Alignment of latitude and longitude for all pixels is important for geo-stationary meteorological satellite (GSMS) images. To align landmarks and non-landmarks in the GSMS images, we propose a geometry-based global alignment method. Firstly, the Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography (GSHHG) database and GSMS images are expressed as feature maps by geometric coding. Acc...

mosquito-borne encephalitic flavivirus of rural eastern, southeastern and southern Asia. Outbreaks of JE have occurred in many states in India1. An explosive insular outbreak of meningoencephalitis, mainly in children, occurred during early 1996 in the Kuttanad area of Alappuzha district, Kerala2. During the outbreak in May 2011, 24 cases were recorded between January and May 2011; one in Janua...

Adults of the tomato stink bug, Arvelius albopunctatus (De Geer), from pasture lands at Londrina, Paraná state (latitude 23º 18' S; longitude 51º 09' W) and of Dichelops furcatus (F.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from field crops at Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul state (latitude 28º 38' S; longitude) southern Brazil were parasitized by Hexacladia smithii Ashmead , which are set as new host records...

OSSE has measured the galactic longitude distribution of both the 511 keV annihilation line radiation and the three-photon positronium continuum within 40 of the center. They have similar shapes, with a composite longitude distribution well represented by an 11 FWHM Gaussian central bulge together with a possible broad disk component comprising as much as 15% of the integral ux between 40 and 3...

OSSE has measured the galactic longitude distribution of both the 511 keV annihilation line radiation and the three-photon positronium continuum within 40 of the center. They have similar shapes, with a composite longitude distribution well represented by an 11 FWHM Gaussian central bulge together with a possible broad disk component comprising as much as 15% of the integral ux between 40 and 3...

Studies of bird migration in the Beringia region of Alaska and eastern Siberia are of special interest for revealing the importance of bird migration between Eurasia and North America, for evaluating orientation principles used by the birds at polar latitudes and for understanding the evolutionary implications of intercontinental migratory connectivity among birds as well as their parasites. We...