Many studies have reported associations between air pollution and daily asthma occurrence. Those studies have not consistently specified the lag between exposure and response, especially multiple lags, although most have found associations that persisted for more than 1 day. A systematic approach to specifying the lag association would allow better comparison and give insight into the nature of...

OBJECTIVE We have observed, anecdotally, that the incidence of primary spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH), as well as spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage, varies in accordance with seasonality and meteorological conditions. This retrospective single-hospital-based study aimed to determine the seasonality of sICH and the associations, if any, between the occurrence of sICH and meteorolo...

Abstract Permafrost and seasonally frozen ground are important surface features in highlatitudes. Because of this, a soil-frost parameterization was added to the Penn State University/NCAR mesoscale meteorological model MM5 in combination with the well validated hydro-thermodynamic soil vegetation scheme HTSVS, which takes into account among other things soil freezing and thawing. Reanalysis of...

In this study, we analyzed the spatial and temporal characteristics of extreme precipitation in summer southern Xinjiang (SXJ) using CN05.1 daily data, National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) monthly average ERA5 four-times-daily reanalysis data from 1961 to 2020, determined interdecadal variation precipitation, further explored circulation mechanisms anomalous water vapor transpor...

For controlled environment agriculture (CEA) related facility planning and design, weather information for the specific location are required for the estimation of heating/cooling loads and design of environmental control components and systems. Summer/Winter design temperature and degree day were the traditional methods used by the engineers to estimate the annual cooling/heating load. Weather...

Neutrophil-specific granule deficiency is a disorder of leukocyte maturation associated with decreased levels of mRNA for a distinct subset of granule proteins. Our work indicates that this disorder, previously thought to be limited to the neutrophil lineage, can also include eosinophils. Immunofluorescence staining led to the discovery of a small but distinct population of peripheral white blo...

Abstract. In this study, we analyse the role of climate change in forest fires that raged through large parts Sweden summer 2018 from a meteorological perspective. This is done by studying Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) based on sub-daily data, both reanalysis data sets (ERA-Interim, ERA5, Japanese 55 year Reanalysis, JRA-55, and Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research Applications ve...

BACKGROUND Literature shows inconsistency in meteorological effects on Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in different cities. This multi-city study aims to investigate the meteorological effects on pediatric HFMD occurrences and the potential effect modification by geographic factors. METHODS Based on daily time-series data in eight major cities in Guangdong, China during 2009-2013, mixed ...