Objective: To examine the association between grip strength and history of falls among older individuals, and to assess the possible mediating effect of balance problems on this relationship.Method: Data originate from KORA (Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg)-Age Study of 808 individuals (65 years and above).Follow-up assessment
Emperor Penguin Optimizer (EPO) is a recently developed population-based meta-heuristic algorithm that simulates the huddling behavior of emperor penguins.Mixed results have been observed on the performance of EPO in solving general optimization problems.Within the EPO, two parameters need to be tuned (namely ${f}$ and ${l}$ ) to ensure a good bala
Interpersonal trust is considered a risk moderator in choice under uncertainty (Einhorn, Hogarth, 1988) so it can help people to make decisions otherwise considered too risky (Galli, Nardin, 1997).Specifically, trust has been defined as a multi-dimensional construct, with cognitive and affective dimensions playing a different Garden Flags role to r
The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is a critical region of the brain for the emotional and affective components of pain in rodents and humans.Hyperactivity in this region has been observed in neuropathic pain states in both patients and animal models and ablation of this region from cingulotomy, or inhibition with genetics or pharmacology can dimi