The Chilean sub-Antarctic ecoregion hosts the largest expanse of temperate forests, wetlands and peatlands, as well as the largest proportion of protected areas in the southern hemisphere. Bryophytes are highly diverse and ecologically essential in sub-Antarctic ecosystems and are considered as biodiversity loss indicators caused by the current socio-ecological crisis. However, knowledge about their biodiversity is rather limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Inhaled medications are commonly used at our single-center, Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). We lacked a standardized process for measuring efficacy of these medications to guide optimal duration of use, potentially leading to their overuse.
Methods: We utilized quality improvement methodology to reduce the length of inhaled hypertonic saline (HTS) course durations and high frequency albuterol use.
Background: Southeast Asian (SEA) mangroves are globally recognized as blue carbon hotspots. Methodologies that measure mangrove soil carbon stock (SCS) are either accurate but costly (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLandmark advances in rare earth (RE) chemistry have shown that divalent complexes can be isolated with non-Aufbau 4f {5d/6s} electron configurations, facilitating remarkable bonding motifs and magnetic properties. We report a series of divalent bis-tethered arene complexes, [RE(NHAr )] (2RE; RE = Sc, Y, La, Sm, Eu, Tm, Yb; NHAr = {N(H)CH-2,6-(CH-2,4,6-Pr)}). Fluid solution EPR spectroscopy gives < 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn Wisconsin, many alcohol policies are regulated at the local level. To examine the relationship between local policies, alcohol use and health outcomes, our team developed a database to collect local alcohol policies. Initial results highlight differences in how policies are defined, enforced, and made available to the public.
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