STUDY OBJECTIVE We compare utilization, price per visit, and the types of care delivered across freestanding emergency departments (EDs), hospital-based EDs, and urgent care centers in Texas. METHODS We analyzed insurance claims processed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas from 2012 to 2015 for patient visits to freestanding EDs, hospital-based EDs, or urgent care centers in 16 Texas metropol...

Freestanding and bound morphemes differ in many (psycho)linguistic aspects. Some theorists have claimed that the representation and retrieval of freestanding and bound morphemes in the course of language production are governed by similar processing mechanisms. Alternatively, it has been proposed that both types of morphemes may be selected for production in different ways. In this article, the...

We develop a novel way to fabricate subwavelength nanostructures on the freestanding GaN slab using a GaN-on-silicon system by combining self-assemble technique and backside thinning method. Silicon substrate beneath the GaN slab is removed by bulk silicon micromachining, generating the freestanding GaN slab and eliminating silicon absorption of the emitted light. Fast atom beam (FAB) etching i...

We extended this technique from Ge self-assembled structures to the group of III-V semiconductors. In a first work [6], self-assembled InAs growth on freestanding Si membranes was investigated. Therefore, SIO samples were pre-patterned to obtain freestanding Si membranes and overgrown using III-V molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). We find that the InAs deposition influences the compliant Si membrane...

The exceptional strength and distinct deformation physics exhibited by pure ultrafine-grained and nanocrystalline metals in comparison to their microcrystalline counterparts have been ascribed to the dominant influence of grain boundaries in accommodating plastic flow. Such grain-boundary-mediated mechanisms can be augmented by additional strengthening in nanocrystalline alloys via solute and p...

Work presented here measures and interprets the electrical and thermal conductivities of atomic layer deposited (ALD) free-standing single film and periodic tungsten and aluminum oxide nanobridges with thicknesses from ∼5-20 nm and ∼3-13 nm, respectively. Electrical conductivity of the W films is reduced by up to 99% from bulk, while thermal conductivity is reduced by up to 91%. Results indicat...

A variety of novel phenomena and functionalities emerge from lowering the dimensionality materials enriching degrees freedom in modulation. In this work, it is found that saturation magnetization LaMnO3 (LMO) films largely enhanced by 56% after releasing a brand-new phase tetragonal strontium aluminate buffer layer, significantly increased 92% with bending to curvature 1 mm−1 using water-assist...