IMPLEMENTATION AND ADHERENCE TO A SPECIALITY-SPECIFIC CHECKLIST FOR NEUROSURGERY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON PATIENT SAFETY

Implementation and adherence to a speciality-specific checklist for neurosurgery and its influence on patient safety

Background and Aims: Neurosurgery involves a high level of expertise coupled with enduring and long duration of working hours.There is a paucity of published literature about Other the experience with a speciality-specific checklist in neurosurgery.We conducted a cross-sectional observational study to identify the adherence to various elements of t

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Syn-thrusting polygonal normal faults exposed in the hinge of the Cingoli anticline, northern Apennines, Italy

The Cingoli arcuate anticline is part of the Apennines fold-thrust belt in Italy.The anticline involves sedimentary carbonate strata generally affected by syn-thrusting contractional structures such as bed-normal pressure solution seams, folds, and reverse faults.An exception is constituted by an outcrop in the anticline hinge, where sub-horizontal

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Sol-Gel Coatings for Subaquatic Self-Cleaning Windows

Self-cleaning windows are well known for their ability to function with airborne pollutants, but there is a growing industry Child Safety for semi-permanent subaquatic optical devices, where the performance of such windows should be considered.Here sol-gel technology is explored as a means of producing self-cleaning, subaquatic, sapphire windows.We

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