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Association between the frequency of daily intellectual activities and cognitive domains: A cross‐sectional study in older adults with complaints of forgetfulness

Brain and Behavior, 2021
Objectives Frequent engagement in intellectual activities has been shown to reduce the risk of developing dementia. The present study sought to examine the association between the frequency of daily intellectual activities and cognitive domains in older ...
Ai Iizuka, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Susumu Ogawa, Tomoya Takahashi, Sachiko Murayama, Momoko Kobayashi, Yoshinori Fujiwara   +6 more
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Hand dexterity, not handgrip strength, is associated with executive function in Japanese community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background An association between handgrip strength, hand dexterity and global cognition is suggested; however, it is unclear whether both hand motor functions are associated with executive function, which is important for performing daily activities ...
Kimi Estela Kobayashi-Cuya, Ryota Sakurai, Naoko Sakuma, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Masashi Yasunaga, Susumu Ogawa, Toru Takebayashi, Yoshinori Fujiwara   +7 more
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Citizen participation in news [PDF]

, 2014
The process of producing news has changed significantly due to the advent of the Web, which has enabled the increasing involvement of citizens in news production.
Adar Eytan, Bennett W. Lance, Bowman Shayne, Bruns Axel, Bruns Axel, Bruns Axel, Davies Nick, Gans Herbert J., Herman Edward S., Hermida Alfred, Kwak Haewoon, Lasica Joseph D., Lerman Kristina, Leveson Lord Justice, Lih Andrew, Lukes Steven, O’Reilly Tim, Thurman Neil, Zubiaga Arkaitz   +18 more
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Exploring experiences of people participation activities in a British national health service trust: a service user-led research project

Research Involvement and Engagement, 2019
Background People participation teams are being established in many British NHS Trusts. They support active service user involvement in staff recruitment interviews, in evaluations of care and in programmes to improve services.
Adrian Curwen, Jane Fernandes, Rachael Howison, Paul Binfield, Frank Rohricht, Domenico Giacco   +5 more
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From participation to dropout [PDF]

, 2010
The academic e-learning practice has to deal with various participation patterns and types of online learners with different support needs. The online instructors are challenged to recognize these and react accordingly.
Aragon, Bürg, Carell, Caspi, Caspi, Chen, Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt, Davies, de Laat, del Valle, Gao, Hesse, Hrastinski, Johnson, Joyce, Katrin Neubauer, Kember, Levy, Morris, National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), Nichols, Nicolae Nistor, Parker, Patterson, Rovai, Salmon, Scripture, Tinto, Tondeur, Wise   +29 more
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EDITORIAL: Aesthetics and participation … [PDF]

, 2015
Does it ever happen that a theoretical perspective is articulated, accepted and then sealed from further debate? There is a process of development, application, critique and assessment.
Conroy, Colette
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Between empowerment and abuse: citizen participation beyond the post-democratic turn [PDF]

, 2020
In this special issue on “Democratization beyond the Post-Democratic Turn. Political Participation between Empowerment and Abuse”, we have explored changing understandings of participation in contemporary Western representative democracies through the ...
Butzlaff, Felix
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A Systematic Approach to Project Related Concepts of Scrum [PDF]

Revista de Management Comparat International, 2016
Scrum models have clustered within the boundaries of product development and the limited world of development teams. Nonetheless, any Scrum adoption cannot be isolated from the rest of organization’s processes and structures.
Necmettin OZKAN, Civan KUCUK
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Progressive Participation [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
A single seller faces a sequence of buyers with unit demand. The buyers are forward‐looking and long‐lived. Each buyer has private information about his arrival time and valuation where the latter evolves according to a geometric Brownian motion.
Bergemann, Dirk, Strack, Philipp
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A Community-Wide Intervention Trial for Preventing and Reducing Frailty Among Older Adults Living in Metropolitan Areas: Design and Baseline Survey for a Study Integrating Participatory Action Research With a Cluster Trial

Journal of Epidemiology, 2019
Background: Preventing and reducing frailty is an important challenge for Japan in the next decade, especially in metropolitan areas. We launched a community-wide intervention trial (the Ota Genki Senior Project) in 2016 to develop effective community ...
Satoshi Seino, Akihiko Kitamura, Yui Tomine, Izumi Tanaka, Mariko Nishi, Kumiko Nonaka, Yu Nofuji, Miki Narita, Yu Taniguchi, Yuri Yokoyama, Hidenori Amano, Tomoko Ikeuchi, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Shoji Shinkai   +13 more
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