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Personalisation and Control Transition Between Automation and Driver in Highly Automated Cars
The goal for the distant future is fully autonomous vehicles, which can handle every possible situation and change the role of the driver to that of a passenger. On the way to that goal, drivers of highly auto...
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Gender differences in the effect of social support on health-related quality of life: results of a population-based prospective cohort study in old age in Germany
The causality between social predictors and HRQoL in old age remains almost unclear as only a few studies have examined the influence of social support on HRQoL in a longitudinal setting. Moreover, available ...
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Complex coevolution of depression and health-related quality of life in old age
To investigate the coevolution of depression and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in old age.
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Risk of dementia in elderly patients with the use of proton pump inhibitors
Drugs that modify the risk of dementia in the elderly are of potential interest for dementia prevention. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are widely used to reduce gastric acid production, but information on the ...
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Open AccessPrevalence and determinants of overweight and obesity in old age in Germany
Mean body weight gradually increases with age. Yet, little data exists on the prevalence of excess weight in populations aged 80 years or older. Moreover, little is known about predictors of overweight and obe...
