Emissions of biogenic reactive carbon significantly influence atmospheric chemistry, contributing to the formation and destruction of secondary pollutants, such as secondary organic aerosol and ozone. While isoprene and monoterpenes are a major fraction of emissions and have been extensively studied, substantially less is known about the atmospheric impacts of higher-molecular-weight terpenes such as sesquiterpenes. In particular, sesquiterpenes have been proposed to play a significant role in ozone chemical loss due to the very high ozone reaction rates of certain isomers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To determine cannabis use patterns, the predictive sociodemographic correlates of driving under the influence of cannabis (DUIC) and the association between risk perception and cannabis dependence among vehicle drivers in Jamaica.
Design: Secondary data analysis.
Setting: Used the Jamaica National Drug Prevalence Survey 2016 dataset.
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of alcohol use patterns, sociodemographic factors and risk of alcohol dependence among vehicle drivers in Jamaica.
Design: A secondary data analysis.
Setting: This study was conducted using the Jamaica National Drug Prevalence Survey 2016 dataset.
Background: On January 1, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implemented a hospital price transparency rule. Consumerism as a means of reducing healthcare expenditure is predicated on informed consumers making discrete choices.
Study Design: For 10 months, immediately after a preoperative clinic visit at an academic medical center, patients and their surgeons were surveyed regarding their estimation of hospital cost and hospital reimbursement for the upcoming operation.