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Quality of Mental Health Care Provided by the Military

The military health system performs well in following up with patients after they are discharged from a mental health hospitalization. But some areas of care for PTSD and depression need improvement. For example, although most patients received at least one psychotherapy visit, the number and timing of subsequent visits may be inadequate.

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New Era with Iran? Not So Fast

On the whole, ties between the United States and Iran are improving, but to think that a new era in Iran or in U.S.-Iran relations has arrived is a stretch. The U.S. has achieved an important diplomatic breakthrough with Iran, but it still faces the same regime it has since 1979.
Diet and Eating Habits

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It's Hard to Eat Less When There Is Too Much on Your Plate

A recent review of 72 studies on portion sizes confirmed that when served more than they need, people eat more than they should. And there is clear evidence that portion sizes are dramatically larger than those served in the 1980s.
Information Security

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How You Can Be Cybersecurity's Strongest Asset

Technology is thoroughly embedded within the average person's life but security is not emphasized to the general user. Teaching the importance of security early on and continually bringing awareness to the public could help temper technology-based attacks.
Educational Program Evaluation

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What Makes for High-Performing Research? The Right Mix of Staff and Appropriate Leadership

With many different higher education institutions in the UK covering a diverse range of disciplines, and delivering research in a variety of ways, it can be difficult to determine the qualities and characteristics of “high-performing” higher education institutions.
Critical Infrastructure Protection

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Why Engineers Need to Be Thinking About Climate Change

As sea levels rise and extreme weather events become more common, evacuation routes in coastal areas will become more important. Transportation engineers need to be more proactive as they try to anticipate damage to pavement, bridges, and culverts.
Security Cooperation

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Is a Syria Truce in Putin's Best Interest?

Moscow remains ambivalent but the West and its Arab partners could improve cease-fire prospects in Syria. They will have to drive the peace process to maintain pressure for political accommodation and also do more to help the rebels they back avert a military imbalance.
Migrants

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Why Now Is the Time for a Unified Response to Europe's Migrant Crisis

Some EU member states are re-instating temporary internal border controls in an attempt to control the flow of migrants. If the EU is to develop a coordinated plan to manage the crisis, it needs to achieve a more balanced redistribution of migrants and establish more efficient processing of asylum applications.
Electronic Medical Records

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Electronic Health Records: Yesterday's Ebola and Today's Zika

Electronic health records in U.S. hospitals are not yet prompting for screening questions related to Zika virus. Why? The existing system is too slow to respond and when it does, it finds itself chasing the past.
Wargaming

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Gaming the System: Obstacles to Reinvigorating Defense Wargaming

Reinvigorating wargaming in the defense community offers great potential value given the complex strategic situation that the U.S. faces today. DoD should educate sponsors and consumers about the appropriate use of wargames, set realistic expectations, and build the right amount of risk acceptance into its gaming enterprise.

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The United States has achieved an important diplomatic breakthrough with Iran, but it still faces the same regime it has since 1979. And Iranians are still waiting for a truly new era that includes personal freedoms long denied to them.
Alireza Nader

Senior International Policy Analyst
Source: U.S. News & World Report
Standardized portions should instead be viewed as a protective mechanism, like a railing that stops people from falling over or a seat belt that keeps you from flying out of the car.
Deborah A. Cohen

Senior Natural Scientist
Source: KevinMD.com
As long as Syria remains in civil war it is going to be a breeding ground for extremist organizations that include terrorism. Therefore, whether or not the Islamic State itself is defeated, if the civil war goes on, it would simply be replaced by something as bad or worse.
James Dobbins

Senior Fellow
Source: World Policy Blog
It should be 'out with Ebola, in with Zika,' in terms of [screening] questions for all pregnant women.
Shira H. Fischer

Associate Physician Researcher
Source: The Health Care Blog
Regardless of where they serve, where they live or who they are, all members of the U.S. armed forces should receive high-quality mental health care.
Kimberly A. Hepner

Senior Behavioral Scientist
Source: RAND News Release

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Why Now Is the Time for a Unified Response to Europe's Migrant Crisis

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