Second, by deploying the WECs along the periphery of the farm a milder wave climate (shadow effect) will ensue within the farm and result in reduced structural loads and enlarged weather windows for Operation & Maintenance.
Chile also experienced an earlier and milder wave of deaths during the warmer months (November 1918 February 1919), as did other South American localities including Peru (9 ), Colombia (7 ), Argentina (33 ), and Uruguay (35 ).
Genetic relationships between the 1918 pandemic strain and strains that caused the clinically mild first wave of epidemics in 1918 and pandemics before 1918 remain undefined (9 – 11 ).
The virus was first isolated in the United States in June 1957 and was associated with a mild first wave of illnesses [ 1, 41].
HFMD epidemics exhibit a significant seasonal pattern, with a rapid onset in the spring or summer, a gradual decline after the peak, and a mild second wave in the fall.
Based on death rates in New York City and in Scandinavia, she has argued that both 1918 and 1957 had mild summer waves followed by two stronger waves, one in fall and one in midwinter.
It is possible that other areas of Chile experienced mild pandemic waves during mid-1918 buthatat such waves could not be detected by using all-age, all-cause death data.
Over lunch, Bell organized a surfing expedition: there were rented wetsuits and boards, and just about everyone got a chance to ride one of the mild Laguna Beach waves to shore.
Thousands of years ago the ancient Minoans (on today's Greek isle of Crete) ruled the mild Mediterranean waves with strong, elegant ships, but lacked the courage to venture out into the howling Atlantic.
Thus, it is not surprising for the similarly mild first waves of the 1918 and 2009 pandemics.
