U.S. cereal rye winter cover crop growth database.

Winter cover crop performance metrics (i.e., vegetative biomass quantity and quality) affect ecosystem services provisions, but they vary widely due to differences in agronomic practices, soil properties, and climate.

Gypsum and carbon amendments influence carbon fractions in two soils in Ohio, USA.

Carbon sequestration as influenced by management practices such as soil amendments is not yet fully understood. Gypsum and crop residues can improve soil properties, but few studies have focused on their combined effect on soil C fractions. The objective of this greenhouse study was to determine how treatments affected different forms of C, i.

Gypsum, crop rotation, and cover crop impacts on soil organic carbon and biological dynamics in rainfed transitional no-till corn-soybean systems.

Soil organic carbon (SOC), a core soil quality indicator, is influenced by management practices. The objective of our 2012-2016 study was to elucidate the impact of gypsum, crop rotation, and cover crop on SOC and several of its biological indicators under no-till in Alabama (Shorter), Indiana (Farmland), and Ohio (Hoytville and Piketon) in the USA. A randomized complete block design in factorial arrangement with gypsum (at 0, 1.

Creating an Intensive Care Unit From a Postanesthesia Care Unit for the COVID-19 Surge at the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

Objectives: To prepare for the predicted surge of patients with COVID-19 in Southeast Michigan, the US Department of Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System engineered, built, and staffed a 12-bed intensive care unit (ICU) from the existing postanesthesia care unit (PACU).

Observations: Considerations including floor planning, reversal of airflow, strict airborne precautions, sealing off a dedicated nursing station, and developing an infection control plan in an open care unit. A staffing model was created that included anesthesiologist intensivists, advanced practice providers, residents, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and perioperative nurses working alongside ICU trained nurses.

Population-based analysis of the effect of a comprehensive, systematic change in an emergency medical services resource allocation plan on 24-hour mortality.

Background: Resource allocation planning for emergency medical services (EMS) systems determines appropriate resources including what paramedic qualification and how rapidly to respond to patients for optimal outcomes. The British Columbia Emergency Health Services implemented a revised response plan in 2013.

Methods: A pre- and post-methodology was used to evaluate the effect of the resource allocation plan revision on 24-hour mortality.