The stratospheric mean-meridional circulation (MMC) and eddy mixing are compared among six meteorological reanalysis data sets: NCEP-NCAR, NCEP-CFSR, ERA-40, ERA-Interim, JRA-25, and JRA-55 for the period 1979–2012. The reanalysis data sets produced using advanced systems (i.e., NCEP-CFSR, ERA-Interim, and JRA55) generally reveal a weaker MMC in the Northern Hemisphere (NH) compared with those ...

Forty-eight adult patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) (onset before age 16 years) were evaluated at the age of 17 years or more for the presence of hidden 19S IgM rheumatoid factors (RF), i.e., 19S IgM RF that can be detected by the complement-dependent haemolytic assay in the IgM-containing fraction after separation of the serum by acid gel filtration. The average age of the pati...

Abstract. Vertical wind (w) is one of the most important meteorological parameters for understanding a range different atmospheric phenomena. Very few direct measurements w are available so that time must depend on reanalysis products. In present study, assessment among selected reanalyses (ERA-Interim, ERAi; ERA fifth generation, ERA5; Modern-Era Retrospective analysis Research and Application...

IL-6 is supposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of anemia of chronic disease (ACD) and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). We investigated IL-6 in the plasma and bone marrow in patients of JRA with and without ACD to study its significance during the course of the disease and its role in the pathogenesis of ACD in JRA. The level of IL-6 was measured with ELISA in the plasma and supernatant...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) DR alleles in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). METHODS DNA samples from 64 children with oligoarticular and seronegative polyarticular JRA and 64 controls of the same ethnic background were analyzed using PCR-sequence specific primers (PCR-SSP) method. Analysis took into account the onset subtype, the presenc...