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Instagram addiction, life satisfaction and self esteem in young adults

Introduction: Addiction to Instagram can have severe consequences at a psychological, physiological and social level. On the other hand, social networks can be useful tools for an individual’s daily life. Studies show that the problematic use of some social networks, namely Instagram, can have an impact on users’ selfesteem. This construct is considered a predictor of life satisfaction, which is why in the lite...

Internet gaming disorder, aggression and psychological distress in young adults

Introduction: Internet gaming has become a topic of interest since it has positive but also negative effects. Objectives: To explore the relationship between internet gaming, aggression and psychological distress in young adults. Methods: 229 Portuguese subjects (55.5% females), with a mean age of 21.13 years old (SD = 2.075, range: 18-29) filled in the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form, the Buss-Perry ...

Metal partitioning and availability in estuarine surface sediments: Changes pro...

Several works have evidenced in the past the importance and influence of plants and terrestrial invertebrates in metal availability in soils and sediments through changes in metal speciation. In contrast, the impact of estuarine invertebrates and fishes in this process has been poorly explored. The partition of metals in estuarine surface sediments was studied in a controlled environment according to four opera...

Dolor y demencia en las personas que viven en una unidade de larga instancia

El dolor es prevalente, infradiagnosticado e infratratado en las personas con diagnóstico de demencia u otros trastornos mentales. Objetivo: identificar la prevalencia del dolor y su relación con las variables sociodemográficas, clínicas y funcionales de las 80 personas residentes en una unidad de larga estancia (ULE) del centro de Francia. Métodos: elaboración de un guion orientador para la recogida de datos d...

The pedagogy of encounter: how do zoo interpreters account for their facilitati...

Zoo interpreters have an important role to play in enhancing the educational potential of an informal learning setting. Nonetheless, little is known about what motivates individuals to pursue a profession in zoo interpretation, or how these individuals account for their educational methods. Our study was designed to gain insight into zoo interpreters’ self-reported methods and motivations for facilitating human...

Mental illness and comorbidities, aspects of initial evaluation

Mental Illness is a public problem in western societies. Recent reports say that the most frequent conditions of psychiatric hospitalization are related to elderly, over 65 years old, diagnosed with dementia, other organic disorders and depression. And we are seeing increasingly in episodes of urgency, consumption of psychoactive drugs, which can foster the emergence of other comorbidities. The aim of this stud...

Analysis of the references of the nursing diagnoses impaired walking (00088)

Introduction: The concept analysis is an important research method for the development of the nursing knowledge and it is suggested to be the first phase of the nursing diagnosis validation. NANDA-I taxonomy II of integrated nursing diagnoses is based on concept analysis and development as well as label, defining characteristics, related factors and references, that constitutes the elements of the diagnoses. Ob...

Interspecies human encounters as learning opportunities in/for environmental ed...

The presentation aims at examining the potential directions and issues emerging from a international research project that seeks to investigate how young children interact with captive animals—i.e. dolphins and reptiles—in Portugal and Canada.

Interstitial deletion 15q21 and Prader-Willi like syndrome phenotype: Case report

Introduction: Chromosome 15q interstitial deletions not involving the Prader-Willi/Angelman region are uncommon and poorly characterized. Very few cases of different segmental losses involving the 15q21 region have been reported at cytogenetic level. All the described patients present with moderate to several mental retardation and characteristic facial dysmorphic features. Some authors compare the similarity b...

Pneumonia aguda da comunidade de evolução complicada