Entire Solar radiation at Pune, Maharasthra, India longitude 74.15° (74° 9' east), latitude 18.6° (18° 36' north) depends the variation of Direct, Global and Diffuse component of solar radiation throughout the year. Diffuse solar radiation quantitatively wise is high during the rainy season (June, July , August and September). Estimated solar radiation it is observe that solar energy can be uti...

To study the distribution of molluscs in the Riacho Fundo Creek (cerrado region of central Brazil), five creek sites were sampled once every two months for one year. Molluscs were sampled using standardized kick-net sampling. Four species of molluscs were found: Physella cubensis, Melanoides tuberculata, Biomphalaria straminea and Pisidium sp. The most abundant were P. cubensis and Pisidium sp....

Three-dimensional effects in polarization signatures as observed from precipitating clouds by low frequency ground-based microwave radiometers A. Battaglia, C. Simmer, and H. Czekala Meteorological Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany RPG Radiometer Physics GmbH, Meckenheim, Germany Received: 3 April 2006 – Accepted: 26 April 2006 – Published: 27 June 2006 Correspondence to: A. Battagli...

We reviewed the laboratory-confirmed cases of leptospirosis in Ramathibodi Hospital, a medical-school hospital in Bangkok, to assess the documented cases of leptospirosis in Bangkok and the medical complications of severe cases. There were 59 cases from January 1994 to December 2000. More than half of the cases were Bangkok residents and did not travel outside Bangkok in the preceding 2 weeks. ...