Support practices by an interdisciplinary team in a palliative-care unit for relatives of patients in agonal phase

Abstract Background In the absence of extant recommendations, the aim of this study was to formalise support practices used by an interdisciplinary team in a palliative-care unit FERM PROTEINS VANILLA (PCU) for the relatives of patients in the agonal phase preceding death.The secondary objective was to understand the expectations of relatives durin

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Impacts of summer-seeded legume cover crops and termination-tillage method on nitrogen availability to corn in rotation

Summer-seeding legume cover crops can reduce erosion, mitigate nitrate leaching losses during the non-growing Ammonia season, and provide bio-accumulated nitrogen (N) to the following crop.Very little information is available, however, on the most effective methods for terminating summer-seeded cover crops, or on the amount of N they can provide to

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Humour and laughter as vestiges of evolution

This paper argues in favour of considering humour and laughter as embodied signs of the ancient, sympathetic, figurative mode of the human mind, still working with us in dance, music, singing and literary activity.Starting from steady evolutionary provisos, both the continuity and the Ammonia departing lines between nonhuman vocalisations and human

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The Effect of Choice Theory-Based Group Training on Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Parent-Child Relationship in Male Adolescents

Background and Purpose: Adolescence is considered as one of the most critical life periods since adolescents are being exposed to a variety of potential stimuli, whose inappropriate response to such stimuli would prevent their proper performance in society.The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of choice theory-based group trainin

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