Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem, seemingly affecting individuals from low-income and-middle-income countries (LMICs) disproportionately, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.Despite the growing evidence pointing to an increasing prevalence of CKD across Africa, there has not been an Africa-wide concerted effort to provide

Directly laser driven and X-radiation driven DT filled capsules differ in the relationship between neutron and X-ray images.Shot N110217, a directly driven DT-filled glass micro-balloon provided the first neutron images at the National Ignition Facility.As seen in implosions on the Omega laser, the neutron image can be enclosed inside time integrat

Introduction Conventional psychiatric services are not always acceptable to indigenous communities and people.Objectives To present successful models of interactions of psychiatrists with indigenous patients and communities based upon our work with five communities in Maine.Methods We reviewed the strategies that worked for community interaction fr

The results obtained in the VDD cardiac stimulation (dual chamber and biventricular) in a patient with diagnosis of dilated myocardiopathy, severe ventricular dysfunction (functional capacity III-IV of the NYHA) and left bundle branch block are evaluated.A transitory cardiac stimulation was carried out during 5 min in: right auricle (RA)-right hot

Social skills have been bail shoulder bag known to predict bullying tendencies in adolescence.However, knowledge about the mechanisms by which social skills are linked to bullying tendency remains limited.The present study investigated whether friendship quality would mediate the link.A sample of 204 adolescents (16-18 years old; 163 girls; 41 boys