[1] Each summer large amounts of mineral dust from the Sahara are transported across the Atlantic and arrive at the Caribbean with far-reaching implications for climate in this region. In this paper we analyze summer season interannual variability of North African mineral dust over the Caribbean using the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)/Nimbus 7 (1979–1992) and TOMS/Earth Probe (1998–20...

Separan AP-273, a polydisperse, high molecular weight (10(5)-10(7) dalton range), anionic polyacrylamide, demonstrates polymer drag reduction (Toms effect) in the flows of several substances including blood. That is, under appropriate conditions, pipe flow can be increased markedly for a given pressure gradient, sometimes threefold or more, by nanomolar concentrations of linear macropolymers. T...

Near-to-real time as well as “archive quality” Brewer total ozone observations, which are performed with well maintained and calibrated instruments over the Northern Hemisphere have been used for the validation of the total ozone column product of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard the NASA EOS-Aura satellite. During the commissioning phase of OMI, the near-to-real time ground-based d...

A generalization of Newton’s formula for the shear stress in a fluid is carried out by giving it power-law form and corresponding rheological relation written tensor form. Depending on exponent this ratio, one can come to description either laminar or turbulent flow regime. In latter case, there system differential equations with no-slip boundary condition. The proposed motion be useful, at lea...

PURPOSE Post-prostatectomy incontinence remains a problem, even in minor or moderate degrees. In order to minimize surgical morbidity and costs, sling procedures have been proposed. The authors have developed a new transobturator male sling procedure and report their results after one-year experience. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective multicenter study was conducted in 50 patients with mino...

There have been relatively few lysine requirement studies that have covered the full productive life of commercial toms (0 to 20 wk). Lysine is the reference amino acid for Ideal Protein ratios and accurately defining the requirement reduces fractional errors in the corresponding ideal protein ratios. A series of studies were conduct to determine the lysine concentrations (total and digestible)...

About seven decades ago, it was discovered that special long-chain soluble polymers added to fluid at nanomolar concentrations significantly reduce resistance to turbulent flow (Toms effect). These so-called drag-reducing polymers (DRPs) do not affect resistance to laminar flow. While the flow parameters associated with the Toms effect do not occur in the cardiovascular system, many later studi...