Abstract Background Unmanaged cardiometabolic health, low physical and cognitive activity, poor diet, obesity, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption are modifiable health risk factors for dementia and public health approaches to dementia prevention have been called for.The Island Study Linking Ageing and Neurodegenerative Disease (ISLAND) is a
Community Walks: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a multilevel physical activity intervention for low income public housing residents
Abstract Background Physical activity behavioral interventions to change individual-level drivers of activity, like motivation, attitudes, and self-efficacy, are often not sustained beyond the intervention period.Interventions at both environmental and individual levels might facilitate durable change.This community-based study seeks to test a mult
The Pressure Resistance of Odor Traps for Sanitary Appliances and their Impact on the Hygiene of an Indoor Environment
The biggest problem with sanitary technology in high-rise Body Fragrances buildings is the design of foul water stacks in which high negative pressure and overpressure values must not occur.When pressure exceeds maximum values, water from the trap is ejected, sucked out, or left bubbling in the trap.Measurements by other researchers have shown that
Hepatitis C virus in patients with chronic kidney disease treated with renal replacement therapy
All patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) must be tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection as the occurrence of HCV infection in those patients is more frequent than in the general population.This is true even for those patients, who do not receive dialysis therapy.It is now known Tool Kits that HCV infection increases the risk of developi