Background Lung cancer (cancer of the lung and bronchus) is the leading cause of cancer death in Rhode Island and the U.S. overall.1 Currently, it is the most common cancer to be diagnosed in Rhode Island (second most common among males, after prostate cancer, and second most common among females, after breast cancer), and second most common to be diagnosed in the U.S.2 Annual counts of new lun...

Distribution of nymphal Ixodes scapularis in Rhode Island was used as a logistical regressor for predicting presence of human babesiosis. Although the incidence of babesiosis is increasing in southern Rhode Island, large areas of the state are free of babesiosis risk.

MEDICINE & HEALTH/RHODE ISLAND Lawrence Proano, MD, DTMH, is Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of International Emergency Medicine. Robert Partridge, MD, MPH, is Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine ,Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of International Emergency Medicine. Both are at the Warren Alpert Medical Schoo...

germanium quantum dot photodetectors Pei Liu, S. Cosentino, Son T. Le, S. Lee, D. Paine, A. Zaslavsky, D. Pacifici, S. Mirabella, M. Miritello, I. Crupi, and A. Terrasi Physics Department, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA MATIS-IMM-CNR and Dipartimento di Fisica ed Astronomia, Universita di Catania...

This research investigate the role of light flashes as environmental stimuli during different incubation periods in improving the embryonic development and hatch performance of Rhode Island Red chicken eggs. A total number of 900 hatching eggs were incubated using 1 of 5 light flashes regimens as follows: The first group (control, C) was incubated under dark conditions throughout the whole incu...

OBJECTIVE The Bashang Long-tail chicken (BS), an indigenous Chinese breed, is considered cold tolerant. We selected BS, the Rhode Island Red (RIR), and their reciprocal crossbreds for the present study. The objectives were: i) to validate whether BS is cold tolerant and whether egg production and cold tolerance of crossbreds could be improved; and ii) to determine the physiological characterist...

Hospital emergency departments (eds) pRoVIde cRItIcal and highly-demanded services to communities, including treatment for emergency oral/dental problems. EDs also serve as dental safety net points of access for a significant number of low income and uninsured Rhode Island children and adults who have limited access to oral health care due to lack of dental insurance, immigration status, or a n...

on may 29, 2011, 100 men and women received the Doctor of Medicine degree from the Warren Alpert Medical School (AMS) of Brown University. These new physicians represent the 37th class graduated from our institution since 1975. Of the over 2,700 physician graduates of AMS to date, approximately 12% are currently licensed to practice in Rhode Island. This represents a substantial contribution of...