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Formal and Informal Social Care in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Cross‐Sectional Multicenter Survey

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living. This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disparate regions of England: Salford (urban) and Norfolk (rural).
Mehreen Somro, Karen Durrant, William G. Dixon, John McBeth, Alex MacGregor, Max Yates, Jenny H. Humphreys   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Silver Generation as Potential Purchasing Power in Budapest: a Case Study

Theory, Methodology, Practice, 2019
The age structure of the society in the individual countries belonging to the Visegrád Group has changed significantly since 1989. In Hungary, changes in the age structure have had a great impact on the whole economy.
Sikos T. Tamás , Kovács Csaba József
doaj   +2 more sources

Knowing the past, seeing the future - an exploratory study on the viability of retail patronage models based on revealed behaviour

Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 2020
Understanding the viability and impact of out-of-town shopping centres is of equal importance for property developers, retailers, and city planners.
Heli Marjanen, Meri Malmari, Janne Engblom, Anna-Maija Kohijoki   +3 more
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The Latin American Shopping Center: cultural translation, symbolic adaptation, and typological evolution of commercial architecture in Latin American cities

, 2018
Acculturating the Shopping Centre examines whether the shopping centre should be qualified as a global architectural type that effortlessly moves across national and cultural borders in the slipstream of neo-liberal globalization, or should instead be ...
De Simone Polania, Rosa Liliana
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Texoskeletons: Developing the Fundamental Technologies for Creating Intelligent Soft Robotic Clothing With Integrated 1D Sensors and Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional wearable exoskeletons rely on rigid structures, which limit comfort, flexibility, and everyday usability. This work introduces the fundamental technologies to create the first soft, lightweight, intelligent textile‐based exoskeletons (Texoskeletons) built using 1D sensors and actuators.
Amy Lukomiak, Rameesh Bulathsinghala, Jack Varga, Shuxin Meng, Kalana Marasinghe, Imaad Refai, Biyon Fernando, Amitkumar Patel, Chamika M. Halloluwa‐Arachchige, Carlos Oliveira, Arash M. Shahidi, Zahra Rahemtulla, Alexander Turner, Ziyun Ding, Bernard X. W. Liew, Andy Kerr, Ezio Preatoni, Theo Hughes‐Riley, Ishara Dharmasena, Pasindu Lugoda   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender differences in lifestyles and perception of megamall patrons in Ibadan, Nigeria

Cogent Social Sciences, 2021
The development of megamalls in Nigeria and other developing nations has witnessed tremendous impact, giving people choices of places for goods reasonably and relatively affordable.
Olawale Y. Olonade, Dauda A. Busari, Bashiru Olalekan Idowu, David Imhonopi, Tayo O. George, Christiana O. Adetunde   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shopping Centre Choice: A Behavioural Perspective [PDF]

, 2013
This thesis examines the use of behavioural and cognitive-behavioural models, to determine whether they can explain consumer shopping centre choice. Two studies were conducted, to examine how well different theoretical models previously used to explain ...
MUNDELL, MARY,LYNN
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethical and Frugal Approaches to Animal Experimentation in Bioelectronics and Neural Engineering—An Invertebrate Renaissance?

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Invertebrates are the classic neuroscience models and should make a comeback. Invertebrate organisms can be a more ethical and cost‐effective way to move bioelectronics research forward more rapidly. ABSTRACT The accelerating development of bioelectronic neural interfaces has brought increased attention to ethical considerations surrounding in vivo ...
Eric Daniel Głowacki
wiley   +1 more source

The influences of social e-shopping in enhancing young women's online shopping behaviour

, 2010
The background to this paper is that shoppers, particularly women, are motivated by a variety of different reasons, including socialising and enjoyment.
Dennis, Charles, Morgan, Alesia, Chanaka Jayawardhena, Morgan, A, Charles Dennis, Alesia Morgan, Jayawardhena, C, Jayawardhena, Chanaka, Dennis, C, Wright, Len Tiu, Wright, LT, Len Tiu Wright   +11 more
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