Pedestrian safety is a serious concern at busy intersections and pedestrian campuses across the nation. Although crosswalks and signs inform pedestrians where to cross, there is no standard protocol for pedestrians to signal drivers that they wish to use the crosswalks, except to stand in or at the crosswalk. We examined the effects of two pedestrian prompts, a raised hand and extended arm, on ...

Introduction Autoimmunity is one of the top ten causes of morbidity and mortality in female children and young to middle aged woman, with similar prevalence rate across different geographic areas. About 5-30% of autoimmune patients are inclined to develop additional autoimmune diseases leading to the development of overlap diseases. An overlap between Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) referre...

BACKGROUND We examined the agreement over time of the physical functioning domains of the Resident Assessment Instrument: Minimum Data Set Version 2.0 (RAI-MDS) and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) in nursing home residents with dementia. METHODS We completed a secondary analysis of data from a longitudinal quasi-experimental study of residents who could transfer independently or wit...

OBJECTIVES We analyzed the extent to which comparative effectiveness research (CER) organizations share terms for designs, analyzed coverage of CER designs in Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and Emtree, and explored whether scientists use CER design terms. METHODS We developed local terminologies (LTs) and a CER design terminology by extracting terms in documents from five organizations. We d...

While the economic burden of simultaneously caring for young and old family members is widely recognized, it has yet to be accurately measured. Yet, such assessments are relevant both to public policies providing support to family caregivers and to private insurance markets for long-term care. This descriptive study presents a new method to address this problem: the construction of a crosswalk ...