The outcome of a training programme (RESPECT) on staff's attitudes towards causes and management of aggression in a Regional Referral Hospital of northern Uganda.

WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Health systems in many low- to middle-income countries (LMICs) are heavily underfunded, and staff training opportunities are limited. There is a lack of empirical data on the development and use of sustainable training programmes in aggression management skills in LMICs. WHAT DOES THIS PAPER ADD TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: After RESPECT, participants showed greater agreement with statements about the role of environmental and relational factors as antecedents of aggression and described favouring the use of non-physical techniques to manage aggressive behaviour.

Health and nutritional status of wild Australian psittacine birds: an evaluation of plasma and hepatic mineral levels, plasma biochemical values, and fecal microflora.

To evaluate the health and nutritional status of 3 wild Australian psittacine species, plasma and hepatic mineral concentrations and plasma biochemical values were measured in wild-caught galahs (Eolophus roseicapilla), long-billed corellas (Cacatua tenuirostris), and sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita). No correlations were found between hepatic and plasma mineral levels. Mean plasma calcium (1.

The home-based chronic care model: a platform for partnership for the provision of a patient-centered medical home.

Even as the way forward for health care reform was recently thrown into turmoil, key players at Baptist Health Home Health and Hospice break down the components of true health care reform for patients with complex chronic conditions. For these individuals, a reformed system would improve and coordinate their care, base this care on the patients' (rather than the system's) needs, empower patients to self-manage their illnesses, and deliver care through physician-led, interdisciplinary teams. All of this would be done while reducing unnecessary costs in the system and helping patients achieve their best quality of life.

Variations in receptor site-3 on rat brain and insect sodium channels highlighted by binding of a funnel-web spider delta-atracotoxin.

Delta-atracotoxins (delta-ACTXs) from Australian funnel-web spiders differ structurally from scorpion alpha-toxins (Sc(alpha)Tx) but similarly slow sodium current inactivation and compete for their binding to sodium channels at receptor site-3. Characterization of the binding of 125I-labelled delta-ACTX-Hv1a to various sodium channels reveals a decrease in affinity for depolarized (0 mV; Kd=6.5 +/- 1.