Education strategies are the most commonly used in pediatric rehabilitation implementation research: a scoping review by Sahar Ghahramani, Sophia C. Larson, Allison J. L’Hotta, Kelly M. Harris, Kim Lipsey, Elvin H. Geng, Lisa A. Juckett, Catherine R. Hoyt

“…Interventions primarily targeted motor skills (n = 19, 43%) and were conducted in outpatient settings (n = 14, 32%) or homes (n = 11, 23%). The most commonly used implementation strategies were “train and educate key informant” (n = 21, 48%) and “use evaluative/iterative strategies” (n = 19, 43%). …”
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Training and Detraining Effects of Institutional Group Exercise on Upper Extremity Motor Function by Yiling LIN, Minghsia HU, Hongzhe ZHANG, Mingde LI

“…Objective:To examine the training and detraining effects of a group exercise activity program for the institutional residents with functional dependency.Method:Residents with functional dependency from two nursing homes (older than 60 years) were recruited.A total of 41 residents were randomly assigned to the intervention (<italic>n</italic>=18) or the control groups (<italic>n</italic>=23). …”
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MET-PREVENT: metformin to improve physical performance in older people with sarcopenia and physical prefrailty/frailty – protocol for a double-blind, randomised controlled proof-of... by Andrew Clegg, James Wason, Miles Witham, Nina Wilson, Claire J Steves, Helen C Hancock, Avan A P Sayer, Leanne Marsay, Claire McDonald, Thomas von Zglinicki, Katherine J Rennie, Penny Bradley, Stephen Connolly, Shaun Hiu, Laura Robertson, Laura Simms, Alison J Steel, Bryony Storey

“…Trial participants can participate from their own homes, including completing informed consent and screening assessments. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Helicobacter pylori Infection among Children Aged 1 to 15 Years at Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital, Mbarara, South Western Uganda by Phoebe Aitila, Michael Mutyaba, Simon Okeny, Maurice Ndawula Kasule, Rashid Kasule, Frank Ssedyabane, Benson Okongo, Richard Onyuthi Apecu, Enoch Muwanguzi, Caesar Oyet

“…Infections were higher among school going children (68/74, p=0.003, OR 3.9; CI: 1.5 to 10.6) and children from crowded households (59/74, p<0.001, OR 2.6, and CI 1.3 to 5.0), unsafe source of drinking water at schools (46/74, p=0.003), and lack of sanitary facility at homes (57/74, p=0.001, and OR 1.6 CI 0.7 to 3.6). …”
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Human Exposure Assessment in Air Pollution Systems by Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, Paul J. Lioy

“…Results from many exposure studies indicate that people are very likely to receive the greatest exposure to many toxic air pollutants not outside but inside places such as homes, offices, and automobiles. For many of these pollutants, major sources of exposure can be quite different from major sources of emission. …”
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Demography, Development and Control of the Coastal Space on the Pacific Coast of Mexico by Graciela Alcalá

“…For thenew «costeños», life in these latitudes is completely different to that whichthey had experienced in their previous homes, whether in the plateau orthe central plain, the deserts of the north, the limestone country of the interiorof the Yucatán peninsula or the tortuous hillsides of the mountains:new rhythms and ways of working, different local eating habits and modesof dress, unknown climatic phenomena and their consequences for dailylife, strange idiomatic expressions, and finally the exotic affection of the native «costeños» for their countryside and their local flora and fauna. …”
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Nutritional interventions to prevent and reduce overweight and obesity during postacute stroke rehabilitation: a scoping review protocol by Dorthe Sørensen, Lena Aadal, Mette Nørtoft

“…We will map and identify any kind of nutritional intervention in rehabilitation hospitals, nursing homes or their own environments in high-income countries. …”
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A randomized comparative effectiveness trial to evaluate two programs for promotion of physical activity after spinal cord injury in manual wheelchair users by Jenna M. Martinez, Jenna M. Martinez, Lisa L. Haubert, Valerie J. Eberly, Walter B. Weiss, Jeffery W. Rankin

“…., San Francisco, CA).DesignLongitudinal, randomized, comparative effectiveness trial with collaborative goal setting.SettingResearch laboratory at a rehabilitation hospital and in participants' homes and communities.ParticipantsForty-nine manual wheelchair users with paraplegia.Outcome measuresPhysical activity measurements and cardiometabolic data were collected before, during, and after the program. …”
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Information Communication Technology and Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda: A Case Study of Equity Bank In Kabale Municipality. by Sabiiti, Ignatius

“…The study results on ICT platforms used by Equity bank Kabale branch, responses were obtained from automated teller machine, Mobile banking and PC banking, the study went ahead to find the effect of ICT on performance of Equity bank Kabale branch, responses were obtained from information technology has helped in easing enquiry, saving time and improving service delivery, information and communication technology has provided self-service facilities, it helps customer to validate their account numbers and receive instruction on when and how to receive their cheque books, credit and debit cards, it offers retail banking services to customers at their offces/homes and saves customers time, and gives more convenience for higher productivity and the study results further on challenges facing ICT use by Equity bank Kabale branch, the responses were obtained from in adequate ICT infrastructure, technophobia among the ICT bank officials due to inadequate skills in information technology, the cost demands of ICT gadgets, lack of digital preservation knowledge and network problem. …”
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The student profile of selcuk university, faculty of veterinary medicine by Mehmet Emin Tekin

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> The gender of students were as 87.3% male and 12.7% female; the majority of students who entered this Faculty from regions of Central Anatolia (39.3%), Mediterranean (18.9%) and Aegean (13.6%); the 84.3% of students described their mother as housewife; the students whose father is worker were maximum (31.1%) and students whose father is officer were 28.1%; the majority of students had two (35.3%) and three (26.8%) siblings; the secondary education origin of students were high school (49.2%), Anatolian high school (29.8%) and super high school (16.5%); the majority (86.8%) of students stayed at students homes and very few (13.2%) of them at youth hostels; the rates of whom knowing a foreign language at a good level were only 21.8% and the others' knowing of language were weak or moderate; only 21.6% of the students who were interns had not a lesson at subclasses but the 46.4% of them had 1-3 lectures at subclasses; 66.6% of students had an average of lesson as under 2.5 point and only 5.9% of him had an average that upper 3.0 point. …”
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Teeth and Covariates: Association with Risk of Falls by Shivani Kohli, Aaron Lam Wui Vun, Christopher Daryl Philip, Cassamally Muhammad Aadil, Mahenthiran Ramalingam

“…This study was conducted at various old age homes in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia involving the geriatric population aged 60 years and above. …”
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Chronology and Typology of Wallpaper in the World until the 19th Century A. D. and the Encounter of Qajar Courtiers with it by Zahra Babaei Kalemasihi, Melika Yazdani

“…Therefore, it was used in the homes of kings, courtiers, and merchants in Europe and Iran during the Qajar period. …”
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Contribution of domestic animals’ feces to the occurrence of diarrhoea among children aged 6–48 months in Sidama region, Ethiopia: a laboratory-based matched case-control study by Argaw Ambelu, Gorfu Geremew Gunsa, Alemayehu Haddis

“…Data were collected at children-residing homes by interviewing caretakers using the KoboCollect application. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life and Gender Differences in Elderly People: a Cross-Sectional Study by Pegah Bahrami Taghanaki, Ehsan Mosa Farkhani, Sima Nourbakhsh, Maryam Srakhosh

“…Following a multi-staged stratified sampling, participants were selected, and in order to complete the questionaries interviewed at their homes or the Health Center according to the participants’ priorities using the RAND 36-Item Health Survey (RAND-36). …”
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A Survey of Machine Learning in Edge Computing: Techniques, Frameworks, Applications, Issues, and Research Directions by Oumayma Jouini, Kaouthar Sethom, Abdallah Namoun, Nasser Aljohani, Meshari Huwaytim Alanazi, Mohammad N. Alanazi

“…Hot topics included big data, cloud, edge, multimedia, security, privacy, QoS, and activity recognition, while critical domains included industry, healthcare, agriculture, transportation, smart homes and cities, and assisted living. The major challenges hindering the implementation of edge machine learning include encrypting sensitive user data for security and privacy on edge devices, efficiently managing resources of edge nodes through distributed learning architectures, and balancing the energy limitations of edge devices and the energy demands of machine learning.…”
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Assessment of concentrated solar power (CSP) generation potential in Cameroon using a Multi-Criteria Analysis Method and Geographic Information System (GIS) by Fotsing Metegam Isabelle Flora

“…The elements studied are the climate (Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI), temperature), orography (slope and elevation) and location (proximity to the electricity network, proximity to roads and railways, proximity to homes), in order to determine the weight of these different factors and combine them to obtain the final map. …”
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Development of a guide for continuous positive airway pressure use - A good fit: Making continuous positive airway pressure work for you by Adeel Meraj, Lauren Koep, Muhammad R. Baig

“…This guide can be used by veterans independently at their homes to improve CPAP use. A printer-friendly version is available for download on the South Central Mental Illness, Research, Education and Clinical Center (SC MIRECC) and the South Texas Veterans Healthcare System (STVHCS) website. …”
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Patient experiences of an ankle fracture and the most important factors in their recovery: a qualitative interview study by Rebecca Samantha Kearney, Rebecca McKeown, David R Ellard, Zi Heng Liew

“…Interviews were conducted at the participants’ own homes or on a university campus setting.Participants A purposive sample was used to account for key variables of age, gender and fracture management. …”
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Identification of an immunological signature of long COVID syndrome by Gisella Guerrera, Manolo Sambucci, Eleonora Timperi, Mario Picozza, Andrea Misiti, Andrea Misiti, Roberta Placido, Silvia Corbisiero, Silvia D’Orso, Andrea Termine, Carlo Fabrizio, Francesca Gargano, Sharon Eleuteri, Luisa Marchioni, Veronica Bordoni, Luigi Coppola, Marco Iannetta, Chiara Agrati, Giovanna Borsellino, Luca Battistini

“…Through BGLM, a unique adaptive immune signature for LC was identified, featuring memory CD8 and gd T cells with low proliferative capacity and diminished expression of activation and homing receptors.DiscussionThe findings highlight a unique immunological signature associated with LC syndrome, characterized by persistent adaptive immune dysregulation. …”
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The organizational challenges of municipal call centers as a health service in Norway-a multiple case study by Linda Grøndal-Eeles, Janne Dugstad, Hilde Eide, Etty Nilsen

“…Abstract Background To maintain sustainability in the health care system, technology such as social alarms and sensors has been implemented in people’s homes with the goal of increasing independent living for elderly and multimorbid health care recipients. …”
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