Older patients account for up to a quarter of all emergency department (ED) visits. Atypical
clinical presentation of illness, a high prevalence of cognitive disorders, and the presence of …

OBJECTIVES: To assess the performance of self‐assessment scales in severely demented
hospitalized patients and to compare it with observational data. DESIGN: Prospective clinical …

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its sulfate ester are the most abundant steroids in
humans. DHEA levels fall with age in men and women, reaching values sometimes as low as 10…

We present a method for the integration of nonlinear holonomic constraints in deformable
models and its application to the problems of shape and illuminant direction estimation from …

Given demographic evolution of the population in modern societies, one of the most important
health care needs is successful aging with less frailty and dependency. During the last 20 …

We present a multiview method for the computation of object shape and reflectance
characteristics based on the integration of shape from shading (SFS) and stereo, for nonconstant …

Vitamin D (VitD), although originally described as an essential hormone for bone and
mineral homeostasis, appears to have an active role in regulating specific facets of human …

Scarf osteotomy has become popular as a versatile procedure that could correct most cases
of hallux valgus. The purpose of this study is to report the experience with scarf osteotomy …

Vitamins and trace elements are essential to the body, however, deficiencies are frequently
observed in the general population. Diet is mostly responsible for these deficiencies but …

Eighteen radiation-based equations used to estimate reference evapotranspiration (ET ref )
were generalized into seven linear models. The general models were calibrated using the …