Abstract Background The prevalence of alcohol and other psychoactive substances is high in biological specimens from injured drivers, while the prevalence of these psychoactive substances in samples from drivers in normal traffic is low.The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of alcohol and psychoactive substances in drivers admitted to
Abstract Objective: Conduct a survival analysis of elderly patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICU), identifying the predictors of mortality among this age group.Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed with data from the medical records of 457 elderly patients hospitalized in an ICU located in the city of Natal in Brazil.Su
Abstract Background When seeking a human for a blood meal, mosquitoes use several cues to detect and find their hosts.From this knowledge, counter-flow odour-baited traps have been developed that use a combination of CO2, human-mimicking odour, visual cues and circulating airflow to attract and capture mosquitoes.Initially developed for monitoring,
The study addresses the economic development of four European countries - Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Poland beginning with 1990.It will be employed a descriptive analysis of their trade and growth dynamics.Emphasis will be placed 75 corvette door panels on the determinants of economic growth of this group of countries in general and fore
The Chen-Lee -Liu model has many applications in assorted fields, particularly in the study of nonlinear dynamics, chaos theory, circuit design, signal processing, secure communications, shibori dot fabric encryption and decryption of chaotic signals, as well as cryptography.The modified extended auxiliary equation mapping method has been applied t