Shannon Rutherford

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the asymptotic solution of the mass balance diffusion equations and include applications of time lag analysis, in order to give a critical and broad perspective of this method as a tool for characterisation.

TL;DR: It is suggested that PM1 and constituents from combustion and secondary aerosols might be important characteristics of PM pollution associated with cardiovascular mortality in Guangzhou and they remained consistent in various sensitivity analyses by changing model parameters.

TL;DR: A review with updated reports in the literature about the risk of cardiovascular hospitalization in relation to different temperature exposures and the dose-response relationship of temperature-cardiovascular hospitalization by change in units of temperature, latitudes, and lag days suggested a significant short-term effect of cold exposure, heatwave and diurnal variation on cardiovascular hospitalizations.

TL;DR: This study shows that Google Trends in Chinese can be used as a complementary source of data for influenza surveillance in south China and develops new models using search trends in Chinese language to estimate local disease activity and detect early signals of outbreaks.

TL;DR: In the past decade, the most prevalent norovirus genotype causing viral gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide, including China, has been GII.4.17, but sequence analysis indicated that 82% of the outbreaks in Guangdong, China, in winter 2014–15 were caused by anorovirus G II.17 variant.