This paper presents a Python QGIS (PyQGIS) plugin, which has been developed for the purpose of producing Land Surface Temperature (LST) maps from Landsat 5 TM, Landsat 7 ETM+ and Landsat 8 TIRS, Thermal Infrared (TIR) imagery. The plugin has been developed purposely to ease the process of LST extraction from Landsat Visible, Near Infrared (VNIR) and TIR imagery. It has the ability to estimate L...

This chapter examines Life Skills Training (LST), a school-based preventive intervention designed to prevent adolescent substance use and abuse. LST targets key etiologic factors as described in a conceptual framework derived from social learning theory and problem behavior theory. The LST program consists of three major components: (a) a personal competence component that teaches self-manageme...

The Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR), onboard ESA’s Envisat Satellite, is a precision radiometer that provides data from which global observations of land surface temperature (LST) can be derived. These LST data are retrieved using a nadir-only split window algorithm, with a target accuracy of 2.5 K during the day and 1.0 K at night. The algorithm will also be applied operationa...

Cellular immune response to Leishmania plays a key role in canine leishmaniosis. However, there are few assays to evaluate this response in the dog. Here, we evaluated and compared three assays of specific cellular immune response to Leishmania infantum in dogs: the leishmanin skin test (LST), lymphocyte proliferation assay (LPA) and IFN-gamma cytopathic effect inhibition bioassay (IFNB). Fifty...

The wind industry in China has experienced a rapid expansion of capacity after 2009, especially in northwestern China, where the China’s first 10 GW-level wind power project is located. Based on the analysis from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land surface temperature (LST) data for period of 2005–2012, the potential LST impacts from the large-scale wind farms in northwes...

Model programs and standards for substance abuse prevention have been identified by a number of federal agencies. The study reported here assessed two methods of delivery of one such program, Life Skills Training (LST), implemented in nine rural disadvantaged school districts. The results indicate that neither standard LST nor an infused LST delivery method was found effective for the entire sa...

In this study, the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Land Surface Temperature (LST) Environmental Data Record (EDR) was evaluated against snow surface (T-skin) and near-surface air temperature (T-air) ground observations recorded at the Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center—Snow Analysis and Field Experiment (CREST-SAFE), located in Caribou, ME, USA during the ...

BACKGROUND The association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and low total serum testosterone (LST) has been identified in several cross-sectional studies. OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of androgen deficiency and erectile dysfunction (ED) and their relation to glycemic control within a sample of Egyptian men with T2DM. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A cross-sectional study includin...

BACKGROUND Late stent thrombosis (LST) after Cypher and Taxus drug-eluting stent placement has emerged as a major concern. Although the clinical predictors of LST have been reported, specific morphological and histological correlates of LST remain unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS From a registry totaling 81 human autopsies of drug-eluting stents, 46 (62 lesions) had a drug-eluting stent implanted...

BACKGROUND Laterally spreading tumors (LSTs) are generally defined as lesions >10 mm in diameter, are characterized by lateral expansion along the luminal wall with a low vertical axis. In contrast to other forms of tumor, LSTs are generally considered to have a superficial growth pattern and the potential for malignancy. We focused on this morphological character of LSTs, and analyzed the gene...