Mobile hosts utilize Mobile IP to retain connectivity while roaming in various networks, and acquire new IP addresses through the mechanisms Mobile IP supports. Today, one of the most demanding application requirements is QoS support. RSVP, the protocol implementation of the IETF Integrated Services Architecture, cannot handle hosts that change their IP addresses amidst a connection lifetime, a...

Mobility profile building became extensively examined area in Location based services (LBS) through extraction of significant locations. Mobility traces are recorded under three reference positioning systems that are Satellite based i.e. GPS, Network based i.e. GSM and Local positioning i.e. WLAN, RFID, IrDA. Satellite based and local positioning due to of high power consumption, additional res...

This paper contributes to the literature on income-related inequalities in health across European Union Member States. The European Community Household Panel Users’ Database (ECHP-UDB) is used for this analysis. Two binary measures of health limitations are used for the full 8 waves in the ECHP-UDB. Concentration indices and mobility indices are derived for these indicators of severe limitation...

PURPOSE This descriptive study aims to describe the levels of mobility in community-dwelling older Koreans with chronic illnesses, and to examine the associations of their mobility with sleep patterns, physical activity and physical symptoms including fatigue and pain. METHODS The participants were a total of 384 community-dwelling older adults recruited from three senior centers in Seoul, Ko...

Background: A 37-year-old female with a hyperkinetic movement disorder due to chorea–acanthocytosis developed severe painful degenerative arthritis of her left knee as a consequence of repetitive involuntary flexion and extension dystonic and ballistic movements. Case Report: Despite profound limitation in her mobility a total knee replacement was successfully undertaken. Discussion: The case e...

Mr. D.L, 30-year-old, with no notable medical history, was hospitalized for right exophthalmos, which had been developing for a year and a half and had recently become painful. Clinical examination found irreducible non-axial right exophthalmos with inferior and posterior globe deviation, limitation of ocular mobility upward, and conjunctival congestion. MRI of the cerebrum and orbit was perfor...