BACKGROUND Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi by Triatoma infestans remains a major public health problem in the Gran Chaco ecoregion, where understanding of the determinants of house infestation is limited. We conducted a cross-sectional study to model factors affecting bug presence and abundance at sites within house compounds in a well-defined rural area in the humid Argentine Chaco. METHOD...

It is a common experience to find in cases with dilated cerebral ventrides that the continuous smooth walls of these cavities give way to irregular contours. The irregularities are composed of transverse rib-like arches which project more deeply into the lumina of the cavities the greater the dilatation. Some patients, however, show large ventricles but may show few and shallow projections into...

Abstract Among the multiple Nature-based solutions (NBS) that can be applied at city scale, those make it possible integration of vegetation and nature on building’s envelopes, such as green roofs, walls facades, stand out for their ability to re-fill scarce surfaces opportunity in dense built environment. The main objective “ Verd de proximitat BCN ” project is design a “Monitoring evaluation ...

Green roof is a specialized roofing system that supports vegetation growth on rooftops. This technology is rapidly gaining popularity in North America as a sustainable design option. Green roofs offer multiple benefits to urban areas such as reduction of heating/cooling needs for the building, urban heat island and stormwater runoff for the region. In this study, the performance of two extensiv...

The rapid and accurate assessment of building damage states using only post-event remote sensing data is critical when performing loss estimation in earthquake emergency response. Damaged roof detection is one of the most efficient methods of assessing building damage. In particular, airborne LiDAR is often used to detect roofs damaged by earthquakes, especially for certain damage types, due to...

The advantage of constructing industrial buildings using prefabricated elements, sandwich panel walls and roofs leads to an ease construction. junction between the wall roof needs be detailed in such a way as seal connections manner which is waterproof, thermally balanced, last all not susceptible damage by vapour ingress. latter often overlooked: this article describes methods that should appl...

This work arises from the evidences of recent collapses historical urban walls. These events, mainly occurred after severe rainfalls, recalled attention on vulnerability these infrastructures. Specific evaluation models which take into account role moisture inside walls are not frequent in literature. The problem is difficult to treat many practical cases due extension and variability their geo...