Epidemics of malaria in the East African highlands in the last 2 decades have often been associated with climate variability, particularly the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). However, there are other factors associated with malaria risk and there is increased interest in the influences of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), a climate mode of coupled ocean-atmosphere variability, on East African...

Demonstrations of sub 20nm gate length MOSFET devices involving various FEOL (front end of line) schemes such as Silicon On DEpletion Layer (SODEL) FET’s, asymmetricgate FinFET devices, planar Ultra-thin body SOI (UTSOI) FET’s, and, more recently, independently oriented surface channels for (110) pMOS and (100) nMOS described as Simplified Hybrid Orientation Technology (SHOT).[1-4, 718] have be...

Abstract In recent decades, temperature variations have significantly affected the ecosystem and human livelihood in Pakistan. The wavelet analysis is employed to identify associations between regional change global teleconnections, i.e. Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), Arctic (AO), North (NAO), El Niño–Southern (ENSO), Pacific Decadal (PDO), Tropical Northern Index (TNA), Pacific/North...

Long-term prediction of precipitation in planning and managing water resources, especially in arid and semi-arid countries such as Iran, has a great importance. In this paper, a method for predicting long-term precipitation using weather signals and artificial neural networks is presented. For this purpose, climatic data (large-scale signals) and meteorological data (local precipitation and tem...

Cp*IrH4 reacts with Hf(Np)4 (Np = CH2C(CH3)3) to yield the heterobimetallic complex [Hf(Np)3(μ-H)3IrCp*], 2. Treatment of 2 neopentyl lithium (NpLi) results in nucleophilic addition a moiety onto Hf center, restoring and displacing Cp*IrH3– iridate fragment. By contrast, treatment tantalum/iridium analogue [Ta(Np)3IrH2(Cp*)], 1, NpLi triggers α-hydrogen abstraction at Ta–neopentyl leads formati...

This paper demonstrates how the Nation of Islam (NOI), a well known black nationalist organization, is utilizing notions of community to promote the activities and goals of its farm to other black people. The NOI ownsMuhammad Farms in rural southern Georgia, USA. Its stated purpose is to feed all black people in the United States. Historically, theNOI has occupied a radical space in the black c...

La funzione di spaventare e allontanare gli uccelli da secoli riservata a figure mitologiche o fantocci costruiti in casa si è riversata negli ultimi decenni sugli umani, su quelle persone, nel giudizio comune ghettizzante, sul limitare dell’accettabilità. Gli spaventapasseri, che compaiono tra versi canzoni, albi per bambini scatti famosi, sono quel l’umano il burattino, testimoni delle umane ...

the tele-connection patterns are the major constituents of climate at global and regional scale(s). the karoon basin is of a vital stance in providing natural water supply and hydroelectric; this basin is facing major fluctuations in rainfall regime. identifying the effect of tele-connection on great karoon basin rainfall regime is the subject of this study. to accomplish this objective the sea...

Direct bonded Si-on-SiC is an interesting alternative to silicon-on-insulator (SOI) for improved thermal management in power conversion and radio frequency applications space. We have used transient thermoreflectance finite element simulations characterize the properties of direct Si-on-4H–SiC samples, utilizing a hydrophobic hydrophilic bonding process. In both instances, interface has good re...