Nowcasting for New Zealand

Coote New Zealand Futures Trust New Zealand

On Media A workshop report from US Institute for Peace examined Arab media, August, 05 (http://usip.org/virtual diplomacy/publications/reports/18.html), with special focus on attitudes to US and to the West. The relevant Arab governments play a double role since mostly, they control the media, where they appease the ideological positions of their own threatening insurgencies while focusing publ...

New medical school for New Zealand.

as university colleges under a central examining body, the University of New Zealand, and the degree from Otago was granted by the University of New Zealand. Five years ago the university colleges were granted their autonomy, and the University of Otago now has full control of the M.B., Ch.B. degree. However, two of the six years of the course have always been taken elsewhere by a number of the...

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Nowcasting for Rainfall Accumulation Prediction

Short-term prediction (nowcasting) of high-impact weather events can lead to significant improvement in warnings and advisories resulting in substantial savings of life and property. While nowcasting of precipitation has traditionally been done using radar reflectivity (Zh) data, research over the last decade indicates that using the specific differential phase (Kdp), defined as one-half the ra...

Futurewatch Jennifer Coote New Zealand Futures Trust New Zealand

es some significant research into brain functioning. The mental habits we are learning as we use the Internet are altering our capabilities to read, and for thinking. New habits create new brain connections , while older established ones wither or fail to form. This brain plasticity is a great quality, but it also favours "primitive" mental functions, such as quick decision making, over intelle...