The thermal and dynamical state of the atmosphere during polar mesosphere winter echoes F.-J. Lübken, B. Strelnikov, M. Rapp, W. Singer, R. Latteck, A. Brattli, U.-P. Hoppe, and M. Friedrich Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Kjeller, Norway Institute of Communications Networks and Satellite Communications, Graz Univer...

A total of 4959 sea bass was tagged between 2000 and 2005 around the coasts of England, Wales, southern Ireland, and the Channel Isles to investigate whether movement patterns documented in 1987 have changed and to estimate the level of competition for sea bass between inshore and offshore fisheries. Most (54%) of the recaptures of adult bass (fish .40 cm) tagged inshore and made between May an...

PURPOSE Estimating wind chill index as one of the indexes effective in body comfort, specifically for athletes and tourists interested in winter sports. METHODS Meteorology data including temperature and the percentage of relative humidity of 6 synoptic stations of Chaharmahal-Bakhtiyrai province, Iran from 1990 to 2007 were extracted from Iranian Meteorology Site. In order to calculate the v...

We study the role of transparency in debt and default dynamics a quantitative sovereign model augmented with asymmetric information. assume that portfolio is not transparent part observable to lenders. The calibrated Bolivian economy matches its long-term business cycle properties. results show when government moves reporting regime, bond prices improve shifts toward noncontingent an increase o...

A new ant-resembling spider species of the subfamily Castianeirinae, Myrmecotypus mazaxoides sp. nov. , from Sub-Andean area Bolivian orocline is described. Adults M. resemble carpenter ant Camponotus cf. melanoticus Emery, 1894 and were observed on ground savanna-like habitats close to entrances formicaries this ant. This study first report a ground-dwelling O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894; all oth...

age. In particular, suspected childhood TB patients without an identifiable TB contact and with normal immune status were subjected to further investigations. Multidisciplinary management, including enhanced laboratory diagnosis of atypical bony lesions in infants and children, is recommended for any suspected TB infection. Once BCGrelated infection is confirmed, medical treatment has to be con...

The near infrared sky spectral brightness has been measured at the South Pole with the Near Infrared Sky Monitor (NISM) throughout the 2001 winter season. The sky is found to be typically more than an order of magnitude darker than at temperate latitude sites, consistent with previous South Pole observations. Reliable robotic operation of the NISM, a low power, autonomous instrument, has been d...