Abstract El Niño and La Niña events show a wide range of durations over the historical record. The predictability event duration has remained largely unknown, although multiyear could prolong their climate impacts. To explore duration, ensemble forecasts are conducted with Community Earth System Model, version 1 (CESM1). 10–40-member initialized observed oceanic conditions on March, June, Novem...

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RÉSUMÉ. Nous proposons dans cet article une nouvelle méthode d’étalonnage extrinsèque pour systèmes de réalité augmentée sur affichages semi-transparents. Cette méthode est appliquée ici à un système de type tablette augmentée composé d’un écran semi-transparent, d’un dispositif de suivi de l’utilisateur et d’un dispositif de localisation par rapport à la scène observée. Cette méthode reste cep...

WITH the passage of the welfare reform law of 1996, 60 years of federal welfare policy was abruptly reversed. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF) ended the legal entitlement to benefits, mandated that a large percentage of recipients work, and imposed a five-year time limit on the receipt of federally funded benefits. Since then, welfare caseloads have fallen sharply, and...