Even if he personally didn't see combat, Byron's intervention, which was regarded as unhelpful trouble-making at the time, drew Britain reluctantly into the conflict after the Ottomans failed to assert their dominance.
But Gearhart backed up most of the allegations made by another ex-Marine, former Rep. Paul N. (Pete) McCloskey Jr. (R-Menlo Park), that Robertson did not see combat and sought intervention from his father, the late Sen. A. Willis Robertson (D-Va)., to avoid front line duty.
Economic studies have been performed both to evaluate the effectiveness of combat strategies and interventions in low- and middle-income countries [ 4] and to provide a better method of resource allocation [ 5].
He also offers possible solutions, seeing hope in new leadership and in public intervention to combat poverty and ignorance.
Geoengineering – global-scale intervention to combat climate change – is a controversial idea because of the risk of unintended consequences on a planet-wide scale.
Interest in pharmacological intervention to combat metabolic syndrome and its complications is increasing as the prevalence of obesity is reaching epidemic proportions.
Without U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles, drones and electronic warfare aircraft to guide combat missions, the Libya intervention could not have succeeded.
In order to eliminate biliary hypertension (sixth day after the combat injury), the following intervention was performed: endoscopic papillosphincterotomy, endoscopic retrograde cholecystopancreatography, and stenting of the common bile duct.
Furthermore, the antibiotic-polymer implant coating evaluated in this study was clinically effective, suggesting the potential for this strategy as a therapeutic intervention to combat post-arthroplasty infections.
