436 research outputs found
A General Formulation to Describe Empirical Rainfall Thresholds for Landslides
No full textAbstractIn this paper, a brief description of the Generalized FLaIR Model (GFM, De Luca and Versace, 2016) is provided, that is able to reproduce all the empirical thresholds proposed in literature, aimed to forecast landslides triggered by rainfall. In particular, this paper focuses on Antecedent Precipitation (AP) schemes. The paper demonstrates that these are particular solutions of the GFM and will exemplify this using AP schemes for NE Italy1, Seattle2 and Nicaragua - El Salvador3
STATA code for article in PLOS ONE: Socio-cultural disparities in GDM burden differ by maternal age at first delivery
No full text<p>This is a pdf file of the STATA code used to produce the results in the article <em>Socio-cultural disparities in GDM burden differ by maternal age at first delivery </em>accepted for publication in PLOS ONE. The authors are Marian Abouzeid, Vincent L. Versace, Edward D. Janus, Mary-Ann Davey, Benjamin Philpot, Jeremy Oats and James A Dunbar.</p
Dari Oz Sampai Kansas : Hampir semua teknik konversi hitam-putih yang diketahui manusia
No full textKemampuan untuk menciptakan foto hitam putih yang memikat sudah selayaknya menjadi keterampilan terbaik dan paling aspiratif dari seorang fotografer. Kemampuan untuk melihat dalam hitam putih adalah sebuah kemampuan yang layak ditiru dan tetap menjadi yang terbaik dari fine art. Fotografer master, vincent verscae telah menghabiskan waktunya dengan mengajarkan seni persepsi dan cara menerjemahkannya kedalam gambar gambar hitam putih yang luar biasa
Nuovi orientamenti e strumenti metodologici nella linguistica russa
No full textSi ricostruisce l’evoluzione della linguistica russa nei primi quindici anni dopo la perestrojka e si evidenziano le innovazioni sia dal punto di vista delle concezioni teoriche, sia dei metodi e degli strumenti di analisi.The authors focuse on the recent evolution of Russian Language which has been challenging theoretical as well as applied Russian Linguistics over the last two decades . The most important schools and authors of contemporary Russian linguistics are presented, and special attention is paid to the way in which lexicography and lexicology have registered the massive changes which have occurred in Russian language since perestrojka. The author describes the development of some important Linguistic schools, like the moskovskaja semantičeskaja škola and the studies about russkaja lingvističeskaja kartina mira. Furthermore there is a description of the National Corpus of Russian Language (available on the internet since 2004) and its possible applications in linguistic research and teaching of the Russian language
Assessing the impact of drought and forestry on streamflows in south-eastern Australia using a physically based hydrological model
No full textAn increase in plantation forestry has been linked to a reduction in streamflows in some catchments. Quantifying the relative contribution of this land-use change on streamflows can be complex when those changes occur during weather extremes such as drought. In this study, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was applied to two sub-catchments in south-eastern Australia which have seen the introduction and establishment of plantation land use in the past 15 years, coinciding with severe drought (1997–2009). The models were both manually and auto-calibrated and produced very good fits to observed streamflow data during both calibration (1980–1991) and validation (1992–2009) periods. Sensitivity analyses indicated that the models were most sensitive to soil and groundwater parameterisation. Analysis of drought conditions on streamflows showed significant declines from long-term average streamflows, while assessment of baseflow contributions by the models indicated a mix of over- and underestimation depending on catchment and season. The modelled introduction of plantation forestry did not significantly change streamflows for a scenario which did not include the land-use change, suggesting that the modelled land-use change in the catchments was not sufficiently extensive to have an impact on streamflows despite simulating actual rates of change. The SWAT models developed by this study will be invaluable as a basis for future use in regional climatechange studies and for the assessment of land management and land-use change impact on streamflows.Stuart C. Brown, Vincent L. Versace, Rebecca E. Lester, M. Todd Walte
sj-docx-1-cre-10.1177_02692155241236998 - Supplemental material for Clinical effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation and barriers to completion in patients of low socioeconomic status in rural areas: A mixed-methods study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-cre-10.1177_02692155241236998 for Clinical effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation and barriers to completion in patients of low socioeconomic status in rural areas: A mixed-methods study by Alline Beleigoli, Hila Ariela Dafny, Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza, Claire Hutchinson, Tania Marin, Joyce S. Ramos, Orathai Suebkinorn, Lemlem G. Gebremichael, Norma B. Bulamu, Wendy Keech, Marie Ludlow, Jeroen Hendriks, Vincent Versace and Robyn A. Clark in Clinical Rehabilitation</p
Towards consistent geographical reporting of Australian health research (Letter)
No full textAs systematic reviews in the health literature increase,1 there is an emerging theme of reporting the geographical location of included studies.2-7 Approaches to classifying the geographical location of studies have varied. In the cases of Jennings and colleagues5 and Beks and colleagues,6 the authors captured information on study location and then assigned a geographical category. Jennings and colleagues5 followed the classification used by Eades and colleagues8 and combined RA1 and RA2 (originally based on the Australian Statistical Geographical Classification – Remoteness Area)9 to form an urban category. Although these two categories are both urban areas, the Remoteness Areas (RA) imply varying access to services. Beks et al6 opted to report on all five Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS-RA) categories. Acknowledging the different research questions — the commonality being a better understanding of Aboriginal health activity — Jennings et al5 concluded that urban areas (reported as a combination of RA1-Major Cities of Australia and RA2-Inner Regional Australia) were under-represented, whereas Beks et al6 concluded that RA2-Inner Regional Australia, RA3-Outer Regional Australia and RA4-Remote Australia were under-represented.No Full Tex
A comparison of Australian rural and metropolitan cardiovascular risk and mortality: the Greater Green Triangle and North West Adelaide population surveys
No full textObjectives: Cardiovascular (CVD) mortality disparities between rural/regional and urban-dwelling residents of Australia are persistent. Unavailability of biomedical CVD risk factor data has, until now, limited efforts to understand the causes of the disparity. This study aimed to further investigate such disparities. Design: Comparison of (1) CVD risk measures between a regional (Greater Green Triangle Risk Factor Study (GGT RFS, cross-sectional study, 2004–2006) and an urban population (North West Adelaide Health Study (NWAHS, longitudinal cohort study, 2004–2006); (2) Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) CVD mortality rates between these and other Australian regions; and (3) ABS CVD mortality rates by an area-level indicator of socioeconomic status, the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD). Setting: Greater Green Triangle (GGT, Limestone Coast, Wimmera and Corangamite Shires) of South-Western Victoria and North-West Adelaide (NWA). Participants: 1563 GGT RFS and 3036 NWAHS stage 2 participants (aged 25–74) provided some information (self-administered questionnaire +/− anthropometric and biomedical measurements). Primary and secondary outcome measures: Age-group specific measures of absolute CVD risk, ABS CVD mortality rates by study group and Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) region. Results: Few significant differences in CVD risk between the study regions, with absolute CVD risk ranging from approximately 5% to 30% in the 35–39 and 70–74 age groups, respectively. Similar mean 2003–2007 (crude) mortality rates in GGT (98, 95% CI 87 to 111), NWA (103, 95% CI 96 to 110) and regional Australia (92, 95% CI 91 to 94). NWA mortality rates exceeded that of other city areas (70, 95% CI 69 to 71). Lower measures of socioeconomic status were associated with worse CVD outcomes regardless of geographic location. Conclusions: Metropolitan areas do not always have better CVD risk factor profiles and outcomes than rural/regional areas. Needs assessments are required for different settings to elucidate relative contributions of the multiple determinants of risk and appropriate cardiac healthcare strategies to improve outcomes.Philip Tideman, Anne W Taylor, Edward Janus, Ben Philpot, Robyn Clark, Elizabeth Peach, Tiina Laatikainen, Erkki Vartiainen, Rosy Tirimacco, Alicia Montgomerie, Janet Grant, Vincent Versace, James A Dunba
A space-time generator for rainfall nowcasting: The PRAISEST model
No full textThe paper introduces a stochastic technique for forecasting rainfall in space-time domain: the PRAISEST Model (Prediction of Rainfall Amount Inside Storm Events: Space and Time). The model is based on the assumption that the rainfall height H accumulated on an interval Δ between the instants iΔt and (i+1)Δt and on a spatial cell of size ΔxΔy is correlated either with a variable Z, representing antecedent precipitation at the same point, either with a variable W, representing simultaneous rainfall at neighbour cells. The mathematical background is given by a joined probability density fH,W,Z (h,w,z) in which the variables have a mixed nature, that is a finite probability for null value and infinitesimal probabilities for the positive values. As study area, the Calabria region, in Southern Italy, has been selected. The region has been discretised by 10 km10 km cell grid, according to the raingauge network density in this area. Storm events belonging to 1990-2004 period were analyzed to test performances of the PRAISEST model. © 2009 Author(s)
- …
