Background: Although it is acknowledged that exercising self-determination in daily activities affects older people's health and well-being, few studies have focused on the explanatory factors for self-determination in daily life.
Objective: To investigate explanatory factors for self-determination in the context of community-dwelling older persons.
Method: This cross-sectional study combined two sets of data that included community-dwelling persons 80 years and older (n = 456). A bivariate logistic regression was performed to analyse the association of self-determination and a set of explanatory factors.
Results: The final bivariate logistic regression model revealed five explanatory factors that were significantly associated with perceiving reduced self-determination: high education (OR = 2.83), frailty (OR = 2.70), poor self-rated health (OR = 2.54), dissatisfaction with physical health (OR = 6.50), and receiving help from public homecare service (OR = 2.46).
Conclusion: Several explanatory factors related to the ageing body and environmental aspects were associated with reduced self-determination. To help older people maintain self-determination, healthcare professionals should consider using a person-centred and capability approach to care.
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Plants (Basel)
December 2024
College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830017, China.
Exploring the elevation distribution characteristics, biomass allocation strategies, and the effects of elevation, soil factors, and functional traits on the biomass of (Gand.) Holub is of great significance for the production, development, utilization, and protection of the medicinal material resources. In this study, we investigated the biomass and functional traits of the root, stem, leaf, and flower of , analyzing their elevation distribution patterns, allometric growth trajectories, and their correlations.
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December 2024
Veterinary Herd Health, Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu 069-8501, Hokkaido, Japan.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of the activity of lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT), the enzyme responsible for esterification of cholesterol in plasma, as a predictor of retained placenta (RP) in close-up cows, compared with the non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) concentration. This study was conducted as a case-control study between February 2010 and February 2016, on a single farm with approximately 200 Holstein parous cows in Hokkaido, Japan. Of the 1187 dairy cattle that calved, 835 dairy cattle were enrolled that underwent routine regular health examinations including blood sampling, body condition score (BCS) and the rumen fill score (RFS) at the close-up stage between 2 and 21 days before their expected calving dates.
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January 2025
Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in Downstream of Yangtze Plain, National Agricultural Experiment Station for Agricultural Environment (Luhe), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
The losses of reactive gaseous nitrogen (N), including ammonia (NH) and nitrous oxide (NO), represent a pressing environmental issue during composting. However, the impact of hydrothermal carbonization aqueous phase (HAP) on compost gaseous N emissions and the underlying mechanisms remain largely unexplored. Herein, Quercus acutissima leaves-derived HAP and its modified HAP (MHAP) were added to the chicken manure compost at 5 % (w/w) and 10 % (w/w) applied rates to observe changes in NH and NO fluxes, compost properties and bacterial communities.
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December 2024
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 3, 00014 Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address:
Background: Many factors may influence early language development, but the precise impact of cognitive development remains unclear.
Aims: This study aims to explore how cognitive development contributes to language ability and to compare the explanatory value of early cognitive and language ability at 2;0 (years;months) on the language ability at 3;6 and at 5;0.
Methods: Sixty-one typically developing children were followed up.
J Oral Microbiol
January 2025
State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Background: Oral microbiome has been associated with various cancers, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), but its role in cancer treatment and prognosis remains largely unknown. This study aims to address the dynamic changes in oral microbiome following cancer treatment and their prognostic implications in NPC patients.
Patients And Methods: Unstimulated whole saliva samples were collected from 23 NPC patients before and after treatment, with an average of 2.
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