Tuberculosis incidence correlates with sunshine: an ecological 28-year time series study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BackgroundBirmingham is the largest UK city after London, and central Birmingham has an annual tuberculosis incidence of 80 per 100,000. We examined seasonality and sunlight as drivers of tuberculosis incidence.
Gavin C K W Koh +4 more
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Long-term summer sunshine/moisture stress reconstruction from tree-ring widths from Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]
Climate of the Past, 2013 We present the first summer sunshine reconstruction from tree-ring data for the western part of the Balkan Peninsula. Summer sunshine is tightly connected with moisture stress in trees, because the moisture stress and therefore the width of annual tree ...
S. Poljanšek, A. Ceglar, T. Levanič
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Estimation of global solar radiation using sunshine-based models in Ethiopia
Cogent Engineering, 2022 Solar energy is one of the renewable energy sources that can be used to solve Ethiopia’s current energy problems. However, global solar radiation data for the country are either not available at all levels or recorded for only a few years at some ...
Natei Ermias Benti +5 more
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Estimation of daily global solar irradiance from the air temperature in the state of Paraná, Brazil [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2020 Global solar irradiance (GSI) is a fundamental source of energy on Earth. Despite its importance, sunshine or solar irradiance data are rarely available from weather stations. In the absence of available data, there are empirical methods that can be used
Carolina K. Sgarbossa +1 more
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A Study of Anomalies and Trends of Sunshine Hours in Iran [PDF]
جغرافیا و توسعه, 2014 Sunshine hours rate with its effect on determination of solar radiation rate is the main factor of controlling life, climate and other biological activities on the earth, especially in arid and semiarid zones.
Firooz Mojarad, Kamran Moradi
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Evaluation of Solar Radiation Estimation Models in Estimating Reference Evapotranspiration [PDF]
علوم و مهندسی آبیاری, 2017 Solar radiation is an essential factor in irrigation scheduling, hydrological cycle, crop growth simulation models and estimation of reference evapotranspiration.
Javad Behmanesh +3 more
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Hourly average bright sunshine hours.
, 2021 Hourly average bright sunshine hours.
Geremew Sahilu Gebrie (11402423) +3 more
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Impact of sunshine on the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in primiparous women
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2020 There is a lack of data about the influence of sunshine hours on the prevalence for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the prevalence of GDM varied according to hours of daily sunshine during the first ...
Merja K. Laine +4 more
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Assessing suitability of major meteorological factors for facility agriculture in mainland China
Environmental Research Letters, 2023 In China, more than two-thirds of protected cultivation occurs in low-tech facilities with limited ability to withstand adverse weather conditions.
Qi Zhang +7 more
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Osteology, 2023 Vitamin D plays a pivotal role in calcium metabolism and bone mineralization. Sufficient vitamin D levels are important for the health and functionality of the musculoskeletal system.
Andreas Mamilos +5 more
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