BACKGROUND Social capital has been recognized as a major social determinant of health, but less attention has been given to social capital of persons with musculoskeletal impairments. The present study aimed to explore the associations between social capital and life satisfaction of persons with musculoskeletal impairments in Hanoi, Vietnam. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in Ha...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to examine whether a persons' most frequently used mode of transportation is associated with life-space mobility and whether the association differs between persons with or without walking difficulties. METHOD Life-space mobility was measured with the Life-Space Assessment in 848 community-dwelling men and women aged 75 to 90 years. Six separate mobility gro...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to analyse effects of a comprehensive continuum of care (intervention group) on frail older persons' life satisfaction, as compared to those receiving usual care (control group). The intervention included geriatric assessment, case management, interprofessional collaboration, support for relatives and organising of care-planning meetings in older pe...

this paper examines the characteristics of the turbulent 17th and 18th centuries of japan, investigating their impacts on the japanese dramatic literature. in particular, we examine the impact of the tokugawa society on the dramatic literature of japan, according to the plays suicide of the lovers in sonezaki, and kanadehon chushingura. these two examples reveal the entrance of a typical samura...

Periods of bond formation are accompanied by physiological and emotional changes, yet, little is known about the effects of falling in love on the individual's physiological response to emotions. We examined autonomic reactivity to the presentation of negative and positive films in 112 young adults, including 57 singles and 55 new lovers who began a romantic relationship 2.5 months prior to the...

In this essay the comparative follow-up of motive dis / encounter lovers belonging to different ontological fields (life death, wakefulness sleep), expressed in fantastic figures such as empusas, ghosts and vampires is carried out. The starting point a story Apollonius Tiana according text Philostratus, which was recovered by Goethe Bride Corinth, taken up 19th century authors Théophile Gautier...