Computations of power of re-randomization tests by exact methods are known to be computationally exhorbitant. We introduce a much cheaper "naive" method of evaluating power and show both by simulation and analytically for a special case that it very mildly overestimates true power. We further derive a normal approximation to re-randomization distributions of linear statistics and illustrate its...

Thermal buildings simulation softwares need meteorological files in thermal comfort, energetic evaluation studies. Few tools can make significant meteorological data available such as generated typical year, representative days, or artificial meteorological database. This paper deals about the presentation of a new software, RUNEOLE, used to provide weather data in buildings applications with a...

Biological particles in the air such as pollen grains can cause environmental problems in the allergic population. Medical studies report that a prior knowledge of pollen season severity can be useful in the management of pollen-related diseases. The aim of this work was to forecast the severity of the Poaceae pollen season by using weather parameters prior to the pollen season. To carry out th...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to predict the emergency admission of elderly stroke patients in Shanghai by using a multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural network. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients (>60 years) with first-ever stroke registered in the Emergency Center of Neurology Department, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, from January 2012 to June 2014 were enrolled into the present study. D...

Abstract. Uncertainty in cloud feedbacks climate models is a major limitation projections of future climate. Therefore, evaluation and improvement simulation are essential to ensure the accuracy models. We analyse biases change with respect global mean near-surface temperature (GMST) relative satellite observations relate them equilibrium sensitivity, transient response feedback. For this purpo...

The need for reliable predictions in environmental modelling is long known. Particularly, the predicted weather and meteorological information about the future atmospheric state is crucial and necessary for almost all other areas of environmental modelling. Additionally, right decisions to prevent damages and save lives could be taken depending on a reliable meteorological prediction process. L...

In addition to health facilities and many other organizations, there was also a functioning weather station in the health and seaside resort of Abbazia/Opatija, known as the Nice of the Austrian riviera. Formal observation of weather in Abbazia/Opatija began in 1886 with the setting up of the weather station in Angiolina Park. During the period 1898-1915, the warden of this station and data col...

The influence of weather on deep venous thrombosis (DVT) incidence remains controversial. We aimed to characterize the temporal association between DVT and meteorological variables including atmospheric pressure. Data relating to hospital admissions with DVT in Scotland were collected retrospectively for a 20 year period for which corresponding meteorological recordings were available. Weather ...

In this paper, we discussed several different procedures for calculating irradiation from routine weather measurements and observations. There are between four eight frequently used parameterizations of radiation balance components in meteorological preprocessors, investigated them. First all, the estimated measured solar net irradiance were compared. Afterwards, longwave investigated. Then, re...