Background: Prevalence of cannabis use has been increasing among select subgroups in the US; however, trend analyses typically examine prevalence of use across years. We sought to determine whether there is seasonal variation in use. Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of the National Survey ...

Wastewater-based drug monitoring is a complementary tool that has been used worldwide in recent years, and many cities have periodically reported monitoring results. However, this study is the first to analyze drugs in wastewater in a single city with a high population during four periods...

Infections due to extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) are often preceded by asymptomatic carriage. Higher incidences in enteric infectious diseases during summer have been reported. Here, we assessed whether the presence of seasonality in intestinal ESBL-Escherichia...

Volatile methylsiloxanes (VMSs) are massively produced chemicals that comprise a wide range of industrial and household applications. The presence of cyclic and linear VMSs in several environmental matrices and ecosystems indicates persistence associated with a potential of (bio)accumulation and...

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of sporting injuries in a regional Australian setting and readiness of the rural health systems to combat the overall impact. Design, setting and participants: Five years of data between 2008 and 2012 from the Victorian Emergency Minimal Dataset showing...

Sandy beaches play a key role in regional tourism. It is important to understand the principal morphological processes behind preserving attractive beaches. In this study, morphological variation on the Chirihama Coast, Japan, an important local tourism resource, was investigated using two sets of...

Access to safe, high quality water for consumption, agriculture, industry, and recreation is critically important. Continuous agricultural and mining activities have impaired the waters of the Grand Lake watershed in the central Great Plains region of the United States. The Grand Lake watershed...

Demand for tourist services is characterised by strong seasonal variations, despite various policies and commercial strategies employed by tourist companies. Using data collected over a 14-year period starting in 2001, time-series analyses were conducted to identify the trend and the presence of...

Objective - To provide a descriptive review of the epidemiology of search and rescue (SAR) incidents across Canada as documented in the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) database. Methods - A retrospective, cross-sectional review of SAR reports collected by the ACC with incidents dating from January 1,...

Due to the rapid urban expansion and tourism potential of the region the objective of this study was to obtain the temporal distribution of extreme climatic indices dependent on daily temperature and precipitation which were defined by WMO for the period 1975-2011, and by using the non-parametric...