... contribution of this chapter is our analysis ofthe process of design of tactile interactive system destined to olderadults, addressing our Research Question 2 (How to ...
... strengths ofthe current study are the relatively large sample size and the availability of PET [ 18 F]- florbetapir imaging data and plasma 25(OH)D measurements, providing a ...
... affecting the acceptance of technologies by older ...equipped withtouchscreen. In order to evaluate the ease-of-use of tactile interaction, this ...
... activities of daily living (ADLs) per Lawton & Brody’s Activity of Daily Living Scale completed by both the participant and their caregiver ...evidence of a major neurocognitive disorder ...
... from the regression models indicated that the Appraisal of health information dimension is associated withthe total number of consultations with healthcare profession- ...
... because of easier access to referrals. [32] Finally, the present study showed a positive association be- tween the number of consultations with healthcare profes- sionals and ...
... *Percent of total adds up to more than 100% because respondents were instructed to check all that ...Value of Physician Empathy Before we could understand the value patients put on the ...
... the vortex core thus makes the flow disymmetric and leads to a nonnull thrust on the ...blade. The amplitude ofthe normal forces on the blade appears to be proportional ...
... at the beginning and end ofthe list. For the recognition test, the 120 photos of sets A and B were presented in a pseudorandom but fixed order such that no more than two ...
... healthy olderadults and older patients. The optimal diet of healthy olderadults should contain ...for older patients, with at least 25 e30 g of ...
... understanding of this relationship and the mechanisms that might underlie these ...underscore the ongoing need to provide targeted intervention for olderadultswith sensory ...
... patients with previous cataract and cognitive performance, such that, during acute light exposure and in the morning sub- sequent to sleep, sustained attention performance is improved in patients ...
... Interestingly the adsorption energies of five sites are almost equal for one particular choice of ...that the TTF molecule can move or even rotate relatively easily, especially at room ...
... suggests the use of one ofthe two proposed techniques : the menu tech- nique or the circulation ...technique. The menu technique solves the density problem but ...
... Background: The cerebral metabolic rate of glucose (CMRg) is lower in specific brain regions in Alzheimer’s disease and in those at elevated risk of Alzheimer’s ...disease. The ...
... diagnosis of diabetes, prediabetes and metabolic ...from the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Centers for Disease Control and ...
... changing the inclination ofthe ...that the transition is related to a single critical Weber number but no explanation ofthe corresponding physics was ...experimental ...
... though, ofthe efficacy of low vision rehabilitation on ...This study included 126 veterans older than 70 with a primary eye diagnosis of maculopathy and a visual acuity ...
... Specifically, the goals of the four experiments reported in this dissertation are: (1) determine the extent to which episodic retrieval failures are an emergent property of poor [r] ...
... as the Apathy Inventory [11] or the Neuropsychiatric Inventory [12], which might not always capture the actual state of a person’s level of motivation and activity since it is limited ...