During the first half of August 2003 the Iberian Peninsula (IP) and a great part of Western Europe suffered a severe heat wave. This event was associated with a very robust and persistent high-pressure system over Western Europe that blocked the flow of rain-bearing low-pressure systems at 700 and 500mb. Using sun-photometric data obtained during August 2003 we evidenced an exceptionally high t...

BACKGROUND Heat-wave frequency, intensity, and duration are increasing with global climate change. The association between heat and mortality in the elderly is well documented, but less is known regarding associations with hospital admissions. OBJECTIVES Our goal was to determine associations between moderate and extreme heat, heat waves, and hospital admissions for nonaccidental causes among...

The specific heat of electron-doped Pr1.85Ce0.15CuO4 single crystals is reported for the temperature range 2 10 K and magnetic field range 0 10 T. A non-linear magnetic field dependence is observed for the field range 0 2 T. Our data supports a model with lines of nodes in the gap function of these superconductors. Theoretical calculations of the electronic specific heat for dirty d-wave, clean...

The specific heat of electron-doped Pr1.85Ce0.15CuO4 single crystals is reported for the temperature range 2 10 K and magnetic field range 0 10 T. A non-linear magnetic field dependence is observed for the field range 0 2 T. Our data supports a model with lines of nodes in the gap function of these superconductors. Theoretical calculations of the electronic specific heat for dirty d-wave, clean...

QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY During June to August 2003, high temperatures were reported across Europe including Switzerland. In many European countries, particularly in France the heat wave was associated with an increase in mortality. This is the first analysis investigating whether the high temperatures during summer 2003 in Switzerland had a measurable impact on mortality. METHODS Daily data on ...

Assessing geographic variability in heat wave vulnerability forms the basis for planning appropriate targeted adaptation strategies. Given several recent deadly heatwaves in India, heat is increasingly being recognized as a public health problem. However, to date there has not been a country-wide assessment of heat vulnerability in India. We evaluated demographic, socioeconomic, and environment...

Current and projected heat waves are examined over California and its sub-regions in observations and downscaled global climate model (GCM) simulations. California heat wave activity falls into two distinct types: (1) typically dry daytime heat waves and (2) humid nighttime-accentuated events (Type I and Type II, respectively). The four GCMs considered project Type II heat waves to intensify mo...

We give a new, purely holomorphic description of the holomorphic anomaly equations of the topological string, clarifying their relation to the heat equation satisfied by the Jacobi theta series. In cases where the moduli space is a Hermitian symmetric tube domain G/K, we show that the general solution of the anomaly equations is a matrix element 〈Ψ|g|Ω〉 of the Schrödinger-Weil representation of...