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PubMed2005

Re-imagining Palestine: scientific knowledge and malaria control in mandatory Palestine.

Placing scientific knowledge onto a visual grid through malaria maps became a way of re-envisioning the landscape of Palestine during the period of British rule. Malaria maps were not only used by scientists to effect practical results in swamp drainage and in other efforts to decrease malaria morbidity, but they were also co-opted by political organizations and the Palestine Government as tools in a general debate over the development of Palestine. Furthermore, Zionist scientists and settlement officials used malaria surveys and maps to help determine future sites for Jewish settlement and to legitimate previous settlement operations. The anti-malaria programs that resulted from gathering this scientific knowledge had concrete ramifications for the topographical, ecological and demographic transformation of Palestine.

Biomedical Research↗
PubMed2005

[Patterns of body surface isointegral maps for anteroseptal and inferior myocardial infarction].

A goal of the present paper was to determine the patterns of the QRS isointegral maps for the two location of myocardial infarction: anteroseptal (aMI) and inferior (iMI), using a method of body surface potential mapping (BSPM) with a 87-electrode Fukuda Denshi system. The maps were recorded in the two groups of the patients with previous (6-12 month earlier), clinically documented, Q-wave myocardial infarction. The examined group comprised 36 patients with aMI and 32 patients with iMI. The analysis concerned the isointegral maps of the assigned seven time intervals within the QRS complex (the A-G maps), rendering the patterns of positive and negative potential distribution, likewise the group-mean values of minima and maxima for each of the analyzed maps. The increased area of negative potential, as compared with the corresponding control maps, was observed in the maps of the A, B and D intervals in the aMI group. Contrary, in the iMI group a pathological negative potential was found only in the E maps (the second half of the QRS complex). The comparative analysis of the potential extremes revealed in the aMI group the significantly more negative minima in the A, B, D and E maps and lower maxima in the A and B maps. However, in the iMI group the only statistically significant difference were the lower minima for the E maps. The investigations resulted in creating the patterns of the pathological distribution of the negative potential and the minimum values in the isointegral QRS maps, which are specific for the anteroseptal and inferior myocardial infarction.

Adult↗
PubMed2005

Reverse geocoding: concerns about patient confidentiality in the display of geospatial health data.

Widespread availability geographic information systems (GIS) software has facilitated the use health mapping in both academia and government. Maps that display patients as points are often exchanged in public forums (journals, meetings, web). However,even these low resolution maps may reveal confidential patient location information. In this report, we describe a method to test whether privacy is being breached. We reverse geocode from maps with cases and describe the accuracy with which patient addresses can be extracted.

Confidentiality↗
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[The epidemic manifestation of natural foci of tick-borne encephalitis on the territory of the Maritime Territory. 2. The spatial differences in the seasonality of tick-borne encephalitis].

Using computer maps of the epidemic process season variations, tick-borne morbidity and lethality in the areas of the Maritime Territory [correction of Primorsky Region] have been analysed. According to season variations of the epidemic process the territory of Sikhote Alin has been divided into two separate parts--northern and southern, with morbidity peak in June and July, respectively.

Disease Outbreaks↗
PubMed1991

[Diseases charted in the Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 1857-1880].

On the basis of the miasma theory and the contagion theory a comparison is presented of the 'cartography' in the epidemiology of the early years of the Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde and the present. The importance of publication of 'disease charts' then and now is illustrated with examples. Understanding, with the aid of charts, of the typical patterns of distribution of diseases, infectious and noninfectious, is still a cornerstone of their control.

Epidemiology↗
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[An attempt at dividing the territory of Azerbaijan into districts according to taeniarhynchiasis].

To substantiate a differential approach to sanitary measures planning with regard to infestation with Taeniorhynchus, the authors performed a staged ranging of the Azerbaijan territory. The first stage ranging was based on the statistical data on the rate of taeniasis in humans and cysticercosis in the cattle. The second stage included the correlation between the different types of the foci and various geographical properties of the republic areas. The conclusive stage employed individual and typological ranging and analysis of natural and social factors with regard to the data on the infestation rates among the human population and the cattle. With regard to endemicity rates the authors distinguished 17 individual regions and 4 types of the territory. The aforementioned staged ranging permitted the planning of sanitary measures for the individual territory.

Animals↗
PubMed1990

Heat stress in dairy cattle under southern African conditions. II. Identification of areas of potential heat stress during summer by means of observed true and predicted temperature-humidity index values.

November-March are the hottest months of the year with the highest monthly mean "temperature-humidity index" (THI) in South Africa and Namibia. These 5 months are associated with severe heat stress in dairy cattle, are of critical importance for their performance and may have great economic implications for the owner as well as for the dairy industry. Firstly, compared with the existing Livestock Weather Safety index (LWSI), more relevant meteorological data can be generated when mapping South Africa and Namibia according to the LWSI modified for lactating dairy cattle (LDC). Secondly, compared with the observed true THI values alone, more relevant data on heat stress and its deleterious effects on dairy cattle performance, become available when mapping South Africa and Namibia according to the combined observed true and predicted THI values. Minimum precautions against heat stress in dairy cattle are recommended depending on THI values as classified by the LWSI for LDC.

Animals↗
PubMed1990

[The hygienic mapping of water resources by the degree of pollution].

The author describes a method of designing a map of the Ukrainian SSR (1:150,000) aimed at hygienic cartography of water objects according to their degree of pollution in the large and small rivers of the Ukraine with consideration of the organoleptic toxicological properties and sanitary regimen. Bacteriological indices were not used.

Fresh Water↗
PubMed1990

[Mapping of mortality data--ischemic heart disease among men in Norway 1966-87].

We have illustrated how cartography can be used in the study of regional mortality. We chose as an example ischaemic heart disease among males aged 30-69 in Norway during the period 1966-87. Choropleth maps (area shading) and circle maps were used to demonstrate regional differences both as regards level of mortality and mortality time trends. A probability map was produced to show the degree of statistical significance for deviation from the national mortality rate. The examples in this study revealed some regional mortality patterns not previously reported. We conclude that mapping is a valuable method in the study of vital statistics

Adult↗