A POSSIBLE SINGULARITY IN THE JANUARY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Coccidioidomycosis in Phoenix, Arizona.

Interest in the Incidence of coccidioidomycosis throughout the desert areas of the western slopes of the Rockies and the southwestern desert country has been accelerated by studies made at the airbases and by the many new endemic foci which have been discovered during the past three years. The purpose of this study is to attempt to evaluate the Importance of this infection in the civilian popul...

Coccidioidal Pneumonia, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2000–2004

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) often results in severe illness and death. In large, geographically defined areas where Coccidioides spp. are endemic, coccidioidomycosis is a recognized cause of CAP, but its frequency has not been studied extensively. To determine the frequency of patients with coccidioidomycosis, we conducted a prospective evaluation of 59 patients with CAP in the Phoenix, ...

January 1992, DSF-92/6 SINGULARITY THEORY IN CLASSICAL COSMOLOGY

Trends in Ground Water Nitrate Contamination in the Phoenix, Arizona Region

A 60-year database of nitrate concentrations from more than 200 wells in and around Phoenix, Arizona, was studied using geographic information system tools. This information, augmented with land-use maps, ground water levels, and well construction details, was used to examine ground water nitrate concentrations and changes in concentration and their relationship to land use, land-use changes, a...

Environmental determinants of unscheduled residential outages in the electrical power distribution of Phoenix, Arizona

The sustainability of power infrastructures depends on their reliability. One test of the reliability of an infrastructure is its ability to function reliably in extreme environmental conditions. Effective planning for reliable electrical systems requires knowledge of unscheduled outage sources, including environmental and social factors. Despite many studies on the vulnerability of infrastruct...