Saturday, October 20, 2012

What is a Roof Construction?

The important part of constructing building homes or any other structures is the roof. Roof protects the interior part of the building from the windy or any other weather conditions and acts as a protective outer layer. To construct these roofs, the load-bearing walls should be in place. There are many number of roof designs are available and can be constructed using different methods that vary according to local conditions, product availability and local customs.

The main component of roof construction is achieving a suitable design. The design can be achieved using three main elements that is using of roofing materials, process of construction process, and the overall durability and cost-effectiveness of the roof for the application. These three elements decide the appropriateness of a particular roof for a given application.

Materials must be chosen based on the local climatic weather conditions for constructing the roof because the traditional thatch roofing materials of a tropical island hut would not be a suitable form of roofing material in the extreme cold and snow conditions.

While constructing, local conditions play a major part in deciding the roof. A peak with steeply pitched roofs are not well suitable for snow fall areas because the snow will shreds and covers the houses and can cause a high damage. A broad, low-peaked designed roof construction protects the building's interior from rain and causes less damage when compared to peaked roofs.

Durability, aesthetics and cost of a particular type of roof construction depends on the design process of the roof construction. Some beautiful tiled roofs look beautiful but not suitable for weather conditions. And some lesser quality tiled roofs suitable for certain weather conditions.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Its Impact on Brain

Vitamin B12: Vitamin B12 is one of the eight B vitamins 'B Complex' group. It is a water-soluble vitamin. It plays an important role in maintaining healthy body and brain. It plays a crucial role in making and maintenance of red blood cells. It helps to maintain healthy nervous system.

Impact on the Brain: Vitamin B12 plays a crucial role in healthy functioning of the brain, improves cognitive levels, helps memory, concentration and focus, promotes healthy metabolism, healthy neurotransmitter system, avoids brain shrinkage, helps improve brain power, it improves nervous system, provides energy quickly, promotes healthy digestion, helps treat diseases like Alzheimer's disease.

Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Unlike other vitamins, vitamin B12 is found in animal products like fish, meat, poultry, liver, kidney, eggs, dairy products etc. Vitamin B12 may found in plant products but in very small amounts and are not considered as good sources like animal products.

The people who are strictly vegetarians and the babies born to these vegetarians are considered at risk of vitamin B12 deficiency as they will not eat animal products.

The deficiency of vitamin B12 occurs when the body doesn't receive sufficient amounts of vitamin B12 from the diet. And also the deficiency occurs among those who are
  • Older people, because their bodies can't absorb vitamin B12 from the food they ate.
  • The people having digestive problems may not absorb vitamin B12 to the sufficient levels.
  • The people having surgical problems may not absorb vitamin B12.
Vitamin B12 deficiency leads to poor memory, memory loss, lower levels of concentration and focus, rapid brain shrinkage, lower levels of energy.