Advancing Concerns of Spanish-Speaking Physical Injury Survivors: Equitable Trauma Care System Service Delivery.

Few investigations have focused specifically on engaging Spanish-speaking patients in early post-injury comparative effectiveness trials. The goal of this study was to identify and categorize hospitalized Spanish-speaking injury survivors' posttraumatic concerns. A secondary analysis of baseline data collected as part of a larger randomized comparative effectiveness trial was conducted.

Initial coin offerings (ICOs): Why do they succeed?

Recent literature has addressed initial coin offering (ICO) projects, which are an innovative form of venture financing through cryptocurrencies using blockchain technology. Many features of ICOs remain unexplored, leaving much room for additional research, including the success factors of ICO projects. We investigate the success of ICO projects, with our main purpose being to identify factors that influence a project's outcome.

Alignment tolerant, low voltage, 0.23 V.cm, push-pull silicon photonic switches based on a vertical pn junction.

In this paper, we present the design, fabrication and characterization of a carrier depletion silicon-photonic switch based on a highly doped vertical pn junction. The vertical nature of the pn junction enables the device to exhibit a modulation efficiency as high as 0.23 V.

Obstructive sleep apnea co-morbidity in patients with fibromyalgia: a single-center retrospective analysis and literature review.

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic medical condition characterized by widespread pain, sleep disturbance, and cognitive dysfunction. Sleep disorders are thought to play a prominent role in the etiology and symptomatic management of FM, specifically obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In order to provide collaborative care, we need a better understanding of any overlapping presentation of FM and OSA.

Large Pockels effect in micro- and nanostructured barium titanate integrated on silicon.

The electro-optical Pockels effect is an essential nonlinear effect used in many applications. The ultrafast modulation of the refractive index is, for example, crucial to optical modulators in photonic circuits. Silicon has emerged as a platform for integrating such compact circuits, but a strong Pockels effect is not available on silicon platforms.

Microwave index engineering for slow-wave coplanar waveguides.

Microwave index engineering has been investigated in order to properly design slow-wave coplanar waveguides suitable for a wide range of applications in microwave, photonics, plasmonics and metamaterials. The introduction and optimization of novel capacitive and inductive elements is proposed as a design approach to increase the microwave index while keeping the impedance close to 50 Ω to ensure the compatibility with external electronic devices. The contribution of inductive and capacitive elements and their influence on the performance of the slow-wave coplanar waveguide has been systematically analyzed.

High performace silicon 2x2 optical switch based on a thermo-optically tunable multimode interference coupler and efficient electrodes.

Optical switches based on tunable multimode interference (MMI) couplers can simultaneously reduce the footprint and increase the tolerance against fabrication deviations. Here, a compact 2x2 silicon switch based on a thermo-optically tunable MMI structure with a footprint of only 0.005 mm(2) is proposed and demonstrated.

Spinal nerve involvement in early Guillain-Barré syndrome: a clinico-electrophysiological, ultrasonographic and pathological study.

Objective: Although prevailing spinal nerve involvement has been recognized in a few detailed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) autopsy reports, imaging studies addressing this question in cervical nerves are lacking.

Methods: We describe clinical, electrophysiological, ultrasonographic (US) and pathological findings in six consecutive early GBS patients, evaluated within 10 days of onset.

Results: Patients' ages ranged from 37 to 80 years.

Pasteurella multocida tenosynovitis of the hand: sonographic findings.

Pasteurella multocida is a common cause of infection in humans subsequent to bites or scratches by dogs and, particularly, cats. This infection usually results in superficial skin and soft tissue infections. Sonography can be used for diagnosing inflammatory conditions affecting tendons, including acute and chronic tenosynovitis.