Municipal solid waste landfills represent the dominant option for waste disposal in many parts of the world. While some countries have greatly reduced their reliance on landfills, there remain thousands of landfills that require aftercare. The development of cost-effective strategies for landfill aftercare is in society's interest to protect human health and the environment and to prevent the e...

A demonstration pilot with seven anaerobic landfill simulators (LSRs) was used to study the impact of temperature in the range of 20 46 °C on long-term landfill emissions, characteristics and tendencies, because of an evident lack of knowledge in this area. The pilot ran more than 1400 days. Higher temperatures accelerated the waste degradation and gas generation, but also resulted in higher le...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the safety and efficacy of complementary treatment of breast cancer patients with the standardized mistletoe extract (sME) HELIXOR in routine practice during aftercare through a multicenter comparative epidemiological cohort study with 53 randomly selected hospitals/practices representatively distributed in Germany, including oncologists, gynaecologists and general pra...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze patterns of mental health-related service utilization before and after hospitalization for attempting suicide. METHODS This retrospective cohort study included all persons 15 years or older with a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia (N=195) or depression (N=330) hospitalized in Montreal, Quebec, from April 2003 to December 2004 for attempting...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Previous stroke performance measures consider aspects of postacute treatment, but there are only few specific quality indicators or standards for poststroke rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to develop a set of indicators for measuring the quality of postacute stroke rehabilitation in inpatient and outpatient facilities using a standardized evidence-based appr...

We conducted a prospective follow-up study of consecutive opiate dependent patients admitted to a residential addiction treatment service for detoxification. We measured the rate of relapse following discharge, and sought to identify factors that were associated with early relapse (i.e., a return to daily opiate use). Follow-up interviews were conducted with 109 patients, of whom, 99 (91%) repo...

The rate of violent offending is low and the strongest association with offending was previous offending. Psychiatric variables were less important, with diagnosis and number of previous admissions showing no significant association. Substance misuse and sexual abuse were associated with increased offending risk, although patients were less likely to be convicted after a lengthy admission or if...

this article describes the results of a short structured phone interview about follow-up after psychiatric discharge with 20 high volume facilities. several reported differences were found between facilities that had high versus low rates of follow-up after discharge. A managed care organization studies what helps patients keep outpatient appointments after inpatient discharge by Jeffrey schwar...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Readmission rate within 6 months after a stroke is 40% to 50%. The purpose of the project was to evaluate whether an interdisciplinary stroke team could reduce length of hospital stay, readmission rate, increase patient satisfaction and reduce dependency of help. METHODS One hundred and ninety-eight patients with acute stroke were randomized into 103 patients whose disc...

This article explores a candidate example of competing accounts of aftercare under supervision of a discharged forensic patient and worker in one part of the UK. It is taken from a study involving 59 in-depth interviews with patients and their workers to investigate community return after detention in forensic psychiatric facilities. Fear of mental illness and associated dangerousness are embod...