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Two‐year effects of an interdisciplinary intervention on recovery following hip fracture in older Taiwanese with cognitive impairment
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012-05)
Organization, Specialization, and Desires in the Big Men's Movement: Preliminary Research in the Study of Subculture-Formation
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-07)
Histories and dynamics of the big men's movement are examined, largely through the methodology of studying the publications that have shaped and contextualized the movement. Themes and subjects addressed include the history ...
A cellular model for studying accommodation to environmental stressors: Protection and potentiation by cadmium and other metals
(Elsevier, 1978)
Exposure of P. polycephalum to a subthreshold challenge of Cd2+, which did not delay mitosis, elicited a protective response against a mitotic delay resulting from subsequent exposure to a suprathreshold challenge of Cd2+. ...
A cellular model for studying accommodation to environmental stressors: A protective response to subtoxic exposure to cadmium
(Elsevier, 1978)
A model is described for testing the effect of exposure to subtoxic challenge upon cellular integrity. The model incorporates Physarum polycephalum as a biological assay system, the ability of the cell to traverse the cell ...
A cross cultural review of the ethical issues in dementia care in Kerala, India and The Netherlands
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009-04)
Background The paper explores the diverse ethical issues in the care of persons with dementia, in the Netherlands and Kerala, India. These cross-cultural data are used to suggest newer ways for addressing the ethical ...
Longitudinal investigation of wandering behavior in department of veterans affairs nursing home care units
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2010-02)
Objectives To explore the extent of and factors associated with male residents who change wandering status post nursing home admission. Design Longitudinal design with secondary data analyses. Admissions over a 4-year ...
Absorption of 4,4'-methylenebis [2-chloroaniline] by human skin
(Elsevier, 1983-10)
A system was developed to measure percutaneous absorption of water-insoluble environmental agents into human skin. Percutaneous absorption of 4,4'-[14C]methylenebis [2-chloroaniline] (MBOCA) was measured during dry contact ...
Measure of quality of life for Taiwanese persons with early to moderate dementia and related factors
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2008-06)
Background This study validates the Chinese Dementia-Quality of Life instrument (DQoL) in patients with early to moderate stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) (Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, CDR = 0.5, 1, and 2; MMSE ...
Suicide risk in long‐term care facilities: a systematic review
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.NCHS data brief, 91:1‐8. National Center for Health Statistics, 2014-12)
Effect of polybrominated biphenyls on the accumulation of DNA, RNA, and protein in cultured rat embryos following maternal administration
(Elsevier, 1980-12)
Using a system of whole-embryo culture, the effect of polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) was investigated on the rates of DNA, RNA, and protein accumulation in rat embryos. Embryos were isolated on the 10th gestational day ...