediated cell necrosis in part through a PARP-1/AIF- dependent pathway. Conclusions: An activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling can inhibit BCG-induced macrophage necrosis by increasing the production of GSH and scavenging ROS in part through a mechanism of repression of PARP-1/AIF signaling pathway. This finding may thus provide an insight into the underlying mechanism of alveolar macrophage cell death in response to mycobacterial infection.
    Electronic ISSN: 1471-2172
    Topics: Medicine
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