Additional comment: There has been a misinterpretation of our study in the accompanying editorial [3]. Authors have commented “The authors advised mothers to expose their newborns to sunshine for a duration of six months, when the association between duration and timing of the sunshine exposure and serum 25(OH)D was analyzed.” [3]. Our study was purely an observational study, and no advice rega...

The ground observation data was used to analyze the variation of cloud amount and light precipitation over South China during 1960-2009. The total cloud cover (TCC) decreases in this period, whereas the low cloud cover (LCC) shows the obvious opposite change with increasing trends. LCP defined as low cloud cover/total cloud cover has increased, and small rainy days (< 10 mm day-1) decreased sig...

In this paper, several equations were employed to estimate global solar radiation from sunshine hours for a meteorological station in Nigde, Turkey, using only the relative duration of sunshine. These equations included the original Angstrom-Prescott linear regression and modified functions (quadratic, logarithmic and exponential functions). Estimated values were compared with measured values i...

The expected frequency of runs of extreme days is modelled with a seasonal autoregressive representation using two site-specific scalar parameters—autocorrelation and an index of seasonality. Extreme days for a meteorological variable such as temperature, evaporation, sunshine and wind run are defined as days when the variable in question exceeds an arbitrary upper threshold or fails to exceed ...

BACKGROUND The time distribution of injuries is not random. To assess the potential impact of weather and the phase of the moon on accidents, adjustment for known periodic and nonperiodic factors may be important. We compared the incidence of injuries with quantitative and qualitative weather variables as well as the lunar cycle, after correction for calendar and holiday-related factors. METH...

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INTRODUCTION Vitamin D is essential for the maintenance of good health, and vitamin D deficiency has been reported from many countries, including those with a lot of sunshine. This study was conducted to evaluate the vitamin D status in healthy 6- to 7-year-old children in Isfahan, Iran. MATERIAL AND METHODS Five hundred and thirteen healthy children were enrolled. Serum PTH and 25-hydroxyvit...

Energy usage leads to environmental problems especially climate change and air pollution. In urban areas, extensive consumption of fossil energy sources deteriorates quality causes health such as asthma respiratory diseases. The renewable mainly solar instead provide the healthier cleaner environment. Some statistical approaches have been used predict radiation for many years. formula which is ...