A considerable body of academic literature has lauded political satirists as rebellious defenders of democracy and free speech against an establishment.Although satire is not always rebellious, this reputation of satirists and of satire may itself be the object of partisan capture.In this article, it is the object of capture by right-wing populists
Medical record abstraction (MRA) is often cited as a significant source of error in research data, yet MRA methodology has rarely been the subject of investigation.Lack of a common framework has hindered application of the extant literature in practice, and, until now, there Colanders were no evidence-based guidelines for ensuring data quality in M
Background: Systemic AA amyloidosis is a long-term complication of several chronic inflammatory disorders.Organ damage results from the extracellular deposition of proteolytic fragments of the acute-phase reactant serum amyloid A (SAA) as amyloid fibrils.Drug users that inject drug by a subcutaneous route ("skin popping") have a higher chance of de
The Swiss plate geophone (SPG) system has been installed and tested in more than 20 steep gravel-bed streams and rivers, and related studies generally resulted in rather robust calibration relations Slim Straight between signal impulse counts and transported bedload mass.Here, we compare this system with three alternative surrogate measuring system