Pressure Injury Malpractice Litigation: A Retrospective Medicolegal Study. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Medical malpractice imposes a substantial clinical and economic burden worldwide. Pressure injuries (PIs) are amongst the most frequently litigated adverse events and represent a major source of preventable patient harm. To characterise the medicolegal landscape of PI‐related malpractice, the Westlaw legal database was queried for cases ...
Rabin DA +9 more
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Predictors of Complications and Recurrence After Pressure Injury Reconstruction in Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Spinal cord injury (SCI) predisposes patients to pressure injuries (PIs) often requiring surgery. Multiple factors influence postoperative complications and recurrence, though their associations remain unclear. We performed a PRISMA‐guided systematic review and meta‐analysis to assess predictors of acute postoperative complications and PI ...
Lopez MP +9 more
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Efficacy of Painting Wind Turbine Blades as a Mitigation Measure to Reduce Bird Collisions in a Mediterranean Wind Farm. [PDF]
Bird mortality due to collisions with wind turbines necessitates the implementation of measures to mitigate this impact. Blade patterning has shown to be a promising measure to increase turbine visibility to birds and reduce collisions. Employing a Before–After–Control–Impact experiment using long‐term fatality searches, bird fatality rates were ...
May R +3 more
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How Accurate Are Population Predictions? Wind Farms and Egyptian Vultures as a Case Study [PDF]
It is clear that scientists’ predictions must be rigorous and based on scientific evidence, but, even more, it is crucial to review scientific predictions after a reasonable time.
Miguel Ferrer +3 more
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Currently, there is a demand for more energy-efficient lighting sources, however, light emitted by different lighting systems differs in primary properties such as intensity, propagation direction, and wavelength spectrum, among others, and these ...
Beatriz Martín +2 more
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ANÁLISIS DE PREFERENCIA EN TRES RUTAS DEL TRANSPORTE PÚBLICO EN LA CIUDAD DE HERMOSILLO [PDF]
En este artículo se muestran los resultados obtenidos de la recolección de las encuestas aplicadas a los usuarios de tres rutas del transporte público en la ciudad de Hermosillo. Se realizaron 1,286 encuestas, en un periodo de lunes a viernes. El 36.39 %
Elsa Elizabeth Morales Morales +3 more
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The spatial variation in the strength of climate change may lead to different impacts on migratory birds using different breeding areas across a region.
Beatriz Martín +2 more
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Avaliação do sistema de pedágio sem barreiras por quilômetro percorrido free-flow
O sistema de pagamento de pedágio, tarifa arrecada pelo tráfego em rodovias, é uma forma de manter e ampliar os trechos, deixando-os em boas condições de trafegabilidade e segurança.
Talita Evelyn Paulino da Silva +4 more
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Impacto de la Revisión Tarifaria Integral del gas natural de 2016 en los hogares argentinos
Este trabajo analiza el impacto de la Revisión Tarifaria Integral del gas natural de 2016 sobre el sector residencial argentino, para ello, se indagó en las variaciones del gasto destinado al gas natural sobre el gasto total de los hogares y el consumo ...
Pedro Chévez
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Custo da Água com vista à Sustentabilidade dos Sistemas Urbanos de Abastecimento [PDF]
O objetivo deste trabalho é estabelecer um modelo para a identificação da tarifa de água cobrada pelas empresas de saneamento do Brasil, que garanta a sustentabilidade de sistemas de abastecimento, levando-se em consideração critérios financeiros ...
Heber Pimentel Gomes +1 more
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