A generalized approach is proposed to support integrated traffic flow management decision making studies at both the U.S. national and regional levels. It can consider tradeoffs between alternative optimization and heuristic based models, strategic versus tactical flight controls, and system versus fleet preferences. Preliminary testing was accomplished by implementing thirteen unique traffic f...

A problem in climate studies has been on how to treat causal chains of explanations and both direct and indirect effects. Mammals in strongly seasonal environments of the boreal forest typically lose condition during winter and gain mass (and reproduce) during the summer season when biomass and plant quality peak. Mass decay of large herbivores during winter is due to direct effects of winter w...

Ample evidence suggests that emotional arousal enhances declarative/episodic memory. By contrast, there is little evidence that emotional enhancement of memory (EEM) extends to procedural skill based memory. We examined remote EEM (1.5-month delay) for cognitive skill learning using the weather prediction (WP) probabilistic classification task. Participants viewed interleaved emotionally arousi...

The population dynamics of wild boar (Sus scrofa) was studied in a time series over 26 years using data from the Regional Hunting Reserve of Somiedo (northern Spain). This population is controlled by a complex negative feedback system that acts with one (main) and two (secondary) years of delay (lags). The primary feedback might be explained by intraspecific competition for food resulting from ...

In this paper, differential maps of total zenith delay (TZD) estimated by GPS and by Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) numerical data are compared with the TZD by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Interferometry. This maps are generated by processing a set of interferometric SAR images acquired by the ENVISATASAR mission over the Lisbon region from April to November of 2009. To obtain T...

Studies from developed countries have shown season and weather influencing mood disorders, but it is not known whether such associations exist in tropical/subtropical lowand middle-income countries. This study from Vietnam examined the seasonal pattern of hospital admissions for depressive disorders andits relationship to daily weather variations, after stratifying for age, sex, and geographic ...

The paper presents grid-tied PV monitoring system using wireless sensor networks. The temperature and humidity parameters were measured using DHT22. While ACS 712 5A current sensor and Arduino voltage sensor modules were used to measure photovoltaic output current and voltage respectively. Web application has been developed in the base station using PHP programming web server to access the sens...

in order to study the effect of planting date on phonological stages and quantity traits of four cultivars of winter rapeseed, an experiment was carried out in 2008-2009 at the research field of agriculture research station of boyerahmad. the experiment was carried out in using factorial with randomized complete block design and four replications. four planting dates (september 12, september 22...

skin aging is a continuous process that exhibits fine and deep wrinkles, thin and transparent skin, loss of underlying fat, dry skin and itch, following decreased collagen and elastin  synthesis. both extrinsic and intrinsic agents are considered in the pathogenesis on skin aging. extrinsic factors such as sun exposure, windy and dry weather, nutrition, and lifestyle may induce premature aging,...

introduction :  despite  recent  advances  in  treatment  of  oral  cancer,  it  still causes high rates of mortality and morbidity worldwide. delays in diagnosis and treatment of these cancers greatly affect the prognosis.  this study aimed to assess the treatment delay and its relation to diagnostic delay among oral cancer patients in tehran, iran. materials and methods : we studied 100 patie...