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Suicide Prevention Program with Cooperation from Senior Volunteers, Governments, and Schools: A Study of the Intervention Effects of “Educational Lessons Regarding SOS Output” Focusing on Junior High School Students

open access: yesChildren, 2022
As a suicide countermeasure for young people, implementing “SOS output education” that provides young people with opportunities and approaches to seeking support with community cooperation can be expected to reduce lifelong suicide risk.
Susumu Ogawa   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of age-related cognitive and obstacle avoidance performances

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
An association between cognitive impairment and tripping over obstacles during locomotion in older adults has been suggested. However, owing to its memory-guided movement, whether this is more pronounced in the trailing limb is poorly known.
Ryota Sakurai   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shape of an obstacle affects the mediolateral trajectory of the lower limb during the crossing process

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023
In previous studies involving obstacle crossing, vertical foot clearance has been used as an indicator of the risk of contact. Under normal circumstances, individuals do not always cross over obstacles with the same height on both sides, and depending on
Yuka Miura   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intake of Seven Essential Amino Acids Improves Cognitive Function and Psychological and Social Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2020
Background: To delay the onset of dementia, it is important for healthy adults to take preventive actions before the cognitive function clearly declines.
Hiroyuki Suzuki   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

De-Implementation: Lessons to be Learned when Abandoning Inappropriate Homelessness Interventions

open access: yesInternational Journal on Homelessness, 2022
Evidence on what works to end homelessness is growing. Evidence also highlights that some forms of help are harmful and should be de-implemented. The ability to abandon low-functioning interventions is considered essential to improve conditions for ...
Verner Denvall   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of dietary variety with the risk for dementia: the Yabu cohort study

open access: yesPublic Health Nutrition, 2023
Objective: The consumption of various foods is internationally recommended in healthy diet although the association between dietary variety and incident dementia is unknown. We aimed to examine the association between dietary variety and the incidence of
Yuri Yokoyama   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

User Participation in Social Media: Digg Study

open access: yes, 2007
The social news aggregator Digg allows users to submit and moderate stories by voting on (digging) them. As is true of most social sites, user participation on Digg is non-uniformly distributed, with few users contributing a disproportionate fraction of ...
Lerman, Kristina
core   +2 more sources

Effects of an unsupervised Nordic walking intervention on cognitive and physical function among older women engaging in volunteer activity

open access: yesJournal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 2021
Background: Nordic walking (NW) has been reported as a safe and effective exercise mode. However, the effects of NW on cognitive function are unknown. This study examined the effects of an unsupervised NW intervention on cognitive and physical function ...
Yuta Nemoto   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social participation and social capital in South Yorkshire Coalfield Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This article draws on responses from a 2004 survey of 3771 residents in nine South Yorkshire coalfield communities to explore levels of social participation and the relationship between social participation and social capital.
Gilbertson, J., Manning, J.
core  

Electronic Participation through Social Media [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, 2016
It is widely acknowledge that many of e-Participation initiatives often attract wider audience and face serious limited citizens' involvement. The use of social media has been seen as a hope to remedy such limitation. However, despite the recently adoption of social media the lack of citizens' involvement in e-Participation initiatives still remains ...
Alarabiat, Ayman, Soares, Delfina Sá
openaire   +2 more sources

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