BACKGROUND Weather variables affect dengue transmission. This study aimed to identify a dengue weather correlation pattern in Kandy, Sri Lanka, compare the results with results of similar studies, and establish ways for better control and prevention of dengue. METHOD We collected data on reported dengue cases in Kandy and mid-year population data from 2003 to 2012, and calculated weekly incid...

Background. Prevalence of childhood asthma varies significantly among regions, while its reasons are not clear yet with only a few studies reporting relevant causes for this variation. Objective. To investigate the potential role of city-average levels of air pollutants and climatic factors in order to distinguish differences in asthma prevalence in China and explain their reasons. Methods. Dat...

Huang H., Han Y., Song J., Zhang Z., Xiao H. (2016): Impacts of climate change on water requirements of winter wheat over 59 years in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain. Soil & Water Res., 11: 11–19. Daily data from 40 meteorological stations in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain from 1955 to 2013 were analyzed using the Mann-Kendall test and partial correlation to determine the temporal trends of meteorological f...

Sunshine can have a profound impact on the systematic change in climate elements, such as temperature and wind speed, and in turn affects many aspects of the human society. In recent years, there has been a substantial interest in the variation of sunshine duration due to the dramatic global climate change. Hence, there is a need to better understand the variation of sunshine duration in order ...

OBJECTIVE The Physician Payments Sunshine Act, enacted in 2010, is intended to increase the transparency of relationships between US physicians and teaching hospitals and manufacturers of drugs, biologics, and medical devices. We examined current opinion regarding the impact of the Sunshine Act on peer-reviewed medical publications. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We searched indexed databases (N...

Climate change has become the biggest global challenge, being a real danger especially for crops and an inevitable threat to food security. This paper presents results of study conducted in Transylvanian Plain during 2012–2021, regarding influence climatic factors, such as temperature, rainfall, water reserve soil hours sunshine, on development stages yield maize. During determined maize cultiv...