Multi-hop broadcast is a key technique to disseminate time-sensitive event-driven safety warning messages (WMs) in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs).
Disseminating time-sensitive, targeted messages can be challenging for public health systems.
Our research question: Under what conditions and/or situations might public health agencies utilize bi-directional and/or SMS messaging for disseminating time-sensitive public health information (alerts, advisories, updates, etc).
As cell phones, nearly all of which are text-capable, become ubiquitous in the United States [ 14], this greater exposure and comfort raise the possibility of disseminating time-sensitive information by SMS regardless of the location of the message recipient.
We sought to answer the following research question: Under what conditions and/or situations might public health agencies utilize bi-directional and/or SMS messaging for disseminating time-sensitive public health information (alerts, advisories, updates, etc).
As any medical student will tell you, multiple sclerosis (also called disseminated sclerosis) is notorious for being "disseminated in time and space".
If potential inundation areas could be forecasted in advance and warnings message disseminated in time, additional reaction time for local disaster mitigation units and residents should be able to reduce inundation damage.
In the absence of clinical features or a specific diagnostic test, the Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis is still based on criteria that include the demonstration of lesions in the Central Nervous System disseminated in time and space and the exclusion of alternative diagnoses.
