Electron glass signatures up to room temperature in disordered insulators.

This paper describes the observation of non-equilibrium field effects at room temperature in four disordered insulating systems: granular Al, discontinuous Au, amorphous NbSi and amorphous indium oxide thin films. The use of wide enough gate voltage ranges and a cautious analysis of the data allow us to uncover memory dips (MDs), the advocated hallmark of the electron glass, in the four systems. These MDs are found to relax slowly over days of measurements under gate voltage changes, reflecting the impossibility for the systems to reach an equilibrium state within experimentally accessible times.

Correction to: Alternative graphical displays for the monitoring of epidemic outbreaks, with application to COVID-19 mortality.

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

Alternative graphical displays for the monitoring of epidemic outbreaks, with application to COVID-19 mortality.

Background: Classic epidemic curves - counts of daily events or cumulative events over time -emphasise temporal changes in the growth or size of epidemic outbreaks. Like any graph, these curves have limitations: they are impractical for comparisons of large and small outbreaks or of asynchronous outbreaks, and they do not display the relative growth rate of the epidemic. Our aim was to propose two additional graphical displays for the monitoring of epidemic outbreaks that overcome these limitations.

Patient experience of anti-vegf intravitreal injection.

Intravitreal anti-vascular epithelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections have revolutionised the treatment of macular diseases, but can be stressful for the patient. We surveyed 904 patients receiving injections at 5 centres in France regarding their feelings toward anti-VEGF injections. The mean age was 77.