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Int J Environ Res Public Health
Few studies have explored temperature-mortality relationships in China, especially at the multi-large city level. This study was based on the data of seven typical, large Chinese cities to examine temperature-mortality relationships and optimum temperature of China. A generalized additive model (GAM) was applied to analyze the acute-effect of temperature on non-accidental mortality, and meta-analysis was used to merge data. Furthermore, the lagged effects of temperature up to 40 days on mortality and optimum temperature were analyzed using the distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM). We found that for all non-accidental mortality, high temperature could significantly increase the excess risk (ER) of death by 0.33% (95% confidence interval: 0.11%, 0.56%) with the temperature increase of 1 \uc2\ub0C. Similar but non-significant ER of death was observed when temperature decreased. The lagged effect of temperature showed that the relative risk of non-accidental mortality was lowest at 21 \uc2\ub0C. Our research suggests that high temperatures are more likely to cause an acute increase in mortality. There was a lagged effect of temperature on mortality, with an optimum temperature of 21 \uc2\ub0C. Our results could provide a theoretical basis for climate-related public health policy.26950139PMC480894
Adjoint bi-continuous semigroups and semigroups on the space of measures
For a given bi-continuous semigroup T on a Banach space X we define its
adjoint on an appropriate closed subspace X^o of the norm dual X'. Under some
abstract conditions this adjoint semigroup is again bi-continuous with respect
to the weak topology (X^o,X). An application is the following: For K a Polish
space we consider operator semigroups on the space C(K) of bounded, continuous
functions (endowed with the compact-open topology) and on the space M(K) of
bounded Baire measures (endowed with the weak*-topology). We show that
bi-continuous semigroups on M(K) are precisely those that are adjoints of a
bi-continuous semigroups on C(K). We also prove that the class of bi-continuous
semigroups on C(K) with respect to the compact-open topology coincides with the
class of equicontinuous semigroups with respect to the strict topology. In
general, if K is not Polish space this is not the case
Trans-nasal endoscopic and intra-oral combined approach for odontogenic cysts
Maxillary cysts are a common finding in maxillofacial surgery, dentistry and otolaryngology. Treatment is surgical; a traditional approach includes Caldwell-Luc and other intra-oral approaches. In this article, we analyse the outcomes of 9 patients operated on using a combined intra-oral and trans-nasal approach to the aforementioned disease. Although the number of patients is small, the good results of this study suggest that the combined approach might be a reliable treatment option
Signal at subleading order in lattice HQET
We discuss the correlators in lattice HQET that are needed to go beyond the
static theory. Based on our implementation in the Schr\"odinger functional we
focus on their signal-to-noise ratios and check that a reasonable statistical
precision can be reached in quantities like and .Comment: 3 pages, Lattice2004(heavy), v2: corrected definition of X^{kin/spin
String Breaking in Non-Abelian Gauge Theories with Fundamental Matter Fields
We present clear numerical evidence for string breaking in three-dimensional
SU(2) gauge theory with fundamental bosonic matter through a mixing analysis
between Wilson loops and meson operators representing bound states of a static
source and a dynamical scalar. The breaking scale is calculated in the
continuum limit. In units of the lightest glueball we find . The implications of our results for QCD are discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; equations (4)-(6) corrected, numerical results
and conclusions unchange
Exploring Correlation Methods to Determine QCD beta-Functions on the Lattice
We investigate -- as an alternative to usual Monte Carlo Renormalization
Group methods -- the feasibility of extracting QCD beta-functions directly from
a lattice analysis of correlations between the action and Wilson loops. We test
this correlation technique numerically in four dimensional SU(2) gauge theory,
on a 16^4 lattice at beta = 2.5 and find very promising results.Comment: 12 pages, 2 Figure
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