purpose: the purpose of this paper is to evaluate to what extent the construction of common and individual biogas plants can answer the fuel needs of rural people or families. methodology: the present study with descriptive - analytical method, examines the fuel needs of the rural people and its supply by biogas from livestock waste. findings: the primary outcome of the proportion of rural popu...

In order to achieve ecological wastewater treatment, a “closed-loop treatment system” is recommended. Many present day systems are a “disposal-based linear system”. The traditional linear treatment systems must be transformed into the cyclical treatment to promote the conservation of water and nutrient resources. Using organic waste nutrient cycles, from “point-of-generation” to “point-of-produ...

The aim of this study is to shed light on the functional role of slc7a6os, a gene highly conserved in vertebrates. The Danio rerio slc7a6os gene encodes a protein of 326 amino acids with 46% identity to human SLC7A6OS and 14% to Saccharomyces cerevisiae polypeptide Iwr1. Yeast Iwr1 specifically binds RNA pol II, interacts with the basal transcription machinery and regulates the transcription of...

OBJECTIVES To document and compare the magnitude of inequities in child malnutrition across urban and rural areas, and to investigate the extent to which within-urban disparities in child malnutrition are accounted for by the characteristics of communities, households and individuals. METHODS The most recent data sets available from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) of 15 countries in ...

During our work with microfinance groups in rural India, we found that paper plays a crucial role in many local information practices. However, paperbased record keeping can be inefficient, so we need to link paper with the flexibility of modern information tools. A mobile phone can be the perfect bridging device. Here we present the CAM mobile document processing system, in which a camera-equi...

Rapid procedural 3D urban modelling has been a constant research issue for a number of years now. We present a complete procedural 3D modelling solution for mobile device usage of the content, called Virtual City Maker, based on scripting algorithms allowing for both the automatic and also semi-automatic creation of photorealistic quality virtual urban content. The content produced can be speci...

The current study was conducted to extend our understanding of changes in spatial organization and response properties of cortical neurons in the developing mammalian forebrain. Extracellular multiunit responses to tones were recorded from a dense array of penetrations covering entire isofrequency contours in the primary auditory cortex (AI) of pentobarbital anesthetized kittens. Ages ranged fr...

A methodology to predict PM10 concentrations in urban outdoor environments is developed based on the generalized linear models (GLMs). The methodology is based on the relationship developed between atmospheric concentrations of air pollutants (i.e. CO, NO2, NOx, VOCs, SO2) and meteorological variables (i.e. ambient temperature, relative humidity (RH) and wind speed) for a city (Barreiro) of Por...

Thyroid hormones are required for human brain development, but data on local regulation are limited. We describe the ontogenic changes in T(4), T(3), and rT(3) and in the activities of the types I, II, and III iodothyronine deiodinases (D1, D2, and D3) in different brain regions in normal fetuses (13-20 wk postmenstrual age) and premature infants (24-42 wk postmenstrual age). D1 activity was un...

Epilepsy is the most common worldwide neurologic disorder amenable to treatment, if not cure, provided treatment is initiated early and continuously monitored (1). This is feasible in developed countries with their national wealth, organized health care, and availability of health insurance for all. The quality health care includes the all-important critical care medicine and facilities for reh...