89 research outputs found
Islamic public administration and Islamic public value: Towards a research agenda
This essay explores whether religion has a place in addressing public challenges, particularly in the context of Non-Western Public Administration paradigms such as Confucian, Buddhist, and Islamic. The authors focus on Islam as a case study and highlight the need for real-life cases to build a grounded theory. To this end, the essay documents the authorsâ ongoing research on Islamic Public Value. We argue that to understand Public Administration in a global context, it is essential to recognize the limitations of a Western perspective, from which the dichotomy of religious versus secular emerged, and in so doing, consider alternative departure points, i.e. paradigms incorporating religious or semi-religious elements
Excitation of equatorial Kelvin and Yanai waves by tropical cyclones in an ocean general circulation model
Tropical cyclones (TCs) actively contribute to the dynamics of Earth's coupled climate system. They influence oceanic mixing rates, upper-ocean heat content, and airâsea fluxes, with implications for atmosphere and ocean dynamics on multiple spatial and temporal scales. Using an ocean general circulation model with modified surface wind forcing, we explore how TC winds can excite equatorial ocean waves in the tropical Pacific. We highlight a situation where three successive TCs in the western North Pacific region, corresponding to events in 2003, excite a combination of Kelvin and Yanai waves in the equatorial Pacific. The resultant thermocline adjustment significantly modifies the thermal structure of the upper equatorial Pacific and leads to eastward zonal heat transport. Observations of upper-ocean temperature by the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) buoy array and sea-level height anomalies using altimetry reveal wave passage during the same time period with similar properties to the modeled wave, although our idealized model methodology disallows precise identification of the TC forcing with the observed waves. Results indicate that direct oceanographic forcing by TCs may be important for understanding the spectrum of equatorial ocean waves, thus remotely influencing tropical mixing and surface energy budgets. Because equatorial Kelvin waves are closely linked to interannual variability in the tropical Pacific, these findings also suggest TC wind forcing may influence the timing and amplitude of El Niño events
Mechanisms of decadal North Atlantic climate variability and implications for the recent cold anomaly
Decadal sea surface temperature (SST) fluctuations in the North Atlantic Ocean influence climate over adjacent land areas and are a major source of skill in climate predictions. However, the mechanisms underlying decadal SST variability remain to be fully understood. This study isolates the mechanisms driving North Atlantic SST variability on decadal time scales using low-frequency component analysis, which identifies the spatial and temporal structure of low-frequency variability. Based on observations, large ensemble historical simulations, and preindustrial control simulations, we identify a decadal mode of atmosphereâocean variability in the North Atlantic with a dominant time scale of 13â18 years. Large-scale atmospheric circulation anomalies drive SST anomalies both through contemporaneous airâsea heat fluxes and through delayed ocean circulation changes, the latter involving both the meridional overturning circulation and the horizontal gyre circulation. The decadal SST anomalies alter the atmospheric meridional temperature gradient, leading to a reversal of the initial atmospheric circulation anomaly. The time scale of variability is consistent with westward propagation of baroclinic Rossby waves across the subtropical North Atlantic. The temporal development and spatial pattern of observed decadal SST variability are consistent with the recent observed cooling in the subpolar North Atlantic. This suggests that the recent cold anomaly in the subpolar North Atlantic is, in part, a result of decadal SST variability.publishedVersio
Hydatid Cyst of the Rib: A New Case and Review of the Literature
The hydatid cyst is not rare in our country, but bone lesions are less common. The disease often takes the appearance of abscess or malignant lesion. We report a case of a 35-year-old man with a hydatid cyst of the rib complicated with
cutaneous fistula. The surgery allowed both diagnosis and treatment. Albendazole was then administered to
prevent relapse
North Atlantic subpolar gyre along predetermined ship tracks since 1993: a monthly data set of surface temperature, salinity, and density
We present a binned product of sea surface temperature, sea surface
salinity, and sea surface density
data in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre from 1993 to 2017 that resolves
seasonal variability along specific ship routes (https://doi.org/10.6096/SSS-BIN-NASG).
The characteristics of this product are described and validated through
comparisons to other monthly products. Data presented in this work were
collected in regions crossed by two predetermined ship transects, between
Denmark and western Greenland (AX01) and between Iceland, Newfoundland, and
the northeastern USA (AX02). The data were binned along a selected usable
transect. The analysis and the strong correlation between successive seasons
indicate that in large parts of the subpolar gyre, the binning approach is
robust and resolves the seasonal timescales, in particular after 1997 and in
regions away from the continental shelf. Prior to 2002, there was no winter
sampling over the West Greenland Shelf. Variability in sea surface salinity
increases towards Newfoundland south of 54° N, as well as in the
western Iceland Basin along 59° N. Variability in sea surface
temperature presents less spatial structure with an increase westward and
towards Newfoundland. The contribution of temperature variability to density
dominates in the eastern part of the gyre, whereas the contribution of
salinity variability dominates in the southwestern part along AX02.</p
ProcÚs-verbal n° 209
Herz Max, Chafik Mohamed, Haswell C. J. R., MASPERO Gaston. ProcÚs-verbal n° 209. In: Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe. Fascicule 31, exercice 1914, 1916. pp. 68-71
ProcÚs-verbal n° 209
Herz Max, Chafik Mohamed, Haswell C. J. R., MASPERO Gaston. ProcÚs-verbal n° 209. In: Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe. Fascicule 31, exercice 1914, 1916. pp. 68-71
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