Daily Archives:October 7, 2015

Mass spectrometry for characterization of anti-theft devices directly from banknotes

The growth of bank and automated teller machine (ATM) thefts, particularly with the use of explosives, is a serious and increasing crime that has recently doubled in frequency in Brazil. Anti-theft security inks or anti-theft devices (ATDs)

Meta-analysis in the Big-data era

Meta-analysis plays an important role in summarizing and synthesizing scientific evidence derived from multiple studies. (In Greek, ‘meta’ pertains to ‘with, across, or after’, referring to a level above or beyond.) By combining multiple data sources, one

Daily costs were higher on day 1 than on subsequent days for surgical ICU patients

Not all hospitals beds are created equal. In the most basic case, a hospital may have beds on a general ward and beds in an intensive care unit (ICU). The main difference between these two locations is