Publications
Advanced parental age is a well-replicated risk factor for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental condition with a complex and not well-defined etiology. We sought to determine parental age associations with ASD-related outcomes in subjects at high familial risk for ASD. Read more “The Association Between Parental Age and Autism-Related Outcomes in Children at High Familial . . .”
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Predicting the climate more than a few weeks in advance requires forecasters to bet on more than one computer model, similar to the method of diversifying an investment portfolio. Many earlier studies have shown that the combination of predictions generated by different computer models, known as a multi‐model ensemble, almost always achieves better forecast skill than using a single model alone. The North American Multi‐Model Ensemble (NMME), a sub-seasonal and seasonal prediction system combining individual North American state‐of‐the‐art climate prediction models, has become an integral part of sub-seasonal and seasonal research and applications. Read more “Evolution of the North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME)”
Grants
Twenty-four University of Miami research teams, including a team from IDSC, have received rapid-response grants to undertake innovative projects that will provide critical information about the novel coronavirus. Imagine developing an oral rinse test to detect COVID-19 earlier, creating a behavior therapy program for parents so that they do not pass on the stress they are feeling to their children during the pandemic, or gauging the effects of COVID-19 on pregnant women and trying to determine the impacts on their new babies. Read more “Fast-Tracked Early Warning COVID-19 Research Project”
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Frontiers Digital Medicine Journal’s Editorial on Trends in Digital Medicine provided a series of contributed papers covering a variety of aspects currently defining the digital paradigm. Among the factors that were considered central to this Research Topic, a few were: Read more “Frontiers Editorial on Research Topic: Trends in Digital Medicine”
News
IDSC Deputy Director and Earth Systems Scientist Dr. Ben Kirtman recently spoke with WLRN radio regarding reduced carbon emissions. With workers and businesses around the planet suddenly shut down, scientists are getting an unexpected glimpse at a world with less carbon. NASA has already detected a drop in smog over central China, where the COVID-19 coronavirus first appeared. In the U.S., satellite imagery earlier this month also detected less of the nitrous oxide-rich smog in places like car-addicted Los Angeles. Nitrous oxide makes up about 6 percent of the planet’s greenhouse gases. Read more “COVID-19 Silver Lining: Lower Emissions”
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Large-scale analysis of the dynamic and thermodynamic properties of landfalling atmospheric rivers (ARs) over western Europe is performed utilizing 38 years of the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 (MERRA-2), reanalysis dataset. Read more “Dynamic and Thermodynamic Modulators of European Atmospheric Rivers”
Data Ethics
During the last decade, enhanced computing power and the availability of large amounts of data have prompted the practical use of artificial intelligence in health care. Health and medical journals now commonly include reports on machine learning and big data, and descriptions of the risks posed by, and the governance required to manage, this technology. Read more “Balancing Risks and Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in the Health Sector”
News
Do you fully understand the Coronavirus graphic information received through the media? Can you make a critical reading of graphics or numerical tables to understand their accuracy? IDSC Visualization Director Dr. Alberto Cairo was interviewed by Guillermo Arduino of CNN en Español, and spoke with CBC News Canada on how to read graphics and distinguish the truth from visual misrepresentations of data on the Coronavirus.