Purpose Overseas studies and reviews showed that about 30% of elderly suffer from falls every year and approximately one fall in ten resulted in fractures. Fall is a major cause of hospitalization in Hong Kong, ranking the fifth in terms of total bed days of all public acute hospitals. Tai Chi (TC) is a Chinese martial art form for centuries and seems to be an effective intervention to prevent ...

The aim of this study is to analyse and describe the impact of digital devices with a mult imodal character on chi ldren's creations of narrative texts. The focus will be on the process of creating texts, the conditions for creating texts and the results, the texts. Text is seen as multimodal and the theoretical approach is social semiotics. The method will involve a multimodal didactic design ...

Objectives—To assess the characteristic eVects of Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) exercise on metabolism and cardiorespiratory response,and to measure its eVect on cardiorespiratory function, mental control, immune capacity, and the prevention of falls in elderly people. Design—A review of controlled experimental studies and clinical trials designed with one of two aims: either to assess physiological resp...

(2005). How chi ldren learn the meaning of words and how LSA does it (too).

The 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake (MW=7.6; ML=7.3) ruptured in an area considered unusual in that, historically, large earthquakes have been unheard of and the background seismicity are low. A detailed investigation of the crustal characteristics based on seismicity, subsurface structures and GPS surveys shows that crustal strength in the low-seismicity block was most likely stronger than in the surr...