Cover image: immunofluorescence staining of tTG (green) and tTG activity (red) in a brain blood vessel of the APP23 Alzheimer mouse model as used in Chapter 5. APP23 mice are originally from healthcare company Novartis. Image printed with permission of Novartis. Chapter images: immunofluorescence stainings of collagen (green) in culture plates after removal of cells, as described in Chapter 4.

Green infrastructure can improve thermal comfort in outdoor urban spaces in moderate climates. The impact of green spaces on thermal comfort is often exclusively investigated through meteorological variables and human-biometeorological indices. Yet, studies on perceived thermal comfort are scarce. As thermal comfort is a property of human perception of the thermal environment, this knowledge is...

These notes cover material related to the Gauss-Green theorem that was developed for work with S. Hofmann and M. Mitrea, which appeared in [HMT].

The cover shows an embryonic Drosophila tracheal tube. Epithelial cells (in magenta) of the dorsal trunk surround the lumen (in green).

and summary sections of this thesis are available online: http://hdl.handle.net/2077/24861 Cover picture: Human mesangial cell stained with anti-perlecan (green) and DAPI (blue)

Spectral vegetation indices have been the primary resources for characterizing grassland vegetation based on remotely sensed data. However, the use of spectral indices for vegetation characterization in grasslands has been challenged by the confounding effects from external factors, such as soil properties, dead materials, and shadowing of vegetation canopies. Dead materials refer to the dead c...

A carbon-based industry, such as oil refinery, needs to change its business model to achieve a green business. Considering the existing too much data, the modeling procedure is complex. Therefore, combination of the Fuzzy Delphi method and System Dynamics can be considered to cover this complexity. The starting point in this work is literature review of prior studies on the same common topic an...

The urban heat island (UHI) effect might cause extreme weather, which would seriously affect people’s health, increase energy consumption and cause other negative impacts. To construct urban green spaces is a feasible strategy to effectively weaken the UHI effect. In this study, the cooling effect of green spaces on the UHI effect was carefully investigated in summer and winter in Harbin city. ...

vegetation cover as the main factor affecting the water erosion plays an important role in preventingsoil loss. to this end, for better understanding the impact of vegetation cover on soil erosion andsediment yield over the major existing geological formations in the summer rangelands of balade inthe mazandaran province, rainfall simulation studies have been carried out using a portable rainfal...