BACKGROUND Although the theoretical foundations of frailty are well established in the literature, it remains an evolving concept lacking any unique definition or diagnostic criteria for use in clinical practice and epidemiological research. No consensus exists about the accurate prevalence rates of frailty. The various operational definitions of frailty can at least partly explain such discrep...

It is important that residency programs identify trainees who progress appropriately, as well as identify residents who fail to achieve educational milestones as expected so they may be remediated. The process of remediation varies greatly across training programs, due in part to the lack of standardized definitions for good standing, remediation, probation, and termination. The purpose of this...

Urban green spaces which many consider to be an important element of the quality life (QV) urban environment, still have a nebulous assessment by their subjectivity. This study examines perception society about associated with system areas and trees focus on city Sousa-PB, Brazil. For this, we sought examine areas, size, aspects, and, together, because residents city. Rating documentaries’ cart...

Recovery is a ubiquitous concept but remains poorly understood and ill defined, hindering the development of assessment tools necessary to evaluate treatment effectiveness. This study examines recovery definitions and experiences among persons who self-identify as "in recovery." Two questions are addressed: (a) Does recovery require total abstinence from all drugs and alcohol? (b) Is recovery d...

Higher and middle income residents in Nairobi, Kenya have demonstrated a great craving forgated community housing. The phenomenon is manifested in all forms of residential property advertisements andin most new residential developments. The objective of this paper is to establish the drivers of the gated communitydevelopments in Nairobi County by identifying and documenting the push factors cau...

An agonist is any molecule, large or small, that is able to act as a ligand and bind to a receptor by one of a variety of mechanisms, such as covalent linkage, ionic interaction, hydrogen bonding, Van der Waals forces, hydrophobic interactions or the zipper mechanism, which results in the receptor being taken from its resting state to an activated state which consequently results in a response ...

To advance social ecological research, tools are required to better assess the contextual nature of physical activity outcomes. This study describes the development of a detailed log booklet to capture relevant episode-specific data, including location and purpose, about participants' free-living activity patterns. The log was developed using definitions and questions from existing physical act...

introduction:  clinical settings and teaching methods play a key role in students' learning. so, the present study aimed to investigates the effect of holding special training rounds on performance of pediatric residents. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted on 30 residents. they were randomly divided into two case (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. two groups received prete...

nowadays, educators pay attention to emotional intelligence which is defined as the ability to monitor and explain one's own and other's emotional experience and feelings to differentiate between them as well as applying necessary information for determining thoughts and actions. the goal of this study was to determine emotional intelligence of medical residents of tehran university of medical ...

Accounting for non-independence in health research often warrants attention. Particularly, the availability of geographic information systems data has increased the ease with which studies can add measures of the local "neighborhood" even if participant recruitment was through other contexts, such as schools or clinics. We highlight a tension between two perspectives that is often present, but ...