DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS
BASICS OF BIG DATA
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They can now forecast the weather.
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They can now forecast a disease.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -These are (1) routine surveillance of the targeted disease; (2) modelling the disease risk based on historical surveillance and contemporary environmental data; and (3) forecasting future risk through the use of predictive models and continued epidemiological and environmental surveillance.
Detailed explanation-2: -The prognosis is a prediction of the course of a disease following its onset. It refers to the possible outcomes of a disease (e.g. death, chance of recovery, recurrence) and the frequency with which these outcomes can be expected to occur.
Detailed explanation-3: -Disease forecasting requires field observations on the pathogen characters, collection of weather data, variety of the crop and certain investigations and their correlations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Disease forecasting is required for two main reasons: the first is economic and the second, safety. The economic issue is one of reducing the cost of production by timely application of control measures, usually in the form of fungicides.