However, there was a mean 1.1-day reduction in hospital stay (95% confidence interval, −2.2 to −0.3 days; P = 0.04). Of note, 17% of the RP group tested positive for influenza A/B virus, but only 10% were positive in the control group. Further, only 45% of the controls ...
Introduction A broad spectrum of sciences is used in forensic investigations, with the objective of providing answers to questions of interest related to a crime or a civil action. Among these, forensic analysis, which currently constitutes a significant branch of modern analytical chemistry, makes ...
The estimated flood damage includes the direct and ephemeral impact of flooding, and does not include the associated human health influences which are perennial and implicit. The quality of flood water is generally overlooked, even in comprehensive flood risk assessments such as the European Union ...
Keywords: symbiosis; microbiome; caste determination; polyphenism; molt; eusociality; interdependency; cyst; hormones 'One in general does not kill the goose that laid the golden egg' [1] 1. Introduction Overwhelming evidence is now available from morphological characters and genomic analyses of both...
For all of the structures, the X-ray structure was in excellent agreement with results reported in the literature with mean differences in bond lengths of 0.002, 0.044 and 0.001 Å for (1), (2) and (3), respectively. Similarly, the mean differences in angles were 0.086, 0.039 and 0....
By nucleation of holes, we mean the quasi-reversible detachment of an initial number of flat monomers from a flat cluster and their random intercalation with the water molecules on top of the BLM. In other words, a hole is just a flat monomer that, upon detachment from a flat cluster, ...