Background Animals rely on sound to mediate a myriad of daily activities, and anthropogenic noise is a pollutant that alters the natural soundscape within which they are active.As human infrastructure expands, broadband anthropogenic noise increases, which can affect behaviors of free-living nocturnal animals.Mice are nocturnal animals that produce
BackgroundIn New York City (NYC), pneumonia is a leading cause of death and most pneumonia deaths occur in hospitals.Whether the pneumonia death rate in NYC reflects reporting artifact or is associated with factors during pneumonia-associated hospitalization (PAH) is unknown.We aimed to identify hospital-level factors associated with higher than ex
A botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) Furnitue intravesical injection can improve the symptoms of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS).Patients with IC/BPS have different clinical characteristics, urodynamic features, and cystoscopic findings.This study assessed the treatment outcomes of a BoNT-A intravesical injection and aimed to identify
Abstract As the number of heavy vehicles on the road continues to increase, collisions involving heavy vehicles and concrete median barriers (CMB) occur more frequently than in the past.Consequently, there is a growing need for research into more stringent design standards and improvements to the current CMB and their performance under harsh condit