Upper-ocean heat and mass budgets are examined from three snapshots of data acquired during and after the passage of Hurricane Gilbert in the western Gulf of Mexico. Measurements prior to storm passage indicated a warm core eddy in the region with velocities of O(1) m s21. Based upon conservation of heat and mass, the threedimensional mixed layer processes are quantified from the data. During a...

OBJECTIVES We characterized pharmacologically the slow conduction zone of verapamil-sensitive idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia (ILVT) with regard to the late diastolic potential (LDP). BACKGROUND We showed that the slow conduction zone of ILVT could be divided into two components by LDP; that is, the distal component with a tachycardia-dependent conduction delay property and the proxim...

The traditional approaches to predict entrainment of circadian clocks by light are based on 2 concepts that were never successfully unified: the non-parametric approach assumes that entrainment occurs via discrete daily phase shifts while the parametric approach assumes that entrainment involves changes of the clock's velocity. Here the authors suggest a new approach to predict and model entrai...

BACKGROUND By using a noncontact mapping system, adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-sensitive atrial tachycardia (ATP-AT) originating from the atrioventricular (AV) node vicinity was successfully ablated at the entrance to the slow conduction zone indicated by the manifest entrainment technique. We aimed to prospectively validate the efficacy of the combination of CARTO electroanatomical mapping and ...

A hydraulic jump is a flow singularity characterised by a significant amount of air entrainment in the shear zone. The air is entrapped at the jump toe that is a discontinuity between the impinging flow and the roller. The impingement point is a source of air bubbles, as well as a source of vorticity. Herein the convective transport of air bubbles in the jump roller is re-visited. Some analytic...

An investigation of the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) height evolution over Greece, during the solar eclipse of 29 March 2006, is presented. Ground based observations were carried out using lidar detection and ranging devices and ground meteorological instruments, to estimate the height of the mixing layer (ML) before, during and after the solar eclipse in northern and southern parts of Greece...

Two different approaches are applied to quantify mixing in a shallow water model of the stratosphere. These are modified Lagrangian mean (MLM) theory and a technique referred to as ‘‘reverse domain filling with local gradient reversal’’ (RDF-LGR). The latter is similar to a previously existing technique using contour advection and contour surgery. It is first proved that in an inviscid shallow ...