Cloud Computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. Cloud Computing users prefer not to own physical infrastructure, but instead rent Cloud infrastructure, a Cloud platform or software, from a third-party provider. Sometimes, anomalies and defects affect a part of the Cloud platform, resulting in degradat...

Measurements of both horizontal gradients and vertical profiles of aerosols, cloud droplets and thermodynamic parameters in the cloud topped marine boundary layer off of central California are presented. They suggest that, while aerosols can indeed modulate cloud albedo, other parameters such as sea surface temperature may similarly affect cloud albedo. Additionally, the impact of aerosols, thr...

We report the discovery of active star formation in Digel’s Cloud 2, which is one of the most distant giant molecular clouds known in the extreme outer Galaxy (EOG). At the probable Galactic radius of ∼20 kpc, Cloud 2 has a quite different environment from that in the solar neighborhood, including lower metallicity, much lower gas density, and small or no perturbation from spiral arms. With new...

Aerosols – a suspension of small solid and liquid particles in the air – directly affect the Earth’s energy budget by scattering and absorbing solar radiation, and indirectly by acting as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) that infl uence cloud properties and precipitation. The aerosol indirect radiative forcing (IRF) – largely determined by CCN concentrations – is a major source of uncertainty in...

The dynamical states of molecular clouds may affect the properties stars they form. In vicinity Trifid Nebula ($d=1180\pm25$ pc), main star cluster (Trifid Main) lies within an expanding section cloud; however, ~0.3 deg to north North), cloud's velocity structure is more tranquil. We acquired a Chandra X-ray observation identify pre-main-sequence in North, complementing previous Main. we identi...

Aerosols affect the climate system by changing cloud characteristics in many ways. They act as cloud condensation and ice nuclei and may have an influence on the hydrological cycle. Here we investigate aerosol effects on convective clouds by extending the double-moment cloud microphysics scheme developed for stratiform clouds, which is coupled to the HAM double-moment aerosol scheme, to convect...

The prospect of human-induced climate change has stimulated research into several biological processes that might affect climate. One such process that has attracted a substantial research effort is the so-called CLAW hypothesis (Charlson et al. 1987). This hypothesis suggests that marine plankton ecosystems may effectively regulate climate by a feedback associated with the production of dimeth...

Background: Increased levels of interleukin-8 (IL-8) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in acute human brucellosis have been reported. Previous studies have shown that the production and level of IL-6 and IL-8 cytokines are associated with the polymorphism of the encoding genes. Objective: To investigate the probable association between IL-6 (-174 C/G) and IL-8 (-251 A/T) gene polymorphisms and susceptib...