The spatial and temporal variations of Ross River virus infections reported in Queensland, Australia, between 1985 and 1996 were studied by using the Geographic Information System. The notified cases of Ross River virus infection came from 489 localities between 1985 and 1988, 805 between 1989 and 1992, and 1,157 between 1993 and 1996 (chi2(df = 2) = 680.9; P < 0.001). There was a marked increa...

[1] Salt release during sea ice formation in the Ross Sea coastal regions is regarded as a primary forcing for the regional generation of Antarctic Bottom Water. Passive microwave data from November 1978 through 2008 are used to examine the detailed seasonal and interannual characteristics of the sea ice cover of the Ross Sea and the adjacent Bellingshausen and Amundsen seas. For this period th...

OBJECTIVE To determine the overall cost effectiveness of surgical skills training on Robotic Surgical Simulator (RoSS). METHODS This study evaluates the cost analysis of utilizing RoSS for robot-assisted surgical training, at Roswell Park Center for Robotic Surgery. Trainees were queried for time spent on the RoSS console over a period of 1 year, starting from June 2010 to June 2011. Time spe...

BACKGROUND The Ross procedure and aortic homografts have both been shown to have superior hemodynamic performance after valve replacement, but there have been few comparisons. METHODS Sequential Doppler echocardiograms were performed up to 5 years after aortic valve replacement in 132 patients with the Ross procedure and 111 patients with an aortic homograft (AH). Measurements included assess...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes of the Ross procedure in a nationwide follow-up. METHODS This retrospective study involved all children treated with the Ross procedure in Finland between 1994 and 2009. The clinical records were reviewed for demographic and anatomical characteristics, Ross operation data, surgical history and status at the latest fol...

Here we discuss the cause and effect of opposing atmospheric and oceanic ENSO forcings in the Ross Sea, that lead to a net warming in the eastern Ross Sea and a net cooling in the western Ross Sea during El Niño years. During La Niña years the opposite is observed. The oceanic ENSO effect causes a ∼1 K warming with a 3 month lag during El Niño years in comparison to La Niña time periods. During...

[1] For 1992–2008, we use data from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer‐EOS (AMSR‐E) to examine differences in ice production and export in the Weddell and Ross Seas. We find that the Ross production is three times that in the Weddell; the Ross export, twice that in the Weddell. In the Ross, the ice production has a statistically significan...

Ross River virus (RRV) is the most common mosquitoborne disease notified within Australia and is a significant public health issue for NSW. There have been more than 7500 notifications of RRV in NSW over the past 10 years. Peak seasons occurred in 1996–97 (1547 notified cases) and 2005–06 (1268 notified cases), with an average of 683 notifications for the 11 seasons before this.1 The November 2...

• 類推研究における 2種類の関係性構造の抽出 (Reeves & Weisberg, 1994) − Automatic schema abstraction > 複数事例の記憶・再生の経験によって抽出 > 新規問題に対しては,特徴の適合度に基づき貯蔵された事例が活性化し,その表象によって抽 象的スキーマが形成される (Goldinger, 1998; Hintzman, 1986) − Comparison-based abstraction (Strategic schema abstraction) > 問題同士を顕在的に比較するときに行われる > 2つの問題に共通する関係構造に着目し,その関係性構造が元の問題とは別に保存される (Kotovsky & Gentner, 1996; Namy & Gentner, 2002; Ross, 1984, 1989; Ross & ...