Adolescence: Bicycle and Helmet Use of Adolescents and Young Adults (Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health)

Medical Books

Merrick, Joav

Chow, Ronald

Medicine

Nova Science Pub Inc

In recent years, humanity has seen a trend towards the use of virtual reality (VR) technologies for rehabilitation and disability support. This is partly driven not only by the decreasing cost and improved accessibility to technology, but also by the growth in expertise of virtual rehabilitation researchers and practitioners. The benefits of virtual reality are becoming well-established in a number of areas such as pain management, physical rehabilitation and cognitive interventions, and research studies have demonstrated benefits across a range of conditions including Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy, autism and anxiety disorders. However, the diversity of hardware and software available currently has little standardisation, and patients with disabilities or health conditions often have unique interaction needs which differ from the general population. In this book, the authors explore a number of these issues, presenting recent research findings and technical developments that help them to understand the unique challenges of virtual rehabilitation design and guide future VR system development.

Virtual Reality: Recent Advances in Virtual Rehabilitation System Design (Disability Studies)

Politics & Social Sciences

Powell, Wendy

Rizzo, Albert

Sharkey, Paul M.

Sociology

Research studies have examined the relationship between working memory, cognitive skills, and academic abilities. However, while some studies and scientific articles have demonstrated that working memory can be increased through direct intervention in either the clinical or classroom setting, other studies have failed to show any further transfer. These conflicting results are a key concern, as they suggest that generalization effects are elusive and inconclusive. Some research has utilized computer software programs to enhance cognitive skills with a focus on working memory training; however, an alternative approach on working memory is the use of a human mediator. In this book, we present results that demonstrate the idea that working memory training does not seem to have a causative effect in relation to verbal, nonverbal, and academic abilities when using The Equipping Minds Cognitive Development Curriculum for 30 hours of intervention. It removes this limitation for learners with a specific learning disorder. This finding adds to the importance of emphasizing deficient cognitive functions rather than deficient working memory alone.

Human Development: Equipping Minds With Cognitive Development (Disability Studies)

Science & Math

Brown, Carol T.

Behavioral Sciences

The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Tribute to the Corona Whistleblowers

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Ventegodt, Søren

Andersen, Niels Jørgen

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Pediatric and Adolescent Sexuality and Gynecology: Principles for the Primary Care Clinician

Greydanus, Donald E.

Patel, Dilip R.

Omar, Hatim A.

Tinnitus ("ringing in the ears") is a prevalent symptom among adult patients with ear disorders. Often co-existing with other otological symptoms such as hearing impairment and hyperacusis, it requires specialized assessments and interventions to minimize its negative consequences, as well as to improve the quality of life of the affected individuals. Even though notable achievements have been seen in tinnitus studies and clinical services to manage patients with tinnitus are now more commonly available, ongoing research efforts are still warranted to enhance the understanding on the pathophysiology of tinnitus, as well as in search of the optimum treatments and interventions of this phantom auditory perception. In this book we have gathered the latest clinical studies and case reports on tinnitus, which could be of interest to academicians, researchers, clinicians and other interested readers.

Tinnitus Assessment and Intervention: Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Zakaria, Mohd N.

Mohamad, Wan N. W.

Allied Health Professions

With longevity and declining fertility rates, the population of older persons (60 years and above) is globally growing faster than the general population. The percentage of the elderly in India for example has been growing at an increasing rate in recent years and the trend is likely to continue in the coming decades. The share of population over the age of 60 years is projected to increase from 8 percent in 2015 to 19 percent in 2050. By the end of the century, the elderly will constitute nearly 34 percent of the total population in the country. In this book we aimed to identify trajectories of health and their associations with lifestyle factors in a nationally representative cohort study of middle-aged and older Indians. We discuss self-rated health status, age discrimination, major injuries, recurrent falls, perceived everyday discrimination, elder abuse, hypertension, diabetes, angina pectoris, stroke, arthritis, back pain or problems, oral health problems, cataract, edentulism, hearing loss, tobacco use, alcohol use, loneliness, health care discrimination, weight discrimination, religiosity and well-being. We hope that the findings may aid public policy and programmes for middle-aged and older adults in India.

Social and Health Issues Among Older Adults in India

Peltzer, Karl

Pengpid, Supa

Social Sciences

This book identifies microbial technology and engineering as essential and important subject areas of engineering and applied sciences. For recoveries of products, the knowledge of bioconversions, bioremediations and biotransformation are found to be essential to identify the potentiality of specific microbes and their uses in genetic engineering. It is well-known that microbes could modify the process of chemical units, involved in chemical and biochemical processes. However, it should be emphasised that the knowledge has to be developed to differentiate the microbes, as designed by genetic manipulations, through mutations and the microbes that are being designed by genetic engineering modifications.

Building Community Capacity: Skills and Principles

Caron, Rosemery

Biological Sciences

How can we understand and explain human behaviour? This is a basic question that is asked by students taking courses in psychology, medicine and health studies as well as colleagues in human services. Generally speaking, human behaviour is understood in terms of three broad perspectives biology, psychology and sociology. Under the biological perspective, human behaviour is seen as a product of biological structures and mechanisms. Under the psychological perspective, human behaviour is seen as a result of mental processes, which may or may not have biological bases. Finally, sociologists believe that external social structures and processes determine human behaviour. External environmental factors such as poverty, income inequality and alienation contribute to substance abuse and will be addressed in this intriguing book on human development.

Human Development: Biology from a Holistic Point of View (Health and Human Development)

Hermansen, Tyge Dahl

Nova Biomedical

Our Search for Meaning in Life (Health and Human Development)

Alternative Medicine

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