Environmental Impact Assessment in the context of armed conflicts

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a legal, procedural tool that allows to identify, predict, evaluate and prevent or mitigate the impacts of a planned project on the environment.An inherent element of this process is public participation that shall be assured at all times.EIA is regulated by domestic environmental laws of a given county,

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A pilot study to evaluate the magnitude of association of the use of electronic personal health records with patient activation and empowerment in HIV-infected veterans

The HITECH Act signed into law in 2009 requires hospitals to provide patients with electronic access to their health information through an electronic personal health record (ePHR) in order to receive Medicare/Medicaid incentive payments.Little is known about who uses these systems or the impact these systems will have on patient outcomes in HIV ca

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Surgical pulmonary embolectomy on VA-ECMO

Surgical pulmonary embolectomy is a procedure that is often used to rescue patients with massive pulmonary embolism (PE) and circulatory collapse that have failed or may not be ideal candidates for other systemic and endovascular treatment modalities.This procedure typically involves a sternotomy and the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), which r

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