Cross-border healthcare is an international agreement for the provision of out of country
healthcare for citizens of partnered countries. The European Union (EU) has established itself …

Background A total of 18%–30% of Canadians live in a rural area and are served by 8% of
the country’s general surgeons. The demographic characteristics of Canada’s population and …

Background: Approximately 18%-30% of the Canadian population live in a rural area and
are served by 8% of general surgeons. The demographics and geography of rural Canada …

Background: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a frequently used
technique to treat biliary and pancreatic diseases in the inpatient setting. Society guidelines …

A median of 3 surgeons were involved throughout the patients' care cycle, 120 (69.0%)
patients had different consenting surgeons v. POS, and 100 (57.5%) patients first met their POS …

Background: Ventral hernias of the abdomen are defined as a noninguinal, nonhiatal defect
in the fascia of the abdominal wall. Unfortunately, there is not currently a universal …

We describe the tadpole of the Tobago glass frog Hyalinobatrachium orientale tobagoense
for the first time. Like the few other Hyalinobatrachium species tadpoles described so far, it …

… near-cylindrical glass vessels without swaged rim (half-pint beer glasses) as shown in …
The glass vessels were housed in sideless wooden boxes (Plate 11 a) which excluded light …

Background: Reproducibility of human cortical organoid (hCO) phenotypes remains a concern
for modeling neurodevelopmental disorders. While guided hCO protocols reproducibly …

… Lyndsay Ball, USGS Paul Bedrosian, US Geological Survey Linda Woolfenden, USGS
Geoffrey Cromwell, USGS David Buesch, USGS David Miller Jill Densmore, USGS … Robin …