Pilot experiments in the tidally dominated Dutch Wadden Sea indicated a negative relationship between Zostera marina L. transplantation success and tidal depths. As light availability was sufficient, we hypothesised that water dynamics (particularly waves) and ensuing sediment mobility (movement or resuspension of the sediment) were the major cause for the loss of transplants at larger depths. ...

26 Objective: to assess the association between functional limitations related to mobility and urinary 27 incontinence (UI) in elderly women. 28 Design: observational cross-sectional study. 29 Setting: 9 “balance” workshops in France. 30 Population: 1942 community-dwelling women aged 75-85 years, who were invited, based on voter 31 registration lists, to a "balance assessment". 32 Methods: Mobi...

One limitation in the growing field of ambient or direct analysis methods is reduced selectivity caused by the elimination of chromatographic separations prior to mass spectrometric analysis. We explored the use of high-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS), an ambient pressure ion mobility technique, to separate the closely related opiate isomers of morphine, hydromorphon...

Techniques such as mobility and distribution are often used to overcome limitations of resources such as the amount of memory or the necessity for specialised devices. Indeed, questions related to such limitations are crucial in matters of security, compilation and quality of service. However, few attempts have been made at formalising this notion of resource limitation in presence of mobility,...

Idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip is a rare condition of unknown etiology characterized by progressive destruction of the hyaline cartilage that covers the femoral head and acetabulum. Idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip has an insidious beginning and affects more often female adolescents. Patients report severe hip pain, mobility limitation, and even claudication. This study aimed at reporting...

Nodes mobility brings flinty challenges to multicast in Mobile ad hoc Networks (MANETs). To track nodes mobility, flooding messages are widely used for data delivery structure construction and maintenance in many multicast protocols. These periodic flooding messages significantly consume network resources, such as energy and bandwidth, and result in network collisions. To release data delivery ...

The Vestibular Disorders Activities of Daily Living Scale (VADL) is one of several self-rated scales in the literature that may be useful for determining level of functional limitation or disability in people with vestibular disorders. The VADL was designed by an occupational therapist for use in treatment planning during vestibular rehabilitation. Unlike many other scales the VADL is specifica...

Mobile adhoc networks (MANETs) are ideal for situations where a fixed infrastructure is unavailable or infeasible. This limitation makes MANETs unsuitable for applications such as crisis management and battlefield communications. In battlefield team members might need to work in groups or scattered in the terrain. In such terrain, intergroup communication is crucial to the team collaboration. T...

Thirty three patients with definite ankylosing spondylitis (AS) were examined to establish the relation between restriction of chest expansion, limitation of lung function, and working capacity or exercise tolerance. As in previous studies there was a significant association between chest expansion and lung vital capacity. There was also a significant association between vital capacity and exer...

Fifty two patients with psoriatic spondyloarthropathy were monitored prospectively over a mean of 57 months (range 30-107). A comprehensive protocol was used to assess clinical and radiological features of disease activity and severity. Serial radiographs showed a significant increase in the number of patients with syndesmophyte formation and sacroiliitis. In contrast, there was no significant ...