Eliciting user requirements with older adults: Lessons from the design of an interactive domestic alarm system [PDF]
This paper documents how methodological challenges were addressed when identifying user requirements for an Interactive Domestic Alarm System (IDAS) designed to enable older adults to live independently in their own homes for longer.
Lines, L
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Measurement of water consumption and urinary nitrogen (UN) excretion of individual grazing ruminants is difficult, time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, prediction and modelling are critical for research to improve N and water use efficiency.
P. Gregorini+4 more
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Adding a subjective dimension to an ICF-based disability measure for people with multiple sclerosis: development and use of a measure for perception of disabilities [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: The subjective dimension of disability, the perception of disability, is a dimension missing from the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), and from health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instruments ...
De Keyser, J.H.+6 more
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Background: Zinner syndrome is defined as seminal vesicle cysts with ipsilateral renal agenesis and an ectopic ureter. Symptomatic cases are very rare. In this article, we present a laparoscopic approach for a case of Zinner syndrome.
T. Maehana+5 more
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Beating Down the Lowly: The Criminalization of the Homeless and Alternative Solutions [PDF]
In the current economy, the issue of homelessness is increasingly pervading the normal constructs of society. Thousands of men, women, and children struggle to find a place to sleep and enough food to satisfy their hungry stomachs.
Will, Amber
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Sonography of the distal urethra in lambs [PDF]
Sonography is a convenient, non-invasive diagnostic modality in small ruminants, often used in reproductive management, internal medicine, and surgery.
AlLugami, Ammar+3 more
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Mimicking indoor climate dynamics and ammonia emissions in a pig housing compartment using artificial pigs and an automatic urea spraying installation [PDF]
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Brusselman, Eva+5 more
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The Accessible Toilet Design Resource [PDF]
This Accessible Toilet Design Resource has been produced from new primary research carried out within VivaCity 2020, a large university-based research consortium that is developing tools and resources to support the design of socially inclusive cities ...
Bichard, Jo-Anne+2 more
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Sensitivity of soil phosphorus tests in predicting the potential risk of phosphorus loss from pasture soil [PDF]
The objective of this study was to examine the effects of urine and dung additions on the phosphorus (P) chemistry of pasture land and to compare the sensitivity of two soil extraction methods in assessing the P-loading risk. In a field experiment, urine
Hartikainen, Helinä+3 more
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Learning with the Amerindians: the evaluation of pelvic floor disorders among indigenous women who live in the Xingu Indian Park,Brazil [PDF]
Objective: to evaluate the pelvic floor muscles and the incidence of pelvic organ prolapse among indigenous women who live in Xingu Indian Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Methods: observational study with 377 indigenous women, mean age 31+/-15 years,
Claudia Cristina Takano+3 more
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