Inherent in all empirical estimates of the geophysical model function (which relates the wind t o the normalized radar cross section, NRCS, of the ocean surface) is uncertainty caused by parameters not included in the empirical model. This can be thought of as variability in the NRCS for given wind conditions. W h e n the estimated variability is included in the max imum likelihood wind retriev...

This study presents the simulation, experimentation, and design considerations of a Poly(vinylidene fluoride co-trifluoroethylene)/ Polyethylene Terephthalate (PVDF-TrFe / PET), laser-cut, flexible piezoelectric energy harvester. It is possible to obtain from environment around autonomous sensor systems, which can then be used power various equipment. article investigates actuation means ambien...

The sputtering of the lunar surface by the solar wind is examined as a possible mechanism of mass fractionation. Simple arguments based on current theories of sputtering and the ballistics of the sputtered atoms suggest that most ejected atoms will have sufficiently high energy to escape lunar gravity. However, the fraction of atoms which falls back to the surface is enriched in the heavier ato...

This study is focused on multistable slip of earthquakes based on a one-degree-of-freedom spring-slider model in the presence of thermal-pressurized slip-weakening friction and viscosity by using the normalized equation of motion of the model. The major model parameters are the normalized characteristic displacement, Uc, of the friction law and the normalized viscosity coefficient, η, between t...

1. The electrophysiological effects of CI-980, a new tubulin-binding agent that inhibits assembly of cytoplasmic microtubules, on transmembrane action potential characteristics were studied in right ventricular papillary muscles from guinea-pig hearts. 2. In papillary muscles driven at 1 Hz, CI-980 at concentrations > or = 10(-5) M produced a concentration-dependent increase in the maximum upst...

the baroclinic adjustment is defined as the neutralization of the mean flow by eddies. with the amplitude growth of the baroclinic waves generated by an unstable mean flow, the eddy fluxes increase and act to reduce the meridional temperature gradient or vertical wind shear of the mean flow to subcritical value. this is believed to constitute the basic mechanism of baroclinic adjustment. the co...

High and intermediate resolution observations of the blue and the Hα spectral regions of the symbiotic star AG Dra at quiescence and during an active phase in 1994 and 1995 were performed. Variations of profiles, fluxes and radial velocity data of a number of emission lines are investigated. The width (FWHM) of all of these lines was very large at times close to the 1994 light maximum. The emis...

The immobilization of horseradish peroxidase in the form cross-linked enzyme aggregates (HRP–CLEAs) was optimized by three parameters full factorial experimental design at two levels and degradation an azo dye tested. optimal conditions were estimated as 0.06 mg enzyme/mL (0.96 U), 3 % (v/v, Glutaraldehyde)) cross-linker ratio, 6 /mL Bovine Serume Albumine amount, respectively. effects variable...

OBJECTIVE Recent studies have suggested that QT interlead variability (dispersion) on the surface electrocardiogram may have potential as a measure of recovery time dispersion. To test this hypothesis further QT dispersion occurring in sinus beats was compared with that in ventricular extrasystoles. DESIGN Simultaneous electrocardiograms were recorded at 50 mm/s during sinus rhythm in a drug ...