The purpose of this study was to compare quantification of cholesterol in high-density lipoprotein subfractions HDL2 and HDL3 by precipitation with polyethylene glycol (PEG) with that by density-gradient ultracentrifugation. Fresh serum samples from 32 fasting, obese children were analyzed with precipitation reagent "Quantolip" (Immuno AG), and then fractionated with a Beckman TL 100 ultracentr...

The internal gettering of iron in silicon via iron precipitation at low processing temperatures is known to improve solar cell efficiencies. Studies have found that the optimal temperature lies in the range of 500 o C-600 o C. In this paper, we present experimental results on quantitatively analysing the precipitation of interstitial Fe in multicrystalline silicon wafers during the 500 o C-600 ...

The EGS4 (Electron Gamma Shower, Version 4) Monte Carlo simulation code is used to calculate the conversion factors of the radon daughter quantity accumulated on the ground surface to the environmental gamma radiation dose rate with considering the actual geographical conditions. When the precipitation rate is low, the time variation of the environmental gamma radiation dose rate estimated from...

Characterizing the errors in satellite-based precipitation estimation products is crucial for understanding their effects in hydrological applications. Six precipitation products derived from three algorithms are comprehensively evaluated against gauge data over mainland China from December 2006 to November 2010. These products include three satellite-only estimates: the Global Satellite Mappin...

Recently, three distinct archetypes for midlatitude linear mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) have been identified: those comprising convective lines with trailing stratiform precipitation (TS), leading stratiform precipitation (LS), and parallel stratiform precipitation (PS). While cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning in TS MCSs has received a great deal of study in recent years, linear MCSs exhibi...

We explored the seasonal characteristics in wet deposition chemistry for two sites located at different elevations along the east slope of the Colorado Front Range in Rocky Mountain National Park. Seasonally separated precipitation was stratified into highly concentrated (high salt), dilute (low salt), or acid-dominated precipitation groups. These groups and unstratified precipitation data were...

Drought is an inherent trait of most rangelands and sound management necessitates managers address two fundamental questions when facing a drought situation. The first question is, ‘‘what is the probability that a useful amount of precipitation will be received over the period of concern?’’ and the second question is, ‘‘if it does rain, what will the impact be in terms of quantity and quality o...

Climate projections forecast more extreme interannual climate variability over time, with an increase in the severity and duration of extreme drought and rainfall events. Based on bioclimatic envelope models, it is projected that changing precipitation patterns will drastically alter the spatial distributions and density of plants and be a primary driver of biodiversity loss. However, many othe...

abstract in this paper, we modeled the climate of iran for future periods. each period is a 30-years period centered on a year. the range of periods is from 2000 (i.e., 1986-2015) to 2100 (i.e., 2086-2115). this was made using 2 general circulation models (echam4 and hadcm2) and 18 ipcc scenarios. magicc-scengen was used as a tool for downscaling gcm low resolution output data. result of hadcm2...

[1] The interdecadal variability of summer precipitation in Beijing from 1724 to 2005 is analyzed using a filter, keeping the true trends at time series ends. A probability distribution, Pearson type III, was applied to the summer precipitation series to estimate the probability of anomalous rainfall. This study includes the correlation between the interdecadal variations of the summer precipit...