We explore attribute dependencies in the datasets by using direct and inverse fuzzy transforms. Our algorithm optimizes the fuzzy partitions of the universe of the attributes and moreover establishes if the set of the data points is sufficiently dense with respect to the chosen partitions: two specific regression indexes measure the reliability of our model. The known “El Nino” dataset is the b...

Daily rainfall data for the winter season October–December for the long period of 102 years 1901–2002 over southeast peninsular India have been used to study the characteristics of daily precipitation extremes. The frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation events do not show statistically significant long-term trend. The relationship of El Nino-southern oscillation index with these extre...

The island of Madagascar has been labelled the world's number one conservation 'hot spot' because of increasing anthropogenic degradation of its natural habitats, which support a high level of species endemism. However, climatic phenomena may also have a significant impact upon the island's flora and fauna. An analysis of 18 years of monthly satellite images from the National Oceanographic and ...

The ocean and atmosphere are in constant exchange of heat, water, and momentum. The interaction of the ocean and atmosphere adds shades and rhythms in the structure of tropical climate. Ocean-atmosphere interaction research has experienced rapid growth in studying El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and yielded tremendous benefits by enabling and improving the prediction of ENSO and important ...

The spatial and temporal variations of several environmental parameters over the Southeast Asia region recorded by remote sensing satellites for the past one to two decades are examined in relation to climate change. At the South China Sea, an increasing trend for sea surface temperature at a rate of 0.1 to 0.5 degree per decade was observed while the sea level anomaly increases at 2 to 6 cm pe...

This is the English version of " Juan F. Noyola Vázquez : regreso al solar de la economía política clásica " in Carlos Mallorquín and R. Torres, eds. El Institucionalismo norteamericano y el estructuralismo Latinoamericano, Discursos compatibles? (Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, forthcoming 2004).

Amir I. Mohamed, Mona I. A. El-Assal, Mohamed A. Kassem, Osama A. A. Ahmed a Medical services Department, Cairo, Egypt. b Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science & Pharmaceutical industries, Future University, Cairo, Egypt. c Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. d Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ki...

The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon, originating in the Tropical Pacific, is the strongest natural interannual climate signal and has widespread effects on the global climate system and the ecology of the Tropical Pacific. Any strong change in ENSO statistics will therefore have serious climatic and ecological consequences. Most global climate models do simulate ENSO, although la...