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Abstract Background This study examined the extent to which sporting event attendance is associated with self-rated health. Drawing from an economic model of health production and psychological research on the health ben...

ABSTRACT In this study, we aimed to provide a wet laboratory validation for a set of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), which had been identified as candidate functional variants in silico. Genotyping for candidate S...

ABSTRACT The objective of the present study was to learn the characteristics that affect pork meat consumption in the Valley of Mexico Metropolitan Area. Qualitative regression models (Logit and Probit) were used, and a ...

ABSTRACT Sustainable production of adequate quantities of food to support a growing human population is a worldwide goal. Under current feeding conditions in the United States, dairy cattle convert dietary nitrogen to mi...

Recidivism is one of the measures that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of sanctions imposed by the criminal justice system. The article summarizes findings from the most extensive research of this type in the C...

Resumo O presente estudo teve como objetivo caracterizar fatores de risco, especificamente, a psicopatia, agressividade e a personalidade, em detentos brasileiros inseridos em atividade de ressocialização. Para tanto, ...

Abstract Conjugal violence is a complex phenomenon that deserves attention because of its prevalence. The aim of this study was to verify the predictive power of the family-of-origin experiences, early maladaptive schema...

This critical reflection asks what contributions a research partnership, active between 1997 and 2014, made to knowledge about student learning in higher education. It focuses on three overarching projects. The first, on...

ABSTRACT The properties of oil-resin of copaiba, Copaifera multijuga are commonly mentioned in the literature, but there are few studies on extracts from its stem bark. We evaluated the antioxidant effects of ethanolic (...

Abstract Orthorexia nervosa could be conceptualized as extreme or excessive preoccupation with eating food believed to be healthy. Orthorexia nervosa and healthy orthorexia (interest in healthy eating) can be distinguise...

Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarct and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is the most common monogenic form of cerebral small-vessel disease characterised by recurrent strokes. Behavioural distu...

Me embarqué en esta experiencia en una etapa de la vida en la cual, según las costumbres hegemónicas, dejase el trabajo para dedicarse a descansar y disfrutar de la vida. Estas reflexiones tratan de la experiencia en ...

Electrical properties of semi-insulating CdTe-Cl crystals, grown by the vertical Bridgman and the travelling heater method, have been studied. It is found that the travelling heater method provides electron conductivity ...

The research was to compare 4 treatments with different percentages of vegetable fiber added, replacing animal fat, determining objectives, to use apple pomade as source of fiber in replace to meat sausage pork fat, asse...

The structural, magnetic and electrophysical properties of composites based on nanosized magnetite chemically modified of copper iodide and polychlortrifluoroethylene have been studied at temperatures 298 – 450 K and C...

In the current higher education climate, never has it been more imperative to promote early and ongoing student success and retention. Transition theory suggests that taking a coherent, scalable and holistic approach to ...

Background Burn-out among doctors threatens their own health, and that of their patients. To identify risk factors of the doctor burn-out is vital to improving their health and increasing the quality of healthcare ser...

El objetivo de este artículo es proponer una didáctica divergente, que funda la enseñanza de la filosofía y la formación de lectores críticos a partir de la literatura de ciencia ficción. Para ello, argumenta la e...

Abstract Background The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was introduced in Ghana in 2003, enrolment is still far from the desired target of universal coverage. Low community engagement in the design and management...

Abstract Ornithocoris toledoi is a hematophagous insect that parasites birds, particularly, galliformes. Although the occurrence of this arthropod is relatively low in Brazil, this is an important ectoparasite associated...