West Nile (WN) virus Remedies was detected in the metropolitan New York City (NYC) area during the summer and fall of 1999.Sixty-two human cases, 7 fatal, were documented.The New York State Department of Health initiated a departmental effort to implement a statewide mosquito and virus surveillance system.During the 2000 arbovirus surveillance seas
The COVID-19 pandemic is characterized by a recurring sequence of peaks and troughs.This article Synthetic Ponytail proposes a regime-switching unobserved components (UC) approach to model the trend of COVID-19 infections as a function of this ebb and flow pattern.Estimated regime probabilities indicate the prevalence of either an infection up- or
The aim of this study was to assess and compare by numerical simulations and analytical models the resistive forces, mechanical power and energy cost using two different types of road helmets (standard vs aero road BLACK PEPPER GROUND helmet).An elite cyclist was scanned on the racing bicycle, wearing his competition gear and helmets.Numerical simu