In this paper, we analyze the surface winds of ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis in Atlantic Ocean. The first part addresses a validation, studying spatial distribution errors and performance as function percentiles, with further investigation under cyclonic conditions. second proposes compares two calibration models, simple least-squares linear regression (LR) quantile mapping method (QM). Our results ind...

Customized birth weight percentiles are weight-for-gestational-age percentiles that account for the influence of maternal characteristics on fetal growth. Although intuitively appealing, the incremental value they provide in the identification of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) over conventional birth weight percentiles is controversial. The objective of this study was to assess the valu...

Atopic Eczema (AE) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects children and adults, and alters quality of life with a high morbidity rate and severe economic burden. The objective of the present work was to analyse specific atmospheric pollutants (O3, NO, PM10 and SO2) affecting the prevalence of diagnosed AE and its symptoms among 6-7-year-old schoolchildren.The participants included 2...

During periods of rapidly changing geomagnetic conditions electric fields form within the Earth’s surface and induce currents known as geomagnetically induced (GICs), which interact with unprotected electrical systems our society relies on. In this study, we train multi-variate Long-Short Term Memory neural networks to predict magnitude north-south component field (| B N |) at multiple ground m...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether indices of obesity are associated with insulin resistance in Korean adolescents. METHODS This study was conducted as a cross-sectional analysis of 817 healthy adolescents aged 15-16 years without diabetes. Percentiles group of weight-for-height, body mass index (BMI)-for-age, waist circumference (WC)-for-age, and skin fold thickness (SFT)-for-age were based on...

Resumen Objetivos la mayor parte de los errores en medicina del laboratorio se producen durante fase preanalítica y postanalítica proceso analítico total (PAT). En 2014, Sociedad Española Medicina Laboratorio (SEQC ML ) lanzó el Programa Garantía Externa Calidad (EQA) Preanalítica, con propósito ofrecer una herramienta para mejorar calidad preanalítica. El objeto presente estudio es evaluar evo...

BACKGROUND Myostatin is a muscle derived factor that functions as a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth. Induction of myostatin expression was observed in rodent models of muscle wasting and in cachectic patients with cancer or pulmonary disease. Therefore, there is an increasing interest to use serum myostatin as a biomarker. METHODS We established an immunoradiometric sandwich assa...

BACKGROUND Normal standard references of blood pressure (BP) for children and adolescents should be constructed according to anthropometric indices. Therefore, we aimed to produce BP reference percentiles by body mass index (BMI). METHODS Data on demographic characteristics, anthropometric indices and BP values of 16246 3-18-year-old children and adolescents from 3 cross-sectional studies con...

BACKGROUND Single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging defects are associated with increased all-cause mortality and cardiovascular death. However, it is unknown whether single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging can identify patients at increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed a cohort of 6383 patie...