Humans have a more than sixty-year history of observing Earth from space beginning after the launch of the first meteor-ological satellite,Television Infrared Observation Satellite(TIROS),in 1960.Satellite observation...Humans have a more than sixty-year history of observing Earth from space beginning after the launch of the first meteor-ological satellite,Television Infrared Observation Satellite(TIROS),in 1960.Satellite observations have transformed the way scientists observe and study Earth(Ackerman et al.,2019).With the progress of satellite data assimilation in the 1990s,modern Numerical Weather Prediction(NWP)became deeply tied to global satellite observations(Eyre et al.,1993).Scient-ists expect that meteorological satellites will play a more important role in future Earth Science studies.展开更多
1.Urgent requirements for developing Feng Yun satellite observation operators In the past two decades,satellite measurements have been widely utilized for understanding and predicting weather and climate,and are now a...1.Urgent requirements for developing Feng Yun satellite observation operators In the past two decades,satellite measurements have been widely utilized for understanding and predicting weather and climate,and are now an essential component in global observing systems.展开更多
To the Editor:Metabolic syndrome(MetS)is defined as a set of metabolic disorders including abdominal obesity,hyperglycemia,hypertension,and dyslipidemia.[1]As thyroid hormones are essential for cellular energy homeost...To the Editor:Metabolic syndrome(MetS)is defined as a set of metabolic disorders including abdominal obesity,hyperglycemia,hypertension,and dyslipidemia.[1]As thyroid hormones are essential for cellular energy homeostasis and regulation,the levels of serum thyroid hormones are considered to be associated with various metabolic parameters.Over the past decade,the association between thyroid hormones and MetS has been extensively studied in euthyroid subjects,leading to inconsistent results.Some studies suggested that a high level of thyrotropin(TSH)contributed to the increased incidence of MetS or unfavorable metabolic parameters,whereas other studies found no such correlation.Moreover,some researches have shown that free thyroxin(FT4)levels were inversely proportional to various unfavorable metabolic parameters or MetS,while other studies suggested that FT4 levels have no such association or even a positive association with some unfavorable metabolic components after adjustment.These conflicting results may result from different designs,settings,race,exclusion criteria,adjustments,statistical analyses,and definitions of MetS and population iodine intake.Based on these,our study aimed to evaluate the association and causal relationship between thyroid hormones and MetS in people with normal thyroid function through standard epidemiological and Mendelian randomization analysis.展开更多
文摘Humans have a more than sixty-year history of observing Earth from space beginning after the launch of the first meteor-ological satellite,Television Infrared Observation Satellite(TIROS),in 1960.Satellite observations have transformed the way scientists observe and study Earth(Ackerman et al.,2019).With the progress of satellite data assimilation in the 1990s,modern Numerical Weather Prediction(NWP)became deeply tied to global satellite observations(Eyre et al.,1993).Scient-ists expect that meteorological satellites will play a more important role in future Earth Science studies.
基金the support of the National Key Research and Development Program of China “Development of Meteorological Satellite Remote Sensing Technology and Platform for Global Monitoring, Assessments and Applications under the funding code of 2018YFC1506500”
文摘1.Urgent requirements for developing Feng Yun satellite observation operators In the past two decades,satellite measurements have been widely utilized for understanding and predicting weather and climate,and are now an essential component in global observing systems.
基金This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81873639)the Chinese Medical Association Foundation and Chinese Diabetes Society,the Key R&D Program of Shaanxi Province(Nos.2017ZDCXLSF0201 and S2020-JC-ZD-004)+1 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFC1309803)the Key projects of Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province,China(No.S2020-JC-ZD-0042)。
文摘To the Editor:Metabolic syndrome(MetS)is defined as a set of metabolic disorders including abdominal obesity,hyperglycemia,hypertension,and dyslipidemia.[1]As thyroid hormones are essential for cellular energy homeostasis and regulation,the levels of serum thyroid hormones are considered to be associated with various metabolic parameters.Over the past decade,the association between thyroid hormones and MetS has been extensively studied in euthyroid subjects,leading to inconsistent results.Some studies suggested that a high level of thyrotropin(TSH)contributed to the increased incidence of MetS or unfavorable metabolic parameters,whereas other studies found no such correlation.Moreover,some researches have shown that free thyroxin(FT4)levels were inversely proportional to various unfavorable metabolic parameters or MetS,while other studies suggested that FT4 levels have no such association or even a positive association with some unfavorable metabolic components after adjustment.These conflicting results may result from different designs,settings,race,exclusion criteria,adjustments,statistical analyses,and definitions of MetS and population iodine intake.Based on these,our study aimed to evaluate the association and causal relationship between thyroid hormones and MetS in people with normal thyroid function through standard epidemiological and Mendelian randomization analysis.
