Life Cycle Assessment as a tool to promote sustainable Thermowood boards: a Portuguese case study

The present work aims to develop the Life Cycle Assessment study of thermo-modified Atlanticwood® pine boards based on real data provided by Santos & Santos Madeiras company. Atlanticwood® pine boards are used mainly for exterior decking and cladding facades of buildings. The LCA study is elaborated based on ISO 14040/44 standard and Product Category Rules for preparing an environmental product declaration for Construction Products and Construction Services. The inventory analysis and, subsequently, the impact analysis have been performed using the LCA software SimaPro8.0.4. The method chosen for impact assessment was EPD (2013) V1.01. The results show that more than ¾ of ‘Acidification’, ‘Eutrophication’, ‘Global warming’ and ‘Abiotic depletion’ caused by 1 m3 of Atlanticwood® pine boards production is due to energy consumption (electricity + gas + biomass). This was to be expected since the treatment is based on heat production and no chemicals are added during the heat treatment process.

Sildenafil Potentiates a cGMP-Dependent Pathway to Promote Melanoma Growth.

Sildenafil, an inhibitor of the cGMP-degrading phosphodiesterase 5 that is used to treat erectile dysfunction, has been linked to an increased risk of melanoma. Here, we have examined the potential connection between cGMP-dependent signaling cascades and melanoma growth. Using a combination of biochemical assays and real-time monitoring of melanoma cells, we report a cGMP-dependent growth-promoting pathway in murine and human melanoma cells. We document that C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), a ligand of the membrane-bound guanylate cyclase B, enhances the activity of cGMP-dependent protein kinase I (cGKI) in melanoma cells by increasing the intracellular levels of cGMP. Activation of this cGMP pathway promotes melanoma cell growth and migration in a p44/42 MAPK-dependent manner. Sildenafil treatment further increases intracellular cGMP concentrations, potentiating activation of this pathway. Collectively, our data identify this cGMP-cGKI pathway as the link between sildenafil usage and increased melanoma risk.

Use of advertising and marketing incentives to promote sales of fuel efficient vehicles. Part I: executive summary. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Use of advertising and marketing incentives to promote sales of fuel efficient vehicles. Part II. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Development of materials and public relations efforts to promote child passenger safety. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Financing the future : report of the Commission to Promote Investment in America's Infrastructure.

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Tactile warnings to promote safety in the vicinity of transit platform edges. Final report.

Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Washington, D.C.

Quality stabilization act. : Report to accompany H.R. 3669, a bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission act, to promote quality and price stabilization, to define and restrain certain unfair methods of distribution and to confirm, define and equalize the rights of producers and resellers in the distribution of goods identified by distinguishing brands, names, or trademarks, and for other purposes.

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High School/High Tech : establishing a program to promote science, engineering, and technology careers for students with disabilities.

"September, 1994"--P. [3] of cover.

Helen Keller. Souvenir of the first summer meeting of the American association to promote the teaching of speech to the deaf.

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Mutual security act of 1951 : hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Eighty-second Congress, first session, on S. 1762, a bill to promote the foreign policy and provide for the defense and general welfare of the United States by furnishing assistance to friendly nations in the interest of international security.

Hearings held: July 26-Aug. 9, 1951.

An attempt to promote the commercial interests of Great Britain,

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To promote American business productivity, technology, and innovation : a guide to directories providing information on federal, state, and local initiatives.

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An essay on the history and management of literary, scientific, and mechanics' institutions and especially how far they may be developed and combined, so as to promote the moral well-being and industry of the country /

Half-title (p. [i-ii]) : Society of Arts. Prize essay on literary, scientific, and mechanics' institutions.

National defense establishment (unification of the armed services) Hearings before the Committee on armed services, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, first session, on S. 758, a bill to promote the national security by providing for a National defense establishment which shall be administered by a secretary of national defense, and for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, and a Department of the Air Force with the Nationaldefense establishment ...

Chan Gurney, Chairman.