Complex Event Analysis - Report 2020/03/25

Key Focus

  • It could be constructed by hand out of materials that were cheap and in ready supply. Between January and February of 1911, mask production ramped up to unknown numbers. Medical staff wore them, soldiers wore them, and some everyday people wore them, too.
  • Lynteris is a senior lecturer at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St. Andrews, who is an expert in medical mask history.
    He points to Renaissance-era paintings where people cover their noses with handkerchiefs to avoid illness
  • Not only did that help thwart the spread of the plague; the masks became a symbol of modern medical science looking an epidemic right in the eye.
    Wu's mask quickly became an icon through international newspaper reports
  • No momentum supporting factor found

    No challenge supporting factor found

    Work-in-progress supporting factors

  • (mask, medical)
  • (mask, university)
  • (mask, social_anthropology)
  • (mask, securely)
  • (mask, science)
  • (mask, renaissance-era)
  • (mask, paintings)
  • (mask, noses)
  • (lynteris, mask)
  • (inhalations, mask)
  • Complex Event Time Series Summary - REPORT


    Time PeriodChallengeMomentumWIP
    Report 2020/03/250.00 0.00 100.00

    High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

    High Level Abstraction (HLA)Report 2020/03/25
    (1) (mask,medical)100.00
    (2) (mask,university)27.78
    (3) (mask,social_anthropology)25.00
    (4) (mask,securely)22.22
    (5) (mask,science)19.44
    (6) (mask,renaissance-era)16.67
    (7) (mask,paintings)13.89
    (8) (mask,noses)11.11
    (9) (lynteris,mask)8.33
    (10) (inhalations,mask)5.56
    (11) (improvised,mask)2.78

    Complex Event Analysis - REPORT 2020/03/25

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    Supporting narratives:

    • WIP (Read more)
      • Lynteris is a senior lecturer at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St. Andrews, who is an expert in medical mask history.
        He points to Renaissance-era paintings where people cover their noses with handkerchiefs to avoid illness
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (mask,medical)

    • WIP (Read more)
      • It could be constructed by hand out of materials that were cheap and in ready supply. Between January and February of 1911, mask production ramped up to unknown numbers. Medical staff wore them, soldiers wore them, and some everyday people wore them, too.
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (mask,medical)

    • WIP (Read more)
      • Not only did that help thwart the spread of the plague; the masks became a symbol of modern medical science looking an epidemic right in the eye.
        Wu's mask quickly became an icon through international newspaper reports
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (mask,medical)
        • (mask,science)

    • WIP (Read more)
      • It all started in 1910 with a little-known doctor who wanted to save the world from one of the worst diseases ever known.
        Going back even further.long before we understood that bacteria and viruses could float through the air and make us sick.people improvised masks to cover their faces, says Christos Lynteris. Lynteris is a senior lecturer at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St. Andrews, who is an expert in medical mask history.
        He points to Renaissance-era paintings where people cover their noses with handkerchiefs to avoid illness
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (mask,university)
        • (mask,social_anthropology)
        • (improvised,mask)
        • (lynteris,mask)

    • WIP (Read more)
      • But after conducting an autopsy on one of the victims, Wu determined that the plague was not spread by fleas, as many suspected, but through the air.
        Expanding upon the surgery masks he'd seen in the West, Wu developed a heartier mask from gauze and cotton, which wrapped securely around one's face and added several layers of cloth to filter inhalations.
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (inhalations,mask)
        • (mask,securely)

    • WIP (Read more)
      • Lynteris is a senior lecturer at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St. Andrews, who is an expert in medical mask history.
        He points to Renaissance-era paintings where people cover their noses with handkerchiefs to avoid illness.
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (mask,noses)
        • (mask,renaissance-era)
        • (mask,paintings)

    Target rule match count: 11.0 Challenge: 0.00 Momentum: 0.00 WIP: 0.50