BACKGROUND Parenting children with learning disabilities requires a high level of knowledge and access to resources, information and services. In developing countries, however, these resources and services are not always available. Parents in Namibia, a developing country, therefore face challenges addressing children's learning and other developmental disabilities, including challenges related...

While local communities across Victoria face some similar challenges in the face of global change, they are very different from the point of view of geography, economy and social history. They are also diverse in the ways in which they respond to the mixture of threats and opportunities posed by global change. Local face-to-face communities are but one layer within the multi-layered structures ...

Caring for a dying child and the family is one of the greatest nursing challenges. The way in which care is delivered will shape the experience they are about to face. Hope plays a crucial role in helping people cope, and healthcare professionals can foster appropriate hopes ethically, while maintaining open and honest communication. If palliative care is discussed with clients and families fro...

Figure 1: The same individual imaged with the same camera and seen with nearly the same facial expression and pose may appear dramatically different with changes in the lighting conditions. The two leftmost images were taken indoors and the two rightmost were taken outdoors. All four images were taken with a Canon EOS 1D digital camera. Before each acquisition the subject was asked to make a ne...