A common quality indicator for monitoring and comparing hospitals is based on death within 30 days of admission.An important use is to determine whether a hospital has higher or lower mortality than other hospitals.Thus, the ability to identify such outliers correctly is essential.Two approaches for detection are: 1) calculating the ratio of observ
An integrated understanding of factors influencing the occurrence, distribution, and fate of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in vegetable production systems is needed to inform the design and development of strategies for mitigating the potential for antibiotic resistance propagation in the food chain.The goal of the present study was to holisti
Combination Wheelchairs ABSTRACT The community composition of parasites was characterized in Astronotus ocellatus from a tributary of the Amazon River, northern Brazil.The prevalence was 87.9%, and a total of 526,052 parasites were collected, with a mean of 15,941 parasites per host.Nine taxa of ecto- and endo-parasites were identified, but Ichthyo