Impact of Hurricane Ivan on pharmacies in Baldwin County, Alabama.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of Hurricane Ivan, which made landfall east of Mobile, Alabama, on September 16, 2004, on pharmacies in the affected areas.

Design: Retrospective cross-sectional analysis.

Setting: Baldwin County, Alabama.

Structures and chaotic fluctuations of granular clusters in a vibrated fluid layer.

Particles that oscillate with respect to a background fluid experience a long-range attraction and a short-range repulsion that give rise to clustering at a preferred separation. We have studied the structure and dynamics of these clusters for both small (2 View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Pharmacists' opinions regarding level of involvement in emergency preparedness and response.

Objective: To assess opinions of pharmacist-members of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) regarding the appropriate level of pharmacists' involvement in emergency preparedness and response activities and to determine whether opinions differed according to demographic characteristics.

Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive, Web-based survey.

Setting: United States.