Objective: To determine clinician and patient factors associated with the surgeon feelings of stress, futility, inadequacy, and frustration during an office visit.Methods: A survey-based experiment presented clinical vignettes with randomized patient factors (such as symptom intensity, the number of prior consultations, and involvement in a legal d
Dynamic alterations and ecological implications of rice rhizosphere bacterial communities induced by an insect-transmitted reovirus across space and time
Abstract Background Cereal diseases caused by insect-transmitted viruses are challenging to forecast and control because of their intermittent outbreak patterns, which are usually attributed to increased population densities of vector insects due to cereal crop rotations and indiscriminate use of pesticides, and lack of resistance in commercial var
Shaping of topography by topographically-controlled vegetation in tropical montane rainforest.
Topography is commonly viewed as a passive backdrop on which vegetation grows.Yet, in certain circumstances, a bidirectional feedback may develop between the control of topography and the spatial distribution of vegetation and landform development, because vegetation modulates the erosion of the land surface.Therefore, if reinforcing feedbacks are
Thermal Comfort in Indoor Spaces with Radiant Capillary Heaters
Capillary heat exchangers are a great alternative to conventional radiators bag or electric heaters when used with heat pumps due to larger area and therefore a lower working temperature.In this work, we study thermal conditions in a model room using either capillary or conventional heaters.Experimental measurements in a special test building are u