The authors review the available empirical evidence from population-based studies of the
association between perceptions of racial/ethnic discrimination and health. This research …

Hydrogen bonding occupies a prominent position in modern chemistry. 1 It is fundamental
for molecular recognition and supramolecular synthesis and holds a central role in biology …

Delirium is a common neurobehavioral syndrome that occurs across health care settings
which is associated with adverse outcomes, including death. There are limited data on long …

This article examines the extent to which racial differences in socio-economic status (SES),
social class and acute and chronic indicators of perceived discrimination, as well as general …

Background Survivors of critical illness often have a prolonged and disabling form of
cognitive impairment that remains inadequately characterized. Methods We enrolled adults …

Background Approaches to removal of sedation and mechanical ventilation for critically ill
patients vary widely. Our aim was to assess a protocol that paired spontaneous awakening …

One of the least understood classes of operations problems is that concerned with the
design, loading, and, especially, the scheduling of discrete, statistically varying flows …

The equilibrium joint probability distribution of queue lengths is obtained for a broad class of
jobshop-like “networks of waiting lines,” where the mean arrival rate of customers depends …

ContextLorazepam is currently recommended for sustained sedation of mechanically
ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients, but this and other benzodiazepine drugs may …

Context Little is known about the relationship between race/ethnicity and depression among
US blacks. Objective To estimate the prevalence, persistence, treatment, and disability of …