Publications by authors named "N Gracia"
Air pollution is prevalent in cities and urban centers in developing countries including sub-Saharan Africa, but ground monitoring data on local pollution remain inadequate, hindering effective mitigation. We employed low-cost sensing and measurement technologies to quantify pollution levels based on particulate matter (PM), NO, and O over a 6 month period for selected urban centers in three of the four macroregions in Uganda. PM diurnal profiles exhibited consistent patterns across all monitoring locations with higher pollution levels manifesting from 18:00 to 00:00 and from 06:00 to 09:00; while the periods from 00:00 to 05:00 and from 09:00 to 17:00 had the lowest levels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFrontotemporal dementia (FTD) is reportedly highly heritable, even though a recognized genetic cause is often absent. To explain this contradiction, we explored the "strength" of family history in FTD, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and controls. Clinical syndromes associated with heritability of FTD and AD were also examined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study aimed to compare 'cool' [working memory (WM) and response inhibition] and 'hot' (delay aversion) executive functions (EFs) in children with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Method: A total of 100 ADHD children (45 with family history of ADHD and 55 with no family history) and 100 healthy controls, all medication free, were tested on tasks related to the 'hot' (i.e.
Aims And Objectives: This study sought to compare two well-known and well-used self-report quality of life questionnaires in terms of completion rates, reliability and assessment of quality of life.
Background: People with dementia have a meaningful experience of quality of life and several disease-specific instruments have been designed to capture self-report assessments.
Design: A quantitative survey design, with a convenience sample of older people with dementia from four long-term care facilities.