OBJECTIVES This study aimed (1) to investigate the pattern of perinatal depressive symptoms, and (2) to determine the relationships between sociodemographic characteristics, obstetric factors, antenatal morbidities, postnatal conditions, and perinatal depressive symptoms using a structural equation model (SEM). METHOD A three-wave prospective longitudinal design was used for 361 women in thei...

Large-scale operational hydrologic models are essential tools in support of multiple water resource applications such as flood control, navigation, irrigation, and habitat management, etc., at the regional or continental scales. These models, unlike micro scale watershed models, are defined over large areas (>10 km) and long time scales (typically for use over monthly and annual or longer time ...