Radiological studies made two decades ago by Peruvian investigators showed enlargement of the cardiac silhouette ofpeople living at high altitudes (Rotta, 1955a; Perez Aranibar, 1948). The electrocardiographic investigations of Rotta and Lopez (1959) and Peiialoza et al. (1960, 1961) demonstrated a right ventricular preponderance in these people. Recently a mild degree of pulmonary arterial hyp...

Rising sea levels increase the probability of future coastal flooding. Many decision-makers use risk analyses to inform the design of sea-level rise (SLR) adaptation strategies. These analyses are often silent on potentially relevant uncertainties. For example, some previous risk analyses use the expected, best, or large quantile (i.e., 90%) estimate of future SLR. Here, we use a case study to ...

[1] The Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS) on board the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission for the first time measures globally Earth’s radiation at a frequency of 1.4 GHz (L-band). It had been hypothesized that L-band radiometry can be used to measure the sea ice thickness due to the large penetration depth in the sea ice me...

Self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) meters are now commonly used in diabetes management. Many drugs, including ascorbic acid, are known to interfere with glucose measurements using these meters. However, so far, misdiagnosis caused by interference has rarely occurred at the conventional doses. Recently, intravenous high-dose ascorbic acid treatment has been widely used in 11,233 patients in 20...

the geomorphology is an important branch of natural geography that its goal is promotion of human life, ultimately. the geomorphic processes have considerable impact on human life, and opposing, human activities and behaviors have its impacts on the geomorphologic units and geomorphologic processes, enhancing the above argument. the gilan county, at its geographic position; embraced by two stru...

Potential shifts in rainfall driven by climate change are anticipated to affect watershed processes (e.g., soil moisture, runoff, stream flow), yet few model systems exist in the tropics to test hypotheses about how these processes may respond to these shifts. We used a sequence of nine watersheds on Hawaii Island spanning 3000 mm (7500-4500 mm) of mean annual rainfall (MAR) to investigate the ...