We present the first area-average time series reconstructions of warmest month, coldest
month and mean annual surface air temperatures across Europe during the last 12,000 …

The timely resolution of wound healing is critical for restoring the skin as a protective barrier.
The switch from a proinflammatory to a reparative microenvironment must be tightly …

Strongly divided opinion has led to competing, apparently contradictory, views on the timing,
extent, flow configuration and decay mechanism of the last British Ice Sheet. We review the …

IN conventional radiography, X-rays which pass through an object along different paths are
differentially absorbed, and the intensity pattern of the emerging beam records the …

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Background Miscommunications are a leading cause of serious medical errors. Data from
multicenter studies assessing programs designed to improve handoff of information about …

Palaeolimnological diatom data comprise counts of many species expressed as
percentages for each sample. Reconstruction of past lake-water pH from such data involves …

Importance Laparoscopic procedures are generally thought to have better outcomes than
open procedures. Because of anatomical constraints, laparoscopic rectal resection may not …

IMAGING with hard X-rays is an important diagnostic tool in medicine, biology and materials
science. Contact radiography and tomography using hard X-rays provide information on …

The eleventh edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary has been fully revised,
updated, and redesigned, as is appropriate for the first Concise of the 21st century. In …