Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Soongu Kwak, Hyun-Jung Lee, Seungyeon Kim, Jun-Bean Park, Seung-Pyo Lee, Hyung-Kwan Kim, Yong-Jin Kim
Summary: This study aimed to explore the differences in the association between cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk in men and women using machine learning. A random forest model was developed to predict the 10-year ASCVD probabilities in each sex. The results showed that there were significant sex-specific associations between cardiovascular risk factors and ASCVD events, with higher total cholesterol or LDL cholesterol levels being more strongly associated with the risk of ASCVD in men, while older age and increased waist circumference were more strongly associated with the risk of ASCVD in women.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Hui Wang, Weiqin Si, Leifen Shen, Jian Chen
Summary: This study aimed to identify and establish a prediction model for the risk factors of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Through classification of 210 pregnant women registered at the Huzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, it was found that education level, pre-pregnancy BMI, family history of hypertension, family history of diabetes, history of macrosomia, history of GDM, TPOAb (+), and levels of FT3, HbA1c, and Hb were the risk factors for GDM. These findings may be beneficial for predicting GDM.
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL REGULATORS AND HOMEOSTATIC AGENTS
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Melanie Wheatley, B. Mike Wotton, Douglas G. Woolford, David L. Martell, Joshua M. Johnston
Summary: Based on the analysis of historical fire records in Ontario, Canada, this study demonstrates that airtankers used during the initial attack phase can provide better estimates of the probability of success. These findings have implications for pre-suppression planning and resource allocation decision-making.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Kai Tie, Hua Wang, Xu Yang, Qubo Ni, Liaobin Chen
Summary: This study analyzed the risk factors of frozen shoulder in elderly patients, and found that factors such as fat infiltration, surgical treatment, VAS score, and operation time were major risk factors for the onset of frozen shoulder at an advanced age.
AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Francois Pimont, Helene Fargeon, Thomas Opitz, Julien Ruffault, Renaud Barbero, Nicolas Martin-StPaul, Eric Rigolot, Miguel Riviere, Jean-Luc Dupuy
Summary: Modeling wildfire activity is crucial for informing risk management and understanding ecosystem dynamics. Developing the Firelihood model allowed for accurate predictions of fire activity, but uncertainty increased with the rarity of events. The model provided insights into fire hazard and offers applications for management and projections in the context of climate change.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cheng-Yong Huang
Summary: Unlike in Australia, the UK, and other Western countries where door crash accidents predominantly involve bicycles, cases in Taiwan are far more fatal as they usually involve motorcycles. The main risk factors causing serious injuries in door crashes include winter, morning, male motorcyclists, heavy motorcycles, and the left sides of cars. Suggestions on risk management and accident prevention were proposed using advocacy through the 3E strategies of human factors engineering design, as the causes of serious injuries and deaths stemming from door crashes were related to the risk perception ability, reaction ability, visibility, and riding speed of the motorcyclists.
Article
Forestry
Zheng Zhu, Xiaofan Deng, Fan Zhao, Shiyou Li, Leiguang Wang
Summary: This study used satellite data from 2005 to 2019 in Yunnan to analyze the environmental factors and mechanisms of forest fires using a logistic regression model. The results showed that meteorology is the main cause of frequent forest fires in the region, followed by daily minimum relative humidity and daily maximum temperature. The study also found that daily minimum relative humidity has a significant impact on forest fires in monthly and annual dynamic trends.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Wei Zhang, Lichen Ji, Xijun Wang, Senbo Zhu, Junchao Luo, Yin Zhang, Yu Tong, Fabo Feng, Yao Kang, Qing Bi
Summary: This study aimed to establish effective predictive models to predict the diagnosis and prognosis of pancreatic cancer with bone metastasis. By analyzing patient data, the researchers identified independent risk factors and prognostic factors affecting bone metastasis and constructed nomograms to predict the risk and prognosis of patients. The results of the study indicate that the predictive model has high accuracy and predictive performance.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Ganggang Wang, Xiaowei Shen, Yicun Wang, Huanhua Lu, Hua He, Xiaoliang Wang
Summary: This study provides guidance for the prevention and diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by analyzing its risk factors and diagnostic value of each index. The results showed that age, BMI, SBP, ALT, AST, FBG, TBIL, TG, and LDL were risk factors for NAFLD in adults, while HDL was a protective factor. Age, BMI, ALT, TG, and HDL had predictive value for NAFLD occurrence, and the combination of these factors had diagnostic value. In conclusion, managing BMI, blood pressure, blood glucose, and lipid levels while monitoring ALT and AST levels is important for NAFLD prevention, and age, BMI, ALT, TG, and HDL are helpful in the diagnosis of NAFLD.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Zhou Ru, Wang Mingliang, Wang Maofei, Chen Qiaofeng, Yuan Jianming
Summary: The study found that transient hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy is associated with gender, lymph node dissection, maximum thyroid diameter, second surgery, and preoperative blood calcium levels; whereas long-term hypoparathyroidism is related to lymph node dissection, maximum thyroid diameter, and PTH levels on the first day after surgery.
FRONTIERS IN SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ziqiang Lin, Shao Lin, Iulia A. Neamtiu, Bo Ye, Eva Csobod, Emese Fazakas, Eugen Gurzau
Summary: This study found that environmental tobacco smoke, indoor dampness, air freshener use, proximity to traffic, and noise are common risk factors for children's health outcomes, with random forest method showing better predictive performance.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Parasitology
Vasiliki Papanikolopoulou, Shwakat Q. Lafi, Elias Papadopoulos, Anastasia Diakou, Lihua Xiao, Nektarios D. Giadinis
Summary: This study investigated the prevalence and risk factors associated with Cryptosporidium infection in sheep and goat herds in northern Greece. The results showed that the animal health status and prevailing environmental conditions played an important role in transmitting the infection.
VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Qian-Qian Peng, Ping Zeng, Xiao-Hua Jiang, Feng-Jun Guan
Summary: This study used logistic regression to investigate the risk factors for relapse in children with primary nephrotic syndrome (PNS). The results showed that concurrent infection, irregular glucocorticoid therapy, severe hypoalbuminemia, and persistent severe hyperlipidemia were significant risk factors for frequent relapse. Serum albumin was found to have the best diagnostic efficacy. The logistic regression model based on these factors proved to be reliable in predicting frequent PNS relapse.
Article
Forestry
Shaoyang Yang, Zhaofei Fan, Xia Liu, Andrew W. Ezell
Summary: The study found that factors such as elevation and distance to the nearest road significantly influence the spread of Chinese tallow, with natural disturbances also playing a significant role in facilitating its spread. Different invasion stages show varying responses to these factors, indicating the importance of a combination of geographic characteristics and landscape factors in the regional spread of Chinese tallow.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Flavio Justino, David H. Bromwich, Sheng-Hung Wang, Daniel Althoff, Vanucia Schumacher, Alex da Silva
Summary: Recent studies have shown that wildfires in tropical regions have become more severe, with increasing burnt area. This study investigates the impact of oceanic climate modes and their teleconnection on global fire danger and trends. It reveals that temperature increases primarily drive fire trends in extratropical regions, while changes in short-term precipitation dominate trends in tropical regions. The influence of short-term precipitation is also dependent on local vegetation type and closely related to oceanic temperatures far from the burned areas.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Marcos Rodrigues, Ricardo M. Trigo, Cristina Vega-Garcia, Adrian Cardil
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Marcos Rodrigues, Fermin Alcasena, Pere Gelabert, Cristina Vega-Garcia
Article
Forestry
Iris Pilar Monfort-Bague, Cristina Vega-Garcia, Jordi Jurguens, Anna Teixido, Pere Casals
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marcos Rodrigues, Pere J. Gelabert, Aitor Ameztegui, Lluis Coll, Cristina Vega-Garcia
Summary: Wildfires in the Mediterranean are strongly linked to human activities, with the COVID-19 pandemic leading to a significant decrease in fire activity during lockdown periods. This highlights the importance of considering social factors in the analysis of current and future wildfire impacts in the region.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Letter
Environmental Sciences
Marcos Rodrigues, Pere J. Gelabert, Aitor Ameztegui, Lluis Coll, Cristina Vega-Garcia
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Economics
Sven Wunder, Dave E. Calkin, Val Charlton, Sarah Feder, Inazio Martinez de Arano, Peter Moore, Francisco Rodriguez y Silva, Luca Tacconi, Cristina Vega-Garcia
Summary: The passage emphasizes the threat of extreme wildfires globally, pointing out that traditional fire suppression strategies are no longer effective and highlights the need to develop integrated fire management methods to address the root causes of extreme fires.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
P. J. Gelabert, M. Rodrigues, J. de la Riva, A. Ameztegui, M. T. Sebasti, C. Vega-Garcia
Summary: This study models and monitors the spatial evolution of secondary succession in semi-natural grassland communities in the Pyrenees in Spain over 36 years. Results show that approximately 66% of the area is affected by secondary succession, with significant expansion of woodlands.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Victor Resco de Dios, Angel Cunill Camprubi, Nuria Perez-Zanon, Juan Carlos Pena, Edurne Martinez del Castillo, Marcos Rodrigues, Yinan Yao, Marta Yebra, Cristina Vega-Garcia, Matthias M. Boer
Summary: There has been substantial progress towards understanding the proximal causes of increased fire activity at regional and national scales. Subcontinental scale examinations of the commonalities and differences in the drivers of fire activity in the Mediterranean zone of the European Union are rare.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Anjar Dimara Sakti, Adam Irwansyah Fauzi, Wataru Takeuchi, Biswajeet Pradhan, Masaru Yarime, Cristina Vega-Garcia, Elprida Agustina, Dionisius Wibisono, Tania Septi Anggraini, Megawati Oktaviani Theodora, Desi Ramadhanti, Miqdad Fadhil Muhammad, Muhammad Aufaristama, Agung Mahadi Putra Perdana, Ketut Wikantika
Summary: This study used a multi-dimensional approach to identify priority areas for wildfire mitigation in Indonesia. Through the integration of various parameters and data, the study developed a priority model and assessed the historical and legal aspects of the identified areas. The results showed that the high-priority areas are mainly located in Sumatra, Kalimantan, and North Maluku, and a certain percentage of these areas have experienced deforestation caused by wildfires in the past decade.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Siba Ghadban, Aitor Ameztegui, Marcos Rodrigues, Cristina Chocarro, Fermin Alcasena, Cristina Vega-Garcia
Summary: Plant diversity is crucial for forests and is influenced by forest structure and local landscape patterns, rather than forest interventions. To enhance plant diversity in forest landscapes, management practices should focus on promoting diameter variety, presence of large trees, tree cover, variation in tree and shrub height, and a heterogeneous local landscape. More research is needed for cork oak and black pine forests compared to Aleppo pine and Scots pine forests.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yasmina Amrouni, Mohammed Berrayah, Pere Gelabert, Cristina Vega-Garcia, Benchaben Hellal, Marcos Rodrigues
Summary: The goal of this study was to assess the best monitoring tools for the current and future situations by reconstructing past annual land cover changes. Using Landsat images and a classification algorithm, high-resolution land cover maps for the period of 1984-2017 were obtained, accurately characterizing the dynamics and status of the transition zone in the Tiaret region.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Marcos Rodrigues, Maria Zuniga-Anton, Fermin Alcasena, Pere Gelabert, Cristina Vega-Garcia
Summary: This study develops a framework for wildfire management zone delineation, which can inform decision-making in fire-prone Mediterranean landscapes. The framework integrates multiple efforts to minimize wildfire occurrences and spread, and prevent losses. The results are presented in maps to assist in designing risk management plans and raising social awareness.
Article
Environmental Studies
Fermin Alcasena, Marcos Rodrigues, Pere Gelabert, Alan Ager, Michele Salis, Aitor Ameztegui, Teresa Cervera, Cristina Vega-Garcia
Summary: Despite the lack of understanding, this study estimated carbon emissions and credits from ongoing fuel management projects in Catalonia, Spain. Results showed that fuel treatments in high emission hotspots could potentially finance a significant portion of treatment implementation costs, showcasing the importance of considering stand conditions, fire regimes, and treatment costs in determining cost-efficiency and carbon-sink capacity for wildfire risk management programs in Mediterranean forest systems.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Magi Franquesa, Melanie K. Vanderhoof, Dimitris Stavrakoudis, Ioannis Z. Gitas, Ekhi Roteta, Marc Padilla, Emilio Chuvieco
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA
(2020)
Article
Geography, Physical
F. J. Alcasena-Urdiroz, C. Vega-Garcia, A. A. Ager, M. Salis, N. J. Nauslar, F. J. Mendizabal, R. Castell
CUADERNOS DE INVESTIGACION GEOGRAFICA
(2019)
