[1] Multiple regimes in the atmospheric zonal-mean flow of the Southern Hemisphere are examined using 53 years of daily observational analysis data. Estimates of the probability density function in the reduced-phase space spanned by the two leading empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs) are found to exhibit significant deviations from bivariate Gaussianity. Two major regimes are identified, whic...

abstract background: asterocytoma is the most common primary human brain tumor which has the most lethal hazard among tumors in human central nervous system. heat shock proteins play an active role in cancer cells pathways through their effects on tumor cell proliferation, tumor differentiation, malignancy, metastasis, and cell death. hsp 70 is a 70 kd protein that its expression change has bee...

Aim To understand the latitudinal patterns in body size distributions of north-eastern Paci®c bivalves, as well as the factors in ̄uencing those patterns. Locations The north-eastern Paci®c continental shelf from 5 °S latitude to 70 °N latitude. Methods We used data on the body size and latitudinal ranges of 915 species of northeastern Paci®c marine bivalves to test for the presence of interspec...

A regional reference model of total electron content (TEC) was constructed using data from the GPS Earth Observation Network (GEONET), which consists of more than 1000 Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite receivers distributed over Japan. The data covered almost one solar activity period from April 1997 to June 2007. First, TECs were determined for 32 grid points, expanding from 27 to 45 N...

Finding your passion is key to success, Brian Kobilka, MD, said in a speech June 15 at the School of Medicine commencement. In his usual self-deprecating manner, the Stanford scientist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry last year, minimized his credentials and credited support from others for much of his success. “I believe my career to date is an example of how a relatively average ...

Recently, the design is becoming important in product development. The technology which is a strong point of Japan is immediately caught up by the foreign countries, and the price competition begins. Therefore companies tend to plan differentiation of products by the design or a color. The purpose of my work was to consider the optimal color for using by product development. We needed to clarif...

The literature reports strong correlations between UV exposure and latitude gradients of diseases. Evidence is emerging about the protective effects of UV exposure for cancer (breast, colo-rectal, prostate), autoimmune diseases (multiple sclerosis, type II diabetes) and even mental disorders, such as schizophrenia. For the first time, the available levels of vitamin D producing UV or "vitamin D...