Abstract: The meteorological preprocessor used routinely at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) has been modified in order to better represent urban conditions. We have re-evaluated the roughness length, introduced the zero-displacement height and divided the surface layer into a roughness sublayer and an inertial sublayer. The friction velocity and Monin-Obukhov length are evaluated usi...

An original questionnaire, the Foods and Moods Inventory (FMI) was used to investigate appetite for sweets and chocolate and its relationship to dysphoric mood. The FMI was administered to a group of subjects with an identified interest in chocolate (chocolate group, N = 73), a comparison sample (comparison group, N = 172), and a sample of former alcoholics (N = 22). Those who reported "self-me...

This paper describes an automated classifier for the identification of good wood and knotty wood from computer tomography (CT) images of logs. Such a system is intended to allow better assessment of saw logs before being cut into timber. We describe a new empirical model for the growth of Sitka Spruce (Picea Stichensis (Bong, Carr)) whose operation is adapted to Irish conditions. The use of Hop...

BACKGROUND Systemic inflammation may contribute to cachexia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this longitudinal study we assessed the association between circulating C-reactive protein (CRP), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-1ß, and IL-6 levels and subsequent loss of fat free mass and fat mass in more than 400 COPD patients over three years. METH...

Nowadays, industries are implementing heterogeneous systems from different domains, backgrounds, and operating systems. Manufacturing becoming more complex, which forces engineers to manage the complexity in several aspects. Technical complexities bring interoperability, risk management, hazards issues that must be taken into consideration, business model design technical implementation. To sol...

Manual ability may be an important consideration when measuring cognition in children with CP because many items on cognitive tests require fine motor skills. This study investigated the association of dependent (FMD) and independent (FMI) within domain (COG) Bayley Scales Infant Development—Third Edition (Bayley-III) Ability Classification System (MACS) cerebral palsy. Children aged 2 to 8 (3....