Publications by authors named "Jan Brewer"

Background: From 2003-2005, a comprehensive review of all cardiac/respiratory arrests at Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo, California) uncovered deficits in knowledge and judgment in the hours preceding 75% of our non-ICU patients. Nearly half of all arrests were occurring outside the ICU, with an overall mortality rate of 60%. In addition, transfers into ICU from the floor averaged 96 patients per month.

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Trace fossils of insect feeding have contributed substantially to our understanding of the evolution of insect-plant interactions. The most complex phenotypes of herbivory are galls, whose diagnostic morphologies often allow the identification of the gall inducer. Although fossil insect-induced galls over 300Myr old are known, most are two-dimensional impressions lacking adequate morphological detail either for the precise identification of the causer or for detection of the communities of specialist parasitoids and inquilines inhabiting modern plant galls.

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