Research Article

Impact of Pacemaker Implantation on 12-Month Resource Utilization Following TAVR Hospitalization

Abstract

Purpose: This study reports resource utilization during a Medicare Beneficiary’s (MBs) Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) index hospitalization and all subsequent encounters for 12 months and compares data be...

Review Article

Use of Geosynthetic materials in solid waste landfill design: A review of geosynthetic related stability issues

Abstract

Geosynthetics used in landfills provides a technical and economic advantages over traditional clay liners. It may create stability issue and even lead to landfill failure due to its low interface or internal shear strength if improperly designed and/or const...

Case Report

The Case of the Phantom Trophoblastic Tumor

Summary

This report provides an insight into a very unusual problem in the First trimester of pregnancy, and describes the unfolding of a series of potential blunders.

We all know that most problems in gynecologic oncology become terribly magnif...

Research Article

Ethical Dimensions of Population Genetic Research in the Caucasus

ABSTRACT

The emergence and establishment of anthropological genetics as an interdisciplinary science is primarily, associated with the development of new genomic technologies. Precision genetic testing on the one hand, and the rapidly increasing number of genetic inv...