Publications by authors named "A M Sugar"
This paper presents a comprehensive dataset on the global trade dynamics of COVID-19-related medical products for the years 2019 and 2020. The dataset, derived from the BACI database, focuses on eight distinct product categories identified by six-digit codes. The trade flow data for 224 countries is structured as a multilevel network, with countries as nodes and product categories as layers.
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- * Over a decade, laboratory testing and the rate of negative results both increased, with notable findings showing that corticosteroid pretreatment decreased the odds of negative results, while additional antibiotics and the new ESwab method increased them.
- * The research indicates the importance of understanding pre-treatment effects and specimen collection methods to improve microbial keratitis diagnosis and treatment strategies.
Purpose: Microbial keratitis (MK) is a potentially blinding corneal disease caused by an array of microbial etiologies. However, the lack of early organism identification is a barrier to optimal care. We investigated clinician confidence in their diagnosis of organism type on initial presentation and the relationship between confidence and presenting features.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This article describes the many anomalies within and outside the head and neck of hemifacial microsomia (HFM).
Methods: The OMENS+ classification system is described with particular reference to the mandibular features classified by Pruzansky and modified by Kaban. The application of virtual surgical planning (VSP) to HFM, largely in children, is described and taken through to aspects indicated in maturity.
Understanding the dynamic behavior of polymeric fluids in porous media is essential for vast geoscience applications, particularly enhanced oil recovery and polymer-enhanced soil washing, to clean up soil contamination. During the past decades, the behavior of polymeric fluids in microscopic space has only been investigated using ensemble-averaged experimental methods in which a bulk phase behavior of the fluids characterizes flow mechanisms. Multiple flow mechanisms have been proposed based on ensemble-averaged data; however, microscale characterization of the interactions between polymers and solid surfaces and the mechanisms governing polymer retention and permeability reduction as well as the reversibility of polymer retention are lacking, resulting in a limited understanding of the flow mechanisms.
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