Trusted Information Sources Used During and After Superstorm Sandy: TV and Radio were Used More Often than Social Media

TV nurses often hurt more than heal.

Measurement of indoor and outdoor radon concentrations during Superstorm Sandy.

Superstorm Sandy affected much of the US East Coast extending over 1800 km. It passed over the test location in the State of Maryland on 29 October 2012. Being 350 km away from the regions of highest intensity the storm was of lower intensity at the test location. Continuous radon monitors and passive radon monitors were used for the measurement. The test location was the basement of a single f...

Should watchful waiting be used more often for acute otitis media?

[Radial artery access: should it be used more often?].

Understanding Information Spreading in Social Media during Hurricane Sandy: User Activity and Network Properties

Many people use social media to seek information during disasters while lacking access to traditional information sources. In this study, we analyze Twitter data to understand information spreading activities of social media users during hurricane Sandy. We create multiple subgraphs of Twitter users based on activity levels and analyze network properties of the subgraphs. We observe that user i...