Expression of Concern: The link between bond forfeiture and pretrial release mechanism: The case of Dallas County, Texas. by PLOS ONE Editors

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La Crosse Virus in Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes, Texas, USA, 2009 by Amy J. Lambert, Carol D. Blair, Mary D’Anton, Winnann Ewing, Michelle Harborth, Robyn Seiferth, Jeannie Xiang, Robert S. Lanciotti

“…We report the arthropod-borne pediatric encephalitic agent La Crosse virus in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes collected in Dallas County, Texas, USA, in August 2009. The presence of this virus in an invasive vector species within a region that lies outside the virus’s historically recognized geographic range is of public health concern.…”
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Comparative analysis of cast-in-place post-tensioned and steel–concrete composite bridge bent caps by Nur Yazdani, Francisco D. B. Ruiz

“…Abstract The complexity of the IH-635 Managed Lanes Project, located in Dallas County, Texas, posed several technical and constructive challenges, leading to the adoption of solutions different from the traditional. …”
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An integrated study (inoceramid bivalves, ammonites, calcareous nannofossils, planktonic foraminifera, stable carbon isotopes) of the Ten Mile Creek section, Lancaster, Dallas Coun... by Gale, A, Kennedy, W, Lees, J, Petrizzo, MR, Walszczyk, I

“…The WalMart section on Ten Mile Creek, Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas, exposes a 23 metre section of Austin Chalk that can be integrated into a more than 60 m composite sequence for the Dallas area on the basis of bed-by-bed correlation. …”

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in a safety-net hospital: Opportunities for improvement by Rory Bouzigard, Mark Arnold, Jacob Player, Norman Mang, Michael Lane, Trish Perl, Laila Castellino

“…Background: Parkland Health is a 900-bed safety-net hospital that serves Dallas County, Texas. It has an OPAT program in which patients are managed via self-administration (S-OPAT), home-health/hemodialysis (H-OPAT), and skilled nursing facilities (SNF-OPAT). …”
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Self-Administered Outpatient Antimicrobial Infusion by Uninsured Patients Discharged from a Safety-Net Hospital: A Propensity-Score-Balanced Retrospective Cohort Study. by Kavita P Bhavan, L Steven Brown, Robert W Haley

“…We undertook this study to determine whether the low-income mostly non-English-speaking patients in our S-OPAT program could administer their own IV antimicrobials at home with outcomes as good as, or better than, those receiving H-OPAT.Parkland Hospital is a safety-net hospital serving Dallas County, Texas. From 1 January 2009 to 14 October 2013, all uninsured patients meeting criteria were enrolled in S-OPAT, while insured patients were discharged to H-OPAT settings. …”
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