tion, and thought that visual solar radiation might provide protection from developing MS. In 1970, a study from Switzerland (which is on a similar latitude in the northern hemisphere as Tasmania is in the southern hemisphere) [5] showed a higher clinical RR in winter and spring months, and a later study (also from the northern hemisphere) [6] of seasonal fluctuations in Gd-enhancing lesions on...

In most of England and Wales the incidence of malignant melanoma of the skin has risen rapidly in recent years, especially in women. Mean incidences in the 14 English health regions and Wales correlated negatively with latitude and positively with hours of sunshine, suggesting that exposure to sunshine was an important causal factor. Male and female incidences within a region tended to show sim...

In this paper, several equations were employed to estimate global solar radiation from sunshine hours for a meteorological station in Nigde, Turkey, using only the relative duration of sunshine. These equations included the original Angstrom-Prescott linear regression and modified functions (quadratic, logarithmic and exponential functions). Estimated values were compared with measured values i...

How does the use of a secret vote affect the likelihood that legislators will punish their peers? Two contending arguments exist in the literature: some argue that secret voting may be prejudicial, while others argue that it may help accountability. We address this controversy by analyzing the case of the Brazilian Congress, which uses a sequential combination of open and secret voting procedur...

This study is a retrospective analysis of medical findings of patients treated at the Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Hospital Split, Croatia in the period of 1995-1999. Seventy-three cases of acute closed-angle glaucoma were analyzed and compared in relation to the meteorological factors--hours of sunshine, air temperature and atmospheric pressure. No significant statistical correlation ...

Martina Jelocnik Centre for Animal Health Innovation (CAHI), Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering University of the Sunshine Coast Locked Bag 4, Maroochydore Qld 4558, Australia߬ Tel: +41 7 5456 3585, Email: martina.jelocnik@research. usc.edu.au Adam Polkinghorne Centre for Animal Health Innovation (CAHI), Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering University of the S...