PURPOSE Although home renovation exposure during childhood has been identified as a risk factor for the development of allergy, there is limited information on the association between prenatal exposure to home renovation and cord blood (CB) IgE response. The aims of this study were to identify the effect of prenatal exposure to home renovation on CB IgE levels, and to investigate whether this e...

Proper pasture management is important in promoting optimal forage growth and reducing runoff and nutrient loss. Pasture renovation is a management tool that improves aeration by mechanically creating holes or pockets within the soil. Pasture renovation was performed before manure application (poultry litter or swine slurry) on different pasture soils and rainfall simulations were conducted to ...

The paper deals with various aspects of e-government and highlights the importance of the holistic treatment of business process renovation in order to facilitate the transition towards e-government. It analyses both upstream and downstream supply chain renovation and describes a four-step procedure for downstream renovation. A new definition of e-government that includes the whole supply chain...

This paper is a prospective study which looks at the possibility of configuring high performance renovation of apartment buildings by the use of constraint satisfaction problem (CSP). This study is one part of a project called CRIBA which aims to industrialize high performance thermal renovation of mid-rise (up to seven stories) apartment buildings. The renovation is based on external rectangul...

monolithic system (a) adapter (b) Abstract. Renovation of business-critical software is becoming increasingly important. We identify fundamental notions and techniques to aid in system renovation and sketch some basic techniques: generic language technology to build analysis tools, a knowledge retrieval system to aid in program understanding, and a coordination architecture that is useful to re...

Trenchless technologies lie in the deposition, fixing or renovation of underground infrastructure with a little or even zero digging operations. Fixing operations are a special case of renovation, when the technical capacity of the pipelines is restored through sealing or local repairs. A sealing up operation lies in filling undug or leaking places with a sealing material or injecting liquid se...

Many thousands of tonnes of asbestos were used in buildings in the past, especially for thermal insulation of pipes and boilers in power plants. Occupational exposure to asbestos dust now mainly occurs during demolition, renovation and routine maintenance activities. The objective of this study was to evaluate occupational exposure to airborne asbestos during renovation of solid oil-shale fuell...

Renovation of business-critical software is becoming increasingly important. We identify fundamental notions and techniques to aid in system renovation and sketch some basic techniques: generic language technology to build analysis tools, a knowledge retrieval system to aid in program understanding, and a coordination architecture that is useful to restructure monolithic systems thus enabling t...

BACKGROUND Routine renovation of older housing is a risk factor for childhood lead poisoning, but the contribution to children's blood lead levels is poorly defined for children with lower exposure levels. METHODS We examined a prospective cohort of 276 children followed from 6 to 24 months of age. We conducted surveys of renovation activities and residential lead hazards and obtained blood l...

Finnish national research project, Userand Businessoriented Suburb Renovation Concept (KLIKK), was started in January 2012 and will end in June 2014. The perspective of energy efficiency is emphasised in the project, but also it addresses what improving the energy efficiency of suburban apartment buildings means from the standpoint of architecturally valuable buildings representing different pe...