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Lyall, K. ; Ashwood, P. ; Water, J. ; Hertz-Picciotto, I. .
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders 2014,
44, 1546 - 1555.
Publisher's VersionתקצירThe maternal immune system may play a role in offspring neurodevelopment. We examined whether maternal autoimmune disease, asthma, and allergy were associated with child autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and developmental delay without autism (DD) using 560 ASD cases, 391 typically developing controls, and 168 DD cases from the CHildhood Autism Risk from Genetics and the Environment (CHARGE) study. Results from conditional logistic regression demonstrated few significant associations overall. Maternal autoimmune disease was significantly associated with a modest increase in odds of developmental disorders (combined ASD + DD; OR = 1.46, 95 % CI 1.01, 2.09) but not of ASD alone. Associations with certain allergens and onset periods were also suggested. These findings suggest maternal autoimmune disease may modestly influence childhood developmental disorders (ASD + DD).
Levine, Y. ; Haim, A. ; Oreg, Y. .
Phys. Rev. B 2017,
96, 165147.
Publisher's Version Levin, N. ; Udayar, S. ; Lipshits-Braziler, Y. ; Gati, I. ; Rossier, J. . Journal of Career Assessment 2023, 31, 129–148.
Lacy, M. ; Baum, S. A. ; Chandler, C. J. ; Chatterjee, S. ; Clarke, T. E. ; Deustua, S. ; English, J. ; Farnes, J. ; Gaensler, B. M. ; Gugliucci, N. ; Hallinan, G. ; Kent, B. R. ; Kimball, A. ; Law, C. J. ; Lazio, T. J. W. ; Marvil, J. ; Mao, S. A. ; Medlin, D. ; Mooley, K. ; Murphy, E. J. ; Myers, S. ; Osten, R. ; Richards, G. T. ; Rosolowsky, E. ; Rudnick, L. ; Schinzel, F. ; Sivakoff, G. R. ; Sjouwerman, L. O. ; Taylor, R. ; White, R. L. ; Wrobel, J. ; Andernach, H. ; Beasley, A. J. ; Berger, E. ; Bhatnager, S. ; Birkinshaw, M. ; Bower, G. C. ; Brandt, W. N. ; Brown, S. ; Burke-Spolaor, S. ; Butler, B. J. ; Comerford, J. ; Demorest, P. B. ; Fu, H. ; Giacintucci, S. ; Golap, K. ; Güth, T. ; Hales, C. A. ; Hiriart, R. ; Hodge, J. ; Horesh, A. ; Ivezić, Ž. ; Jarvis, M. J. ; Kamble, A. ; Kassim, N. ; Liu, X. ; Loinard, L. ; Lyons, D. K. ; Masters, J. ; Mezcua, M. ; Moellenbrock, G. A. ; Mroczkowski, T. ; Nyland, K. ; O'Dea, C. P. ; O'Sullivan, S. P. ; Peters, W. M. ; Radford, K. ; Rao, U. ; Robnett, J. ; Salcido, J. ; Shen, Y. ; Sobotka, A. ; Witz, S. ; Vaccari, M. ; van Weeren, R. J. ; Vargas, A. ; Williams, P. K. G. ; Yoon, I. . \pasp 2020, 132, 035001.
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Kurtzman, D. ; Navon, S. ; Morin, E. .
Hydrol. Process 2009,
23.
Publisher's VersionתקצירDetailed hydrologic models require high-resolution spatial and temporal data. This study aims at improving the spatial interpolation of daily precipitation for hydrologic models. Different parameterizations of (1) inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation and (2) A local weighted regression (LWR) method in which elevation is the explanatory variable and distance, elevation difference and aspect difference are weighting factors, were tested at a hilly setting in the eastern Mediterranean, using 16 years of daily data. The preferred IDW interpolation was better than the preferred LWR scheme in 27 out of 31 validation gauges (VGs) according to a criteria aimed at minimizing the absolute bias and the mean absolute error (MAE) of estimations. The choice of the IDW exponent was found to be more important than the choice of whether or not to use elevation as explanatory data in most cases. The rank of preferred interpolators in a specific VG was found to be a stable local characteristic if a sufficient number of rainy days are averaged. A spatial pattern of the preferred IDW exponents was revealed. Large exponents (3) were more effective closer to the coast line whereas small exponents (1) were more effective closer to the mountain crest. This spatial variability is consistent with previous studies that showed smaller correlation distances of daily precipitation closer to the Mediterranean coast than at the hills, attributed mainly to relatively warm sea-surface temperature resulting in more cellular convection coastward. These results suggest that spatially variable, physically based parameterization of the distance weighting function can improve the spatial interpolation of daily precipitation
Kubica, A. ; Haim, A. ; Vaknin, Y. ; Brandão, F. ; Retzker, A. . 2022.
Kottmeier, C. ; Agnon, A. ; Al-Halbouni, D. ; Alpert, P. ; Corsmeier, U. ; Dahm, T. ; Eshel, A. ; Geyer, S. ; Haas, M. ; Holohan, E. ; Kalthoff, N. ; Kishcha, P. ; Krawczyk, C. ; Lati, J. ; Laronne, J. B. ; Lott, F. ; Mallast, U. ; Merz, R. ; Metzger, J. ; Mohsen, A. ; Morin, E. ; Nied, M. ; Rödiger, T. ; Salameh, E. ; Sawarieh, A. ; Shannak, B. ; Siebert, C. ; Weber, M. .
Science of The Total Environment 2016,
544.
Publisher's VersionתקצירThe Dead Sea region has faced substantial environmental challenges in recent decades, including water resource scarcity, \~ 1 m annual decreases in the water level, sinkhole development, ascending-brine freshwater pollution, and seismic disturbance risks. Natural processes are significantly affected by human interference as well as by climate change and tectonic developments over the long term. To get a deep understanding of processes and their interactions, innovative scientific approaches that integrate disciplinary research and education are required. The research project DESERVE (Helmholtz Virtual Institute Dead Sea Research Venue) addresses these challenges in an interdisciplinary approach that includes geophysics, hydrology, and meteorology. The project is implemented by a consortium of scientific institutions in neighboring countries of the Dead Sea (Israel, Jordan, Palestine Territories) and participating German Helmholtz Centres (KIT, GFZ, UFZ). A new monitoring network of meteorological, hydrological, and seismic/geodynamic stations has been established, and extensive field research and numerical simulations have been undertaken. For the first time, innovative measurement and modeling techniques have been applied to the extreme conditions of the Dead Sea and its surroundings. The preliminary results show the potential of these methods. First time ever performed eddy covariance measurements give insight into the governing factors of Dead Sea evaporation. High-resolution bathymetric investigations reveal a strong correlation between submarine springs and neo-tectonic patterns. Based on detailed studies of stratigraphy and borehole information, the extension of the subsurface drainage basin of the Dead Sea is now reliably estimated. Originality has been achieved in monitoring flash floods in an arid basin at its outlet and simultaneously in tributaries, supplemented by spatio-temporal rainfall data. Low-altitude, high resolution photogrammetry, allied to satellite image analysis and to geophysical surveys (e.g. shear-wave reflections) has enabled a more detailed characterization of sinkhole morphology and temporal development and the possible subsurface controls thereon. All the above listed efforts and scientific results take place with the interdisciplinary education of young scientists. They are invited to attend joint thematic workshops and winter schools as well as to participate in field experiments
Kool, E. C. ; Karamehmetoglu, E. ; Sollerman, J. ; Schulze, S. ; Lunnan, R. ; Reynolds, T. M. ; Barbarino, C. ; Bellm, E. C. ; De, K. ; Duev, D. A. ; Fremling, C. ; Golkhou, V. Z. ; Graham, M. L. ; Green, D. A. ; Horesh, A. ; Kaye, S. ; Kim, Y. - L. ; Laher, R. R. ; Masci, F. J. ; Nordin, J. ; Perley, D. A. ; Phinney, E. S. ; Porter, M. ; Reiley, D. ; Rodriguez, H. ; van Roestel, J. ; Rusholme, B. ; Sharma, Y. ; Sfaradi, I. ; Soumagnac, M. T. ; Taggart, K. ; Tartaglia, L. ; Williams, D. R. A. ; Yan, L. . \aap 2021, 652, A136.
King, G. ; Nielsen, R. .
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Kasliwal, M. M. ; Nakar, E. ; Singer, L. P. ; Kaplan, D. L. ; Cook, D. O. ; Van Sistine, A. ; Lau, R. M. ; Fremling, C. ; Gottlieb, O. ; Jencson, J. E. ; Adams, S. M. ; Feindt, U. ; Hotokezaka, K. ; Ghosh, S. ; Perley, D. A. ; Yu, P. - C. ; Piran, T. ; Allison, J. R. ; Anupama, G. C. ; Balasubramanian, A. ; Bannister, K. W. ; Bally, J. ; Barnes, J. ; Barway, S. ; Bellm, E. ; Bhalerao, V. ; Bhattacharya, D. ; Blagorodnova, N. ; Bloom, J. S. ; Brady, P. R. ; Cannella, C. ; Chatterjee, D. ; Cenko, S. B. ; Cobb, B. E. ; Copperwheat, C. ; Corsi, A. ; De, K. ; Dobie, D. ; Emery, S. W. K. ; Evans, P. A. ; Fox, O. D. ; Frail, D. A. ; Frohmaier, C. ; Goobar, A. ; Hallinan, G. ; Harrison, F. ; Helou, G. ; Hinderer, T. ; Ho, A. Y. Q. ; Horesh, A. ; Ip, W. - H. ; Itoh, R. ; Kasen, D. ; Kim, H. ; Kuin, N. P. M. ; Kupfer, T. ; Lynch, C. ; Madsen, K. ; Mazzali, P. A. ; Miller, A. A. ; Mooley, K. ; Murphy, T. ; Ngeow, C. - C. ; Nichols, D. ; Nissanke, S. ; Nugent, P. ; Ofek, E. O. ; Qi, H. ; Quimby, R. M. ; Rosswog, S. ; Rusu, F. ; Sadler, E. M. ; Schmidt, P. ; Sollerman, J. ; Steele, I. ; Williamson, A. R. ; Xu, Y. ; Yan, L. ; Yatsu, Y. ; Zhang, C. ; Zhao, W. . Science 2017, 358, 1559-1565.
Karran, D. J. ; Morin, E. ; Adamowski, J. .
Journal of Hydroinformatics 2013,
16.
Publisher's VersionתקצירConsidering the popularity of using data-driven non-linear methods for forecasting streamflow, there has been no exploration of how well such models perform in climate regimes with differing hydrological characteristics, nor has the performance of these models, coupled with wavelet transforms, been compared for lead times of less than one month. This study compares the use of four different models, namely artificial neural networks (ANNs), support vector regression (SVR), wavelet-ANN, and wavelet-SVR in a Mediterranean, Oceanic, and Hemiboreal watershed. Model performance was tested for one, two and three day forecasting lead times, measured by fractional standard error, the coefficient of determination, Nash–Sutcliffe model efficiency, multiplicative bias, probability of detection and false alarm rate. SVR based models performed best overall, but no one model outperformed the others in more than one watershed, suggesting that some models may be more suitable for certain types of data. Overall model performance varied greatly between climate regimes, suggesting that higher persistence and slower hydrological processes (i.e. snowmelt, glacial runoff, and subsurface flow) support reliable forecasting using daily and multi-day lead times.
Karklinsky, M. ; Morin, E. .
Meteorologische Zeitschrift 2006,
15.
Publisher's VersionתקצירWeather radar data contain detailed information about the spatial structures of rain fields previously unavail- able from conventional rain gauge networks. This information is of major importance for enhancing our understanding of precipitation and hydrometeorological systems. This study focuses on spatial features of convective rain cells in southern Israel where the climate ranges fromMediterranean to hyper-arid. Extensive data bases from two study areas covered by radar systems were analyzed. Rain cell features were extracted such as center location, area, maximal rain intensity, spatial integral of rain intensity, major radius length, minor radius length, ellipticity, and orientation. Rain cells in the two study areas were compared in terms of feature distributions and the functional relationships between cell area and cell magnitude, represented by maximal rain intensity and spatial integral of rain intensity. Analytical distribution functions were fitted to the empirical distributions and the log-normal function was found to fit well the distributions of cell area, maximal rain intensity and major and minor radius lengths. The normal distribution fits well ellipticity em- pirical distribution, and orientation distribution was well-represented by the normal or uniform distribution functions. The effect of distance fromtheMediterranean coastline on cell features was assessed. Amaximum of cell rain intensity at the coastline and maximum cell density 15 km inland from the coastline were found. In addition, a gradual change of cell orientation was observed with a northwest-southeast orientation 30 km from the coastline at the Mediterranean Sea and to almost a west-east orientation 30 km from the coastline inland
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