Product recovery has become a field of rapidly growing interest for product manufacturers as a promising solution for product stewardship as well as for economic viability. Because product recovery is highly dependent on the way a product is designed, it should be considered in the design stage so that the product is designed to have high recovery potential. To make a product easy to recover, m...

OBJECTIVE We tested the hypothesis that older adults are more likely than younger adults to consider their current mental health status when estimating their own recovery from psychiatric illness because many older people were first hospitalized for psychiatric illness prior to the emergence of the recovery movement in the 1990s, before recovery was redefined to include life improvements other ...

spinal cord injury (sci) is a trauma that disturbs motor, sensitive and autonomic function and directly impacts the quality of life. after physical damage, releasing of pro-inflammatory proteins and cytokines occurs and with collaboration of immune system cells, an immune response begins in the brain tissue. the result of neuroinflammation is edema, apoptosis and release of axonal growth inhibi...

In this work was investigated the feasibility to use Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) glasses in construction sector as secondary raw material. WEEE glasses were used in different percentages as a function of the product obtained: 30-40wt% for glaze formulations, about 40wt% for glass-ceramics and 5wt% in brick bodies. The laboratory and industrial scale up results demonstrated ...

Networks using wormhole switching have traditionally relied upon deadlock avoidance strategies for the design of deadlock-free algorithms. The past few years have seen a rise in popularity of deadlock recovery strategies, that are based on the property that deadlocks are quite rare in practice and happen only at or beyond the network saturation point. In fact, recovery-based routing algorithms ...

It is expected that over the next few years type approval legislation will force vehicle manufacturers to identify recovery methods during the design process in order achieve reuse and recycling targets. Current vehicle design does not sufficiently aid the economic recovery of parts and materials to reach these targets. This paper aims to provide a framework so that the cost of recovery can inf...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important index of outcome after stroke and may facilitate a broader description of stroke recovery. This study examined the relationship of individual and clinical characteristics to HRQOL in stroke survivors with mild to moderate stroke during subacute recovery. METHODS Two hundred twenty-nine participants 3 to 9 months pos...

AIM  The aim of this study was to systematically review the literature on the influence of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols and health related quality of life (HQoL) and patient satisfaction. METHOD A systematic review of the literature from January 1990 to February 2009 was undertaken. Studies were included if they compared HQoL and/or patient satisfaction after ERAS and conv...

acute fulminant myocarditis is a life-threatening inflammatory disease of the myocardium characterized by the rapid deterioration of the hemodynamic status of the affected individual. with prompt recognition and appropriate management, complete recovery of ventricular function is likely within a few weeks. we introduce a 28-year-old man with acute fulminant myocarditis, who experienced circulat...

This study examines the relationship between spirituality and recovery from alcoholism. Spirituality was defined as the extent of practice of Alcoholics Anonymous Steps 11 and 12 and was measured by a Step Questionnaire developed by the researcher. Step 11 suggests prayer and meditation and Step 12 suggests assistance of other alcoholics. Expressed degree of purpose in life was also seen as a ...