Objective Previous studies have shown that meteorological factors may increase COVID-19 mortality,likely due to the increased transmission of the ***,this could also be related to an increased infection fatality rate(...
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Objective Previous studies have shown that meteorological factors may increase COVID-19 mortality,likely due to the increased transmission of the ***,this could also be related to an increased infection fatality rate(IFR).We investigated the association between meteorological factors(temperature,humidity,solar irradiance,pressure,wind,precipitation,cloud coverage)and IFR across Spanish provinces(n=52)during the first wave of the pandemic(weeks 10–16 of 2020).Methods We estimated IFR as excess deaths(the gap between observed and expected deaths,considering COVID-19-unrelated deaths prevented by lockdown measures)divided by the number of infections(SARS-CoV-2 seropositive individuals plus excess deaths)and conducted Spearman correlations between meteorological factors and IFR across the *** We estimated 2,418,250 infections and 43,237 *** IFR was 0.03%in<50-year-old,0.22%in 50–59-year-old,0.9%in 60–69-year-old,3.3%in 70–79-year-old,12.6%in 80–89-year-old,and26.5%in≥*** did not find statistically significant relationships between meteorological factors and adjusted ***,we found strong relationships between low temperature and unadjusted IFR,likely due to Spain’s colder provinces’aging *** The association between meteorological factors and adjusted COVID-19 IFR is *** age differences or ignoring COVID-19-unrelated deaths may severely bias COVID-19 epidemiological analyses.
Multi-agent system(MAS)models have been increasingly applied to the simulation of complex phenomena in different areas,providing successful and credible *** behavior related to a specific urban activity(i.e.,recreatio...
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Multi-agent system(MAS)models have been increasingly applied to the simulation of complex phenomena in different areas,providing successful and credible *** behavior related to a specific urban activity(i.e.,recreation activities in a park,using bicycle for mobility purposes)can be modeled as an agent(actor)with several affinities and preferences which are dependent on aspects that affect the activity.A particular application of a MAS approach is in area of urban policy design,in which policies should be designed considering citizens needs,preferences and *** an open space in a city is available(i.e.,an industry is moved to an industrial area),a land use policy should contribute to identify the new use for the urban *** are different land use policies that can be applied depending on which services or facilities must be empowered in the *** is important to identify the correct policy in order to satisfy present citizens needs but considering also the future needs in a social changing context.A socio-technological simulation model has been developed to allow citizens to get a better understanding of the urban problem,its dynamics and explore the sustainability of the different solutions.,enhancing citizens to participate in the urban decisions through new technologies(i.e.,e-participation).This paper illustrates an open space MAS simulation model for land use design policies in which citizens can check their opinion and get a better understanding of the different choices and its acceptability by the community considering not only present neighborhood profiles,but also future neighborhood *** is the first step before the development of the final software including a user friendly interface to let citizens with different cultural profiles to perform simulations as an essential and neutral tool to reach consensus during the decision-making process in urban policy design.
Background The prognostic role of diabetes mellitus(DM)in elderly patients with myocardial infarction-related cardiogenic shock(MI-CS)remains *** information exists about the impact of intensive cardiac care unit(ICCU...
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Background The prognostic role of diabetes mellitus(DM)in elderly patients with myocardial infarction-related cardiogenic shock(MI-CS)remains *** information exists about the impact of intensive cardiac care unit(ICCU)and revascularization on outcomes of elderly patients with *** aimed to assess the prognostic impact of DM according to age in patients with MI-CS,and to analyze the impact ICCU management and revascularization on in-hospital mortality in MI-CS patients at older *** Discharge episodes with diagnosis of CS associated with MI were selected from the Spanish National Health System’s Basic Data *** were classified according to their availability of *** outcome measured was in-hospital *** A total of 23,590 episodes of MI-CS were identified,of whom 12,447(52.8%)were in patients aged≥75 *** impact of DM on in-hospital mortality was different among age *** in younger patients,DM was associated to a higher mortality risk(0.52 vs.0.47,OR=1.12,95%CI:1.06–1.18,χ^2<0.001),this association became non-significant in older patients(0.76 vs.0.81,χ^2=0.09).Adjusted mortality rate of MI-CS aged≥75 years was lower in patients admitted to hospitals with ICCU(adjusted mortality rate:74.2%vs.77.7%,P<0.001)and in patients undergoing revascularization(74.9%vs.77.3%,P<0.001).Conclusions Prognostic impact of DM in patients with MI-CS was different according to age,with a significantly lower impact at older *** availability of ICCU and revascularization were associated with better outcomes in these complex patients.
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