To describe the sociodemographic conditions, need for oral rehabilitation and access to dental services elderly people enrolled in Senior Living Center city of Altamira-Pa. A social action was carried out with 61 people, 47 female 14 male. As rehabilitation, both genders used prosthesis total (72,1%) partial (50,8%) were considered inappropriate 27,9%. Edentulism evidenced as a public health pr...

In this paper we discuss the recent expansion of network connectivity within the Siyakhula Living Lab. This is part of an ICT-for-development project located in a rural area on the Wild Coast of South Africa. Thus far, five schools in the area have been the primary points of access to the network for the surrounding communities. Thanks to external funding, eleven more schools will be connected....

Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) are terminally differentiated cells with a short life span, in the blood circulation. The prolongation of the life span of PMN is critical in their effectiveness against pathogens, in particular in the tissues. This review summarizes the effect of cytokines on PMN apoptosis and points to some examples of pathological situations characterized by inappropriate ...

Clear terminology is necessary for effective communication regarding medical issues. Scientists, clinicians, regulators, and the lay public use disparate definitions of terms related to addiction. These disparities contribute to a misunderstanding of the nature of addiction and the risk of addiction, especially in situations in which opioids are used, or are being considered for use, to manage ...

We consider the signal reconstruction problem under case of signals sampled in multichannel way and with presence noise. Observing that if samples are inexact, rigorous enforcement interpolation is inappropriate. Thus reasonable smoothing regularization corrections indispensable. In this paper, we propose several alternative methods for from noisy different principles. compare these theoretical...

The objective of this study was to identify the situations that cause pleasure or distress at work among the Community Health Agents (CHA) in a city in Rio Grande do Sul state/Brazil. A qualitative study was performed with 24 agents as the participants. Data collection took place in 2009 through the use of focal groups, using the thematic analysis technique. The situations causing pleasure at w...

A practice brochure describing the primary health care team was given to 262 new and established patients in a group practice. Most liked it, and thought it helpful, and improved their knowledge of team care. When asked how they would respond to certain hypothetical health problems and clinical situations, there was a significantly greater use of non-doctor members of the team than by a matched...

BACKGROUND Older people often need comprehensive treatment, including many medications, and polypharmacy is common. The aims of this cross-sectional investigation were to examine the potentially inappropriate medication during the hospitalization and to identify the factors that may influence such inappropriateness among elderly in Italy. METHODS A sample of 605 individuals aged 65 years and ...