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Department of Veterans Affairs FY2017 Appropriations [PDF]
[Excerpt] The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides a range of benefits and services to veterans and eligible dependents who meet certain criteria as authorized by law.
Panangala, Sidath Viranga
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Traumatic Microhemorrhages Are Not Synonymous With Axonal Injury
ABSTRACT Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is caused by acceleration‐deceleration forces during trauma that shear white matter tracts. Susceptibility‐weighted MRI (SWI) identifies microbleeds that are considered the radiologic hallmark of DAI and are used in clinical prognostication.
Karinn Sytsma +9 more
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Investing In Veterans: The Need for Career and Education Advising [PDF]
Federal education benefits for veterans represent a substantial investment -- $18 billion since 2009 under the Post-9/11 GI Bill -- in the development of a skilled American workforce.
Charlotte Cahill
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Non-fatal self-harm in Scottish military veterans: a retrospective cohort study of 57,000 veterans and 173,000 matched non-veterans [PDF]
Purpose: Although suicide risk in veterans has been widely studied, there is little information on the risk of non-fatal self-harm in this population.
Bergman, Beverly P. +3 more
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ABSTRACT Objective Cognitive decline is a disabling and variable feature of Parkinson disease (PD). While cholinergic system degeneration is linked to cognitive impairments in PD, most prior research reported cross‐sectional associations. We aimed to fill this gap by investigating whether baseline regional cerebral vesicular acetylcholine transporter ...
Taylor Brown +6 more
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Post-9/11 Veteran Transitions to Civilian Life: Predictors of the Use of Employment Programs
Post-9/11 veterans indicate that obtaining employment is both a priority and a challenge. Numerous federal, state, community, foundation-funded and corporate programs have been created to assist veterans; however, there is little empirical evidence to ...
Keith R. Aronson +7 more
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Needs Assessment: Veterans in Southwest Pennsylvania [PDF]
This assessment by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) finds that Southwest Pennsylvania veterans are struggling with issues pertaining to education, access to benefits and economic security immediately after leaving military service.
Katherine Kidder, Phillip Carter
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Sex Representation in US Stroke Clinical Trials: A Decade of Trends and Challenges
ABSTRACT Objective Stroke remains a major cause of disability and mortality in the US, with significant sex‐based disparities, and females remain underrepresented in stroke clinical trials. We aimed to examine sex representation in US‐based stroke clinical trials, identify trial characteristics associated with higher female enrollment (≥ 50%), and ...
Chaitali Dagli +5 more
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Veterans Talent Index: Insights and Analysis from Veteran Professionals, Recruiters and Hiring Managers [PDF]
This report provides an insightful look at our nation's newest group of veterans, referred to as Gulf Era II veterans, the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, and Post 9/11 veterans. This unique group of veterans is facing unprecedented challenges as hundreds
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Importance Treatment-resistant major depression (TRMD) in veterans is a major clinical challenge given the high risk for suicidality in these patients.
Jerome A. Yesavage +15 more
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