Falling is a major health concern for community-dwelling older adults. Regular physical activity has been proposed to prevent falls. The aim of this study was to assess whether the achievement of the 2004 UK Department of Health physical activity recommendations…

This version has had some references removed for republication as a book chapter, but is substantially the same as the definitive published version. The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com., This paper draws on a qualitative study that was undertaken…

Previous studies in basketball performance have tended to assess differences between winners and losers of games. This methodology does not consider the fluctuating nature of scoring within games. Consequently winning and losing performance for each quarter of 26 games of…

Le glaucome est la deuxième cause de cécité irréversible dans le monde. La perte
de vision qui se produit lors du glaucome s’explique par une dégénérescence du nerf
optique et une mort progressive et sélective des cellules ganglionnaires de la…

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Copper nanoparticles (mainly as Cu2O) on titania have been shown to catalyze the multicomponent synthesis of propargylamines from aldehydes, amines, and alkynes (A3 coupling) effectively at 70 °C under solvent-free conditions. Both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes and alkynes have been…

The environment has been found to be critical to the well-being of patients with dementia. The purpose of this study was to describe strategies Colombian caregivers used in the home to manage the care of relatives with dementia. Grounded theory…

Serotiny, or delayed seed dispersal, is common in fluctuating environments because it hedges the risks of establishment. Mammillaria pectinifera (Cactaceae) facultatively expels fruits in the year they are produced or retains them to disperse the seed over several years. We…

Vision devices are today one of the most often used sensory elements in autonomous robots. Some of their hindrances are the difficulty in extracting useful information from the captured images and the small visual field of regular cameras. Visual attention…

Introduction: Gender inequalities exist in work life, but little is known about their presence in relation to factors examined in occupation health settings. The aim of this study was to identify and summarize the working and employment conditions described as…