Vegetation phenology is considered a sensitive indicator of climate change, which controls carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles within terrestrial ecosystems. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is an important moderate resolution remote sensing data for monitoring vegetation phenology. However, Terra MODIS Collection 5 (C5) vege...

Preface This manuscript contains my personal and informal notes on the probabilistic method as it is applied in graph theory. It hasn't been properly proofread , and it is by no means intended for wider distribution. For an introduction to the probabilistic method, I refer the reader to the textbooks mentioned in the bibliography. I'm very grateful for the assistance and advice I have received ...

Scarce information is available on circadian body temperature fluctuation in healthy healthcare workers. Therefore, forehead was measured with an infrared thermometer 33 ostensibly laboratory professionals (mean age, 43±13 years; 76% females) throughout a regular working shift, from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, at 1-hour intervals. A significant difference found different times of the day by 1-way analy...

Vehicle emissions have become one of the most prevailing air contamination sources, including nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and particulate matter (PM). Among other pollutants, PM limits visible sight distance poses health risks upon inhalation into human body. This study focused on assessing PM2.5 concentrations in at different periods day highly trafficked grade...

An urban thermal environment is an area receiving special attention. In order to effectively explore its spatio-temporal characteristics during hot summer days, this study introduced the standard deviational ellipse (SDE) construct heat island index describe general spatial character of environment, and then used local Moran’s I identify cluster characteristics. Finally, regressions ordinary le...

Day 2 7:00–8:00 Continental breakfast 8:00–9:00 Case study: calibration and tracking 9:00–10:00 Portfolio decisions 10:00–12:00 Case exercise: portfolio decisions 12:00–1:00 Lunch 1:00–1:30 Case exercise: personal financial portfolios 1:30–2:15 Preparation: diagnosis, framing, and design 2:15–3:00 Case exercise: preparation 3:00–4:00 Creating more value with alternatives 4:00–5:00 Case study: l...