The causes and consequences of seasonal variation in COPD exacerbations [PDF]
, 2014 Gavin C Donaldson, Jadwiga A Wedzicha Airways Disease Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK Abstract: The time of year when patients experience exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a much ...
Donaldson, G, Wedzicha, J
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Frontiers in Digital Health, 2021 Seasonal changes in meteorological factors [e.g., ambient temperature (Ta), humidity, and sunlight] could significantly influence a person's sleep, possibly resulting in the seasonality of sleep properties (timing and quality).
Li Li +4 more
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Seasonal Poverty and Seasonal Migration in Asia [PDF]
Asian Development Review, 2020 Four in five poor people in the Asia and Pacific region live in rural areas. Crop cycles in agrarian areas create periods of seasonal deprivation, or preharvest “lean seasons,” when work is scarce and skipped meals become frequent. In this paper, we document this phenomenon of seasonal poverty and discuss existing formal mechanisms for coping with it.
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Maira Emy Reimao
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Contrasting patterns of litterfall seasonality and seasonal changes in litter decomposability in a tropical rainforest region [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2014 The seasonality of litter inputs in forests has important implications for understanding ecosystem processes and biogeochemical cycles. We quantified the drivers of seasonality in litterfall and leaf decomposability using plots throughout the Australian ...
S. A. Parsons +3 more
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How does the seasonality influence utilitarian walking behaviour in different urbanization settings in Scotland? [PDF]
, 2016 The relationship between the built environment and walking has been analyzed for decades. However, the seasonality effects on the relationship between the built environment and walking have not been well examined even though weather is one of the key ...
Hong, Jinhyun
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Hydrological signatures describing the translation of climate seasonality into streamflow seasonality [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2020 Seasonality is ubiquitous in nature, and it is closely linked to water quality, ecology, hydrological extremes, and water resources management. Hydrological signatures aim at extracting information about certain aspects of hydrological behaviour ...
S. J. Gnann +2 more
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A cross-sectional study of factors affecting seasonality in bipolar disorder
South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2014 Background. Researchers have evinced interest in the effect of seasonal variations on mood and behavioural patterns in affective disorders. Objective.
Pankaj Kumar Mittal +4 more
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Autoregression as a means of assessing the strength of seasonality in a time series
Population Health Metrics, 2003 Background The study of the seasonal variation of disease is receiving increasing attention from health researchers. Available statistical tests for seasonality typically indicate the presence or absence of statistically significant seasonality but do ...
Upshur Ross EG +3 more
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Seasonality of tuberculosis in the Republic of Korea, 2006-2016 [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2018 OBJECTIVES While the seasonality of notified tuberculosis has been identified in several populations, there is not a descriptive epidemiological study on the seasonality of tuberculosis in Korea.
Eun Hee Kim, Jong-Myon Bae
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Dates of birth and seasonal changes in well-being among 4904 subjects completing the seasonal pattern assessment questionnaire [PDF]
, 2007 Background: Abnormal distributions of birthdates, suggesting intrauterine aetiological factors, have been found in several psychiatric disorders, including one study of out-patients with Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.).
Cameron, Isobel M. +4 more
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