[1] The satellite Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) provides data describing monthly changes in the geoid, which are closely related to changes in vertically integrated terrestrial water storage. Unlike conventional point or gridded hydrologic measurements, such as those from rain gauges, stream gauges, rain radars, and radiometric satellite images, GRACE data are sets of Stokes c...

Since the description of 'alveolar-capillary block' by Austrian, McClement, Renzetti, Donald, Riley, and Cournand (1951), impairment of diffusion across the alveolar-capillary membrane has been regarded as an important factor in the production of low arterial oxygen saturations in patients with diffuse pulmonary disease. However, Luchsinger, Moser, Buhlmann, and Rossier (1957) suggested that re...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE In Hirschsprung's disease (HD) redo pull-through (PT) is indicated for anastomotic complications and retained aganglionosis after a previous operation. Duhamel or Swenson method is used commonly for redo operations. The pelvic dissection may be difficult, especially in Swenson's type of operation, because of fibrosis resulting from previous surgery or its complications. To ov...

We revisit the empirical moving window filtering method of Swenson andWahr (GeophysResLett 33:L08402, 2006) and its variants, Chambers (Geophys Res Lett 33:L17603, 2006) and Chen et al. (Geophys Res Lett 34: L13302, 2007), for reducing the correlated errors in the Stokes coefficients (SCs) of the spherical harmonic expansion of the GRACE determined monthly geopotential solutions. Based on a com...

Bolanle A. Olaniran is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. The anticipatory model of crisis management (Olaniran & Williams, 2001; Scholl, Williams, & Olaniran, 2005) draws the attention of crisis practitioners and researchers to the precrisis phase of crisis management. The model views institutions’ ...

It is usually assumed that lung hernia secondary to congenital absence of ribs is a great rarity. Perasalo and Laustela (1956) describing the latest published case, of a man aged 28 years, could not find any reference to this deformity in the literature and only one of the recently published books on paediatric surgery (Swenson, 1958) mentions the malformation. Perusal of the literature, howeve...

TOPIC: Obstructive Lung Diseases TYPE: Original Investigations PURPOSE: Psychological symptoms of anxiety and depression are common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Lack social support may be an additive burden to these elevated psychological symptoms. We examined the effect anxiety, depression, on risk severe acute exacerbations COPD. METHODS: analyzed baseline da...