results each group comprised 27 students; eventually, 26 in the homeopathic and 21 in the placebo group were followed up. there was no significant difference between the groups for either pain intensity (adjusted difference: -0.44; 95% ci: -1.43 to 0.54) or any other outcomes. compared with the baseline scores, statistically significant improvements were observed in pain intensity (p = 0.021) a...

The record drought of 2012 brought the issue of climatic vulnerability to the agricultural enterprise front and center. The swings in the temperature patterns associated with higher frost and freeze risks, as well as the midseason heat stress and heavy rain/severe weather risks have brought about potentially newer climatic regimens to light. Several associated shifts are apparent in regional gr...

Extreme climatic events are key factors in initiating gradual or sudden changes in forest ecosystems through the promotion of severe, tree-killing disturbances such as fire, blowdown, and widespread insect outbreaks. In contrast to these climatically-incited disturbances, little is known about the more direct effect of drought on tree mortality, especially in high-elevation forests. Therefore p...

BACKGROUND There is much uncertainty about the future impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases. Such uncertainty reflects the difficulties in modelling the complex interactions between disease, climatic and socioeconomic determinants. We used a comprehensive panel dataset from Mexico covering 23 years of province-specific dengue reports across nine climatic regions to estimate the impa...

Climatic change is likely to affect Pacific Northwest (PNW) forests in several important ways. In this paper, we address the role of climate in four forest ecosystem processes and project the effects of future climatic change on these processes. First, we analyze how climate affects Douglas-fir growth across the region to understand potential changes in future growth. In areas where Douglas-fir...

  Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is most commonly found among children under the age of 10 in some provinces of Iran including Ardabil. As such, this study set out to determine the relationship between some climatic factors and the prevalence of VL in Northwest of Iran. Materials and Methods In this descriptive-analytic study, data collection was done on some climatic factors including ...

Predicting species distributions with changing climate has often relied on climatic variables, but increasingly there is recognition that disturbance regimes should also be included in distribution models. We examined how changes in rainfall and disturbances along climatic gradients determined demographic patterns in a widespread and long-lived tree species, Callitris glaucophylla in SE Austral...