Study of multifrequency sensitivity to soil moisture variations in the lower Bermejo basin

In this paper, a sensitivity analysis to soil moisture variations as a rain effect has been performed at several microwave bands over the lower Bermejo basin, a subtropical area of Argentina mostly spread by moderately dense forests. Parameters such as emissivity and Polarization Index have been considered to carry out the study. In particular, the performance of L-band SMOS measurements has been compared with C and X band AMSR-E one, highlighting the better achievement of the lower frequencies due to the weaker interaction with the vegetation structures. This work intends to give a contribution in the subject of soil moisture sensitivity, which is a preliminary step in the development of retrieval algorithms.Fil: Vittucci, Cristina. Universita Tor Vergata. Centro Interdipartimentale Vito Volterra; ItaliaFil: Guerriero, Leila. Universita Tor Vergata. Centro Interdipartimentale Vito Volterra; ItaliaFil: Ferrazzoli, Paolo. Universita Tor Vergata. Centro Interdipartimentale Vito Volterra; ItaliaFil: Rahmoune, Rachid. Universita Tor Vergata. Centro Interdipartimentale Vito Volterra; ItaliaFil: Barraza Bernadas, Verónica Daniela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaFil: Grings, Francisco Matias. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentin

Efficacy in Emergency Legal Preparedness Underlying the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

From its relative obscurity over the past three decades, Ebola viral disease (“EVD”) emerged as a substantial global biothreat in 2014 and 2015. The current outbreak of varied strains of Ebola, beginning in March 2014 in Guinea, is projected to impact hundreds of thousands of people over months, years, or even indefinitely. As of October 31, 2014, the spread of EVD was concentrated in several Af- rican countries (e.g., Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and an unrelated outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo), with limited additional cases in Nigeria, Senegal, and Mali. Over 2,700 people are known to have died from Ebola in fewer than eight months in Liberia alone; the actual death toll may be far higher. At one point, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) estimated a worst-case scenario of 1.4 million new cases arising largely in already affected countries by early 2015. Reported cases in the affected regions are considerably less than these estimates, but with a fatality rate hovering near 50%, thousands more West Africans may perish before the end of this current outbreak

Efficacy in Emergency Legal Preparedness Underlying the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

From its relative obscurity over the past three decades, Ebola viral disease (“EVD”) emerged as a substantial global biothreat in 2014 and 2015. The current outbreak of varied strains of Ebola, beginning in March 2014 in Guinea, is projected to impact hundreds of thousands of people over months, years, or even indefinitely. As of October 31, 2014, the spread of EVD was concentrated in several Af- rican countries (e.g., Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and an unrelated outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo), with limited additional cases in Nigeria, Senegal, and Mali. Over 2,700 people are known to have died from Ebola in fewer than eight months in Liberia alone; the actual death toll may be far higher. At one point, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) estimated a worst-case scenario of 1.4 million new cases arising largely in already affected countries by early 2015. Reported cases in the affected regions are considerably less than these estimates, but with a fatality rate hovering near 50%, thousands more West Africans may perish before the end of this current outbreak