This prospec ve study was performed in pa ents aged 65 years or older who underwent hip fracture surgery. The objec ve was to determine the func onal evolu on in a group of pa ents three months a er hospital discharge, to iden fy the variables related to this func onal recovery and to describe the associated mortality and instu onaliza on process. We analyzed demographic variables such as age, ...

the incidence of pre-lingual hearing loss (hl) is about 1 in 1000 neonates. more than 60% of cases are inherited. non-syndromic hl (nshl) is extremely heterogeneous: more than 130 loci have been identified so far. the most common form of nshl is the autosomal recessive form (arnshl). in this study, a cohort of 36 big arnshl pedigrees with 4 or more patients from 7 provinces of iran was investig...

r e s u M e n Osgood desarrolló el diferencial semántico para investigar los fenómenos desde la semántica y la percepción, y aplicamos su versión modificada para investigar temas actuales en ciencia cognitiva. Utilizamos dos dimensiones en lugar de un espacio unidimensional para posicionar palabras nominales y datos sujetos a escalamiento multidimensional (MDS). En el experimento 1 (papel y láp...

Prevention and rehabilitation of hearing loss and tinnitus, the two most commonly awarded service-connected disabilities, are high priority initiatives in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). At least 4,000 Veterans, most with significant hearing loss, will receive cisplatin this year, with more than half sustaining permanent hearing shift and nearly 40% developing new tinnitus. With improv...

OBJECTIVE Rates of premature mortality have been higher in Scotland than in England since the 1970s. Given the known association of diet with chronic disease, the study objective was to identify and synthesise evidence on current and historical differences in food and nutrient intakes in Scotland and England. DESIGN A rapid review of the peer-reviewed and grey literature was carried out. Afte...

Este trabajo analiza la incorporación del tranvía y el autobús en las ciudades sudamericanas su rol de facilitador un viaje colectivo, entendido como espacio construcción sentido que va cimentando una cultura metropolitana. Se busca relevar colectivo no sólo desplazamiento, sino movilidad hábitos, costumbres preocupaciones, sobre vehículos – aunque frutos industrialización distan ser idénticos ...