abstract statistical methods are one of the useful tools for climatic elements and their behaviors analysis, as well as, modeling and predicting them subtly. in this paper the behavior of time series of annual temperature of zanjan during 1956-2005 have been studied. so, based on autocorrelation, correlation coefficient, and spearman and mann - kendall ways, the data trend was determined. the a...

Although the health effects of ambient ozone have been widely assessed, their tempo-spatial variations remain unclear. We selected 20 communities (ten each from southern and northern USA) based on the US National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study (NMMAPS) dataset. A generalized linear model (GLM) was used to estimate the season-specific association between each 10 ppb (lag0-2 day av...

in this research the temporal-spatial changing trend of nightly temperatures in isfahan province has been studied with the purpose of manifesting temperature changes, recognition of temperature abnormality and comparison for the two methods of pixel and station. on this basis, the data of the minimum temperature average of 21 synoptic and climatology stations were processed in the said province...

BACKGROUND In recent years, several reports have indicated that maternal temperature elevations during labor may also be observed in the absence of an infection. Presumed noninfectious causes of maternal temperature elevations include epidural analgesia, endogenous heat production generated by the contracting uterus, and delivery in an overheated room. To investigate the potential causes of non...

The homeostasis of plants under environmental constraints may be maintained by alterations in the organization of their physiological networks. The ability to control a network depends on the strength of the connections between network elements, which is called network connectance. Herein, we intend to provide more evidence on the existence of a modulation pattern of photosynthetic networks, in...

Ambient air temperatures (T(a)) of <6 degrees C or >29 degrees C have been shown to induce large changes in arterial blood pressure and heart rate in homeotherms. The present study was designed to investigate whether small incremental changes in T(a), such as those found in typical laboratory settings, would have an impact on blood pressure and other cardiovascular parameters in mice and rats. ...

This dissertation studies the least squares estimator of a trend parameter in a simple linear regression model with multiple changepoints when the changepoint times are known. The error component in the model is allowed to be autocorrelated. The least squares estimator of the trend and the variance of the trend estimator are derived. Consistency and asymptotic normality of the trend estimator a...

Atmospheric pollution critically affects forest ecosystems around the world by directly impacting the assimilation apparatus of trees and indirectly by altering soil conditions, which subsequently also leads to changes in carbon cycling. To evaluate the extent of the physiological effect of moderate level sulfate and reactive nitrogen acidic deposition, we performed a retrospective dendrochrono...