A major issue in lexical processing concerns storage and access of lexical items. Here we make use of the base frequency effect to examine this. Specifically, reaction time to morphologically complex words (words made up of base and suffix, e.g., agree+able) typically reflects frequency of the base element (i.e., total frequency of all words in which agree appears) rather than surface word freq...

Aim The aim of this study was to explore the effects of a flexible and participatory peer support intervention in a clinical setting for adults with type 1 diabetes treated with an insulin pump, focusing on enhancing diabetes-specific social capital. The key questions were as follows: 1) what effects are appropriate to expect, according to participants? and 2) to what extent did these effects o...

In 1934, Reinhold Niebuhr penned lines that could almost serve as a mantra for healthcare epidemiology: "God give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and wisdom to distinguish the one from the other." In the same year, however, T. S. Eliot wrote lines that also resonate strongly and appear to many to sometimes ...

The Mallur Gutta (Hill) of Warangal district in Telangana state, India, reputed as a habitat for medicinal plants, was inventoried from 2009 to 2015 for its plant wealth through the traditional knowledge of the local people. The Hindu temples of Lord Sri Laxminarasimha Swamy and Lord Hanuman, and the ethnic worship of mahua trees indicated it was a sacred grove which was selected as a Medicinal...

Honfleur, an old picturesque port, sits on the southern estuary of the Seine, one of the principal rivers of France. Many artists, including Gustave Courbet, Claude Monet, John Jongkind and Eugene Boudin have immortalized its beauty, serenity, and natural elegance. The explorer Binot Paulmierde Gonneville set forth from its shores in 1503 to explore Brazil. Another navigator, Jean Denis left Ho...

his scientific activities came to an end with his public duties. He had not been merely Professor of Pathology, but he had been responsible in the University for the teaching of bacteriology and medical jurisprudence. He had been pathol6gist to the Royal Victoria Hospital and to the Mater Infirmorum Hospital. He was for many years pathologist and bacteriologist to the City of Belfast. He had pe...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to investigate nurses' and care workers' experiences of spiritual needs among residents with dementia in nursing homes. Nurses claim to practice holistic nursing. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about how to recognise spiritual needs in residents with dementia. METHODS The study was conducted using a qualitative method with an exploratory design. Ei...

Self-care is a central concept in health care and may be considered as a means to maintain, restore, and improve one's health and well-being. When performed effectively, self-care contributes not only to human functioning but also to human structural integrity and human development (ie, to a dynamic and holistic state of health). Self-care as a clinical concept is relevant for health care profe...

BACKGROUND Family caregiving in the context of advanced disease in particular, can be physically and emotionally taxing. Caregivers can subsequently face bereavement exhausted with few supports, limited resources and a significant proportion will develop negative psychological and social outcomes. Although some research has attended to the bereavement experiences of family caregivers who had ca...