Monthly precipitation data from the period of 1970 to 2004 from 38 meteorological stations in the Mantaro river basin were used to classify the rainy seasons (September–April) of each year into anomalously dry or wet, and to determine the basin-wide extent of the anomalies based on the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI). The wet periods mostly occurred in the early 1970’s and during the fir...

In this paper, we track the level of economic well-being of the population of men who began receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits in 1980–81 from the time just after they became beneficiaries (in 1982) to 1991, nearly a decade later. We present measures of the economic well-being of disabled individuals and their nondisabled peers as indicators of the relative economic ...

The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity is a global health issue. Past studies in Japan have reported an increase in both body mass index (BMI) and risk of obesity among children and adolescents. However, changes in body size and proportion in this population over time have also influenced BMI. To date, no study of secular changes in childhood obesity has considered the impact of changes...

The present study investigates the peristaltic transport of non-Newtonian fluid, modeled as power law and Bingham fluid, in a diverging tube with different wall wave forms: sinusoidal, multi-sinusoidal, triangular, trapezoidal and square waves. Fourier series is employed to get the expressions for temporal and spatial dependent wall shapes. Solutions for time average pressure rise — flow rate r...

HYPOTHESIS The adaptation of new techniques in treatment of epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal during the past 3 decades has improved clinical outcomes. DESIGN Retrospective consecutive case review. SETTING A university hospital and Veterans Affairs medical center. PATIENTS Medical records of 76 consecutive patients treated for invasive epidermoid cancer of the anal canal between 1970...

the 1979 islamic revolution of iran is considered as a turning point in the contemporary architecture of the nation. there have been apexes to the eye catching architectural improvements in the three forthcoming decades after the revolution. one of the most effective isorganizing the contests in architectural that affairs has not only removed the recession in the field but has also discarded th...

Although humans measure time using a continuous scale, certain numerical ages inspire greater self-reflection than others. Six studies show that adults undertake a search for existential meaning when they approach a new decade in age (e.g., at ages 29, 39, 49, etc.) or imagine entering a new epoch, which leads them to behave in ways that suggest an ongoing or failed search for meaning (e.g., by...

This study assesses the effect of population change on decade changes in the educational attainments of country of origin populations in the United States. Our data are derived from decennial censuses, NLMS, the World Bank, and INS. We find that changes in the share of country of origin populations with one or more years of post-secondary schooling are associated with selected components of pop...

This article aims to examine two phases of the English director Adrian Cowell (1934-2011), who documented Brazilian Amazon for 50 years. The first phase that we intend is when he arrives in country and meets Villas Bôas brothers, filming attempt by sertanista brothers attract isolated Indians into interior Xingu National Park, order save them from civilization. second want analyze returns count...

Snow plays an essential role in regulating climate change, the hydrological cycle, and various biological processes. Passive microwave snow depth data gridded from Climate Research Unit (CRU_TS4.04) are utilized this study to investigate spatiotemporal variations of over Tibetan Plateau (TP), with special focus on vertical dimension. The response elevation-dependent warming (EDW) is determined ...