OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to assess the reliability of the Adolescent Label Impact Index (ALII) , it is an adolescent adapted version of Italian LII of the tobacco products warnings. MATERIAL AND METHODS A sample including students aged 13-15 years was considered. The ALII is constructed by 4 items: salience, harm, quitting and forgo. The questionnaire was self-administered to study ...

Gilissen et alii present an application of the Theory of Change to the subject of implementing Advance Care Planning (ACP) in nursing homes. They report their findings from a mixed methods approach, comprising a contextual analysis, a systematic review published elsewhere, and, mainly, an analysis of two subsequent workshops that gathered a number of experts and stakeholders, supported by refle...

The lycosid genus Agalenocosa Mello-Leitão, 1944 comprises at least eight species from northern and eastern Argentina and neighbouring countries: Agalenocosa velox (Keyserling, 1891) comb. nov. (from southern Brazil and Argentina), transferred here from Pirata Sundevall, 1833, A. tricuspidata (Tullgren, 1905) comb. nov. (from northwestern Argentina), transferred here from Pardosa C.L. Koch, 184...

Aristolochic acids I and II are prevalent plant toxicants found in the Aristolochiaceae plant family. Metabolic activation of the aristolochic acids leads to the formation of a cyclic N-hydroxylactam product that can react with the peripheral amino group of purine bases generating bulky DNA adducts. These lesions are mutagenic and established human carcinogens. Interestingly, although AL-dG add...

L anguage impairment with associated comprehension deficits results in a more severely disabling condition with a poorer long-term prognosis than does expressive language impairment (Bishop & Edmundson, 1987a, 1987b; Silva, 1980; Silva, McGee, & Williams, 1983; Silva, Williams, & McGee, 1987). Children with both comprehension and expressive language impairment are at greatest risk for having co...

One of the great challenges of modern molecular biology is the integration of new genetic information into procedures that can be implemented in rapid, cost effective and reliable methods to genotype, phenotype, identify gene function, and development treatment for the disease. One of the major impacts of such methods and procedures is the increase of our knowledge and understanding of human bi...