PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To examine the longitudinal associations between 3 dimensions of religious involvement-religious attendance, use of religious media, and private religious activities-and 3 domains of functional status-limitations in basic activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), and mobility in older adults. DESIGN AND METHODS Using the data from a...

A need for a prosthetic hand device has arisen based on the fact that many people lose one of their upper limbs various reasons. Many systems are available to control hands, such as electromyography (EMG) and mechanomyography (MMG). These present problems, including complexity, high cost, other issues. Voice commands among solutions recommended address these The proliferation Internet, voice re...

Computers generate trace files containing reports on system performance, status, and faults. To analyze these trace files more efficiently, we have developed a graphical technique embodied in an interactive system for displaying large trace files. Our system uses abstraction, color, aggregation, filtering, interaction, and a drill-down capability to find patterns among the reports. We apply our...

Previous research into the religious life of Roma in Serbia has mostly been based on questionnaires and surveys of sociologists of religion on their religious (current connection to religion and church) and confessional (belonging to a religion) self-identification, on the ritual celebration of two religious-ethnic holidays: Vlasuljica (January 14, St. Basil) and Đurđevdan (May 6, St. George), ...

The main argument of this paper is that religious change caused by modifying supply in the religious market takes time due to intergenerational value change. Unlike previous research, this study suggests that not only do religious agents on the supply side need time to adjust, but that the time lag is probably even greater among individuals on the demand side of the religious market. Using time...

This study examines the effects of prolonged exposure to terrorism in 600 religious and non-religious Jewish adolescents living in Jerusalem, particularly post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, depressive symptoms, alcohol use, coping strategies and social support. The youth in Jerusalem reported high exposure to terrorist acts. This exposure was associated with high PTS, depressive symptoms and...