Decreased tongue strength (TS) might herald bulbar involvement in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) well before dysarthria or dysphagia occur, and as such might be prognostic of short survival. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of a decreased TS, in addition …

The objective of this study is to investigate the value of dual-task performance for the prediction of falls inpatients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Two hundred sixty three patients with PD (H&Y 1–3, 65.2 ± 7.9 years)walked two times along a 10-m trajectory, both under single-task and dual-task (DT) …

Dysphagia is reported in advanced stages of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The population of DMD is changing due to an increasing survival. We aimed to describe the dysphagia in consecutive stages and to assess the underlying mechanisms of dysphagia in DMD, in order to develop mechanism based recommendations …

Ambient Intelligent environments are interactive environments that sense human behaviour and can respond intelligently. This workshop explores how interactive environments can be designed with persuasive quality, influencing human experience and behaviour. The workshop follows a research-through-design …

Dieses Lehrbuch gibt eine erste Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre und gewährt allgemein verständliche Einblicke in die verschiedenenen Bereiche der Mikro- und Markoökonomik. Dabei reicht die Grundlagenvermittlung von der allgemeinen Einführung in das Fach der Volkswirtschaftslehre, über die Erklärung …

Recensie van: Hanno Deppner( 2011). Kant für die Hand: Die “Kritiek der reinen Vernuft”zum Basteln & Begreifen: Mit Anleiting und 12 Bogen Bausatz. München: Albrecht Knaus Verlag

Biogas production from codigestion of cattle manure and biomass can have a significant contribution to a sustainable gas supply when this gas is upgraded to specifications prescribed for injection into the national gas grid and injected into this grid. In this study, we analyzed such a gas supply chain …

OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) increases, but the impact of the disorder on peoples' functional capacity is not known. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare self-reported health status and functional capacity of subjects with early OA of hip and/or knee to reference …

Die Ausstellung „The Porn Identity“ und ihr begleitender Katalog- und Essayband kartografieren die Schnittmengen von Pornografie, zeitgenössischer Kunst und Kulturtheorie umfassend genug, um als Einführungen ins Themengebiet nützlich zu sein. Indem der Katalog Pornobilder und -lifestyle zugleich schwelgerisch …

Musicians today face major changes in the social-cultural landscape and thus in the music profession, which is rapidly changing. The changing cultural life leads to a shift in nature of the career of musicians, suggesting more flexible career patterns and a great need for transferable skills. Musicians …