BACKGROUND Mobility decrease is reportedly age-dependent in community dwelling elderly, and a major factor of disability in the geriatric population. The purpose of this study is to examine whether mobility decrease, as assessed using a set of tests, is similarly age-dependent in elderly adults who already have disability. METHODS One hundred thirty-five community-dwelling elderly (54 men, 81...

the study of social mobility is part of urban studies. iranian sociological investigations do not reflect much about the problem of women’s social mobility; while understanding the dynamics of women’s mobility and its extent can help in planning and policy-making within the framework of social studies. the present research probes into women’s inter-generation social mobility in an iranian urban...

In this paper, we reported the effective mobility and the interface-state density of La2O3 nMISFETs fabricated under different post deposition annealing (PDA) conditions; annealing temperature (300 ◦C – 600 ◦C) and ambient (N2 or O2). High effective mobility of 312 cm2/Vs and low interface-state density of 6 × 1010 cm−2/eV were obtained from La2O3 nMISFET with equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) o...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although abundant literature has reported success with vertebroplasty for the treatment of painful compression fractures, none has accounted for a potential expectation-related placebo effect. We report the results of vertebroplasty for painful vertebral body compression fractures in a small cohort of patients with dementia with the assumption that this patient subgroup i...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Children with significantly decreased mobility have limited opportunities to explore their physical and social environment. A variety of assistive technologies are available to increase mobility; however, no single device provides the level of functional mobility that children developing typically enjoy. The purpose of this technical report is to formally introduce a new ...

We report the nanomorphology-driven two-stage hole mobility in the blend films of regioregular and regiorandom poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) polymers of which regioregularity was 92.2% and 33.0%, respectively. The hole mobility of blend films was measured by employing a top-contact type organic field-effect transistor which has an aromatic polyimide gate insulating layer and silver source/drain...

OBJECTIVE Objective To evaluate the prevalence of generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) in healthy female Koreans and to determine whether the degree of GJH differs between children and adults. METHODS Two groups of females were enrolled, a group of girls from an elementary school (n=404) and women from a call center (n=266). GJH was diagnosed using the Beighton score, which is composed of an...

The extent of and changes in inter-generational mobility of wealth are central to understanding dynamics of wealth inequality but hard to measure. Using estate tax returns data, we observe that the share of women among the very wealthy (top 0.01%) in the United States peaked in the late 1960s, reaching almost 50%. Three decades on, women’s share had declined to one third, a return to pre-war le...

WHY: Hospitalization poses a risk for altered functional status for older adults due to acute illness, decreased mobility, the negative effects of bedrest such as pressure ulcers, pain, dehydration and/or malnutrition, medication side effects, and associated hospital treatment measures such as invasive lines and catheters that limit mobility. Low levels of mobility and bedrest are common occurr...

INTRODUCTION Tinnitus is considered as one of the major symptom associated with many pathologies along with its presence in individuals with normal hearing. With varied cause and mechanism of its generation and increase in number of individuals with complaint of tinnitus, rehabilitation becomes crucial for Audiologists. OBJECTIVE Study was undertaken to find the efficacy of Residual Inhibitio...