In this study, an artificial neural network (ANN) based model for prediction of solar energy potential in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was developed. Standard multilayered, feed-forward, back-propagation neural networks were designed using Microsoft Excel (MS Excel). The meteorological data were acquired from Malaysia Meteorological Department. The data was consists of meteorological data from one st...

This study examined the effect of weather and seasonality on hipfracture incidence in older adults residing in New York City. A total off 66,346 patients aged > or = 65 years who sustained a fracture of the femoralneck or intertrochanteric region from 1985 to 1996 comprised the study population. Hip fractures were more likely to occur in the winter than in any of the other seasons (P<.001). Fac...

In present world, inequality and uncertainty is high in section of agriculture production and food security of a great amount of people in developing countries is not supplied. Based on studies of international organizations, about a third of produced food for human consumption in worldwide is lost or wasted. While in developing countries, there is price enhancement, decrease in access to healt...

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 ...

This study is a retrospective analysis of medical findings of patients treated at the Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Hospital Split, Croatia in the period of 1995-1999. Seventy-three cases of acute closed-angle glaucoma were analyzed and compared in relation to the meteorological factors--hours of sunshine, air temperature and atmospheric pressure. No significant statistical correlation ...

While conventional wisdom assumes that inclement weather on election day reduces voter turnout, there is remarkably little evidence available to support truth to such belief. This paper examines the effects of temperature, sunshine duration and rainfall on voter turnout in 13 Dutch national parliament elections held from 1971 to 2010. It merges the election results from over 400 municipalities ...

BACKGROUND Weather variables affect dengue transmission. This study aimed to identify a dengue weather correlation pattern in Kandy, Sri Lanka, compare the results with results of similar studies, and establish ways for better control and prevention of dengue. METHOD We collected data on reported dengue cases in Kandy and mid-year population data from 2003 to 2012, and calculated weekly incid...