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Higher education [PDF]

, 2011
Kinash, Shelley
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“I Can Do It, We Can Change It”: Protest as a Catalyst for Political Efficacy

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how protest episodes foster political efficacy among ordinary citizens. Based on 44 in‐depth interviews with participants in two major 2018 mobilizations in Spain—the feminist strike of International Women's Day and the pensioners' protests—the analysis identifies discursive expressions that reflect attitudinal change ...
Manuel Jiménez‐Sánchez, Lucía Rubio Vicedo, Patricia García‐Espín   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of adjustable back-support on the effectiveness of seat-cover assembly in reducing the shear force applied to the buttocks during combined reclining and tilt-in-space functions. [PDF]

J Phys Ther Sci
Kenichi Kobara, Yasuyuki Nagata, Hisashi Takahashi, Hiroshi Osaka, Tadanobu Suehiro, Ayaka Yakusue, Daisuke Fujita.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Practising Participation at the Street Level: Hospital Discharge Care Planning With Older Adults and Their Family Members

Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on Brodkin's ‘structuring voice’ framework, this article explores how health and social care professionals understand and operationalise the ambiguous policy objective of client and family member participation in relation to the conditions structuring the hospital discharge process for older adults.
Nicoline Annetorp Roth
wiley   +1 more source

Caregiving activities causing occupational low back pain in Japanese social welfare facilities and hospitals. [PDF]

PLoS One
Iwakiri K, Miki K, Sasaki T.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘I Do Feel Some Level of Solidarity… in an Individual Way’: Disability Solidarity, Disability Identity and the Role of Social Services

Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on social policy and solidarity often highlights disability as a paradigmatic case of a ‘deserving’ group that warrants social support. However, this hierarchical view of solidarity frequently ignores the role of solidarity in the lived experiences and everyday practices of disabled people themselves.
Roni Holler, Efrat Keidar, Sagit Mor
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Growth-Stage Variations in Home Use of Positioning and Mobility Assistive Technology for Children with GMFCS IV Cerebral Palsy: Parental Insights and Challenges. [PDF]

Bioengineering (Basel)
Cheng HK, Hu SY, Ju YY, Yu YC.
europepmc   +1 more source

Resistance exercise breaks during prolonged sitting augment the blood flow response to a subsequent oral glucose load in sedentary adults

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Sitting‐induced impairments in postprandial blood flow are an important link between sedentary behaviour and cardiometabolic disease risk. The objective of this work was to examine the effects of resistance exercise breaks (REB) performed every 30 min during an otherwise sedentary 3‐h period on the vasodilatory response to a subsequent oral ...
Emily M. Rogers, Nile F. Banks, Emma R. Trachta, Morgan S. Wolf, Alexander C. Berry, Anna E. Stanhewicz, Lucas J. Carr, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Nathaniel D. M. Jenkins   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholder Perspectives on mHealth Technologies to Prevent Sitting-Acquired Pressure Injuries in Long-Term Care Facilities: Mixed Methods Study. [PDF]

JMIR Form Res
Vos-Draper T, Vinoski Thomas E, Graybill E, Morrow M, Jordan KA, Manley PR, Sonenblum SE.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Adaptive shared control system [PDF]

, 2009
Sanders, David
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