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The Individual and Combined Effects of Warming and Atrazine on Lithobates pipiens Phenotypes: Implications for Frog Declines

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amphibians are the most threatened vertebrate class globally. Climate change, agrochemicals, and/or pathogens and parasites are implicated in contributing to amphibian declines, either singly or in combination. We investigated individual and combined effects of elevated temperatures and atrazine (2.0 μg/L) on Lithobates [formerly Rana] pipiens
Melody J. Gavel, Mark R. Forbes, Derek D. N. Smith, Julia Darabaner, Yol Monica Reyes, Zintis Stasko, David J. Carpenter, Stacey A. Robinson   +7 more
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Association Between Weekend and Holiday Admission with Pneumonia and Mortality in a Tertiary Center in Portugal: A Cross-Sectional Study

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2017
Introduction: Acute bacterial pneumonia is a common and potentially fatal disease where early recognition and treatment are crucial. Increasing medical literature suggests worse outcomes in patients admitted for medical and surgical conditions during the
Margarida Barreto Cortes, Samuel Raimundo Fernandes, Patricia Aranha, Luís Brito Avô, Luís Menezes Falcão   +4 more
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Inferring change points in the COVID-19 spreading reveals the effectiveness of interventions

, 2020
As COVID-19 is rapidly spreading across the globe, short-term modeling forecasts provide time-critical information for decisions on containment and mitigation strategies.
Dehning, Jonas, Neto, Joao Pinheiro, Priesemann, Viola, Spitzner, F. Paul, Wibral, Michael, Wilczek, Michael, Zierenberg, Johannes   +6 more
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Waiting for a hospital bed: Disparities in emergency department boarding

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Rising emergency department (ED) boarding times have become a public health crisis. It is unclear whether certain racial and ethnic groups are disproportionately affected. Objective To identify racial and ethnic inequities in ED boarding time and explore which factors may contribute to prolonged boarding times.
Rose M. Olson, Nathaniel Fessehaie, Trishathi Malagar Nandakumar, Araba Gyan, Daniel Nguyen, Chuan‐Chin Huang, Esteban Gershanik, DaMarcus E. Baymon, Regan H. Marsh, Jeffrey Schnipper, Bram Wispelwey   +10 more
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Comparing mortality risk of patients with acute hip fractures admitted to a major trauma centre on a weekday or weekend

Scientific Reports, 2017
Proximal femoral fractures are a major public health concern with estimated annual direct and social costs amounting to £2 billion and average 30-day mortality risk of 7.5%.
Rajpal Nandra, Jack Pullan, Jonathan Bishop, Khalid Baloch, Liam Grover, Keith Porter   +5 more
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Decision fatigue in hospital medicine: A retrospective exploratory evaluation

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background “Decision fatigue” (DF) is the deterioration in decision‐making ability stemming from repeated decision making. Objective Explore DF over the clinical workblock and across hospitalist and work characteristics. Methods Patients seen by hospitalists at two hospitals in January and February 2022 were retrospectively evaluated for ...
Rachel M. Kruer, LaKeisha Boyd, Lauren Czosnowski, Sarah Jones, Kelsey Perry, Thomas J. Streepey, Areeba Kara   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic testing for earnings simulation engines in the Australian electricity market [PDF]

, 2009
This study has endeavoured to propose and implement a series of diagnostic tests to determine the appropriateness of electricity simulation engines (ESEs) for generating electricity load and price paths to be used as input in the determination of a ...
Chiarella, Carl, Stevenson, Max, Svec, Jiri   +2 more
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Low‐value care and variation in practice in the care of children hospitalized with bronchiolitis in Canada (CareBEST): Protocol for a multi‐center prospective cohort study

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Low‐value care refers to health services for which the potential harms or costs outweigh the benefits of use. Bronchiolitis is the most common and among the most costly causes of pediatric hospitalizations. Evidence consistently shows that many common tests and treatments used to manage bronchiolitis do not improve outcomes ...
Branden Bonham, Tamara Perez, Michelle Bailey, Nick Barrowman, Christopher Bonafide, Ariane Boutin, Melanie Buba, Francine Buchanan, Matthew Carwana, Breanna A. Chen, Evelyn Constantin, Kim de Castris Garcia, Francesca del Giorgio, Zachary Dionisopoulos, Christine Fahim, Karen L. Forbes, Jeremy N. Friedman, Josée Anne Gagnon, Peter J. Gill, Mei Han, Nelly Huynh, Maria Karaceper, Terry P. Klassen, Isabelle Lahaie, Patricia Li, Myla Moretti, Sanjay Mahant, Sarah Manos, Hayat Mekhici, Chris Novak, Olivia Ostrow, Caroline Quach, Julie Quet, Mahmoud Sakran, Anupam Seghal, Alan R. Shroeder, Marc‐André Turcot, Gita Wahi, Olivier Drouin, The Canadian Pediatric Inpatient Research Network (PIRN)   +39 more
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Incidence, contributing factors, and predictors of diagnostic errors in medical inpatients: A retrospective cohort study

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Diagnostic error is a major patient safety concern in hospitals, yet most studies have focused on selected high‐risk subgroups, leaving the broader general internal medicine inpatient population understudied. Objectives To determine the incidence, contributing factors, resulting harm, and predictors of diagnostic error in medical ...
Caterina E. Marx, Elena Hofmann, Martin Perrig, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Wolf Hautz, Jörg P. Isenegger, Ernst Lipp, Drahomir Aujesky, Manuel R. Blum, Tobias Tritschler   +9 more
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Acting authentically: Using play to cultivate authentic interrelating in role performance

Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
Summary Research is increasingly demonstrating that authenticity and human connection are fundamental and interrelated human needs. However, organizational roles often constrain authenticity and connection in workplace interactions, especially roles that are highly scripted.
Lyndon E. Garrett
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