Tropical pancreatitis was described 50 years ago as a disease of the tropical regions, particularly southern India, with young age at onset, malnutrition, rapid progression, severe pancreatic damage with multiple large ductal calculi, and absence of history of alcoholism or biliary tract disease as its hallmarks. Over the years, chronic pancreatitis in southern India has shown a change, with in...

T he marsupial paradigm tested by the PreDepression Investigation of Cloud-Systems in the Tropics (PREDICT; Montgomery et al. 2012) builds on the notion that a recirculation area may occur in conjunction with tropical disturbances. This recirculation area, or “pouch,” is protected from a potentially hostile environment. Dunkerton et al. (2009) hypothesized that the pouch is a very favorable are...

a Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China b Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Biodiversity, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China c Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research, The Open University, United Kin...

An ingredients-based approach (e.g., Johns and Doswell 1992) is used in the operational prediction of tornado threat, regardless of whether the favorable environment results from midlatitude or tropical perturbations. Since the majority of tropical cyclone (TC) tornadoes are associated with supercells (Edwards et al. 2012a; hereafter E12), the forecaster typically can focus on the same ingredie...

INTRODUCTION In this essay I assume the existence of subjective states of suffering and wellbeing (welfare is often used as a synonym for well-being) in animals (Van Rooijen, 1981). For my opinion about the relation between suffering and well-being and the study of behavior, see Van Rooijen (1997). This article will compare suffering and well-being due to natural selection and suffering and wel...

The dry rot fungus, Serpula lacrymans, is one of the most important wood decay fungi in the built environment causing many hundreds of millions of pounds of damage each year in many countries around the world. This Basidiomycete is particularly common in countries of northern Europe especially where bad maintenance, particularly of old properties, and inappropriate design or alteration may resu...

H. Yu, C. Wu, D. Wu, and J. Z. Yu Atmospheric, Marine and Coastal Environment Program, Division of Environment, Hong Kong University of Science&Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China Atmospheric Research Center, HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, Nansha, Guangzhou 511458, China Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Guangzhou 510058,...