The residential sector is responsible for a large portion of global energy consumption, with the primary needs consisting of space heating. Therefore, consumers’ decisions concerning the heating system selection play a significant role in shaping the ...
Spyridon Karytsas
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The occurrence of depressive symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
Background/Aim. Depression, as a common comorbidity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), has been found to affect the disease diagnosis and treatment response.
Golubović Sonja +4 more
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Correlation of Ophthalmology Residency Application Characteristics with Subsequent Performance in Residency [PDF]
Abstract Purpose Only from reviewing applications, it is difficult to identify which applicants will be successful ophthalmology residents. The change of the USMLE Step 1 scoring to “Pass/Fail” removes another quantitative metric. We aimed to identify application attributes correlated with successful residency performance.
Brett M. Gudgel +4 more
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HIGH SEROPREVALENCE FOR TOXOCARIASIS AMONG MINORITY GROUPS OF VARNA REGION, BULGARIA [PDF]
Toxocariasis in humans is a little-studied zoonosis, and there are no data on the impact of this parasitosis on the minority groups in our country. The purpose of this study is to establish the seroprevalence of toxocariasis among ethnic groups in the ...
Tatyana Cvetkova +2 more
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IMPLICATIONS OF RESIDENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS ON RESIDENT-TO-RESIDENT AGGRESSION
Abstract This study examines factors associated with resident-to-resident aggression (RRA) in long term care facilities in Hong Kong. A total of 800 personal care worker participated. Participants averaged 42.03 years of age (SD=7.63), were mostly female (92.7%), married (79.1%) and reported an average of 6.28 years of experience in long
Yan, Elsie +7 more
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Living arrangements and socioeconomic-based health disparities in Mexico
Objective. To investigate the role living arrangements play in the co-dynamics of socioeconomic position and health in the latter part of life. Materials and methods. Based on longitudinal data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), latent class
Curtis Huffman-Espinosa +1 more
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Differences in Pain Characteristics and Functional Associations between Nursing Home Residents and Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Background Pain is one of the most critical issues in older adults, and the place of residence may play an important role in pain characteristics and related factors. However, it is an understudied subject.
Melis Tansuğ +2 more
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IntroductionThe number and proportion of older adults living alone is a significant issue. While the number of the oldest old people is also expected to increase, their health characteristics are poorly understood.
Horim A. Hwang +2 more
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Quality of life of the elderly in urban and rural areas in Serbia [PDF]
Background/Aim. The number of elderly people in the world is growing, in Serbia as well. Serbia is already among the top ten countries with the oldest population, it is the fact. Aging influences the quality of life in different ways. The aim of
Urošević Jadranka +5 more
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Characteristics that Define a Successful Pharmacy Resident as Perceived by Residency Programs [PDF]
Purpose To identify the subjective and objective characteristics that pharmacy residency programs use to define a successful resident and to determine what percentage of their 2009-2010 residency class they felt were successful. Methods
Samantha P, Jellinek-Cohen +3 more
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