The severity of a tropical cyclone (TC) is often summarized by its lifetime maximum intensity (LMI), and the climatological LMI distribution is a fundamental feature of the climate system. The distinctive bimodality of the LMI distribution means that major storms (LMI >96 kt) are not very rare compared with less intense storms. Rapid intensification (RI) is the dramatic strengthening of a TC in...

Single terrylene molecules embedded in microscopic p-terphenyl crystals are identified with the technique of fluorescence excitation spectroscopy. By use of the architecture of a scanning-probe microscope at T = 1.4 K , a single molecule is scanned through an excitation laser beam while the fluorescence signal is recorded. In this manner we have mapped the intensity distribution in a one-dimens...

Many infectious diseases of humans, including malaria, dengue, cholera, and schistosomiasis, are restricted to, or more prevalent in, tropical and subtropical zones. Within the tropics and subtropics, they are more prevalent at lower than at higher altitudes. Warmer temperatures characteristic of lower latitudes and altitudes generally increase rates of survival, development, and replication of...

A common question about root resorption is raised in orthodontic practice: What is more important, the intensity of force or its distribution along the root, periodontal and alveolar structures? Diffuse distribution of forces applied to periodontal tissues during tooth movement tends not to promote neither extensive areas of cell matrix hyalinization nor significant death of cementoblasts that ...

A real-time display system has been designed and tested for use with a radiation field monitor. The system uses only pulse and waveform generators, a multiplexer, and an oscilloscope. The display consists of either a three-dimensional representation of the field intensity distribution or a series of simultaneous profiles.

A progressive radiosity algorithm based on piecewise polynomial intensity distribution is presented in the paper. Unlike the conventional radiosity method, radiosity across each patch is assumed to vary in a polynomial distribution. A generalized radiosity equation for scenes with nondiffuse surfaces is then set up and solved by adopting progressive refinement technique. To improve the efficien...

This letter matches the shape of the star formation intensity distribution function to empirical laws such as the Schmidt law. The shape of the distribution at a redshift of one is reproduced from the empirical Schmidt law with a critical density, a Schechter distribution of galaxy masses and the assumption that star formation occurs mainly in exponential disks. The shape of the distribution de...

Q: If I have a mixture of micelles and liposomes, with DLS, which measurement method will give a true reflection of size distribution? Intensity, volume or number? What’s the advantage and drawback of each? A: If you have small micelles and bigger liposomes, then the intensity distribution will show a larger contribution from the liposomes (by scattering intensity) whereas the number distributi...

PURPOSE To compare the intensity distribution during cycling training among elite track cyclists who improved or decreased in ergometer power at 4 mM blood lactate during a 15 wk training period. METHODS 51 young male German cyclists (17.4 ± 0.5 y; 30 international, 21 national junior finalists) performed cycle ergometer testing at the onset and at the end of a 15 wk basic preparation period,...

This article introduces mathematical parameters that generalize the frequency distribution of the statistical and spectral model. We show experiments that determine the influence of these parameters on the intensity fluctuations of the synthesized noise, accordingly to the theory developed by psycho-acoustic works. The main goal of these experiments is to be able to analyse and synthesize bands...