Because of the penetrating ability of the radiation used in nuclear medicine, metallic lead is
widely used as radiation shielding. However, this shielding may present an insidious health …

Background Stroke is one of the most disabling and costly impairments of adulthood in the
United States. Stroke patients clearly benefit from intensive inpatient care, but due to the high …

Leafcutter ants cut trimmings from plants, carry them to their underground nests and cut
them into smaller pieces before inoculating them with a fungus that serves as a primary food …

Research studies find that the objective impacts of prisons on their host communities are
largely favorable. At the same time, residents of these communities often hold unfavorable …

It was recently reported that the United States had a higher proportion of its population
incarcerated than any other nation. This was not news to state and federal officials. They have …

Detailed field mapping in marbles from the Central Metasedimentary belt (CMB) near
Bancroft, Ontario, shows that isolated exposures of marble mylonite are part of a regionally …

A laterally extensive zone of southeast-dipping marble mylonites in the Central Metasedimentary
Belt (CMB) of the southern Ontario Grenville (the "Bancroft shear zone") records …

Introduction In order to identify and evaluate candidate algorithms to detect COVID-19 cases
in an electronic health record (EHR) database, this study examined and compared the …

Objectives To examine the temporal patterns of patient characteristics, treatments used and
outcomes associated with COVID-19 in patients who were hospitalised for the disease …

Background The association between patient self‐reported pain severity and health‐related
quality‐of‐life (HRQoL) is poorly understood. Aims This real‐world study of symptomatic …