BACKGROUND Psychotropic medications have been associated with many adverse outcomes in older people living in residential care. Home-like models of residential care may be preferable to traditional models of care and we hypothesized that this model may impact on the prevalence of psychotropic medications. The objectives were to: 1) examine associations between psychotropic medications and quali...

BACKGROUND 'Quality of Care' is a difficult concept to measure, particularly within the context of residential aged care, which involves lifestyle issues as much as health issues. Recent years have seen an increased focus on quality within residential aged care. Yet, Australia does not have a structured and comprehensive quality monitoring system within this sector. PROBLEM While the Australi...

The aim of this study is to investigate the discrete factors of gentrification modeled by cellular Automata. The gentrification is the arriving of middle and high social classes in the inner-city areas. It corresponds to the residential mobility of solvent households, attracted by residential comfort and the central retailing equipment. The proximity, diversity and quality of this equipment bec...

The quality of water in different usages especially drinking water has an important role on human health. As increasing the urban population and developing the industries, the releasing different materials into water cause various pollutions and problems for human cycles. The important goal of the present study is analyzing the mercury existence and pollution on different part of urban built en...

BACKGROUND Falls remain a serious source of morbidity and mortality in residential construction despite considerable knowledge of risk factors and prevention strategies. While training is universally viewed as positive, we know little about its effectiveness in preventing residential falls. METHODS A series of focus groups were conducted with union apprentice carpenters (n = 36) at varied lev...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted in rapidly urbanizing Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to examine patterns of perceived neighborhood quality by residents and the associations between these patterns and self-reported general and mental health in middle-aged women. METHODS A questionnaire survey was administered to 960 women aged 40-60 years. Demographic and socio-economic characteristics, subjects' ...

Background & Aims of the Study: Industrial wastewater sludges must be disposed in a safe way because they have hazardous effects on the human and environment. The aim of this study is to investigate the physicochemical characteristics and disposal options of sludges from oil-water separator (OWS) and dissolved air flotation (DAF) clarifier of a Refinery wastewater treatment plant. Material...