... problematic and common inlongtermcare facilities (LTCF) and hospitals [4] Indeed, the consequences of falling can be particularly devastating in these settings with high rates of injury, reduced ... that include individual risk assessmentand tailored interventions are effective in preventing falls in these settings Whilst there is a paucity of research investigating fall interventions in ... review of all systematic reviews including meta-analyses of RCTs that sought to prevent falls in older adults dwelling in LTCF of hospital settings Meta-analyses of RCTs that investigated any intervention...
... [13] In addition to identifying the type of QoL instrument, information on items, domains, domain description, scaling and scoring, and administration of each QoL instruments was extracted The information ... cancer screening patients Evaluation of QoL of long- term BCS and to examine the roleof ethnicity Evaluation of effect of time elapsed since initial diagnosis on QoL Evaluation of effect of surgical ... measures used in BCS and their complete description such as items, domains, scaling, scoring, and means of administration is provided in Table The number of items and domains in the instruments...
... was born in Akkar Atika, in Lebanon, in 1973 He obtained the Engineering degree in electrical and electricity from the Faculty of Engineering, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon, in 1995 He ... France in 1973, e e and the doctorat d’´ tat in sciences in 1983 e He joined the University of Technology of Troyes in 1994, where he is currently in charge of the Charles Delaunay Institute of Research ... degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Technology of Compiegne (UTC) in France, in 1996 He received his Ph.D degree from the University of Technology of Troyes in France, in 1999...
... functions of site factors, tree size factors and distance independent competition factors ing in large trees never dying Therefore the results of the longterm simulations became unreliable Thus, in ... basal area increment model for individual trees growing in even- and unevenaged forest stands in Austria Forest Ecology and Management, 80: 57–80 MONSERUD R.A., STERBA H., 1999 Modelling individual ... stands and with gP for the gleyic variants of substrate induced Podzol The amount of other tree species refers to Abies alba in stand number 12 (~) and to Larix decidua or broadleaf species in...
... use existing data Audit with feedback consists of two components: the audit of data containing indicators of outcomes or processes of care, ideally linked to quality of care; and delivery of reports ... Understanding the roleof opinion leaders in improving clinical effectiveness Soc Sci Med 2001, 53(6):745-757 Borbas C, Morris N, McLaughlin B, Asinger R, Gobel F: The roleof clinical opinion ... above, we think it likely that insights we gain into the functions of social networks in LTC settings are likely to be of use in other settings and sectors In terms of the Knowledge to Action cycle...
... implementation and application of RAI data to continuing care settings in Alberta Settings and sample The settings are nine LTC nursing units in four facilities or nursing homes (NHs) in Edmonton, ... implementing a feedback intervention in home care settings using the RAI instrument designed to assess clients receiving long- term home care services (RAI-HC) will begin in fall 2010 Following a yearlong ... makers and researchers who are well-versed in developing and using these tools within diverse continuing care settings We will use findings from this study to identify best practices and implement...
... Nordin E, Lundin-Olsson L, Nyberg L A randomized controlled trial of fall prevention by a high-intensity functional exercise program for olderpeople living in residential care facilities Aging ... Witte LP, et al Effectiveness and implementation aspects of interventions for preventing falls in elderly people in long- termcare facilities: A systematic review of RCTs J Am Med Dir Assoc 2011;12:410–25 ... Positive effects of resistance training in frail elderly patients with dementia after long- term physical restraint Age 2014;36:801–11 47 Kerse N, Peri K, Robinson E, Wilkinson T, von Randow M, Kiata...
... the time of falling was standing (14 of 25 cases), followed by walking (8 cases), and transferring from standing to sitting (3 cases) Two falls occurred while using a walker (video IDs 23 and 24) ... feet (at the moment of fall initiation), and oriented in the plane of the fall (defined by the line connecting the mid-point of the feet and the location of the head at the moment of pelvis impact) ... collected and conducted kinematic analysis of video footage of real-life falls experienced by older adults in longterm care (LTC) facilities We then determined the impact velocities of the hip, head and...
... in nursing: An examination of formal structure and influencing factors In Dissertation Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing; 1997 Estabrooks CA: Modeling the individual determinants ... use in acute care settings [74] and has been adapted for and piloted in the long- termcare setting as part of our feasibility work for this project There are variations of the tool for each of ... an international system for capturing essential information about the health, physical, mental, andfunctional status of continuing and long- termcare facility residents [89-97] It consists of...
... mapping the contextual factors influencing knowledge translation in longterm care settings at various levels Understanding the roleof organizational context in knowledge translation is the main ... source of data will be non-participant observation in the long- termcare facility, including observation in resident care areas and at a variety of meetings General observations within units of the ... emerging theory in the language that is actually used within long- termcare facilities to describe knowledge use in practice, thereby aiding in the dissemination and clarity of the findings for...
... mapping the contextual factors influencing knowledge translation in longterm care settings at various levels Understanding the roleof organizational context in knowledge translation is the main ... source of data will be non-participant observation in the long- termcare facility, including observation in resident care areas and at a variety of meetings General observations within units of the ... emerging theory in the language that is actually used within long- termcare facilities to describe knowledge use in practice, thereby aiding in the dissemination and clarity of the findings for...
... NM_014393 ▲ 1.52 regulation of transcription protein binding double-stranded RNA binding DNA binding ▼ 5.02 protein binding NM_001149 NM_004242 ▲- increased ▼- decreased Validation of microarray results ... and ethanol-induced mucosal injury in the upper gastrointestinal tract leading to increase in the permeability of the gut mucosa to endotoxins [43, 44] These factors are involved in ethanol-induced ... ANK3 Gene title cofactor of BRCA1 integrin, beta staufen, RNA binding protein, homolog (Drosophila) high mobility group nucleosomal binding domain ankyrin 3, node of Ranvier (ankyrin G) Signal Log...
... aspartate (cysteine) aminotransferase AAV adeno-associated virus AC adenylyl cyclase AOAA aminooxyacetic acid AS argininosuccinate ASL argininosuccinate lyase Asp L-aspartate ASS argininosuccinate synthase ... Nω-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride LPS lipopolysaccharide MAP mean arterial pressure MBS myosin binding subunit MLC myosin light chain MLCK myosin light chain kinase MLCP myosin light chain ... 1997) and is mostly localised in the cytoplasm (Jobgen et al., 2006) Almost all cell types are able to recycle citrulline back into arginine through the argininosuccinate synthase (ASS) and argininosuccinate...
... resurgence in the incidence of TB occurred in the United States and included increases in the number of TB cases among adults and children and outbreaks of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) involving ... preventing pulmonary TB in adolescents and adults These studies also were not useful in determining a) the efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy of the vaccine strain administered ... boosted by administering a tuberculin skin test week to year after the initial postvaccination skin test; ongoing periodic skin testing also might prolong reactivity to tuberculin in vaccinated persons...
... modification may in uence many of the physicochemical and biological properties of the proteins, such as protein folding, stability, targeting, dynamics and ligand binding, as well as cell-matrix and cell–cell ... side-chains are important for the GABA transport activity 1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into the roleof the terminal structures of the ... substrate binding process This provides strong evidence that N-glycans, in particular their terminal structures, are involved in regulating the GABA translocation of GAT1, but not in binding of GAT1...
... combining sponsorship, brand merchandising, brand stretching, packaging, point -of- sale promotions, and product placement, across a broad range of channels ranging from event marketing to the Internet.22,23 ... discounting, and brand marketing, in the context of the current regulatory and social environment Consumer marketing Consumer-product marketing efforts, including pricing, distribution, packaging, and ... use often is integrated into entertainment media programming, especially in movies Portrayals of tobacco in movies include images of tobacco use and images of tobacco product brand names and...
... equal to ô ằ (increase in indebtedness) by 15 points (33 minus 18), and increases the probability of Expected-Debt to be equal to ô ằ (not indebted and not going to be) by 13 points (34 minus 21) ... remaining 11% An increase in indebtedness (of 80% in average) is associated with a 14% decrease in production, and with a 2% rise in inventories Conversely, enterprises with a decrease level of indebtedness ... generated in a model of soft budget constraint in Berglof and Roland (1994) 22 Enterprise Adjustment and the Roleof Bank Credit in Russia: Evidence from a 420 Firm's Qualitative Survey The main underlying...
... departure, and formation of the oxazolinium ion intermediate; (C) Hydrolysis of the oxazolinium ion intermediate Copyright National Academy of Sciences, USA questioned on the basis of studies of chitinase ... ChiB for allosamidin, which is an analogue of the proposed oxazolinium ion intermediate [32] The minor (or even positive) effects of Y214F on substrate and intermediate binding and the large negative ... The basic arm of the pH-activity profile must be determined by the loss of one or both of these protons Comparison of rows 1, and with rows andin Table shows that substrate-binding has drastic...
... structure containing two chitin-binding domains (ChBD1 and ChBD2) and two catalytic (active) domains (AD1 and AD2) [25] Both catalytic domains belong to GH family 18 We have not performed any kinetic ... range of organisms, including bacteria, fungi, plants and animals The presence of chitinases in such organisms is closely associated with the physiological roles of their substrates For instance, ... in AD2 and carried out mutational and crystallographic analyses in order to clarify their catalytic role Our kinetic study indicated that D2 and E residues play particularly important roles in...