Article history: Received 14 July 2010 Accepted 16 October 2010 Available online 15 March 2011

Article history: Received 21 August 2010 Received in revised form 20 May 2011 Accepted 8 December 2011 Available online xxxx

This study investigated the sandfly fauna of two quartzite caves in the Espinhaço Mountain Range, located in the municipality of Diamantina, state Minas Gerais. From August 2010-July 2011, entomological sampling was performed in the caves of Salitre and Monte Cristo with two HP light traps exposed in the photic and aphotic zones of each cave. The sandfly fauna consisted of 17 species, among whi...

Article history: Received 10 December 2010 Received in revised form 6 July 2011 Accepted 6 July 2011 Available online 4 August 2011 0026-2714/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.microrel.2011.07.020 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +34 914521100; fax: E-mail addresses: [email protected] (O. Ruano Maestro), [email protected] (P. Reviriego). Fault tolerance is an important factor...

Objective: To evaluate usage patterns of dexmedetomidine in the operating room after implementation of a prescribing guideline. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis to evaluate the impact of a prescribing guideline on usage patterns of dexmedetomidine in the operating room at a tertiary, academic medical center during one-month period pre- (July 2010) and post-guideline (July 2011 and...

Article history: Received 8 July 2010 Received in revised form 6 January 2011 Accepted 25 January 2011 Available online 16 February 2011

Article history: Received 7 July 2010 Received in revised form 20 January 2011 Accepted 24 January 2011 Available online 2 February 2011 Communicated by A.P. Fordy