Linear and nonlinear analyses are performed on a generic carbon cycle model, exploiting available empirical information and avoiding detailed physics as far as possible. It is shown that the ability to reproduce atmospheric CO2 historical data of past decades is neither necessary nor sufficient to establish credibility for the century-timescale predictions. This is because the relevant historic...

The clinical assessment of lower urinary tract dysfunction has been supported by objective measures obtained during urodynamics (UDS) for more than 30 years. Over this time, equipment has evolved with several technological advances, understanding has progressed with achievement of many milestones in UDS research, and access to care has improved with UDS equipment present in many health care cen...

Generating accurate and unbiased wall-to-wall canopy height maps from airborne lidar data for large regions is useful to forest scientists and natural resource managers. However, mapping large areas often involves using lidar data from different projects, with varying acquisition parameters. In this work, we address the important question of whether one can accurately model canopy heights over ...

Futures studies is a value knowledge and has a two-way communication with the worldview, ideology and culture of nations. Humanities is one of the factors that influence the field of futures studies. Hence the human sciences itself could be the subject of future studies. In this study, we have tried to discuss the role of future studies in knowledge management in the field of humanities. Theref...

This article describes prediction methods for the number of future events from a population units associated with an on-going time-to-event process. Examples include warranty returns and product failures that could cause serious threats to property or life. Important decisions such as whether recall should be mandated are often based on predictions. Data, generally right-censored (and sometimes...