The aim of the present study was to investigate the characteristics of visuospatial functions and language functions of healthy elderly and the elderly with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The subjects of study were 174 healthy elderly and 71 elderly with MCI over the age of 65. As the result of Independent t-test, healthy elderly group had significantly higher mean value of RCFT-copy and K-BN...

Coevolution is defined as reciprocal selective pressures that operate to make the evolution of one taxon partially dependent on the evolution another. This process often involves multiple species exploiting shared limiting resources. In classic coevolutionary models, populations of sympatric species are seen to diverge in one or more morphological, ecological, or behavioral traits to effect mor...

This paper reports on research undertaken in Western Australia in 1993 on violence associated with robbery and property crime. Firsthand accounts from 88 offenders and 10 victims are examinedfor information and perspectives that may be relevant to the prevention of such violence. Results suggest that violence occurring in the course of a robbery or a property crime is most effectively prevented...

This paper details the design features of a potentially highly confrontational sequence of activities which is found in formal, industrial relations negotiations: a union complaint followed by a management defence. It is observed that the complaint is accomplished implicitly and that that implicitness is a joint accomplishment of all the participants; they collaborate to ensure that the talk co...

Similarities in presentation of Dementia of Alzheimer's Type, Vascular Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Major Depressive Disorder, pose differential diagnosis challenges. The current study identifies specific neuropsychological patterns of scores for Dementia of Alzheimer's Type, Vascular Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Major Depressive Disorder. Neuropsychological domains directly...

Patients who abscond from hospital exclude themselves from therapy, and attempts to stop the person can quickly become confrontational with the inherent risk of aggression. Although information is available on absconding in psychiatric settings little is known about the type of person with a head injury who absconds, why such people do so, or how the problem might best be approached. This paper...

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates has written a poetical polemic in the form of letter to his young son. It is an autobiographical account Coates' coming age Baltimore, life at Howard University, and New York City.  At once moving confrontational, describes those people who think they are white African American legacy struggle for freedom.

OBJECTIVES To determine the magnitude and pattern of aggressive behaviour among psychiatric in-patients and identity associated socio-demographic and clinical factors. METHOD The study was cross-sectional in design. Among patients admitted to the Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Aro (and its Lantoro annex), Abeokuta between January 1 to December 31, 2005, those who manifested aggressive behaviour ...