scholarly journals Extreme point rainfall temporal scaling: a long term (1805-2014) regional and seasonal analysis in Spain

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (15) ◽  
pp. 5068-5079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergi Gonzalez ◽  
Joan Bech
Keyword(s):  
Extreme Point ◽  
Temporal Scaling ◽  
Seasonal Analysis

scholarly journals Assessing the Wet Deposition Mechanism of Benzo(a)pyrene in the Atmosphere by MF-DCCA

Atmosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunqiong Liu ◽  
Kai Shi ◽  
Jian Liang ◽  
Hongliang Huang
Keyword(s):  
Time Scale ◽  
Wet Deposition ◽  
Cross Correlation ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Scaling Properties ◽  
Temporal Scaling ◽  
Cross Correlation Analysis ◽  
Cross Correlations ◽  
One Year

Based on the 19 year observation from 1998 to 2016 at the Tsuan Wan and Central/Western District monitoring stations in Hong Kong, the aim of this paper was to assess the wet deposition pathway of Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) on a large time-scale. In order to achieve this goal, multi-fractal detrended cross-correlation analysis (MF-DCCA) was used to characterize the long-term cross-correlations behaviors and multi-fractal temporal scaling properties between BaP (or PM2.5) and precipitation. The results showed that the relationships between BaP and precipitation (or PM2.5) displayed long-term cross-correlation at the time-scale ranging from one month to one year; no cross-correlation between each other was observed in longer temporal scaling regimes (greater than one year). These results correspond to the atmospheric circulation of the Asian monsoon system and are explained in detail. Similar dynamic processes of the wet deposition of BaP and PM2.5 suggested that the main removal process of atmospheric BaP was rainfall deposits of PM2.5-bound BaP. Furthermore, cross-correlations between BaP (or PM2.5) and precipitation at the long time-scale have a multi-fractal nature and long-term persistent power-law decaying behavior. The temporal evolutions of the multi-fractality were investigated by the approach of a sliding window. Based on the evolution curves of multi-fractal parameters, the wet deposition pathway of PM2.5-bound BaP is discussed. Finally, the contribution degree of wet deposition to PM2.5-bound BaP was derived from the coefficient of determination. It was demonstrated that about 45% and 60% of atmospheric BaP removal can be attributed to the wet deposition pathway of PM2.5-bound BaP for the Tsuan Wan and Central/Western District areas, respectively. The findings in this paper are of great significance for further study on the removal mechanism of atmospheric BaP in the future. The MF-DCCA method provides a novel approach to assessing the geochemical cycle dynamics of BaP.

scholarly journals Temporal scaling of episodic point estimates of seed predation to long-term predation rates

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 682-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam S. Davis ◽  
Daniel Daedlow ◽  
Brian J. Schutte ◽  
Paula R. Westerman
Keyword(s):  
Seed Predation ◽  
Temporal Scaling ◽  
Point Estimates ◽  
Predation Rates

scholarly journals Temporal scaling in fatigue life of materials and incorporation of temporal events in Paris’s law

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 175-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
George N. Frantziskonis
Keyword(s):  
Delta Function ◽  
Cyclic Fatigue ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Function Type ◽  
Temporal Scaling ◽  
Time Scaling ◽  
Specific Frequency ◽  
Time Scale Decomposition ◽  
Temporal Events

AbstractTemporal scaling in mechanical strength of materials is vital for long-term effects such as fatigue. The fatigue crack length α is related to the change in the stress intensity factor ΔK by the omnipresent Paris’s law, which works well for cyclic fatigue of specific frequency and amplitude. The paper considers time scaling in fatigue and through it incorporates the effects of temporal events such as unexpected or accidental loads, impact loads, and rare events such as earthquake loads. This is achieved by theoretically incorporating the effects of delta-function type loads into fatigue. Since the time-scale decomposition of such a load contains information at all scales, the theoretical framework is easily extended to include general types of loads.

Therapy and prevention for mental health: What if mental diseases are mostly not brain disorders?

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. A. Ioannidis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disease ◽  
Brain Disorders ◽  
Social Stressors ◽  
Labor Education ◽  
Mental Diseases ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
Political Decisions

AbstractNeurobiology-based interventions for mental diseases and searches for useful biomarkers of treatment response have largely failed. Clinical trials should assess interventions related to environmental and social stressors, with long-term follow-up; social rather than biological endpoints; personalized outcomes; and suitable cluster, adaptive, and n-of-1 designs. Labor, education, financial, and other social/political decisions should be evaluated for their impacts on mental disease.

Conceptual short-term memory (CSTM) supports core claims of Christiansen and Chater

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary C. Potter
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Rapid Serial Visual Presentation ◽  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Visual Presentation ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

AbstractRapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) of words or pictured scenes provides evidence for a large-capacity conceptual short-term memory (CSTM) that momentarily provides rich associated material from long-term memory, permitting rapid chunking (Potter 1993; 2009; 2012). In perception of scenes as well as language comprehension, we make use of knowledge that briefly exceeds the supposed limits of working memory.

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