Orangutans are the largest habitually arboreal mammal. For them, as for all arboreal mammals, access to the abundant fruits and narrowest gaps found among the thin peripheral branches of tree crowns poses considerable safety risks and energetic demands. Most arboreal primates use flexed-limb postures to minimize problems caused by branch compliance and instability. Here, we show that Sumatran o...

In Part I of this paper, the timing and location of convective initiation along a dryline on 24 May 2002 were accurately predicted, using a large 1-km-resolution nested grid. A detailed analysis of the convective initiation processes, which involve the interaction of the dryline with horizontal convective rolls, is presented here. Horizontal convective rolls (HCRs) with aspect ratios (the ratio...

Concerning about the social relationship is an important issue in classic and contemporary sociology. The contemporary sociologists employ the concept of social capital to study  the quality and quantity of social relationship within the society. Social capital refers to the capital and resources which people can gain by having ties with each others. For this reason, researchers seek to identif...

Model reduction techniques have shown to constitute a valuable tool for real-time simulation in surgical environments and other fields. However, some limitations, imposed by real-time constraints, have not yet been overcome. One of such limitations is the severe limitation in time (established in 500Hz of frequency for the resolution) that precludes the employ of Newton-like schemes for solving...

Abstract. This study evaluates the effect of weather events on aerosol particle size distribution (PSD) at Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO). research combines in situ measurements PSD and remote sensing data lightning density, brightness temperature, cloud top height, liquid water, rain rate vertical velocity. Measurements were obtained by scanning mobility sizers (SMPSs), new generation GO...