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Re‐Awakening Public Attention to the Silent Pandemic of Cancer Among Older Adults in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

open access: yesAging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Qui se cache derrière la baisse de la mobilité automobile en Île-de-France ? Une analyse typologique des pratiques modales des actifs occupés franciliens

open access: yesCybergeo, 2019
This paper analyzes the evolution in transport modal use in daily mobility of workers in the greater Paris area in the last decade. After many decades of continuous growth, car use has decreased while public transport, walking, cycling and motorized two ...
Laurent Proulhac
doaj   +1 more source

Parental perceived neighborhood attributes : associations with active transport and physical activity among 10-12 year old children and the mediating role of independent mobility [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: During the last decades, the use of active travel modes declined in all age groups. Childhood is a critical time to establish lifelong healthy patterns. To develop effective interventions in this age group, insight in the correlates of health
Cardon, Greet   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Association of Corticospinal Tract Asymmetry With Ambulatory Ability After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ambulatory ability after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is important to patients. We tested whether asymmetry between ipsi‐ and contra‐lesional corticospinal tracts (CSTs) assessed by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is associated with post‐ICH ambulation.
Yasmin N. Aziz   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobilités quotidiennes et inégalités socio-territoriales à Bogotá, Santiago du Chili et São Paulo

open access: yesEspace populations sociétés, 2010
The role of daily mobility as a socio-spatial inequalities factor is a key issue in Latin America and is partly attributable to urbanisation patterns on this continent: a rather advanced urban transition, low density and wide spread millionaire ...
Florent Demoraes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial proximity and distance travelled: commuting versus non-commuting trips in Flanders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper examines the relationship between daily travel distance and spatial characteristics in Flanders (and partly also in Brussels), in the north of Belgium.
Boussauw, Kobe, Witlox, Frank
core  

Homesick L\'evy walk: A mobility model having Ichi-go Ichi-e and scale-free properties of human encounters

open access: yes, 2014
In recent years, mobility models have been reconsidered based on findings by analyzing some big datasets collected by GPS sensors, cellphone call records, and Geotagging.
Fujihara, Akihiro, Miwa, Hiroyoshi
core   +1 more source

Management of urban mobility to control climate change in cities in Spain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The need to decarbonize urban mobility is one of the main motivations for all countries to achieve reduction targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In general, the transport modes that have experienced the most growth in recent years tend to be the ...
Monzón de Cáceres, Andrés   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Entre contraintes et innovation : évolutions de la mobilité quotidienne dans les villes d’Afrique subsaharienne

open access: yesEspace populations sociétés, 2010
Within a context of deep poverty, how does one accomplish daily travel in Sub-Saharan African cities and which strategies for adaptation one is brought to develop?
Lourdes Diaz Olvera   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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