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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A food‐grade cooling composite made from starch and recycled eggshell powder offers a scalable, ultra‐low‐cost solution for passive daytime radiative cooling. Easily prepared using basic kitchen tools, this material empowers communities, even in areas with limited infrastructure, to stay cooler during worsening summer heat waves.
Qimeng Song +3 more
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Older Adults with Dementia Are Sedentary for Most of the Day. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 PURPOSE:Self-reported data suggest that older adults with dementia are inactive. The purpose of the present study was to objectively assess the physical activity (PA) levels of community-dwelling and institutionalized ambulatory patients with dementia ...
Helena J M van Alphen +5 more
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Assessing Health Numeracy Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Journal of Health Communication, 2007 Quantitative information occupies a central role within health care decision making. Despite this, numeracy has attracted little research attention. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to (1) describe the health numeracy skill of a nonclinical, Canadian community-based senior population and (2) determine the relationship between health numeracy ...
Donelle, Lorie +2 more
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Hip Protectors for Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Canadian Journal of Health Technologies, 2021 In community-dwelling older adults who wore hip protectors there was no difference in the risk of hip fractures or pelvic fractures, compared to those who did not wear hip protectors. Three guidelines were identified that include recommendations around the use of hip protectors in older adults.
Keeley Farrell, Melissa Walter
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Social connectedness, physical activity, and sleep quality in Thai older adults [PDF]
, 2016 This study explored relationships among social connectedness, physical activity, and sleep quality in community-dwelling Thai older ...
Phillips, Lorraine J., Promnoi, Chantra
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The association between fear of falling and smoothness of lower trunk oscillation in gait varies according to gait speed in community-dwelling older adults [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundFear of falling (FoF) is common in community-dwelling older adults. FoF and increased walking speed are associated with lower trunk oscillation during gait in older adults.
Asai Tsuyoshi +5 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A novel FIRINOX‐loaded implant demonstrates controlled drug release, and potent therapeutic efficacy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma mouse models with safety confirmed in a large‐animal pre‐clinical model. This innovative drug delivery platform offers a promising new treatment approach for non‐resectable, treatment‐resistant pancreatic cancer ...
Samantha J. Wade +19 more
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Mapping implementation strategies to reach community-dwelling older adults in Northwest Switzerland
Implementation ScienceBackground In Northwestern Switzerland, recent legislation tackles the needs of community-dwelling older adults by creating Information and Advice Centers (IACs).
Maria Jose Mendieta +11 more
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BMJ OpenObjectives Functional impairment is an early stage of disability, and timely identification and intervention are critical for the health of older adults.
Yun Li +7 more
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Community participation of community dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background With the advancing age of the population, and increasing demands on healthcare services, community participation has become an important consideration for healthy ageing.
Claire Gough +4 more
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