DECREASED AUTONOMY IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS

Decreased Autonomy In Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Sergio Sánchez-García,1 Carmen García-Peña,2 Eliseo Ramírez-García,1 Karla Moreno-Tamayo,1 Guillermo Rafael Cantú-Quintanilla3 1Epidemiological Research Unit and Health Services, Aging Area, National Medical Center XXI Century, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico; 2Research Divi

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Optimizing outcomes and experience for patients traveling abroad for spine surgery: A survey of neurosurgeons and orthopedic spine surgeons in Saudi Arabia

Background: It is widely accepted that patients with complex medical diagnoses and those with the means will travel for specialized medical care abroad.For various reasons, patients from the Gulf countries, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), have comprised a significant proportion of patients traveling abroad for care.Rarely, however, hav

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Benzalkonium Chloride and Benzethonium Chloride Effectively Reduce Spore Germination of Ginger Soft Rot Pathogens: Fusarium solani and Fusarium oxysporum

Ginger soft rot is a serious soil-borne disease caused by Fusarium solani and Fusarium oxysporum, resulting in reduced crop yields.The application of common chemical fungicides is considered to be an effective method of sterilization, and therefore, they pose a serious threat to the environment and human health due to their high toxicity.Benzalkoni

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Angular position control system of pneumatic artificial muscles

This article presents a test stand used to determine the Hot Water Thermostat angle control of a pair of pneumatic artificial muscles PAM, which work antagonistically like natural muscles, e.g.in the human arm.The muscles were designed and produced at the Kielce University of Technology.The technical and functional parameters of the muscles were de

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