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Attributing daily ocean temperatures to anthropogenic climate change

Ocean temperatures are rising and hit record levels around the world in 2023. While trends are clear and likely strongly connected to human-caused climate change, the oceans also exhibit variability on the daily level, leading to local extremes such as marine heatwaves. We present an operational system to estimate the impact of human-caused climate change on daily sea surface temperatures anywhere in the ocean. This system uses a multi-method approach combining observed trends and paired control/forced climate model runs from CMIP6. Our approach is novel in its flexibility and ease of application for global, daily use for any day since the beginning of the satellite era (1982–2023). The system allows for rapid evaluation for further study of attributable ocean temperatures and real-time communications of attributable ongoing events. We apply the system to well-documented heatwaves in the Tasman Sea, Gulf of Maine, and Mediterranean Sea over the past decade, as well as global conditions in July 2023, to confirm that the system produces estimates consistent with other attribution methods, and to simulate how our system handles interesting events as they are occurring. Each of these events strongly reflected impacts of climate change: their temperatures were consistently made at least four times as likely to occur in our human-influenced climate than in a world without climate change. Meanwhile, in July 2023, almost all ( >70 %) of the ocean’s temperatures were made at least twice as likely to occur on any given day. Rapid attribution of daily ocean temperatures provides a pathway for quantifying the influence of climate change on ecological impacts like coral bleaching and on ocean-generated/influenced storms like tropical cyclones.

Necessity of artificial intelligence techniques for power quality issues in electric vehicles

<p>World transportation is in an electrified mass transitional phase due to the predominant features such as a greener environment, fewer maintenance requirements, improved reliability and energy management efficiency compared to conventional transportation. Numerous difficulties have emerged since electric vehicle sales hit record highs, including how electrified transportation works with the grid. Emerging innovations and technological advances in the field of artificial intelligence have led to the development of enhanced controllers for electric vehicle penetration with the grid. This work includes information on the integration of artificial intelligence strategies used for the mitigation of power quality issues. By merging artificial intelligence techniques into the grid, users can achieve efficient energy use and beneficial power interactions between the grid and electric vehicles. To assess the network's practicality, this research develops a charging model that uses a Tasmanian Devil optimization (TDO) algorithm based on MATLAB software. According to research, TDO improves the waveform quality by reducing the THD with better performance and achieves efficient power transfer between the grid and EVs.</p>

The Advantages of Supply Chain Integration in Electric-vehicle Industry: Evidence from BYD

Contemporarily, with the increasingly serious problems of energy shortage and air pollution, many countries have taken new energy vehicles as their strategic industries. Exhaust emissions from conventional fuel vehicles contribute to the greenhouse effect and air pollution. Besides, the lack of energy supply due to the non-recycling of fossil fuels is also an increasing issue. Under the background of green innovation development, new energy vehicles have become an important development direction of the automobile industry. Governments around the world hope to use new energy vehicles to alleviate air pollution and energy shortages and achieve sustainable economic development. As a leader in China's new energy vehicle industry, BYD has not only achieved good results in China, but also has a certain share in foreign markets. As a leading enterprise in the new energy vehicle industry, BYD fully relies on its advantages in scale and actively explores the development mode of the whole industry chain of new energy vehicles. According to the analysis, BYD's market share is high and its sales volume has repeatedly hit record highs. Although its operating capacity has declined owing to the impact of the epidemic, it is still in a leading position in the industry. BYD has a large enterprise and a good momentum of development and its vertical supply chain system has also enhanced its competitive edges. Suggestions are proposed to reduce dependence on the government and improving product positioning. These results shed light on guiding further exploration of the further development of BYD.

The Life and Legacy of Danijela Kulezic-Wilson

The Life and Legacy of Danijela Kulezic-Wilson

A Review of Arctic–Subarctic Ocean Linkages: Past Changes, Mechanisms, and Future Projections

Arctic Ocean gateway fluxes play a crucial role in linking the Arctic with the global ocean and affecting climate and marine ecosystems. We reviewed past studies on Arctic–Subarctic ocean linkages and examined their changes and driving mechanisms. Our review highlights that radical changes occurred in the inflows and outflows of the Arctic Ocean during the 2010s. Specifically, the Pacific inflow temperature in the Bering Strait and Atlantic inflow temperature in the Fram Strait hit record highs, while the Pacific inflow salinity in the Bering Strait and Arctic outflow salinity in the Davis and Fram straits hit record lows. Both the ocean heat convergence from lower latitudes to the Arctic and the hydrological cycle connecting the Arctic with Subarctic seas were stronger in 2000–2020 than in 1980–2000. CMIP6 models project a continuing increase in poleward ocean heat convergence in the 21st century, mainly due to warming of inflow waters. They also predict an increase in freshwater input to the Arctic Ocean, with the largest increase in freshwater export expected to occur in the Fram Strait due to both increased ocean volume export and decreased salinity. Fram Strait sea ice volume export hit a record low in the 2010s and is projected to continue to decrease along with Arctic sea ice decline. We quantitatively attribute the variability of the volume, heat, and freshwater transports in the Arctic gateways to forcing within and outside the Arctic based on dedicated numerical simulations and emphasize the importance of both origins in driving the variability.

Fidelity Charitable DAF awards hit record high in first half of 2022

Grants made through donor‐advised funds administered by Fidelity Charitable, the nation's largest grantmaker, reached a record high for the first half of 2022, with donors committing $4.8 billion in grants—11% higher than in the same period in 2021, which itself was a record high at the time.

Concurrent 13. Presentation for: 2021 Development and production review

Presented on Wednesday 18 May: Session 13 The Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA) Year in Review Development and Production review looks back at the oil and gas production and development activities in Australia in 2021, with a look at both the historical context of these activities, and the future implications. With the impact of COVID-19 continuing throughout the year, and increased awareness of the impact of emissions on climate change there were several notable highlights and events for the year. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) production hit record high levels and confirmed Australia as the current top LNG exporting country in the world. Two major LNG-related projects were sanctioned: Barossa in March 2021, and Scarborough/Pluto 2 in November 2021 and the Moomba Carbon Capture and Storage project was also sanctioned in November. The domestic market looked a lot like the classic novel ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ with major concerns about gas supply in the East contrasting with significant discoveries and development in the Perth Basin in the West. To access the presentation click the link on the right. To read the full paper click here

News consumption patterns during the coronavirus pandemic across time and devices: The Cyprus case

The coronavirus pandemic sparked a renewed interest in news consumption patterns. When major crises occur, people experience an increasing need for information and sense-making; given the extraordinary impact of this health crisis on people’s social and work life, relevant work support a ‘rally around the news’ effect, news fatigue and news avoidance, doomscrolling and a trend toward mainstream and trusted news outlets. This study explored how the coronavirus pandemic shaped news consumption patterns in Cyprus. The results show that news use hit record levels at the onset of the crisis, followed by corona news fatigue in the following months. Increased news consumption levels and greater engagement with the news were recorded again in the last couple of months of 2020 when the second wave of the pandemic hit Cyprus. Direct traffic to widely used and trusted sources doubled while a crisis boosting effect on mobile access to the detriment of computers was recorded.

2021 Development and production review

The Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA) Year in Review Development and Production review looks back at the oil and gas production and development activities in Australia in 2021, with a look at both the historical context of these activities, and the future implications. With the impact of COVID-19 continuing throughout the year, and increased awareness of the impact of emissions on climate change there were several notable highlights and events for the year. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) production hit record high levels and confirmed Australia as the current top LNG exporting country in the world. Two major LNG-related projects were sanctioned: Barossa in March 2021, and Scarborough/Pluto 2 in November 2021 and the Moomba Carbon Capture and Storage project was also sanctioned in November. The domestic market looked a lot like the classic novel ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ with major concerns about gas supply in the East contrasting with significant discoveries and development in the Perth Basin in the West.

Review essay: Between the Material and the Ephemeral

Review essay: Between the Material and the Ephemeral

Laurie Anderson’s Transmedia Storytelling

Laurie Anderson’s Transmedia Storytelling

A Growing Crisis

As energy prices hit record highs, manufacturers should be planning now for future challenges

Anesthesiology Residency Matches Hit Record High for Fifth Year in a Row

Article| August 2021 Anesthesiology Residency Matches Hit Record High for Fifth Year in a Row Jennifer A. Rock-Klotz, MBA; Jennifer A. Rock-Klotz, MBA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Thomas R. Miller, PhD, MBA Thomas R. Miller, PhD, MBA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor August 2021, Vol. 85, 40–41. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000768856.99836.c5 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Jennifer A. Rock-Klotz, Thomas R. Miller; Anesthesiology Residency Matches Hit Record High for Fifth Year in a Row. ASA Monitor 2021; 85:40–41 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000768856.99836.c5 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: internship and residency ASA's Center for Anesthesia Workforce Studies (CAWS) reports trends in anesthesiology resident matches after the release of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) results and data report published in May each year (asamonitor.pub/2Sm1t96). This report summarizes data on candidates who filled residency positions between 2002 and 2021. Resident match data from 1988-2001 are available in the August 2018 ASA Monitor (ASA Monitor 2018;82:42-6). Match results signaled strong demand for anesthesiology residency programs. Key metrics include growth in the number of applicants and positions offered, increase in the percentages of positions filled, and applicants not matched. In 2021, 4,980 candidates applied to 1,907 anesthesiology positions and filled all but four available positions. The number of anesthesiology positions offered increased 9% between 2017 and 2021. Table 1 summarizes the number of applicants and the type of candidates who matched into anesthesiology between 2012 and 2021 (e.g., U.S. allopathic... You do not currently have access to this content.

Tsunami of economic turmoil to hit the healthcare in 2021-2022: COVID-19 pandemic is just an earthquake

ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic caused the United States to hit record numbers of COVID-19 cases: peak unemployment of 14.7%, an increase in $4 trillion in national debt, and an estimated 3.4% GDP decline. The current socio-economic environment the pandemic created is just an earthquake that can create a tsunami that is bound to hit the healthcare system and can be felt around the globe. This tsunami is composed of a post-pandemic increase in healthcare facilities admission of indigent patients, decrease in medical reimbursement, and high operating costs to maintain healthcare workers, which can cause a synergistic effect that can lead to healthcare facilities experiencing significant negative total revenue. Time is of the essence, and it is imperative to make a collective effort from all healthcare professionals and legislatures to shift the nation’s attention to the issue at hand that can threaten the closure of many healthcare facilities post-pandemic.

Upper Ocean Temperatures Hit Record High in 2020

Upper Ocean Temperatures Hit Record High in 2020

Corporate giving hits record $28 billion in 2019: Report

Corporate giving hits record $28 billion in 2019: Report

Geospatial analysis: a new frontier in humanitarian health research?

Geospatial analysis: a new frontier in humanitarian health research?

The U.S. Health Care System on the Eve of the Covid-19 Epidemic: A Summary of Recent Evidence on Its Impaired Performance.

Four decades of neoliberal health policies have left the United States with a health care system that prioritizes the profits of large corporate actors, denies needed care to tens of millions, is extraordinarily fragmented and inefficient, and was ill prepared to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The payment system has long rewarded hospitals for providing elective surgical procedures to well-insured patients while penalizing those providing the most essential and urgent services, causing hospital revenues to plummet as elective procedures were cancelled during the pandemic. Before the recession caused by the pandemic, tens of millions of Americans were unable to afford care, compromising their physical and financial health; deep-pocketed corporate interests were increasingly dominating the hospital industry and taking over physicians’ practices; and insurers’ profits hit record levels. Meanwhile, yawning class-based and racial inequities in care and health outcomes remain and have even widened. Recent data highlight the failure of policy strategies based on market models and the need to shift to a nonprofit social insurance model.

The Persistence of "Wild Style": Hip-Hop and Music Video Culture at the Intersection of Performance and Provocation

The Persistence of "Wild Style":Hip-Hop and Music Video Culture at the Intersection of Performance and Provocation Michele Prettyman (bio) Hip-hop, an enduring historiographical enigma, invites reflection on what is past and what is prologue, particularly in relationship to race and the visual archive of performance.1 I discuss the groundbreaking video for the South Bronx's Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five's (GMFFF) iconic song "The Message" (Alvin Hartley, 1982), then pivot to the twenty-first-century artist Donald Glover, and his musical alter-ego Childish Gambino, whose video "This Is America" (Hiro Murai, 2018) engages the archive of racialized movement and dance from the nineteenth century and became a viral phenomenon. Last, I consider how SoundCloud music streaming enabled the rise of new iterations of hip-hop music and video form, briefly discussing a video from the late provocateur XXXTentacion entitled "Look at Me" (James "JMP" Pereira, 2017). The phrase "wild style," first invoked roughly forty years ago by hip-hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy, originally referred to graffiti, specifically to its bold, spray-painted, bubble style of lettering and later to the coded phrases, pictures, and full-blown painterly tableaus. It also refers to Charlie Ahearn's groundbreaking film Wild Style (1983), which, like music video, provided a visual account of hip-hop's nascent cultures of writing, movement, lyricism, and turntablism. Kodwo Eshun provides another useful take on wild style, explaining that it "exercises the senses, puts the eyes and ears through an escherized assault course."2 Embedded in the wild style trope is the notion of coding and decoding phrases, references and visual cyphers that may be disorienting, inaccessible, or [End Page 151] so purposefully cryptic that those who are uninitiated may not be able to gain access to the world of meaning created by its makers.3 My articulation of wild style takes flight by examining a series of hip-hop music videos, noting how particular gestures and styles of performance in these texts reanimate earlier modes of performance and social critique—what Daphne Brooks might call dissent—and how they flow across nineteenth-, twentieth-, and twenty-first-century popular culture.4 The videos I engage are not simply political, ironic, or controversial; rather, they deploy embodied, discursive, and aesthetic provocations to destabilize categorization and meaning. Provocation is a thing, a graphic depiction of violence or a gesture, for instance, and a mode of performative encounter. In what follows, I trace how these videos modulate the space between paradigms of legibility and illegibility. Legibility refers to ways that music-video form fosters accessibility, transparency, or familiarity and how these videos circulate to multiple audiences, triggering exposure and commercial viability for the artist. Illegibility, then, is an impasse or disconnect between the artist and some viewers, which includes conflicting or paradoxical interpretations of the video and its relationship to the broader archive of race and performance. To be certain, it is not always clear what is legible or illegible in a given video, but it is the tension between these paradigms that is intriguing: how these texts deploy both elements in a single video; how they often disturb, confound, and awe us simultaneously; how provocation and critique are wielded bluntly at times and used in precise and nuanced ways at others.5 "Don't Push Me, 'Cause I'm Close to the Edge." These lyrics, excerpted from "The Message" on GMFFF's debut album, became a clarion call, an anthem, the (graffiti) writing on the wall, announcing to listeners that hip-hop was an oral—and visual—provocation to be reckoned with. By then, artists including the Sugar Hill Gang and Kurtis Blow had already appeared in rudimentary music videos, but "The Message" became a groundbreaking hit record, and the accompanying video would create a stylistic template for hip-hop visual culture. While on-street and club performances continued to help spread hip-hop's momentum, music videos like "The Message" expanded the medium's popularity. The music video for "The Message" reflects the song's lyrics and depicts age-old social problems through early video distortion techniques, creating a nightmarish, dystopian aesthetic. Group members pose not simply in a classic...

MDB Climate Finance Hits Record High in 2018

MDB Climate Finance Hits Record High in 2018