Importance: The annual number of patient visits to emergency departments (EDs) continues to increase.Patients seen in the ED for nonemergent conditions potentially increase the cost of health care and lead to overcrowding in EDs.Objective: To gain insights into the factors leading to nonemergent use of hospital EDs.Design, Setting, and Participants
Fiber reinforced thermoplastics (FRTP) attracts attention as a lightweight material for mass-produced automobiles due to advantages such as excellent formability and recyclability in addition to high specific strength and specific rigidity.Many factors influence the improvement of the mechanical properties of FRTP.We have revealed that the tensile
Tool Boxes A survey of social wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae), common insects of Neotropical fauna, which performs a great variety of important ecosystemic services, was conducted for the first time in areas of the Amazon forest in Rondônia state.The state is part of the western Amazon, a region harboring high biodiversity, but which has been sufferi