Re-defining the Climatic Zones over Nigeria

Re-defining the library

Purpose: Originally the keynote speech to the Bielefeld Conference exploring the challenges facing libraries in the digital age and considering ways in which they need to reshape and rethink their services and skills to maintain their relevance and contribution. Design/methodology/approach: A review of a wide range of recently published materials (2003 – 2006) gives a broad perspective on the c...

Defining disability – Re-defining policy

Introduction: In 2002, an EC study reported that different European countries define disability differently, and this is one of the primary reasons why no common Europe-wide policies on disability exist. The EU-MHADIE project was funded with the aim of producing recommendations and guidelines for future common disability policies. The WHO’s ICF classification and its bio-psycho-social model of ...

Groundwater Vulnerability in Different Climatic Zones

South Africa’s Climatic Zones: Today, Tomorrow

To design energy efficient buildings using an optimal combination of passive design strategies it is necessary to understand the particular climate designed for. To use energy simulation software such as EnergyPlus TM , Ecotect TM or DesignBuilder TM to calculate building energy consumption or undertake a predictive thermal simulation of naturally ventilated buildings requires a detailed set of...

(Re)defining stem cells.

Stem-cell nomenclature is in a muddle! So-called stem cells may be self-renewing or emergent, oligopotent (uni- and multipotent) or pluri- and totipotent, cells with perpetual embryonic features or cells that have changed irreversibly. Ambiguity probably seeped into stem cells from common usage, flukes in biology's history beginning with Weismann's divide between germ and soma and Haeckel's bio...