evapotranspiration is one of the most important components of the hydrological cycle which is directly influenced by atmospheric conditions. this study investigated annual and seasonal trends in reference evapotranspiration (et0) and its key influencing climatic variables during 1966-2005 at 10 stations in southern iran (with centrality of fars province). first, multivariate regression analysis...

It is known that densely populated coastal areas may be adversely affected as a result of the climate change effects. In this respect, for protection, utilization, and management it critical to understand changes in wind speed (WS) significant wave height (SWH) areas. Innovative approaches, which are one trend analysis methods used an effective way examine these changes, have started very frequ...

background & aim: the aim of the study was to define the epidemiological characteristics of most important infectious diseases in iran in recent decades. methods & materials: this was a situation trend analysis of infectious diseases (vector and water borne disease, and food borne diseases) in recent decades based on data availability. three significance levels were used for mann-kendall test (...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effects of tafluprost treatment for 3 years on intraocular pressure (IOP) and visual field performance. METHODS The IOP of 55 patients with normal-tension glaucoma was monitored every 1-3 months for 3 years. The Humphrey visual field test was performed every 6 months after treatment and results compared with before-treatment results. Visual field performance was also e...

This study investigated the temporal patterns of annual and seasonal river runoff data at 13 hydrological stations in Lake Issyk-Kul basin, Central Asia. The trends were analyzed using innovative trend analysis (ITA) method with significance testing. ITA results compared Mann-Kendall (MK) test a 95% confidence level. comparison revealed that could effectively identify detected by MK test. Speci...

Different studies have pointed out Navarre as one of the regions of Spain with the highest incidence rates of brain and other central nervous system (CNS) cancer. Trend analysis for cancer incidence rates for long periods of time, might help determining risk factors as well as, assessing prevention actions involved in this disease. The objective of this study was to describe the incidence of br...