This study proposes investigation of new attenuation correction and microphysical retrieval methods for X-band polarimetric radar (XPOL). It will concentrate on exploring the dependence of the retrieval on raindrop size distribution variability, and its sensitivity with respect to the selection of oblateness-size relation (or axial ratio) and maximum diameter limit. Variations in the assumed fo...

Disorders of sex development (DSD) have long been documented in domestic animal species including horses. However, there is only a single report of an androgen receptor (AR) mutation causative of such a DSD syndrome in a horse pedigree. Here, we present a new familial AR mutation in horses. A missense mutation (c.2042G>C) at AR exon 4 explains the segregation of the DSD in a Thoroughbred horse ...

PURPOSE Peg-interferon (PegIFN)α2a or PegIFNα2b plus ribavirin (RBV) is the standard therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Taiwan and Asia. It is commonly associated with adverse effects, but the issue of sexual and mental health is not well reported. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of anti-viral therapy with PegIFNα plus RBV on sexual desire and depression. METHODS...

Using a matrix of drop size distributions (DSDs), measured by a microscale array of disdrometers, a method of spatial and temporal DSD interpolation is presented. The goal of this interpolation technique is to estimate the DSD above the disdrometer array as a function of three spatial coordinates, time and drop diameter. This interpolation algorithm assumes simpliŽ ed drop dynamics, based on cl...

Polarimetric radar measurements are sensitive to the size, shape and orientation of raindrops and provide information about drop size distribution (DSD), canting angle distribution and rain rate. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a method for retrieving DSD parameters for calculating rain rate and the characteristic particle size. The DSD is assumed to be a Gamma distribution and the go...

It is known that distributed software development is risker and more challenging than collocated software development. Previous research has suggested that there are several factors that cause delay in distributed development including cultural differences, lacking common ground, communication and coordination overhead [4]. We use data collection forms and interviews to gather data from a cours...

Here we present a male newborn with multiple congenital anomalies who also has an extremely rare form of testicular disorder of sex development (DSD). His karyotype was 45X, without any mosaicism. SRY gene was positive by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and rearranged on distal part of the 7th chromosome by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis. SRY, normally located on the Y chro...

One of the most fundamental influences on our lives is our sex. Whether we are born as male or female has an enormous impact on our behaviour, reproductive options and disease susceptibility. Consequently, if the sex of a baby is not clear it can create many intractable issues, particularly in terms of medical management. Disorders of Sex Development (DSDs) are congenital conditions in which de...

In this short paper, we briefly introduce the DIANE Service Description (DSD) and show how it can be used to support the problems stated in the exemplary Moon scenario of the SWS-Challenge-2006. 1 What is DSD? The goal of service-oriented computing is the ability to dynamically discover and invoke services at run-time, thus forming networks of loosely-coupled participants. The most important pr...