INTRODUCTION Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) have been largely used in the world during the past decades, since they are known for enhancing children's human development and promoting social inclusion for the most deprived groups. In other words, CCTs seek to create life chances for children to overcome poverty and exclusion, thus reducing inequality of opportunity. The main goal of the prese...

As an important public health issue, childhood depression deserves special attention, considering the serious and lasting consequences of the disease to child development. Taking this into consideration, the present study was based on the following question: what practical contributions to clinicians and researchers does the current literature on childhood depression have to offer? The objectiv...

Cirrhosis with refractory ascites was considered a contraindication to laparoscopic surgery,1 until recently. However, current literature has shown the efficacy and safety of various laparoscopic procedures in the diagnosis and management of surgical conditions in cirrhotic patients. The incidence of ventral hernias in cirrhotic patients with tense ascites is high. It is well known that open he...

Synopsis The $100 laptop is an initiative of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing ICT access for children worldwide. OLPC originates from the MIT Media Lab. The organization is researching a design for a low-cost, flexible information portal to enable children to explore, experiment and express themselves through ICT. The laptops will not be available fo...