Background: The healthcare sector witnessed the occurrences and impacts of disruptions on supply chains during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.Consequently, it is essential to strengthen institutional medical supply chain systems by addressing the key attributes of strategic stockpile plan renewal: flexibility, traceability and transpar
Renal Artery Thrombectomy Causing Functional and Symptomatic Recovery after 50-Hour Delay in Reperfusion of Acute Main Renal Artery Thrombosis
Acute renal artery thrombosis is rare and even rarer in the thrombus occluding the main renal artery and compromising the entire kidney.We report on a 46-year-old female smoker with no past medical history and no hypercoagulability who developed sudden severe left flank pain, hematuria, acute renal failure, and severe hypertension.A CT angiogram sh
Fungal Endophytes to Combat Biotic and Abiotic Stresses for Climate-Smart and Sustainable Agriculture
The agricultural sustainability concept considers higher food production combating biotic and abiotic stresses, socio-economic well-being, and environmental conservation.On the contrary, global warming-led climatic changes have appalling consequences on agriculture, generating shifting rainfall patterns, high temperature, CO2, drought, etc., prompt
Calculation of final size for vector-transmitted epidemic model
Calculation of final size of an epidemic model offers a useful estimation for the impact of an epidemic.Despite its usefulness, the majority of practical applications focuses on the classical Kermack McKendrick model for final size calculation.Estimation of final size for different types of epidemics Safari Hat such as vector-transmitted infection
Intervention Protocol of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department of a High-Complexity University Hospital to Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract Objective To describe the protocols implemented to adapt the orthopedic team to the COVID-19 pandemic; a secondary objective is to assess the behavior of hospital and departmental variables when implementing such measures.Methods The present is a retrospective study describing three protocols: 1) reduction in the risk of infection for pati