Smart home technology to support engagement in everyday activities while ageing: A focus group study with current and future generations of older adults. by William Son Galanza, Jens Offerman, Sofi Fristedt, Susanne Iwarsson, Nebojsa Malesevic, Steven M Schmidt

“…Despite the potential of smart home technologies (SHT) to support everyday activities, the implementation rate of such technology in the homes of older adults remains low. …”
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Incomplete recovery in patients with minor head injury directly discharged home from the emergency department: a prospective cohort follow-up study by Bram Jacobs, Joukje van der Naalt, Jan Cornelis ter Maaten, Sophie Maria Coffeng, Laura Jane Kim

“…Also the number of patients that visited their general practitioner because of persistent complaints was determined.Results Three months postinjury 48% of patients reported more than one post-traumatic complaint. Half (51%) of patients showed incomplete recovery. …”
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The world’s last best hope: El excepcionalismo americano y la política exterior de Estados Unidos en la era Obama by Manuel Iglesias Cavicchioli

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A solução apresentada por R. M. Hare para os problemas do emotivismo e do descritivismo em filosofia moral by Anselmo Carvalho de Oliveira

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REKLAM BASIN İLANLARININ SAYFA TASARIMI TÜRLERİ VE BİLEŞENLERİNE GÖRE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ: 1959-2013 YILLARI ARASINA YÖNELİK BİR İÇERİK ANALİZİ by Tanzer Ercanpolat, Hasan Kemal Suher, Yeşim Ulusu

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Cultura e turismo? Limiti e potenzialità dello sviluppo turistico sostenibile a Gorée, Senegal e Ilha de Moçambique, Mozambico by Elisa Magnani

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Book review: Kostelecky, Sarah R., Townsend, Lori and Hurley, David A. Hopeful visions, practical actions: cultural humility in library work by Elena Maceviciute

“…., Townsend, Lori and Hurley, David A. Hopeful visions, practical actions: cultural humility in library work. …”
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Supersymmetric $$AdS_6$$ A d S 6 black holes from ISO(3) $$\times $$ × U(1) F(4) gauged supergravity by Parinya Karndumri

“…Abstract We study supersymmetric $$AdS_6$$ A d S 6 black holes from matter-coupled F(4) gauged supergravity coupled to four vector multiplets with $$ISO(3)\times U(1)$$ I S O ( 3 ) × U ( 1 ) gauge group. …”
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Developing a set of key principles for care planning within older adult care homes: study protocol for a modified Delphi survey by Madalina Toma, Jonathan Taylor, Nick Smith, Sarah Jasim, Jacqueline Damant, Yuri Hamashima, Thais Caprioli

“…The results of this project will be disseminated through conferences and one or more peer-reviewed journals. In a subsequent research phase, the research team plans to share the key principles document developed through this modified Delphi survey with care home residents and their families and friends. …”
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Additive manufacturing of Fe-6.5Si cores with metal-insulator-metal structure via dual-nozzle material extrusion (MEX) technology by Taehyeob Im, Suyeon Kim, Juyong Kim, Minjong Kim, Jonghyeok Ahn, Kwiyoung Lee, Dongju Lee, Jai-Sung Lee, Jongryoul Kim, Caroline Sunyong Lee

Subjects: “…Fe-6.5Si soft magnetic cores…”
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What activities do patients hope to perform following anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty but are unable to? Looking beyond patient-reported outcome measures by Alexander E. White, MD, Nicolas Pascual-Leone, MD, Anthony Finocchiaro, BS, Christopher M. Brusalis, MD, David M. Dines, MD, Joshua S. Dines, MD, Andreas Kontaxis, PhD, Samuel A. Taylor, MD, Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD, Michael C. Fu, MD, MHS

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Experimental Studies on Cracking and Local Strain Behaviors of Rock-Like Materials with a Single Hole before and after Reinforcement under Biaxial Compression by Jian Liao, Yanlin Zhao, Liming Tang, Qiang Liu

“…In deep underground engineering, circular roadways are widely used; many rock engineering problems can usually be simplified as mechanical analysis of rock structures with holes. To reveal the influence of intrahole reinforcement on the mechanical properties of rock with a single hole, this paper takes the single-hole rock-like material specimens with different reinforcement conditions as the research object. …”
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Effect of home-based interventions on basic activities of daily living for patients who had a stroke: a systematic review with meta-analysis by Ping Qin, Canxin Cai, Xuan Chen, Xijun Wei

“…We included studies involving home-based intervention prescribed by professionals and implemented at patients’ homes. …”
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Falls and Fractures among Nursing Home Residents Treated with Pimavanserin versus Other Atypical Antipsychotics: Analysis of Medicare Beneficiaries with Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis by Krithika Rajagopalan, Nazia Rashid, Daksha Gopal, Dilesh Doshi

“…Abstract Background Reducing falls and fractures remains an important clinical goal in managing older residents with Parkinson’s disease psychosis (PDP) in long-term care/nursing home (LTC/NH) settings. Objectives This analysis examined risk of all-cause falls or fractures among PDP residents on continuous monotherapy with pimavanserin (PIM) versus (i) other atypical antipsychotics (AAPs) [quetiapine (QUE), risperidone (RIS), olanzapine (OLA), aripiprazole (ARI)] and (ii) QUE. …”
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Overcoming barriers to engagement and adherence to a home-based physical activity intervention for patients with heart failure: a qualitative focus group study by Guy A MacGowan, Sarah Charman, Djordje G Jakovljevic, Nduka C Okwose, Nicola O'Brien, Sophie Cassidy, David Brodie, Kristian Bailey, Leah Avery

“…Cardiac rehabilitation programmes have demonstrated success in this regard; however, uptake and adherence are suboptimal. Home-based physical activity programmes have gained popularity to address these issues, although it is acknowledged that their ability to provide personalised support will impact on their effectiveness. …”
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Synthesis of N-Methylmorpholinium Derivatives Possessing a 1,3,4-Oxadiazole Core as Feasible Antibacterial Agents against Plant Bacterial Diseases by Xinxin Tuo, Jie Yang, Yedong Zhang, Peiyi Wang

“…To develop a kind of quaternary ammonium compounds that can safely apply in agriculture for managing the plant bacterial diseases, herein, a series of N-methylmorpholinium derivatives possessing a classical 1,3,4-oxadiazole core were prepared and the antibacterial activities both in vitro and in vivo were screened. …”
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The effect of blood flow restriction training on core muscle strength and pain in male collegiate athletes with chronic non-specific low back pain by Yixuan Liu, Jiahuan Liu, Min Liu, Minzhuo Wang

“…The outcomes were isokinetic core strength, isometric core endurance, pain intensity, and lumbar function disability level, measured at baseline and 4 weeks. …”
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Integrating telerehabilitation and serious gaming during home-based exercise intervention after stroke: A randomized controlled pilot trial of the DISKO-tool by Elisabet Åkesson, Maria Bergqvist, Maja Eder, Nanna Bäckström, Erika Franzén, Jörgen Borg, Susanne Palmcrantz

“…Objective The first objective was to explore the feasibility of performing home-based training using the novel DISKO-tool including both telerehabilitation and serious gaming customized to target dynamic balance poststroke. …”
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Elastoplastic analysis of cracked Aluminum plates with a hybrid repair technique using the bonded composite patch and drilling hole in opening mode I by Wahiba Nessrine Bouzitouna, Wahid Oudad, Mohamed Belhamiani, Djamel Eddine Belhadri, Leila Zouambi

“…The objective of this study is to analyze the performance of composite bonding repair, hole drilling and the combination of the two techniques (hybrid repairs) by tensile tests and to show the interest of a hybrid repair versus to other processes. …”
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Long-Term Outcome of Vitrectomy with Suitable Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling and Air Tamponade for Highly Myopic Foveoschisis-Associated Lamellar Macular Hole by Jia-lin Wang, Yan-ling Wang

“…To investigate the outcome of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with suitable internal limiting membrane peeling (ILM) and air tamponade for patients with highly myopic foveoschisis-associated lamellar macular hole (MH). Methods. This retrospective interventional case series included 11 patients with highly myopic foveoschisis-associated lamellar MH who underwent PPV and indocyanine green-aided ILM peeling up to the temporal vascular arcades. …”
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