OBJECTIVES This study investigates the interplay among religiosity, spirituality, value-expressive volunteer motivation, and volunteering. We examined religiosity and spirituality as predictors of value-expressive volunteer motivation and volunteering and whether religiosity moderated the relations between (a) spirituality and value-expressive volunteer motivation and (b) value-expressive volun...

Only one healthy volunteer reported feeling no nasal discomfort while inhaling dry oxygen; all the other subjects reported some degree of discomfort and irritation. These data clearly demonstrate that humidification of oxygen reduces nasal discomfort that can occur in both young healthy volunteers and older patients with pulmonary disease, particularly at flows 3 L/min. Two limitations of this ...

Purpose This paper presents a generic method to assess the usability of smart-walkers. With an increasing number of assistive robots available, it is important to make sure they work before making a choice. Mechatronic systems propose more functions that are of interest to the ageing frail or handicapped population than conventional walking frames. For example: helping the user to get up or to ...