Apathy is a common feature of brain disorders, yet is often confused with depression and ignored by clinicians. This situation is problematic because apathy is associated with several adverse outcomes, including caregiver distress and decreased treatment adherence. This study investigated the prevalence of apathy and depression in 10 outpatients (7 women, 3 men, mean age = 63.7 years) at a Sout...

Divorce as well as the complex post-marital family situation is often associated with negative child outcomes like lower academic achievement, reduced psychological wellbeing and an increased risk of problematic behaviour. Although this negative impact on children is replicated in many empirical studies, other research finds in contrast that children of divorce are not always worse off than chi...

• In Australia, immigration policy is to incarcerate those seeking asylum in order to deter others from coming. • Within this environment, health care providers frequently experience “dual loyalty” conflict, whereby they cannot serve the interests of both their patients and their employers. • The ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) would allow for dom...

Abstract. Regression analysis, especially the ordinary least squares method which assumes that errors are confined to the dependent variable, has seen a fair share of its applications in aerosol science. The ordinary least squares approach, however, could be problematic due to the fact that atmospheric data often does not lend itself to calling one variable independent and the other dependent. ...

Actions depend crucially on what an agent knows and does not know. For example, an action may have a precondition that requires knowing the referent of a term, which is generally referred to as knowing who or knowing what. Alternatively, executing a sense action may be the result of realizing that the referent of a term is not known yet. The latter requires an agent to reason about all it knows...

Abstract Human Resource Development ( HRD ) is key for the achievement of macroeconomic outcomes such as economic growth and development. This particularly true in development-deficient sub-Saharan Africa SSA ). In addition, vital successful delivery international commitments Agenda 2030 aspirations national visions. countries, largely due to increased demand face post-2007 Covid-19 fiscal stri...

Malaria is a major cause of death in tropical and sub-tropical countries, killing each year over 1 million people globally; 90% of fatalities occur in African children. Although effective ways to manage malaria now exist, the number of malaria cases is still increasing, due to several factors. In this emergency situation, prompt and effective diagnostic methods are essential for the management ...

Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) communication has become the standard for communicating across disciplines. It has demonstrated its effectiveness at improving patient outcomes, enhancing patient and clinician satisfaction, and helping to control healthcare costs. It can help home healthcare clinicians with efforts to prevent avoidable hospitalizations. But how often and ho...

The underlying structural causes of state weakness in sub-Saharan Africa – relatively low population densities, problematic population distribution and poor infrastructure will remain ubiquitous through 2015 and beyond, impeding the prospects of significant gains in broad based institution building and development. Much will depend upon two external drivers of development and growth – foreign d...

This article describes a process of theory development in nursing care. The Interpersonal Caring theory empirically arose from a problematic nursing situation of caring for patients with long-term serious mental illness, to guide practical applications of interpersonal caring behaviors. The authors describe the phases of theory development with patient statements that illustrate how to conceptu...