Objective: to determine the incidence of falls in elderly residents of long-stay institutions of the Federal District, to identify the aspects involved in the falls, in terms of risk factors, from the application of scales and the Taxonomy II of NANDA-I, and to define the level of accuracy with its sensitivity and specificity for application in the
Introduction: The importance of scientific research in prevention of drug addiction is obvious.The main site of drug action is the brain.Mu receptor is the first place of drug action.In this study, the rate of mu receptor gene single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was compared in addicts and non-addicts.Methods: In this study AA, AG and AA polymorph
Recent evidence documented a protective effect of Class II human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DRB1*13 on brain health across the lifespan including evidence of reduced neural network variability relative to non-carriers.Here, in an extension of those findings, we evaluated the influence of a large number of Class I and Class II HLA alleles on aging-rela
Technology has been viewed as a means to improve the quality of education for children globally, particularly in remote and marginal communities.This study examines the comparative advantages of the use of appropriate technology (off-line servers with digital libraries connected to a classroom set of laptops) in ten intervention schools in Indigeno