SouthernWest Africa (SWA) has a large population that relies on highly variablemonsoon rainfall, yet climate models show little consensus over projected precipitation in this region. Understanding of the current and future climate of SWA is further complicated by rapidly increasing anthropogenic emissions and a lack of surface observations. Using multiple satellite observations, the ERA-Interim...

Bell's palsy is an idiopathic unilateral lower motor neuron paresis or paralysis of the facial nerve of sudden onset. It involves loss of muscular control on the affected side of the face. This paper reports the prosthodontic management of patients with Bell's palsy and also describes a technique to stabilize the jaw movements in complete denture patients using interim dentures. A 65-year-old m...

Rob Kling’s editorship of The Information Society (TIS) from 1995 to his sudden passing on May 15, 2003 was a unique moment in the life of TIS or for that matter any research journal. He operated above paradigms and methodologies, and his editorial instincts were receptive to research from all traditions. Our tendency is to ease into intellectual cubbyholes where fellow researchers conveniently...

This paper considers three firms that engage in an R&D contest to develop a new profitable technology. For a broad range of parameters, the firm that leads the contest (i.e., has the highest probability of success) is better-off licensing or selling its superior interim knowledge to one of the two lagging firms or to both rather than holding on to its lead. Although transferring interim R&D kno...

Interim orders are important means to secure claims. Their value in practise depends on the statutory regulation of the requirements for their issuance and their interpretation in case law. The most important condition for an interim order to be granted is the existence of a monetary or non-monetary claim – the object that is to be secured. The other requirement varies depending on the nature o...

The geopotential height (GPH) product created from global observations by the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) instrument on NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura spacecraft is discussed. The accuracy, resolution and precision of the HIRDLS version 7 algorithms are assessed and data screening recommendations are made. Comparisons with GPH from observations, reanalyses and model...

An interim drainage structure provides a short service during the construction months of the permanent drainage structure. This study presents a risk cost approach by which the design flood for an interim drainage structure can be derived from the capacity of the permanent structure, cost-capacity ratio, cost-damage ratio, and construction months during a year. To accommodate various constructi...