Population level impacts upon seabirds from changing climate are increasingly evident, and include effects on phenology, migration, dispersal, annual survivorship, and reproduction. Most population data on seabirds derive from nesting colonies; documented climate impacts on winter ecology are scarce. We studied interannual variability in winter abundance of six species of alcids (Charadriiforme...

Cardiolipin is an important phospholipid present in the mitochondrial inner membrane. It plays a key function in mitochondrial respiration by interacting with many enzymes or cofactors related to oxidative phosphorylation complexes. We have determined the concentration of cardiolipin using on-line 10-N-nonyl acridine orange (NAO) dye interaction capillary electrophoresis (CE) and spectrophotome...

[1] The multi‐stage eruption of the Icelandic volcano Laki beginning in June, 1783 is speculated to have caused unusual dry fog and heat in western Europe and cold in North America during the 1783 summer, and record cold and snow the subsequent winter across the circum‐North Atlantic. Despite the many indisputable impacts of the Laki eruption, however, its effect on climate, particularly during...

Two common indicators of Atlantic climate variability, viz., the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) and the crossintertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) sea surface temperature (SST) gradient, are examined for their frequency characteristics and midlatitude-tropical links. SST anomalies north and south of the ITCZ are found to be uncorrelated on all time scales, while the sea level pressure (SLP) f...

This paper presents the initial response of Autism children interacting with Humanoid Robot NAO in Robot-based Intervention Program. Twelve Autism children from National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM) is being selected based on their behaviour characteristics which has been identified by certified clinical specialist, psychiatrist, occupational therapy and psychologist. Their Intelligence Q...

This paper describes the results from a user evaluation of a robot bartender system, which supports situated, social interaction with multiple customers. The system is a Nao-based version of an existing robot bartender, developed in the JAMES project [1]. The Nao-based version has provided us with a local experimentation platform, bearing in mind that our focus is on social multi-user interacti...

Tularemia is caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, but the natural reservoir is unknown and environmental conditions for outbreaks in mammals and man are poorly understood. The present study analyzed the synchrony between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index, the number of human cases of tularemia reported in Sweden, and the density of hares. Climate variation at a lag of 2 yr e...

RoboCup is a worldwide movement that has a clear goal set: the target is to be able to win a FIFA World Cup winner by 2050. In order to be able to fulfill the task, the RoboCup Humanoid Soccer World Cup is organized every year. The organizers make the task of playing football more difficult year-by-year. During the last few years, the goals changed from blue and yellow to white. Considering tha...

Understanding the influence of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on North Atlantic (NAO) is critical significance for seasonal prediction. The present study found that both Niño3.4 sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) intensity and east-west gradient in mid-low latitude Pacific determine linkage between ENSO NAO. Based SSTA gradient, events are classified into three types: strong intensity,...