BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that acute illness and hospitalization may increase the risk for falls. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the rate of falls, and associated risk factors, for 90 days following hospital discharge. METHODS We consecutively enrolled 311 patients, aged 65 years and older, discharged from the hospital after an acute medical illness and receiving home-nursing services. Patients w...

1. Single unitary activity in primate somatosensory cortex (SI) was recorded while monkeys maintained a range of static arm postures. Unit discharge was related to parameters defining the posture of the arm by multiple linear regression techniques. 2. Two monkeys were trained to grasp a manipulandum presented at locations distributed throughout their workspace. The discharge of single units in ...

Electrical discharging machining (EDM) has become an outstanding approach in the field of metal cutting especially for conductive metals. It’s very difficult to cut the conducting metals with the aid of traditional machining. The main object of the present work has to investigate the effects of various EDM input parameters like pulse on time (Ton) pulse off time (TOFF) as well as the influence ...

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OBJECTIVES To improve engagement with care and prevent psychiatric readmission, a transitional case management intervention has been established to link with primary and secondary care. The intervention begins during hospitalization and ends 1 month after discharge. The goal of this study was to assess the effectiveness of this short intervention in terms of the level of engagement with outpati...

BACKGROUND Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains is an increasing problem worldwide. Our purpose was to determine the prevalence of drug resistance (DR) and risk factors of DR in patients with tuberculosis and to assess the clinical characteristics and socioeconomic status of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis. METHODS We retrospectively studied drug susceptibility tests and...

Abstract In Iraq, the Diyala River (DR) occasionally experiences both droughts and floods. The DR is supplying amount of water to Tigris at south Baghdad. Estimation runoff from precipitation very important because its impact on decision-making in resources management. conceptual distributed hydrological model was adopted by HEC-HMS, Geo-HMS, GIS software, remote digital elevation models were p...

The goal of this study was to improve the ability of a motor unit model to predict experimentally measured force variability across a wide range of forces. Motor unit discharge characteristics were obtained from 38 motor units of the first dorsal interosseus muscle. Motor unit discharges were recorded in separate isometric contractions that ranged from 4 to 85% of the maximal voluntary contract...