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Latitude and longitude vertical disparities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The literature on vertical disparity is complicated by the fact that several different definitions of the term “vertical disparity” are in common use, often without a clear statement about which is intended or a widespread appreciation of the properties ...
Glennerster, Andrew   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Thermal tolerance, climatic variability and latitude [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The greater latitudinal extents of occurrence of species towards higher latitudes has been attributed to the broadening of physiological tolerances with latitude as a result of increases in climatic variation.
Abraham Addo-Bediako   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Species‐specific responses to white‐nose syndrome in the Great Lakes region

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2023
White‐nose syndrome is a fungal disease that is threatening bat populations across North America. The disease primarily affects cave‐hibernating bats by depleting fat reserves during hibernation and causing a range of other physiological consequences ...
Elyse C. Mallinger   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geographical Latitude Remains as an Important Factor for the Prevalence of Some Myositis Autoantibodies: A Systematic Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are characterized by muscular weakness, cutaneous manifestations, muscle damage revealed by increase of muscular enzymes, muscle biopsy, electromyography and changes on magnetic resonance imaging. However, the
Andrea Aguilar-Vazquez   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Adaptive Significance of Natural Genetic Variation in the DNA Damage Response of Drosophila melanogaster. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Despite decades of work, our understanding of the distribution of fitness effects of segregating genetic variants in natural populations remains largely incomplete. One form of selection that can maintain genetic variation is spatially varying selection,
Begun, David J   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Novel Evidence Showing the Possible Effect of Environmental Variables on COVID‐19 Spread

open access: yesGeoHealth, 2022
Coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) remains a serious issue, and the role played by meteorological indicators in the process of virus spread has been a topic of academic discussion.
Sixuan Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-Term Measurements of Sunspot Magnetic Tilt Angles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Tilt angles of close to 30,600 sunspots are determined using Mount Wilson daily averaged magnetograms taken from 1974 to 2012, and MDI/SoHO magnetograms taken from 1996 to 2010.
D'Silva   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Heavy Rainfall Events in Southern China Associated with Tropical Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal: A Case Study

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2019
We use a case study to show that a continuous heavy rainfall process in southern China was closely related to tropical cyclone activity in the Bay of Bengal.
Junpeng Yuan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anonymous Real-Time Analytics Monitoring Solution for Decision Making Supported by Sentiment Analysis

open access: yesSensors, 2020
Currently, social networks present information of great relevance to various government agencies and different types of companies, which need knowledge insights for their business strategies.
Gildásio Antonio de Oliveira Júnior   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simplified Expansions of Common Latitudes with Geodetic Latitude and Geocentric Latitude as Variables

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Abstract Using the symbolic calculation program Mathematica, based on the power series expansions of common latitude with geodetic latitude as a variable, power series expansions of common latitude with geocentric latitude as variable are derived.
Xiaoyong Li   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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