shelters a review of energy conservation properties in earth sheltered housing

... aluminum or tin cans are used for filling Earth Shelters; A Review of Energy Conservation Properties in Earth Sheltered Housing 133 minor walls that are not load-bearing Foam insulation can be applied ... Zoning, and Financing Issues [16] Khair-El-Din A M, (1991) Earth Sheltered Housing: An Approach to Energy Conservation in Hot Arid Areas Architecture and Planning Riyadh 3:3-18 [17] Mitalas G.P, ... communities are created, enjoying dual land use by locating all housing underground [5] If a single case of earth sheltering is found to have significant advantages, these advantages can only increase in...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2015, 11:30

... for a number of reasons, including minimizing the risk of other market participants front-running their trades (submitting trades in advance of the ETF to take advantage of any predictable changes ... shares at NAV at the end of each trading day ETFs contract with third parties (typically market data vendors) to calculate a real-time estimate of an ETF’s current value, often called the Intraday ... of the ETF In the case of an index-based ETF, the sponsor chooses both an index and a method of tracking its target index Indexbased ETFs track their target index in one of two ways A replicate...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 08:21

... Stock Index increased at an average annual rate of 20 percent, and shareholders invested over $100 billion on average annually into international equity funds One factor that may partly explain investors’ ... Americans because it replaces a large share of annual labor income for many low- to moderate-income families At the same time, the creation of IRAs in the 1970s and the expansion of 401(k)s and ... investors of all ages, and the increasing use of target date and other asset allocation funds, many of which are offered in a funds of funds structure First, the leading edge of the Baby Boom Generation...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 11:20

... burden and clarifying analysis and reporting issues In a similar vein, MacDonald [78] argued that suitable infrastructure must be in place, the data must be managed appropriately, and analysis and ... A comparative evaluation of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scale (HoNOS), the Avon Mental Health Measure (AVON), and an Idiographic Scale (OPUS) in adult mental health Journal of Mental Health ... Nation Outcome Scales as a measurement of outcome in a private psychiatric hospital Australasian Psychiatry 1996, 4:319-321 Audin K, Margison FR, Clark JM, Barkham M: Value of HoNOS in assessing...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... surface level which forms a part of the heat transfer in the earth s planetary domain yields the idea for the principle of PAHS When averaged globally and annually, about 49% of the solar radiation ... striking the earth and its atmosphere is absorbed at the surface (meaning that the atmosphere absorbs 20% of the incoming radiation and the remaining 31% is reflected back to space) Thermal analysis ... temperature of the surrounding soil, accurate data regarding diurnal and annual variation of soil temperatures at various depths is necessary to accurately predict the thermal performance of earth...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2015, 11:34

... with a beater before 30 years After that, a larger capacity and labor saving requirement of a paper making machine follows a continuous beating machine, that is a rifiner The types of a refiner are ... Japan Paper and Pulp Technology Association Table Steam and electric power unit consumption rate for the paper and cardboard manufacturing process in Japan Printing paper and coated manila board ... pattern of pulp and paper processes in an integrated fine paper mill Process Evaporator Cooking Causticizing Washing Steam ton/paper ton 1.5 Bleaching Paper machine Others 0.4 3.0 0.3 Paper machine...

Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2014, 00:20

... ochraceus Wilhelm in a House in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Indoor Environ., 9, 37–43 (in Japanese) Yamasaki, Y., Wang, B., Sakano, N., Wang, D and Takigawa, T (2006) Relationship between indoor ... Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environ., 1, 27–34 (in Japanese) 126) Kishi, R., Saijo, Y., Kanazawa, A. , Tanaka, M., Yoshimura, T., Chikara, H., Takigawa, T., Morimoto, K., Nakayama, K and Shibata, E (2009) ... mite allergens in most Japanese dwellings.65) Dermatophagoides pteronyssiums, and Dermatophagoides farinae are important allergens causing allergies in Japan.66) Chemical Factors VOCs are organic...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... accounting and budgeting In Australia the main driver for change was the introduction of Accruals-based Outcome and Output Budgeting In Canada, the Office of the Auditor General and the Treasury Board ... more information on types of quantitative and qualitative indicators, and examples of each 28 Box 7: Examples of Quantitative and Qualitative Indicators Qualitative Indicators: Illustrative Examples ... management, and sustainability of outcomes Project performance ratings from the AMBs are stored in a centralized automated database that – along with project financial data – will be used for annual agency...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 11:20

... is general agreement that a woman’s increasing number of pregnancies, increasing length of oral contraceptive use, and increasing duration of lactation are protective against ovarian cancer 34 ... vegetarianism (i.e., avoidance of all animal foods, including meat, fish, dairy products, and eggs) Advise intake of a regular source of vitamin B12 , such as special vitamin B12 -containing plant ... Paediatrica Scandinavica 351(Suppl.):122–125 Pisacane A, Graziano L, Zona G, Dolezalova H, Cafiero M, Coppola A, Scarpellino B, Ummarino M, Mazzarella G 1994 Breast feeding and acute lower respiratory...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... methods—data processing, data logging, and data forwarding Data processing wearable systems include a processing element such as a PDA10,19 or microcontroller device Data logging and data forwarding ... selecting a therapy The clinician examines the advantages and disadvantages of employing telemonitoring, and also examines the advantages and disadvantages of not employing telemonitoring, which ... complex analysis of mobility data on a local PC They are typically smaller than their data logging and data processing counterparts, as they use a miniature transmission module instead of storage...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... non-financial incentives in each case: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe ... Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND METHODS 2.1 Conceptual framework A review ... situation in sub-Saharan Africa Table 2: Selected health indicators in ESA countries Efficiency Index* (and rank) Angola Botswana DRC Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 19:20

... Much of the significant management, administrative and overhead efficiency savings potential in health and social care has already been captured through the Review of Public Administration (RPA), ... smoking and, in addition, the International Agency for Research on Cancer states that tobacco smoking can also cause cancers of the following sites: upper aero-digestive tract (oral cavity, nasal cavity, ... principally about money but about sustainability and clinical evidence The conclusion is clear: plan and manage the transition or accept a more haphazard set of changes In this regard there are...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20

... is largely written at a tenth grade reading level However, each action that a family caregiver should take is accompanied by a drawing showing a person carrying out that action along with a caption ... are large numbers of people with low literacy skills as shown in Table [8] Gazmararian et al [9] reported, in a study of 3260 enrollees in a national managed care organization in the United States, ... recall, pictures are present during both learning and recall A clinical example would be a health professional telling a patient or family caregiver how to treat a bed sore while viewing matching...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 21:20

... microbiological activity and plant uptake PURIFICATION CAPACITY OF WETLANDS Observations show that both natural and artificial wetlands have a capacity to purify wastewater containing heavy metals (Matagi, ... the ligands are mainly multidentate organic molecules These are natural organic matter, including humic, tannic and fulvic acids (HA, TA, & FA) An understanding of heavy metal organic interactions ... Bryan, G W (1984) Organic Complexation of heavy metals in estuarine and surface water samples In: C J Cramer and J C Duinker, (Ed.) Complexation of trace metals in natural waters Martinus Nijhoff,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:06

... complicated by market access issues and African capacity to take advantage of international business opportunities There are other facets of international co-operation that can have an impact on ... Arab states, bilaterally and regionally, including through its membership of organisations such as the Arab League This has facilitated beneficial new relations with the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar ... rapid urbanization in Luanda and other cities; continuing to rehabilitate and expand the effectiveness of transport infrastructure, in particular ports and railways, as well as roads;30 increasing...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 08:20

... farmers are not having an animal (buffalo) in lactation in any one year, the death of a lactating buffalo, having to pay for straw (which is the main feed source), and that the main income earner ... the analysis of structural and policy changes are applied to small scale dairy farming in Haryana to quantify the impact of various changes in prices, farm management, policy and also to estimate ... in India Dairy Farm Structures The vast majority (over 80 percent) of ‘dairy animals’ in India are kept in farms of to animals While the average Indian ‘dairy’ herd consists of animals, the average...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 04:20

... operating conditions Congestion has increased rapidly in cities of Pakistan, because of inadequate road infrastructure, modal separation, transport system management and traffic control In Karachi, ... Director, Clean Energy Institute,Mechanical Engineering University of Miami ,Coral Gables,Florida, USA REFERENCES A Zaman “Pakistan economic survey 1984-85, Ministry of Finance”, Islamabad, Pakistan 1985 ... count as a significant achievement by any standards It is perhaps the first instance, after Brazil and India, of alternative transport fuels being implemented on such a large scale in a low-income...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 21:20

... between AAM and individual cinemas AAM established a technical headquarters in London and provide a full range of installation, training, maintenance and back-up services for the cinemas in ... has a long history of live radio broadcasts and in 2006 began High Definition live broadcasts via satellite of matinee performances to cinemas in the US, Canada, UK, Norway and Japan According ... part of an installation, others open to anyone Arts Alliance Media / Digital Screen Network Arts Alliance Media (AAM) have created a dedicated training facility at their London headquarters...

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