Poli, Arianna Kelfve, Susanne Klompstra, Leonie Strömberg, Anna Jaarsma, Tiny Motel-Klingebiel, Andreas
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Journal of medical Internet research
The use of digital technologies is increasing in health care. However, studies evaluating digital health technologies can be characterized by selective nonparticipation of older people, although older people represent one of the main user groups of health care. We examined whether and how participation in an exergame intervention study was associat...
Tsutsumi, Koji Shimizu, Hideyuki
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
The patient was a 76-year-old woman with an atypical descending thoracic aortic aneurysm due to a highly tortuous descending aorta. The surgical approach in this case required special consideration because of the aneurysm’s location. The main body of the aneurysm was in the right thoracic cavity. Descending thoracic aorta replacement with a prosthe...
Søraa, Roger Andre Fosch-Villaronga, Eduard
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Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics
In this article, we investigate the relation between gender and exoskeleton development through the lens of intersectionality theory. Exoskeleton users come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and genders. However, it is often the case that wearable robot engineers do not develop such devices primarily on the premise that the product should fit as ...
Smith, Devin D. Pippen, Jessica L. Adesomo, Adebayo A. Rood, Kara M. Landon, Mark B. Costantine, Maged M.
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American Journal of Perinatology
Objective Pregnant women have been historically excluded from clinical trials for nonobstetric conditions, even during prior epidemics. The objective of this review is to describe the current state of research for pregnant women during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Study Design We conducted a search of international trial regist...
Banerjee, E Griffith, J Kenyon, C Christianson, B Strain, A Martin, K McMahon, M Bagstad, E Laine, E Hardy, K
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Published in
Perspectives in public health
We report on a measles outbreak largely occurring in Minnesota's under-vaccinated Somali community in the spring of 2017. The outbreak was already into its third generation when the first two cases were confirmed, and rapid public health actions were needed. The aim of our response was to quickly end transmission and contain the outbreak. The state...
Clarke, Charlotte L Wilcockson, Jane Watson, Julie Wilkinson, Heather Keyes, Sarah Kinnaird, Lindsay Williamson, Toby
Published in
Dementia (London, England)
Robinson, Sally Hill, Malcolm Fisher, Karen R Graham, Anne
Published in
Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID
In recent policies, it is assumed that communities welcome the inclusion of young people with intellectual disability. However, little is known about perspectives of young people themselves. This article reports on research that sought to address this gap. Young people with intellectual disability living in three Australian small town communities p...
Ivars, B. Venot, Jean-Philippe
Since 2011 and the transition to civilian government, Myanmar and the Ayeyarwady Delta in particular are witnessing swift and dramatic changes in the modalities of access and use of natural resources. Drawing from political ecology, and on the basis of ethnographic work conducted in Yeinek village tract in the Nyaungdone Township of the Ayeyarwady ...
Assali, Lina Kaze, Clarisse
The purpose of our study was to investigate how leisure educators at two different leisure homes work with inclusion and exclusion in the indoor environment. In order to answer the purpose, the study was based on the following questions: How do leisure educators work with inclusion and exclusion? What opportunities and obstacles do leisure educator...
Tichindeleanu, Ovidiu Rogers, Douglas Levkins, Andrejs Gradskova, Yulia Sokolovskaja, Marina Golubev, Alexei Wolkenstein, Paul Makarychev, Andrey Bezuglov, Dmitrii
This section presents exchanges between intellectuals from Eastern and Western Europe, Russia, and North America who kindly agreed to read and comment on Martin Mueller's article "In Search of the Global East", relying on the situation in their own academic disciplines, work experiences, and the twists and turns of their scientific research and cre...
