A minimally conscious state, unlike a vegetative state, is characterized by some evidence of awareness of self and/or the environment, and patients tend to improve. Diagnosis is clinical. Treatment is mainly supportive. Prognosis for patients with persistent deficits is typically bleak.
agenda (plural agendas) 1  A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to. 2  A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
The progressive agenda in the early twentieth century. incorporated a belief in the capacity of experts to utilize scientific methods to improve society. A strike by 147,000 anthracite coal miners in Pennsylvania in 1902 led to. a reduction in hours worked and an increase in wages.