Buildings are a major contributor to climate change, accounting for one third of global energy
consumption and one quarter of CO 2 emissions. However, comprehensive information is …

Building energy regulations, also referred to as building energy codes, emerged in the 1970s
as an essential tool for improving energy efficiency and minimising energy consumption in …

The cuisine has been set in recent years as one of the key elements for the promotion and
consolidation of tourist destinations. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the scientific …

Background New diagnostic tools are urgently needed to interrupt the transmission of
tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Rapid, sensitive detection of tuberculosis and …

Background Molecular diagnostics are considered the most promising route to achievement
of rapid, universal drug susceptibility testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC…

… We refer to Coronel et al. (2004) for a more detailed description of the limnological features
… We refer to Coronel et al. (2004) for methodological details on the collection of the data for …

Geosynthetics have increasingly been used to reinforce many earth structures and are now
a well-accepted means to improve engineering properties of various types of soil. However, …

Aromatase [cytochrome P450 19 (CYP19)] is a critical enzyme for estrogen biosynthesis, and
aromatase inhibitors are of increasing importance in the treatment of breast cancer. We set …

Reliable detection of disseminated tumor cells and of the biodistribution of tumor-targeting
therapeutic antibodies within the entire body has long been needed to better understand and …

Background The “fitness” of an infectious pathogen is defined as the ability of the pathogen
to survive, reproduce, be transmitted, and cause disease. The fitness of multidrug-resistant …