The article is devoted to the problem of legal definition concepts close relatives, persons and family members a citizen. Inconsistencies between norms Constitution Russian Federation legislation in relation criminal procedural category "close relatives", which ensures provision witness immunity proceedings. It discusses controversial issues about circle relatives who have right not testify as ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the prevalence of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies and RF in RA patients and their relatives from Southern Brazil. METHODS Anti-CCP2 and IgM-RF were evaluated in 156 RA patients and 200 relatives. Sera from 100 healthy unrelated individuals were used as control. The anti-CCP2 was detected by ELISA and the IgM-RF using the latex agglutination test....

BACKGROUND Genetic counseling for hereditary breast or colon cancer has implications for both counselees and their relatives. Although counselees are encouraged by genetic counselors to disclose genetic cancer risk information, they do not always share this information with their at-risk relatives. Reasons for not informing relatives may be generally categorized as a lack of knowledge, motivati...

Purpose: To compare proportion of glaucoma and the associated factors among self-reported relatives non-relatives predominantly Igbo patients Methods: An analytical cross-sectional survey participants attending a free eye screening dedicated to in Enugu, Nigeria was carried out July 2017. Non-relatives were expected present for hence they allowed participate prevent false claims. All interviewe...

An education program, which was part of a controlled trial of intervention with families of schizophrenic patients, is described and evaluated. The evidence suggests that this kind of education has a role to play in psychosocial intervention. Assessment of its impact should include not only changes in information acquired but also in attitudes.

We present a simple model for the evolution of social behavior in family-structured, finite sized populations. Interactions are represented as evolutionary games describing frequency-dependent selection. Individuals interact more frequently with siblings than with members of the general population, as quantified by an assortment parameter r, which can be interpreted as "relatedness". Other mode...

We consider two theories of concatenation, F and TC, proposed by Grzegorczyk, and proofs of their mutual interpretability. We also discuss the Grzegorczyk’s project of replacing, in foundational studies, the Robinson’s Q by some variant of the theory of

BACKGROUND The evidence for increased risk of dementia in relatives of patients with Parkinson disease (PD) remains conflicting. OBJECTIVE To study the risk of cognitive impairment or dementia in first-degree relatives of patients with PD. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS We conducted a historical cohort study of 1019 first-degree relatives of 162 patients with PD and of 858 relatives of 1...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of supportive interventions perceived by both the intensive care unit patients' relatives and the healthcare providers, such as deferred intake interviews for providing information and discussing the emotional impacts, encouragement to keep a diary, and the introduction of weekly psychosocial rounds, on the perceptions of relatives of patients in the i...