CHOLERIFORM DIARRHEA OF COLD WEATHER —"WINTER CHOLERA."

Effect of Antifreeze Admixtures on Cold Weather Concrete

Kashmir is located in a region where winter temperatures are very low. During the winter months, the temperature in Kashmir is often below 0⁰ C. Generally concrete placed in colder regions with the help of insulated forms as well as heaters to protect freshly mixed concrete against freezing. These practices try to incorporate unnecessary carbon and leads to an disagreeable carbon footprint. The...

Health Impacts of Cold Weather

The Effect of Weather on Winter Epidemics.

EVERY winter the incidence of acute respiratory diseases increases, and it is reasonable to suppose that the weather conditions experienced at this time of the year play an important part in the onset and course of an epidemic of respiratory disease. Although several studies have been made into the effects of air pollution, relatively little work seems to have been carried out into the possible...

Oral cholera vaccine for traveler's diarrhea prophylaxis.

CLINICAL QUESTION Should the oral cholera vaccine be routinely recommended to prevent traveler's diarrhea (TD)? BOTTOM LINE Randomized controlled trials evaluating oral cholera vaccine for TD did not show a benefit and routine use is not recommended.

Probabilistic Weather Forecasting for Winter Road Maintenance

Road maintenance is one of the main problems Departments of Transportation face during winter time. Anti-icing, i.e. applying chemicals to the road to prevent ice formation, is often used to keep the roads free of ice. Given the preventive nature of anti-icing, accurate predictions of road ice are needed. Currently, anti-icing decisions are usually based on deterministic weather forecasts. Howe...