Here we discuss the cause and effect of opposing atmospheric and oceanic ENSO forcings in the Ross Sea, that lead to a net warming in the eastern Ross Sea and a net cooling in the western Ross Sea during El Niño years. During La Niña years the opposite is observed. The oceanic ENSO effect causes a ∼1 K warming with a 3 month lag during El Niño years in comparison to La Niña time periods. During...

[1] For 1992–2008, we use data from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer‐EOS (AMSR‐E) to examine differences in ice production and export in the Weddell and Ross Seas. We find that the Ross production is three times that in the Weddell; the Ross export, twice that in the Weddell. In the Ross, the ice production has a statistically significan...

Ross River virus (RRV) is the most common mosquitoborne disease notified within Australia and is a significant public health issue for NSW. There have been more than 7500 notifications of RRV in NSW over the past 10 years. Peak seasons occurred in 1996–97 (1547 notified cases) and 2005–06 (1268 notified cases), with an average of 683 notifications for the 11 seasons before this.1 The November 2...

• 類推研究における 2種類の関係性構造の抽出 (Reeves & Weisberg, 1994) − Automatic schema abstraction > 複数事例の記憶・再生の経験によって抽出 > 新規問題に対しては,特徴の適合度に基づき貯蔵された事例が活性化し,その表象によって抽 象的スキーマが形成される (Goldinger, 1998; Hintzman, 1986) − Comparison-based abstraction (Strategic schema abstraction) > 問題同士を顕在的に比較するときに行われる > 2つの問題に共通する関係構造に着目し,その関係性構造が元の問題とは別に保存される (Kotovsky & Gentner, 1996; Namy & Gentner, 2002; Ross, 1984, 1989; Ross & ...

Ross River virus is a common mosquito-borne arbovirus responsible for outbreaks of polyarthritic disease throughout Australia. To better understand climatic factors preceding outbreaks, we compared seasonal and monthly rainfall and temperature trends in outbreak and nonoutbreak years at four epidemic-prone locations. Our analyses showed that rainfall in outbreak years tended to be above average...

BACKGROUND It is suggested that in young adults the Ross procedure results in better late patient survival compared with mechanical prosthesis implantation. We performed a propensity score-matched study that assessed late survival in young adult patients after a Ross procedure versus that after mechanical aortic valve replacement with optimal self-management anticoagulation therapy. METHODS A...

BACKGROUND The Ross procedure has become an accepted and sometimes preferred alternative to mechanical aortic valve replacement. One criticism of the Ross procedure is that it may have a higher operative mortality, morbidity, and cost. Several groups have shown that this operation can be performed safely with less than 3% mortality. The issue of higher cost has not been resolved. In this retros...

A progressive selection for broiler live and processing performance traits has changed broiler growth patterns during the post hatch period. However, limited information is available to understand whether changes have also occurred during the embryonic stages. This study aims to examine influences of broiler strain on nutrient availability, embryonic development, and nutrient metabolism during ...

There is little research data available on the digestible Lys requirement of broilers from 2 to 4 wk of age. Two experiments were conducted to determine the digestible Lys requirements of male and female Ross x Ross TP16 broilers from 14 to 28 d. Two diets (dilution and summit) consisting of corn, soybean meal, poultry by-product meal, and peanut meal were formulated to be adequate in all other...

Broiler performance is known to be related to embryonic developmental parameters. However, strain or genotype differences with regard to embryo physiological parameters and juvenile growth have received little attention. A total of 1,200 hatching eggs produced by Cobb and Ross broiler breeders of the same age were studied. At setting for incubation and between 66 and 130 h of incubation, egg re...