The article analyzes changes in surface air temperature the south of Siberia, 8 regions Russian Federation. Based on geographical and climatic approaches, study area was divided into four zones. It is shown that interannual both within identified zones between them are consistent, while series average monthly temperatures not so unambiguous. calculated values linear trends long-term mean annual...

One hundred and seventy two healthy term (T) appropriate-for-dates (AFD) singleton neonates were prospectively studied from birth until 28 days of age for changes in weight, occipitofrontal circumference (OFC), chest circumference (CC), midarm circumference (MAC), thigh circumference (TC) and crownheel length (CHL). Male babies had statistically significant (p < 0.05) higher values than females...

This study analyzed the performance decline of wind turbine with age using SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) data and short-term in situ LiDAR (Light Detection Ranging) measurements taken at Shinan farm located on coast Bigeumdo Island southwestern sea South Korea. Existing methods have generally attempted to estimate aging through long-term trend analysis a normalized capacity f...

BACKGROUND We investigated changes in the spatial distribution of schistosomiasis in Mali following a decade of donor-funded control and a further 12 years without control. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS National pre-intervention cross-sectional schistosomiasis surveys were conducted in Mali in 1984-1989 (in communities) and again in 2004-2006 (in schools). Bayesian geostatistical models were...

OBJECTIVE To review recent developments in the study of nonshared environment; that is, the environmental influences that make children growing up in the same family different, rather than similar. METHOD We review several recent influential books and papers on the subject of nonshared environment from the decade following the 1987 paper that highlighted its importance in psychological develo...

After more than 40 years of evolution, testing has become a very diverse field as broad as electronics itself. Consequently, the test community today must cope with an enormous spectrum of difficult problems ranging from, for instance, logic synthesis for testability to noise and heat dissipation problems in extremely high performance (in reality analog) pin electronics. This level of difficult...

A model entitled "reciprocal peer support" (RPS) is introduced in this article to describe the peer support activity provided at University Behavioral HealthCare-University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) in a variety of peer programs. More than 10 years of peer support have been developed, reviewed, and assessed by this writer in an attempt to clarify the "lessons learned" and ...

Nucleation from a boundary is experimentally and numerically studied in a one-dimensional array in two excitable media consisting of Chua's circuits and the Oregonator model, respectively. Forcing from a boundary with a pulse of constant amplitude and infinite duration gives rise to a periodic wave train propagating through the array. As the amplitude of the pulse increases, wave period evolves...