In this report we examine two topics relating to previous work. We feel that there are points to be made which we have not made before. A common thread in the two problems is that they both involve the isospin variable in an important way. In a publication by Devi et. al. [1] we calculated the excitation energies of T=Tmin+1 states in odd A nuclei and of T=Tmin+2 states of even-even nuclei in t...

A statistical model based on canonical correlation analysis (CCA) was used to explore climatic associations and predictability of June–August (JJA) maximum and minimum surface air temperatures (Tmax and Tmin) as well as the frequency of Tmax daily extremes (Tmax90) in the central and western United States (west of 90°W). Explanatory variables are monthly and seasonal Pacific Ocean SST (PSST) an...

An analysis of the annual mean temperature (TMEAN) (1961-2010) has revealed that warming amplification (altitudinal amplification and regional amplification) is a common feature of major high-elevation regions across the globe against the background of global warming since the mid-20th century. In this study, the authors further examine whether this holds for annual mean minimum temperature (TM...

Various combinations of interventions were used to phase-delay circadian rhythms to correct their misalignment with night work and day sleep. Young participants (median age = 22, n = 67) participated in 5 consecutive simulated night shifts (2300 to 0700) and then slept at home (0830 to 1530) in darkened bedrooms. Participants wore sunglasses with normal or dark lenses (transmission 15% or 2%) w...

In this report we examine two topics relating to previous work. However we feel that there are points to be made which we have not made before. A common thread in the two problems is that they both involve the isospin variable in an important way. In a publication by Devi et. al. [1] we calculated the excitation energies of T=Tmin+1 states in even-odd nuclei and of T=Tmin+2 states of even-even ...

The effect of vegetation on temperature is an emerging topic in the climate science community. Existing studies have mostly examined the effects of vegetation on daytime temperature (Tmax), whereas this study investigates the effects on nighttime temperature (Tmin). Ground measurements from 53 sites across northeastern China (NEC) from 1982 to 2006 show that early summer (June) Tmax and Tmin in...

We studied the relationship between the phase and the amplitude of the circadian temperature rhythm using questionnaires that measure individual differences in personality variables, variables that relate to circadian rhythms, age and sex. The ambulatory core body temperature of 101 young men and 71 young women was recorded continuously over 6 days. The temperature minimum (Tmin) and amplitude ...

We describe DysToPic, a theorem prover for the preferential Description Logic ALC + Tmin. This is a nonmonotonic extension of standard ALC based on a typicality operator T, which enjoys a preferential semantics. DysToPic is a multi-engine Prolog implementation of a labelled, two-phase tableaux calculus for ALC +Tmin whose basic idea is that of performing these two phases by different machines. ...

Air temperature (Tair) near the ground surface is a fundamental descriptor of terrestrial environment conditions and one of the most widely used climatic variables in global change studies. The main objective of this study was to explore the possibility of retrieving high-resolution Tair from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land surface temperature (LST) products, cove...

This paper analyzes the spatial dependence of annual diurnal temperature range (DTR) trends from 1950– 2004 on the annual climatology of three variables: precipitation, cloud cover, and leaf area index (LAI), by classifying the global land into various climatic regions based on the climatological annual precipitation. The regional average trends for annual minimum temperature (Tmin) and DTR exh...