BACKGROUND There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools to assess frailty that have been shown to be predictive of death or need for entry into an institutional facility have not gained acceptance among practising clinicians. We aimed to develop a tool that would be both predictive and easy to use. METHODS We developed the 7-point Clinical F...

       Patients are exposed to stressors such as death anxiety despite the effectiveness of hemodialysis in renal failure. The aim of this study was to investigate relationship between spiritual well-being and sensation seeking with death anxiety in hemodialysis patients. The statistical population included 215 hemodialysis patients in 2013 that 138 patients wer...

This paper presents a Distributed Model Predictive Control (DMPC)-based algorithm for distributed and coordinated voltage control of wind power plants. Under the proposed approach, magnitude at point connection plants is optimally controlled to meet requirements. In conventional centralized each farm tracks signals set by Transmission System Operator but DMPC responds locally mitigate deviation...