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Sustainability is the biggest goal that all areas including building architecture aim at. Sustainability is created by the harmony of buildings to the natural environment in many aspects. In terms of form, biological simulations are considered as a way of learning from natural shapes in order to create the similarities of architecture with nature, contributing to creating the sustainability in aesthetics and structure, in which the geometric language is used as a basic tool for composing the complex form of the work. PF-07265807 molecular weight However, Euclidean geometry, which existed for thousands of years, cannot describe nature correctly and is rated "hard dry" and "cold." In the 1970s, the mathematician Mandelbrot found fractal geometry with a great self-similarity rule, which allowed for precise modeling of many complex structures of nature. After appearing, fractal geometry quickly penetrated into all areas of life, whereas in Vietnam, many people have not known it. This article summarizes the basic knowledge of fractal geometry, its relationship with sustainable historical architectures in Vietnam, and its applicability in drawing biological simulation architectural form that harmonizes the nature, contributing to creating sustainable buildings for the future.Essential oil (EO), from Clausena anisata, was evaluated for their efficacy (fumigant and repellent activities) against Sitophilus oryzae. Result revealed that C. anisata showed 82% fumigant toxicity (insect mortality) at 160 μL/L concentration after 24h observation period. C. anisata exhibited LC50 value of 17.84 μL/L concentration for fumigant toxicity. The insect movement behaviour (repellent) was observed in two different concentrations of 10 and 50 μL for a period of 3 h. Maximum repellent activity (- 0.25) was observed at 50 μL/L concentration against S. oryzae after 3-h observation. At 3, 6 and 12 μL/L concentrations of C. anisata oil significantly reduced the protein content and total esterase activity of S. oryzae.Saltwater intrusion (SWI) is a physical problem that threatens many coastal aquifers all over the world. Saltwater intrusion is increasing with abstraction and rise in sea level. Coastal aquifer protection is essential to protect groundwater resources in these areas. A number of methods have been developed to protect coastal aquifers from SWI. This paper presents the impact of sea level rise on SWI in coastal aquifers and application of coastal earth fill as a new technique to control SWI. Different future sea level rise scenarios were studied and different coastal earth fill with an appropriate soil to extend the coastline towards the sea in order to control SWI was studied using SEAWAT model. The proposed control measure is numerically assessed by Henry's problem and then applied to a real case study of Biscayne aquifer, Florida, USA. For each aquifer, the corresponding relation was developed between the intrusion length of saltwater wedge and the width of fill. The results showed that increasing the fill width resulted in decreasing the intrusion length. In the case of Biscayne aquifer, increasing the fill width by 10, 20, 30, and 40% of the aquifer length resulted in retarding the intrusion to 329, 192, 42, and - 48 m respectively. Using 150- and 300-m fill widths retards the intrusion length by 32.3% and 60.5%. In addition, increasing the fill width to 465 m can retard SWI by 91.3%. This approach is capable to control the future risks of SWI and sea level rise.The aim of this study was to analyze the temporal distribution of breast cancer and its relationship with contaminated areas in the Baixada Santista metropolitan region, São Paulo. It is an ecological study on the distribution of breast cancer in the municipalities of the region as well as in regions exposed to environmental contaminants. The population consisted of women aged 20 years and over, totaling 3233 cases in the 12 years of the study. First, we calculated the total annual breast cancer coefficients by municipality, then we standardized by age and the indicator of contamination density by municipality. We then performed cartographic sequencing that revealed the evolution of outcome and exposure. The results showed that the municipality of Santos presented a higher coefficient of the disease. Pearson's correlation was positive with r = 0.7 at a significance level of p = 0.036. Spatially, the most contaminated areas presented higher breast cancer coefficients, except for the municipality of Peruíbe, which despite its low environmental contamination index, presented a high disease coefficient. This study confirmed the hypothesis that environmental contamination affects breast cancer distribution, and the temporal trend shows an increase in the disease in eight of the nine municipalities in the region.Microplastics are small-size plastic piece scales (particles less then  5 mm) in sediments and waters which interact with environment and organisms by various means. Microplastics are becoming a universal ecological concern since they may be a source of hazardous chemicals to marine organisms and environments. Recent research suggests microplastics could enable the transfer of hydrophobic aquatic pollutants or chemical additives to biota. Even though microplastic presence and interactions are recently being detected in marine and freshwater systems, the fate of microplastics is still very poorly understood. This literature review is a summary of the sources and transport of microplastics, their interactions with toxic chemicals and the methodologies for chemical quantification and characterization of microplastics. The environmental outcome and impact of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants were assessed as well as the trends and update on microplastic research in the South African aquatic ecosystem.High-dose chemotherapy is increasingly evidenced to be neurotoxic and result in long-term neurocognitive sequelae. However, research investigating grey matter alterations in childhood cancer patients remains limited. As childhood sarcoma patients receive high-dose chemotherapy, we aimed to investigate cortical brain alterations in adult survivors. We analyzed high-resolution structural (T1-weighted) MRI and resting-state functional MRI (rsfMRI), to derive structural and functional cortical information in survivors of childhood sarcoma, treated with high-dose intravenous chemotherapy (n = 33). These scans were compared to age- and gender- matched controls (n = 34). Cortical volume and thickness were investigated using voxel-based morphometry and vertex-wise surface-based morphometry. Brain regions showing significant group differences in volume or thickness were implemented as seeds of interest to estimate their resting state co-activity with other areas (i.e. functional coherence). We explored whether structural measures were associated with potential risk factors, such as age at diagnosis, and cumulative doses of chemotherapeutic agents (methotrexate, ifosfamide).