OBJECTIVE Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) frequently manifest early morning functional (EMF) impairments before school. We conducted a quantitative research survey to assess the impact of these EMF impairments on the family unit (caregiver, spouse/partner, and siblings). STUDY DESIGN We developed an online survey questionnaire to collect data from 300 primary car...

Conflict, such a real part of everyday life, has not by-passed the church and its leaders. Traditionally, however, clergymen have not dealt effectively with it. Successful management of conflict requires administrative skills and a considerable knowledge of organizational strategies, neither of which has generally been given very high priority. Because the church is so vulnerable to conflict to...

This paper studies a possibility to represent n-ary conflicts within an argumentation framework having only binary attacks. We show that different instantiations of the abstract argumentation framework defined by Dung use very similar constructs for dealing with n-ary conflicts. We start by studying this procedure on two fully-instantiated systems from the argumentation literature and then show...

We argue here about the relevance and the ultimate unity of the Bayesian approach in a non-conflicting and non-religious manner. Our main theme is that Bayesian data analysis is an effective tool for handling complex models, as proven by the increasing proportion of Bayesian studies in the applied sciences. We disregard the philosophical debates on the meaning of probability and on the random n...

AIM To evaluate the effects of almost continuous skin-to-skin contact (SSC) on salivary cortisol, parental stress, parental depression, and breastfeeding. STUDY DESIGN This is a randomised study engaging families of late preterm infants (32-35 weeks gestation). Salivary cortisol reactivity was measured in infants during a nappy change at one month corrected age, and in infants and mothers dur...

Slow and complicated wind power planning and permitting procedures have been a large obstacle for wind power diffusion in Sweden and other countries. This paper complements previous siting-oriented literature with a planning perspective on these problems. The focus is two national planning instruments implemented in Sweden in the early 2000s: a national planning target and an appointment of are...

This case report presents the experience of a training course on bioethics for nurses and physicians of the Family Health Strategy in Santo André, SP. This study is based on problem-based learning and deliberative bioethics, and aimed at presenting the deliberation procedure as a means of handling ethical issues. Contents were addressed in a cross-section manner through five sequential activity...

Resumen: Un conflicto es un proceso dinámico y complejo que se alimenta de emociones. Por lo tanto, para entender los procesos de gestión de conflicto, es necesario estudiar la influencia de las variables emocionales que rodean las disputas. El propósito de este artículo es explorar el modo en que los estados de ánimo de las personas pueden orientar sus estrategias de manejo de conflictos. A di...