12,288 research outputs found
quimbp/cosmo: cosmo-tools
No full textThis pre-release of the cosmo-tools contains a set of tools developed during the COSMO project (CTM2016-79474-R, MINECO/FEDER, UE). One of these tools is cosmo-view GUI visualizer of velocity fields and trajectories able to superpose additional layers of information (temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, etc.), satellite images or other velocity fields. It has an interface to help download COPERNICUS (http://marine.copernicus.eu/) products and remote access to Puertos del Estado (http://opendap.puertos.es/thredds/catalog.html) and SOCIB (http://thredds.socib.es/thredds/catalog.html) real-time data. The other tools are two Lagrangian models callable from the cosmo-view GUI
Limited Area Numerical Weather Prediction
No full textTwo limited area model derivatives of the numerical weather prediction model COSMO-DE operated by the German Meteorological Service are introduced. The aim is to obtain frequently updated highly re-solved predictions in a limited area as an aerodrome. The predictions include dynamic parameters as wind and turbulence kinetic energy and thermodynamic quantities as temperature and humidity but also the amount of snow, rain and hail. The models are used in the airport environments of Frankfurt (COSMO-FRA) and Munich (COSMO-MUC) for aircraft wake vortex, thunderstorm activity, and wintry weather warning applications, as detailed in Sections 2.1 to 2.4
The antiquarian photography of Cosmo Innes
No full textThe article focuses on the photography of historian Cosmo Innes. The author provides a brief historical background on Innes, discusses his interest in photographing pre-Reformation Scottish churches, and contrasts his work depicting church architecture to his photographs of country mansions, including Cawdor Castle, Auldbar Castle, and Gordon Castle
Appennini: Montagne a bassa definizione
No full textIl testo introduce il concetto di “montagna a bassa definizione”, proposto come chiave interpretativa della montagna appenninica.
In primo luogo, questa lettura prende forma da un’inevitabile confronto con l’idea universale di montagna, radicata da secoli nell’immaginario collettivo, coincidente – per la quasi totalità della cultura occidentale – con la catena alpina. Se ne mette in mostra una differente “montuosità”, attraverso una lettura tematica degli spazi e delle vicende territoriali che, seppur meno riconoscibili, presentano una propria peculiarità e possibilità di sintesi.
Il secondo passaggio tenta di stressare la tenuta di alcune rappresentazioni territoriali ormai consolidate – come le Montagna di Mezzo, l’Italia di Mezzo, la Metromontagna, l’Internità, etc. – per comprendere quanto dell’attuale geografia appenninica può essere ricompresa sotto questi sguardi e quanto ancora sfugge agli attuali strumenti culturali di identificazione.
Il terzo ed ultimo passaggio riguarda la contestualizzazione del concetto di “montagna a bassa definizione”, la sua potenziale adeguatezza nel descrivere spazi e fenomeni territoriali non facilmente osservabili con altre categorie analitiche e interpretative. Ciò naturalmente porta con se una dimensione proiettiva e progettuale
La valenza ethica del cosmo
No full textLa valenza "ethica" del cosmo rimanda alla ricerca del significato complessivo di una serie di modelli scientifici elaborati e sviluppati nel corso del Rinascimento e dell'Età moderna, accomunati dalla comprensione della natura come cosmo e dall'individuazione di un principio ordinatore della realtà, Logos valido tanto in ambito morale quanto teoretico. L'itinerario di queste pagine, denso e articolato, riprende posizioni teoretiche di alcuni tra i massimi protagonisti della storia del pensiero sulle connessioni tra ordine del cosmo e ordine dell'ethos (Marsilio Ficino, Giordano Bruno, Leibniz, Kant, Herder, Hegel, Schopenhauer) fino alla "Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung" di un autore già "contemporaneo" come Moritz Schlick, lasciando intravvedere come il rapporto fra modelli cosmologici ed etica non costituisca una semplice metafora o il pretesto per una estrinseca analogia fra il mondo della natura e quello della prassi, quanto piuttosto l'esito di un radicale approfondimento di carattere scientifico e teoretico sul significato dell'ethos
Una nuova luce sula montagna
No full textNegli ultimi anni si assiste a un rinnovato interesse verso la montagna, che per lungo tempo ha occupato un ruolo marginale all’interno della cultura progettuale e nel dibattito sul governo del territorio, faticando a emergere al di fuori di determinati contesti culturali. Ora la montagna si è disvelata in tutta la sua drammatica urgenza, è diventata argomento di dominio pubblico. Non è solo una questione di tendenze, ma il risultato di un progressivo succedersi di cose che hanno portato studiosi, pianificatori, progettisti e amministratori a rivolgere il loro sguardo verso monte. È stata una riscoperta scandita da episodi che, riletti a posteriori, definiscono le coordinate di un progressivo cambio di prospettiva e di nuove sfere di operabilità progettuale
Neuroecology and neuroethology in Molluscs The interface between behaviour and environment
No full textThe term neuroecology was first coined in the 1980s and describes the ways in which species adapt to their environment both in the short term and in evolutionary time. Here, we focus on molluscan neuroecology to show how it interfaces with neuroethology and how animal behaviour adapts to environmental cues. neuroecology is thus meeting point between ethology, neuroscience, evolution, ecology, physics and chemistry. In this book, our contributors examine the concept of Neuroecology as applied to molluscs for the first time with particular reference to the areas of chemical ecology, predator prey relationships, neuroethology and evolution.
Significant neuroecological progress has been made with a number of molluscan groups in terms of neurotoxic peptides, complex defensive ink alarm pheromones, bioaccumulation of shellfish toxins and the evolution of chemical defence mechanisms in species with reduced physical protection. Many molluscs inhabit a world of olfactory cues and their perceptions of the outside world are largely chemically driven, leading to odorant driven behavioural responses. This is important to both molluscan predators and prey and this area is explored in some detail with particular reference to gastropod molluscs. It is also true for cephalopod molluscs which although they have excellent vision, rely on distance chemoreception particularly prey perception, thus demonstrating their significance in affecting marine populations and communities. A better understanding the interactions of chemical cues between predator and prey molluscs will be important in future studies in the area of chemical ecology.
Within the immune and neuroendocrine systems of molluscs the primary signalling molecules are exceptionally well-conserved and the pool of molecules used is similar to those in advanced vertebrates. This conservation of molecular systems is important in neuroecology and underlies the conservation of neural mechanisms underlying behaviours as organ systems alter under evolutionary pressure. Indeed, studies on pulmonates have shown that behavioural networks remain virtually intact during these processes, although reflecting the evolutionary changes that adapt the animal to its environment. Such networks exhibit plastic responses to allow for behavioural selection and seasonal change. However, studies on respiratory behaviour lead to the conclusion that many molluscs and other invertebrates are facing extinction because they cannot adapt their respiratory behaviour to the rapidly changing environmental conditions currently occurring particularly where hypoxia threatens the health of ecosysystems due to human activity. Such animals may prove to be sensitive models for studying the neuroecological effects of climate change with particular respect to invasive freshwater species such as predators, freshwater plans or microbial species.
The challenge for the future is to utilise molluscan species research to illuminate the effects of environmental change on the neuroecology of these species, using them wherever possible to evaluate the degree of ecological change taking place. (Imprint: Nova Biomedica
SC-COSMO/sccosmomcma: Published version
No full textThis release includes the code of all the analyses conducted for the following manuscript:
Alarid-Escudero F, Gracia V, Luviano A, Roa J, Peralta Y, Reitsma
MB, Claypool AL, Salomon JA, Studdert DM, Andrews JR,
Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Stanford-CIDE Coronavirus Simulation Model
(SC-COSMO) Modeling Consortium (2021) "Dependence of Covid-19
policies on end-of-year holiday contacts in Mexico City Metropolitan
Area: A Modeling Study". Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice
(In press)
Cosmo Mongolia
No full textThis is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia.Broadcast Transcript: Nothing says loss of traditional cultural values more completely than the appearance of your own nation-specific edition of Cosmopolitan magazine. Sixty countries around the world already boast their own version of the iconic publication and now Mongolia joins the ranks as 61. The first edition of Cosmo Mongolia went on sale in December 2010. Articles were typically Cosmo: sexiin yorinyus zovlomj or 99 sex tips and bi chamaig khusch gekhdee chi nogui biz? I want you but are you good for me? It's not that sex is new to Mongolia. Ygui! Good heavens ygui! Chinggis Khaan's stamina is legendary but this is a country whose women are known for being hard riders, ace archers and powerful queens. Do they really need to start thinking about taut tummies and faithless spouses? What next? Martha Stewart Yurt Living? #ceas #hacker #mongoli
How to Mix Molecules with Mathematics
No full textIn this paper we develop two methods to calculate thermodynamic properties of mixtures. Starting point are the basic assumptions that also form the basis for the COSMO-RS model. In this approach, the individual molecules are represented by their geometrical shape with an electrical charge density on their surfaces. Next, the surface is split up into surface segments each with its own charge. In COSMO-RS a strong reduction is introduced by treating the segments as if they are completely independent. In the present study we take into account that the coupling between two patches is essentially dependent on the charge distribution on neighboring segments and on the local geometrical structure of the surface. Two approaches are followed. The first one points out how the model
equations, which comprise the optimization of the entropy and conservation of internal energy, can efficiently be solved in general, thus also if the dependency between segments and the local geometry is included in the expression for the coupling energy between segments. In the second method the configuration with maximal entropy and prescribed energy is sought via simulation. Successive molecular configurations of the mixture are simulated and updated via a genetic algorithm to optimize the entropy. The second method is more time consuming but very general
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