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Background Fall-related injuries can reduce older adults’ independence and result in economic burdens. The assistive technologies and home modifications explored in this review are suggested to reduce the risk of falls of community-dwelling older people.
Kathryn M. Crosby +8 more
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Purpose: Sarcopenia is a major disease affecting mortality and quality of life in the elderly population. We performed a meta-analysis of studies on the community-dwelling population to investigate the prevalence of sarcopenia and its association with ...
Seung Min Chung +2 more
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Prolonged lead dwell time and lead burden predict bailout transfemoral lead extraction [PDF]
AbstractBackgroundTransvenous lead extraction (TLE) may be performed by superior approach using the original implant vein or via a femoral approach; however, limited comparative data exists. We compare outcomes between femoral versus nonfemoral TLE approaches and determine predictors of bailout transfemoral lead extraction in patients undergoing ...
Justin Gould +10 more
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Migraine is a prevalent disease associated with high levels of disability and is often underdiagnosed and undertreated. This systematic literature review aimed to identify the types of pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies that community ...
Srujitha Marupuru +3 more
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Background Medication review is essential in managing adverse drug reactions and improving drug safety in older adults. This systematic review evaluated medication review’s role as a single intervention or combined with other interventions in ...
Yu Ming +4 more
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Evaluating a mustard extraction technique for sampling earthworms
We examined efficacy of a mustard extraction technique for quantifying earthworm occupancy and density using a mesocosm experiment. In May 2017, we placed 12 earthworms from 2 ecological groups (6 surface dwelling [epigeic] and 6 deep dwelling [anecic ...
Melissa D. Starking, Gary J. Roloff
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Persistent effects of sand extraction on habitats and associated benthic communities in the German Bight [PDF]
Sea-level rise demands for protection measures of endangered coastlines crucial for the local population. At the island of Sylt in the SE North Sea, shoreline erosion is compensated by replenishment with sand dredged from an offshore extraction site.
F. Mielck +5 more
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Background Physical activity and a healthy diet are important in helping to maintain mobility with aging. This umbrella review aims to identify group-based physical activity and/or nutrition interventions for community-dwelling older adults that improve ...
Sarah E. Neil-Sztramko +12 more
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DNA extraction from insect gut-dwelling fungi v1
This protocol is good for DNA extraction from microbial fungi isolated from aquatic insect guts. It works for small input tissues (starting from one fungal thallus). The product can be used for PCR and Sanger sequencing directly, which is ideal for fungal barcode analyses.
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Automatic extraction of verb patterns from "Hauta-lanerako Euskal Hiztegia"
This paper presents some of the results obtained by means of the method we developed for the study of verb usage examples, emphasizing as we do so that the primary aim was the development of a method rather than the results per se, and dwelling on the ...
Jose Mari Arriola +2 more
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