Introduction The clinical benefit of continued supervised maintenance exercise programs following pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD remains unclear. This systematic review aimed to synthesize the available evidence on the efficacy of supervised maintenance exercise programs compared to usual care following pulmonary rehabilitation completion on health care use and mortality. Methods Electronic...

Background: High prevalence of risky behaviors in alcohol dependents have been shown in several studies, but correlation between alcohol abuse and risky behaviors and relapse in patients with opiate dependence has been less investigated. This study aimed to determine the effect of alcohol abuse in rate of risk-taking behaviors in opiate dependents patients treated on maintenance program in Nort...

1. The Chinese Work Personality Profile is a reliable and valid instrument in measurement of job maintenance skills and employment potential of people with psychiatric illness. 2. There are significant differences in the job maintenance skill profiles of people undergoing rehabilitation in day hospitals, day training centres, and sheltered employment. 3. Situational assessment could be useful t...

Bridges by their nature are structures that absorb a large amount of resources. For the promoter, usually public entities, biggest share investment is made when new raised. However, as will be shown in study presented this paper, user costs often much higher than direct and may even an order magnitude. In addition to resulting from maintenance/rehabilitation interventions, there also environmen...

the management of machine replacement (specifically tractors) is one of the most critical factors for performing field operations on time. therefore, tractor repair and maintenance costs must be accurately predicted. this research was carried out to evaluate the use of the regression technique in predicting tractor repair and maintenance costs. the study was conducted using empirical data on 60...