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  2. Cerebral perfusion pressure - Wikipedia

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    Cerebral perfusion pressure, or CPP, is the net pressure gradient causing cerebral blood flow to the brain (brain perfusion).It must be maintained within narrow limits because too little pressure could cause brain tissue to become ischemic (having inadequate blood flow), and too much could raise intracranial pressure (ICP).

  3. Canada Pension Plan - Wikipedia

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    The Canada Pension Plan (CPP; French: Régime de pensions du Canada) is a contributory, earnings-related social insurance program. It is one of the two major components of Canada 's public retirement income system, the other being Old Age Security (OAS).

  4. Coronary perfusion pressure - Wikipedia

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    Because CPP is measured by the difference in aortic and LVEDP pressures, an increase in LVEDP will decrease CPP. The heart may compensate for this reduction in CPP by increasing contractility and subsequent aortic pressure. However, this process requires greater oxygen consumption and will promote ventricular remodeling. While this process may ...

  5. Pressure reactivity index - Wikipedia

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    Traumatic brain injury can cause dangerously raised intracranial pressure. Pressure reactivity index or PRx is a tool for monitoring cerebral autoregulation in the intensive care setting for patients with severe traumatic brain injury or subarachnoid haemorrhage, in order to guide therapy to protect the brain from dangerously high or low cerebral blood flow.

  6. Mandatory spending - Wikipedia

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    Also known as entitlement spending, in US fiscal policy, mandatory spending is government spending on certain programs that are required by law. [1] Congress established mandatory programs under authorization laws. Congress legislates spending for mandatory programs outside of the annual appropriations bill process. Congress can only reduce the ...

  7. Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped - Wikipedia

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    Any income that an AISH recipient receives from the national Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is deducted dollar for dollar from the AISH benefit. [13] For example, a recipient who received the maximum CPP disability payment of C$1,001.37 would have received C$683.63 from AISH in 2019. In 2020, they would receive C$1,377.66 from CPP and C$297.34 from ...

  8. Delta Is Now Serving This Celebrated Champagne at 35,000 Feet

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    The label brings centuries of tradition—and celebratory toasts—to the skies. For those unfamiliar with the esteemed maison, Taittinger is a family-owned and operated house based in Reims, France.

  9. Constant purchasing power accounting - Wikipedia

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    (3) Financial capital maintenance in units of CPP in terms of a Daily Consumer Price Index or daily rate at all levels of inflation and deflation (see the original Framework (1989), Par 104 (a)) [now Conceptual Framework (2010), Par. 4.59 (a)] under the Capital Maintenance in Units of Constant Purchasing Power paradigm.