[Purpose] This study aimed to determine the reliability and validity of our standing balance assessment index using a hand-held dynamometer (the hand-held dynamometer assessment index) in stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] The participants were 60 stroke patients with impaired standing balance. Intrarater and interrater reliabilities were evaluated employing the intraclass correlation coef...

The present study examined and compared order memory for a list of sequentially presented odours, unfamiliar faces, and pure tones. Employing single-probe serial position recall and following a correction for a response bias, qualitatively different serial position functions were observed across stimuli. Participants demonstrated an ability to perform absolute order memory judgments for odours....

Well-being enhancement is an essential goal of urban transportation. As emerging and popular mode transportation, the impact ride-hailing service on people’s well-being has not been well examined, especially in developing countries. In order to study influencing factors passenger satisfaction relationship between subjective well-being, a conceptual framework relationships passengers’ characteri...

A National Animal Traction Survey carried out in South Africa in 1994, indicated that a substantial number of commercial as well as small scale farmers are using or would like to use draught horses on their farms. A major draw back for such farmers is the unavailability of suitable animadrawn implements. As a result, although many farmers would like to use draught horses, few do because of the ...