This paper postulates the conceptually useful allegory of a futuristic “World Climate Assembly” (WCA) that votes for a single worldwide price on carbon emissions via the basic democratic principle of one-person one-vote majority rule. If this WCA framework can be accepted in the first place, then voting on a single internationallybinding minimum carbon price (the proceeds from which are domesti...

This paper describes the enhancement of the Water Cycle Algorithm (WCA) using a fuzzy inference system to adapt its parameters dynamically. The original WCA is compared regarding performance with the proposed method called Water Cycle Algorithm with Dynamic Parameter Adaptation (WCADPA). Simulation results on a set of well-known test functions show that the WCA can be improved with a fuzzy dyna...

The response of soil biogeochemical properties to external nutrient loading may serve as sensitive indicators of eutrophication in wetland ecosystems. We investigated the effects of nutrient loading on the distribution of soil C, N and P in four wetlands of the Florida Everglades: Water Conservation Area (WCA)-1, WCA-2a, WCA-3a and Taylor Slough. The nutrient-impacted zones extended from water-...

With the advancement in communication and internet technologies, recently there have been many research efforts in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) to conserve energy. Clustering mechanisms have been applied to WSNs to enhance the network performance while reducing the necessary energy consumption. The goal of Weighted Clustering Algorithm (WCA) is to determine the cluster heads dyna...

When nurses understand what interventions are needed to achieve desired patient outcomes, they can more easily define their practice. Work Complexity Assessment (WCA) is a process that helps nurses to identify interventions performed on a routine basis for their specific patient population. This article describes the WCA process and links it to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) and...

Woven coronary artery (WCA) is an extremely rare and still not a clearly de ined coronary anomaly. It is characterized by the division of epicardial coronary artery into thin channels which then reanastomose with the distal part of the abnormal coronary artery [1]. Since the angiographic imaging of WCA looks like an intracoronary thrombus and dissection; the differential diagnosis between ather...

Heritabilities of and genetic, envicovariance components. Estimates of heritability ronmental, and phenotypic correlations among were .39 (WCa), .40 (WP), .36 (WMg), and .35 (WW). serum amounts of calcium, phosphorus, and magEstimates of genetic, environmental, and phenonesium and weight at weaning (WCa, WP, WMg, typic correlations were .66, .55, .57 (WCa, WP), .70, and WW, respectively) were e...

Agricultural activities have produced well-documented changes in the Florida Everglades, including establishment of a gradient in phosphorus concentrations in Water Conservation Area 2A (WCA-2A) of the northern Everglades. An effect of increased phosphorus concentrations is increased methanogenesis in the eutrophic regions compared to the oligotrophic regions of WCA-2A. The goal of this study w...

OBJECTIVE National health guidelines advocate increased physical activity in children and adolescents, but specific goals are not being achieved. Data are needed on variables that influence children's decision to be active or sedentary. METHODS We tested the association of weight criticism during physical activity (WCA) with attitudes toward physical activity and reported physical activity le...

The rapidly changing topology of Mobile Ad hoc networks (MANETs) poses various challenges like routing, Quality of Service (QoS) etc. This paper attempts to compare performance parameters like throughput, packet delivery fraction and packet loss using Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector(AODV) routing protocol and Ant Colony Optimization(ACO). The proposed method combines Weighted Clustering Algori...