INTRODUCTION Low-trauma fractures of older adults have been recognized as a major public health problem in developed societies with aging populations. However, nationwide information on recent fracture trends is rather scarce. METHODS We determined the trend in the number and incidence (per 100,000 persons) of low-trauma ankle fracture among elderly people in Finland by taking into account al...

CONTEXT Long-term acute care hospitals have emerged as a novel approach for the care of patients recovering from severe acute illness, but the extent and increases in their activity at the national level are unknown. OBJECTIVE To examine temporal trends in long-term acute care hospital utilization after an episode of critical illness among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years ...

Paratextuality plays a key role in cultural stereotyping and ideological framing of the translated texts pre-positions reader by setting certain expectations (Baker 2006). They also serve as tool adaptation (Genette 1997), superimposing interpretations author’s intentions ideologies. Here, George Orwell’s Animal Farm is an optimum example. The rising interest its Arabic translation, especially ...

O presente artigo tem como tema as intersecções entre os multiletramentos e a educomunicação, mais especificamente em suas similaridades referentes à linguagem. problema que motivou pesquisa é o fato de que, mesmo esses conceitos advirem diferentes áreas, Linguística, Educação Comunicação, eles apresentam pontos comum. A justificativa para se pauta na Linguística Aplicada, pois ela característi...