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Physical activity and functional performance in Iranian 75-year-olds : a cross-sectional population study compared with a Swedish study
Background: Population ageing is highly complex and varies with the context. For
instance, people’s health can be influenced by behavioral and cultural factors and
economic resources. Cross-national comparisons are helpful when exploring these
factors.
Aims: To provide a Persian version of the Falls Efficacy Scale, Swedish version
(FES(S)) and explore its validity and reliability in an Iranian population.
To investigate whether Iranian 75-year-olds differ from their Swedish peers with
respect to physical activity level, physical performance and certain health-related
factors.
To explore if walking for at least 30 min a day is related to health, fitness, physiological
capacity and functional performance in older Iranians.
To establish whether health-related behavior (HRB) and independence (I) intermediate
the link between the socioeconomic status (SES) and the health status (HS) of older
adults in Iran.
Material and methods: A representative sample of 637 Swedish 75-year olds, from
the longitudinal Gerontological and Geriatric Population Studies in Gothenburg, and an
Iranian sample of 851 75-year-olds, living in Tehran, were included. Physical activity
level, health-related factors, and the results of functional tests including walking speed,
muscle strength and balance function were evaluated. SPSS and Mplus 5 softwares
were used for data analysis.
Results: The Persian FES (S) was shown to be a culturally relevant, valid, and reliable
tool for measuring fall-related self-perceived confidence in Iranian older adults. Iranian
75-year-olds had a lower physical activity level, a worse physical function apart from a
better grip strength, a worse physical health status but smoked less than their Swedish
counterparts. There were no differences between the two cohorts regarding vertigo or
falls. The extent of gender differences was about the same in most aspects and to the
disadvantage of women. Iranian old people who walked at least 30 minutes
daily/almost daily were better in most health-related outcomes, ADL and functional
performance than people who walked less. A structural equation model showed that
older people with a high SES had a higher level of physical activity and were more
independent in ADL than others. SES was a positive predictor of HS, not directly but
through the intermediation of HRB and I.
Conclusions: The Persian version of FES(S) was shown to be a valid and reliable tool.
75-year-old Iranians were less physically active than their Swedish peers and their
functional performance, apart from grip strength, was worse, while similar gender
differences were found, mainly to the advantage of men. Iranians who took a daily
walk of at least 30 min a day showed better results in most health-related outcomes,
ADL and functional performance than persons who walked less. As physical activity is
a strong determinant of functional performance and health, activities like taking a daily
walk of at least 30 minutes should be promoted. Gender-specific discrepancies found
in relation to physical activity and performance call for longitudinal studies to clarify
the causes
The influence of outflow in supercritical accretion flows
We solve the radiation-hydrodynamic (RHD) equations of supercritical
accretion flows in the presence of radiation force and outflow by using self
similar solutions. Compare with the pioneer works, in this paper we consider
power-law function for mass inflow rate as . We found
that when the radiative cooling term is included in the energy
equation. Correspondingly, the effective temperature profile with respect to
the radius was obtained as . In addition,
we investigated the influence of the outflow on the dynamics of the accretion
flow. We also calculated the continuum spectrum emitted from the disk surface
as well as the bolometric luminosity of the accretion flow. Furthermore, our
results show that the advection parameter, , strongly depends on mass
inflow rate.Comment: Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journa
Numerical Simulation of Hot Accretion Flow around Bondi Radius
Previous numerical simulations have shown that strong winds can be produced
in the hot accretion flows around black holes. Most of those studies focus only
on the region close to the central black hole, therefore it is unclear whether
the wind production stops at large radii around Bondi radius. Bu et al. 2016
studied the hot accretion flow around the Bondi radius in the presence of
nuclear star gravity. They find that when the nuclear stars gravity is
important/comparable to the black hole gravity, winds can not be produced
around the Bondi radius. However, for some galaxies, the nuclear stars gravity
around Bondi radius may not be strong. In this case, whether winds can be
produced around Bondi radius is not clear. We study the hot accretion flow
around Bondi radius with and without thermal conduction by performing
hydrodynamical simulations. We use the virtual particles trajectory method to
study whether winds exist based on the simulation data. Our numerical results
show that in the absence of nuclear stars gravity, winds can be produced around
Bondi radius, which causes the mass inflow rate decreasing inwards. We confirm
the results of Yuan et al. which indicates this is due to the mass loss of gas
via wind rather convectional motions.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Ap