WEATHER WARNINGS, SEPTEMBER, 1919

Municipalities' Preparedness for Weather Hazards and Response to Weather Warnings

The study of the management of weather-related disaster risks by municipalities has attracted little attention even though these organizations play a key role in protecting the population from extreme meteorological conditions. This article contributes to filling this gap with new evidence on the level and determinants of Quebec municipalities' preparedness for weather hazards and response to r...

Weather warnings predict fall-related injuries among older adults.

BACKGROUND weather predictions are a useful tool for informing public health planning and prevention strategies for non-injury health outcomes, but the association between winter weather warnings and fall-related injuries has not been assessed previously. OBJECTIVE to examine the association between fall-related injuries among older adults and government-issued winter weather warnings. METH...

Paka Oil in Mustard Oil as an Adulterant *Read at the Calcutta Medical Club, September, 1919.

In July last, our attention to this matter was first drawn by Dr. Satya Saran Mitra, of Howrah, who reported a few cases of illness showing symptoms of gastro-intestinal irritation accompanied by giddiness and a sense of general weakness and faintness, which came under his observation in Howrah and Sibpur. He suspected mustard oil with some new adulterant, used as food, to be the cause of this ...

Reprint 450 Applications of Remote Sensing in Weather Forecasting and Warnings

Op-brhe140373 1917..1919

In recent years the scientific community has shown renewed interest in DISH. The article by Yaniv et al. [1] in this issue of Rheumatology describes the natural evolution of DISH, providing important new insights into this condition. The article presents a study that used CT, a highly sensitive three-dimensional imaging modality for assessing new bone formation, to identify DISH patients and ex...