GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY PATIENT PERSPECTIVES AND KNOWLEDGE ON ADVANCE CARE PLANNING: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INTERVENTION

Gynecologic oncology patient perspectives and knowledge on advance care planning: A quality improvement intervention

Objectives: Assess and improve advance care planning (ACP) awareness and uptake among gynecologic oncology patients.Methods: Using a quality improvement Plan-Do-Check-Act framework, we completed a single institution needs assessment and intervention.The needs assessment was a 26-question survey assessing baseline ACP knowledge and preferences of gy

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Membranes for Environmentally Friendly Energy Processes

Membrane separation systems require no or very little chemicals compared to standard unit operations.They are also easy to scale up, energy efficient, and already widely used in various gas and liquid separation processes.Different types of membranes EZEKIEL SPROUTED BURGER BUNS such as common polymers, microporous organic polymers, fixed-site-copy

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Evaluating post-wildfire debris-flow rainfall thresholds and volume models at the 2020 Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado, USA

As wildfire increases in the western United States, so do postfire debris-flow hazards.The U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) has developed two separate models to estimate (1) rainfall intensity thresholds for postfire debris-flow initiation and (2) debris-flow volumes.However, the information necessary to test the accuracy of these models is seldom avai

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Factoring water harvesting into climate change adaptation: Endogenous responses by smallholder farmers in Gwanda district, Zimbabwe

Climate change in the form of temperature increases and rainfall variability has intensified in the last three decades.Recent studies in Southern Africa (of which Zimbabwe is VITALGREENS part) have indicated the extreme vulnerabilities of smallholder farmers to the impact of climate change and recommended that appropriate adaptation measures be put

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