Abstract The impact of the observed sea surface temperature (SST) frequency in model initialization on prediction boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation (BSISO) over Western North Pacific (WNP) is investigated using Beijing Climate Center System Model. Three sets hindcast experiments initialized by monthly, weekly and daily SST data (referred to as Exp_MSST, Exp_WSST Exp_DSST, respectively) ar...

In order to analyze the meteorological factors possibly influencing the monosymptomatic optic neuritis in Rijeka County, northwestern part of Croatia, retrospective analysis of all cases diagnosed in Rijeka County in period from 1977 to 2001, was done. Meteorological data on monthly and yearly temperature, humidity, insolation in Rijeka County were collected from Croatian Meteorological and Hyd...

Surface climatic conditions are key determinants of arthropod vector distribution and abundance and consequently affect transmission rates of any diseases they may carry. Remotely sensed observations by satellite sensors are the only feasible means of obtaining regional and continental scale measurements of climate at regular intervals for real-time epidemiological applications such as disease ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine trends in the airborne pollen concentration and pollination period for the principal sources of pollen in Badajoz (southwest Spain) over 15 years of monitoring (1994-2008). METHODS Airborne pollen was monitored by continuous sampling with a Hirst volumetric sampler. Pollen trends were investigated by linear regression and correlation analysis ...

INTRODUCTION Quality of life (QOL) in heart failure patients is severely compromised by the symptoms of the disease. Acute administration of levosimendan improves patients' symptoms for intervals of 7-10 days. The aim of this study was to assess the QOL in heart failure patients, after monthly, intermittent administration of levosimendan for a 6-month period, using 3 activity questionnaires: Sp...