Hurricane-induced hazards can result in significant damage to the built environment cascading into major impacts to the households, social institutions, and local economy.Although quantifying physical impacts of hurricane-induced hazards is essential for risk analysis, it is necessary but not sufficient for community resilience planning.While there
Abstract Cues signaling the availability of palatable food acquire the ability to potentiate food seeking and consumption.The current study employed a combination of behavioral, pharmacological, and analytical techniques to probe the role of Pavlovian incentive motivation in cue-potentiated feeding.We show that a cue paired with sucrose solution (C
ObjectiveOur aim was to assess renal function using as laboratory measurements serum creatinine and cystatin C concentrations before and after administration of low-osmolarity (nonionic) iodinated contrast medium in Rocker patients with cancer undergoing computed tomography (CT).MethodsThis prospective study included 400 oncologic outpatients.Serum
Recent archaeological excavations in the Portuguese region of Baixo Alentejo, carried out under the implementation of the irrigation project connected with the Alqueva Dam (EDIA), have brought to light important finds dated to the Southwestern Bronze Age.In this article, the first data of one of the largest funerary hipogea assemblages, found Modif
Introduction: In this paper, we consider LVL (laminated veneer lumber with unidirectional veneer) as an element of plane trusses and geodesic domes, acting as the bearing structure of roofs, and study destruction of LVL joints, which is necessary to improve designs of wooden roofs under consideration.Methods: Our Switch Start Chokes studies were ba