Effects of self-management program on healthy lifestyle behaviors among elderly with hypertension

© 2018, Behavioral Science Research Institute. This research aimed to evaluate whether a self-management program promoted healthy lifestyle behaviors (HLBs) and improved health outcomes among Thai elderly with hypertension. Participants were randomly allocated to either an intervention group (n=20), that received an 8-week self-management program that included home visits, or a control group (n = 20). The data were analyzed by a chi-square analysis, a mixed-model repeated measure MANOVA, and MANCOVAs. There were significant differences in the mean scores of healthy lifestyle behaviors at posttest and follow-up between the two groups (p < 0.01). Moreover, the experimental participants showed statistically significant decrease in BMI as compared to the control group participants in posttest and follow-up (p < 0.001). There was a statistically significant reduction in blood pressure in the experimental participants, compared with the control participants at follow-up (p < 0.001). Furthermore, healthy lifestyle behaviors increased significantly in the experimental participants compared with the control participants and baseline (p < 0.001). In addition, BMI and blood pressure decreased in the experimental participants compared with the control participants and baseline (p < 0.001). The self-management program resulted in improved healthy lifestyle behaviors, and health outcomes among the elderly with hypertension, and has implications for health promotion

Optimization framework for design of morphing wings

There has been much recent interest in developing more environmentally friendly aircraft concepts. One of the emerging technologies is to allow the wings to morph to meet the flight performance envelope needs. This paper presents a combined aerodynamic and structures/aeroelastic framework for the design of morphing wings by altering the aircraft lifting surface shape. It is implied that the weight penalties and the extent of morphing are also kept to a minimum. Case studies are conducted to demonstrate the approach applied to the morphing wing design of a regional aircraft through the flight envelope embracing high speed cruise (low CL) and low speed (high CL)