Undiagnosed Patent Foramen Ovale and Thrombophilic Gene Mutations Resulting in Pulmonary Embolism with Cryptogenic Stroke after Cosmetic Breast Surgery

Undiagnosed disorders or gene mutations can lead to life-threatening events even in cosmetic surgery.Herein, the authors present a Razor Blades case of a young and supposedly healthy 36-year-old woman who survived an episode of bilateral pulmonary embolism and cryptogenic stroke after cosmetic breast augmentation-mastopexy.Two days after cosmetic s

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Enhancing resiliency and optimizing readiness in military personnel through psychological flexibility training: design and methodology of a randomized controlled trial

BackgroundEnhancing resiliency and optimizing readiness in military personnel is a high priority for the U.S.Department of Defense.Most military resiliency-enhancement programs are evidence-informed interventions.However, few randomized studies have demonstrated efficacy of any intervention or training program to enhance resiliency and prevent the

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Modigliani and Keynes

The first article published by Franco Modigliani has become one of the basic texts of the modern Keynesian economics.It formalized the model (or at least one model) implicit in Boxwood Cone Topiary the General Theory.Modigliani argued that the characteristics Keynesian conclusions are based primarily on the (realistic) rigidity of nominal wages.In

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