The principal instrument of the SWOT mission is KaRIn, a Ka-band interferometric SAR system operating on two near nadir swaths on opposite sides of the satellite track. This article describes the specificities of images from such a SAR system as compared to images acquired by conventional spaceborne SAR systems. Both radiometric and geometric aspects are covered.

BACKGROUND In the Americas, leishmaniasis is endemic in 18 countries, and from 2001 through 2015, 17 countries reported 843,931 cases of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, and 12 countries reported 52,176 cases of visceral leishmaniasis. A Regional Information System (SisLeish) was created in order to provide knowledge of the distribution and tendency of this disease to analyze and moni...

SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis is a tool widely used to help in decision making in complex systems. It suits to exploring the issues and measures related to the conservation and development of local breeds, as it allows the integration of many driving factors influencing breed dynamics. We developed a quantified SWOT method as a decision-making tool for identif...

• Develop and implement an internally consistent set of goals and functional policies (this is, a solution to the agency problem) • These internally consistent set of goals and policies aligns the firm’s strengths and weaknesses with external (industry) opportunities and threats (SWOT) in a dynamic balance • The firm’s strategy has to be concerned with the exploitation of its “distinctive compe...

Analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats existing in the internal and external environment of prefabricated building of our country. Construct a SWOT analysis matrix, drives some relevant countermeasures on it, then provide suggestions for prefabricated building development in our country.