In recent years, audiobooks have become more popular in the book industry despite common misconception that listening is less beneficial than reading a physical book. Marketers used technology as channel to target consumers and convince them listen audiobook for multitasking productivity purposes. Through transmedia, author branding influence culture, market has proven its elasticity response c...

AIM OF THE STUDY To investigate traditional health care practices and changes in medicinal plant use among the growing Colombian community in London. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ethnobotanical fieldwork consisted of qualitative, in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 23 Colombians living in London and botanical identification of 46 plant species actively used as herbal remedies. Subsequently, re...

UNLABELLED Rhinosinusitis is a highly prevalent disease and a major cause of high medical costs. It has been proven to have an impact on the quality of life through generic health-related quality of life assessments. However, generic instruments may not be able to factor in the effects of interventions and treatments. SNOT-22 is a major disease-specific instrument to assess quality of life for ...

OBJECTIVE To translate into Portuguese and to culturally adapt the malnutrition screening tool for hospitalized children, Strongkids. METHODS This study documents the translation of the tool from the original version (English) into Portuguese. The translation and cultural adaptation of the content of this tool consisted of six stages, according to the methodology proposed by Beaton et al (ini...

This study protocol proposes an adaptation of the participatory and iterative process framework for language (PIPFLA). The adapted model follows five dimensions a cross-cultural equivalence model: semantic, content, technical, criterion, conceptual. Iterative adaptations were conducted through Delphi technique expert consultation that comprised nursing professionals from academic, administrativ...