To investigate the seasonal and interannual variations in biological productivity in the South China Sea (SCS), a Pacific basin-wide physical–biogeochemical model has been developed and used to estimate the biological productivity and export flux in the SCS. The Pacific circulation model, based on the Regional Ocean Model Systems (ROMS), is forced with daily air–sea fluxes derived from the NCEP...

OBJECTIVE There has been a growing interest in the concept of self-compassion in Eastern psychology. The aim of the present study was to explore the dimensionality of the widely used Self-Compassion Scale (SCS; long and short versions) in both clinical and nonclinical samples METHOD Several confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were computed in a mixed clinical (n = 316) and a nonclinical sampl...

We show that it is possible to build up a consistent model describing a superconducting cosmic string (SCS) endowed with torsion. A full string solution is obtained by matching the internal and the external solutions. We derive the deficit angle, the geodesics of and the gravitational force on a test-particle moving under the action of this screwed SCS. A couple of potentially observable astrop...

This chapter accentuates various Relationship Marketing (RM) perspectives of grown organizations, with a focus on Stakeholder Causal Scope (SCS) to realize how RM has been facilitating organizational growth. Nineteen RM indicators and four broad growth strategies are evolved from a multi-case study of five grown sports organizations, where the organizations have been utilizing these RM indicato...

BACKGROUND Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is a cause of significant morbidity for up to 40% of patients following spine surgery, and is estimated to cost almost $20 billion. Treatment options for these patients currently include conventional medical management (CMM), repeat operation, or spinal cord stimulation (SCS). Much of the published data regarding cost effectiveness of SCS comprise ...

Although deep brain electrical stimulation can alleviate the motor symptoms of Parkinson disease (PD), just a small fraction of patients with PD can take advantage of this procedure due to its invasive nature. A significantly less invasive method--epidural spinal cord stimulation (SCS)--has been suggested as an alternative approach for symptomatic treatment of PD. However, the mechanisms underl...

These day, supply chains (SCs) have become more and more complicated and have extensively expanded and due to these complexities, the supply chain management (SCM) has encountered several uncertainties, and, as a result, trust and assurance between members in SCs has become essential for a successful SCM. Although trust is an inevitable component in nearly all fields in SCs, like cooperation, c...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and conventional medical management (CMM) compared with CMM alone for patients with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS), complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and refractory angina pectoris (RAP). DESIGN Markov models were developed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of SCS vs CMM...

in this study test-day records of milk (kg), fat (g), and protein (g) yields, somatic cell score (scs, cells/ml) collected by animal breeding center of iran during 2007 and 2009 were used to estimate genetic parameters using random regression model. models with different order of legendre polynomials were compared using bayesian information criterion (bic).for milk, fat yield and scs genetic an...

gully erosion is one of the most complicated and destructive forms of water erosion. in order to prevent this erosion, the important factors advancing gully head must be recognized. nowadays, several models have been proposed in measuring gully head advancement and identifying the severity of erosion. these models must be calibrated for each country to see whether they are applicable or not. so...