Background: Several recent studies reported a positive (statistical) association between ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and COVID-19 transmissibility.However, considering the intensive transportation restriction due to lockdown measures that would lead to declines in both ambient NO2 concentration and COVID-19 spread, the crude or insufficiently ad
Abstract Given the steady rise of overdose morbidity and mortality in North America, and increasing frequency of sudden clusters of non-fatal and fatal overdoses in other jurisdictions, regional preparedness plans to respond effectively to clusters of overdoses may reduce the impact of such events on the population.On the 27th of February 2017 Pent
Background.We describe the unusual case of a person suffering from lumbar pain, by herniated disc, treated with betamethasone.The abrupt suspension of the drug caused so called steroid withdrawal syndrome that may occur when receiving a glucocorticoid hormone for a long time it is abruptly stopped.Method.We administered it to a patient suffering fr
The objective of this study was to estimate and evaluate the economic indicators of lettuce production, cultivated using different soil cover and plant spacing.The experiment was #N/A conducted in subdivided parcels, with four replications.The treatments were composed by a combination of three soil cover (uncovered soil, straw and plastic cover) an