bFaculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Dr W, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada cDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 317–2194 ...

Introduction Oesophageal discontinuity remains a challenge for thoracic and foregut surgeons globally. Whether arising emergently after catastrophic oesophageal or gastric disruption or arising in the ...

As randomized controlled trials are not always feasible, quasi-experimental methods, such as regression discontinuity design, can expand the scope of clinical investigations aimed at causal inference ...

If you have been following the saga of the Austin-made Model Y with a cracked front casting, it has just reached a new chapter. I have already told my readers when it started and how the depth of the ...

It is well-recognized in plankton ecology that phytoplankton development can lead to distinct peaks (i.e., blooms) during spring and summer. We used a 5-year (2007–2011) phytoplankton data set and ...

The continuity hypothesis (1) posits that there is continuity, of some form, between waking and dreaming mentation. A recent body of work has provided convincing evidence for different aspects of ...

Deep within the Earth, staggering pressures mix with high temperatures to compact regular materials into exotic minerals. Under these extreme conditions, one familiar mineral—a blend of magnesium, ...

The depth and sharpness of a midmantle seismic discontinuity, associated with the phase transition from mineral olivine to its higher-pressure polymorphs, provide essential clues to understanding the ...