PURPOSE This study was done to determine the risk factors for recurrent fallers (2+falls) compared to single fallers. METHODS Participants were 104 community-dwelling people 65 yr of age or older. The data were collected from June 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 using the Residential Assessment Instrument-Home Care. RESULTS Over the past 90 days, 55.7% of the 104 participants fell once, and 44.2% ...

BACKGROUND Recurrence prediction of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) present a great challenge because of a lack of biomarkers. Genetic variations play an important role in tumor development and metastasis. METHODS Oligonucleotide microarrays were used to evaluate the genetic characteristics of tumor DNA in 30 HBV-re...

PURPOSE This study compared postpartum depression and parental self-efficacy between married immigrant women from Vietnam and native Korean mothers. METHOD The participants were 72 native Korean mothers and 69 immigrant Vietnamese mothers living in a suburban city in South Korea. The instruments used were the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and the Parent Expectation Survey. RESULTS Th...

Within the unmanageably large class of nonconvex optimization, we consider the rich subclass of nonsmooth problems having composite objectives (this includes the extensively studied convex, composite objective problems as a special case). For this subclass, we introduce a powerful, new framework that permits asymptotically non-vanishing perturbations. In particular, we develop perturbation-base...

OBJECTIVE The current study examined ethnic differences in patterns of weight loss and regain in response to an initial behavioral weight loss intervention followed by an extended-care maintenance program. METHODS We analyzed data from 224 women (African American n = 43, Caucasian n = 181) from rural communities who participated in an initial 6-month lifestyle intervention for obesity and wer...

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