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Assistive technology for older persons – analyses of data from WHO's rapid assistive technology assessment
Eide, Arne Henning; Muller, Sebastien; Khasnabis, Chapal; Borg, Johan; Blakstad, Mats; Mannan, Hasheem; Antypas, Konstantinos; Loeb, Mitchelle; Zhang, Wei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)With a growing population of older persons globally, the need for mainstream assistive technology (AT) as well as assistive technology specifically intended for older persons is on the increase. The association between age ... -
Barriers for Accessing Assistive Products in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
Eide, Arne Henning; Muller, Sébastien; Zhang, Wei; Khasnabis, Chapal; Antypas, Konstantinos; Blakstad, Mats; Borg, Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)WHO implemented the Rapid Assistive Technology Assessment in 2021. This is a household survey on self-reported use, need and barriers for accessing AT in 35 countries globally. In order to obtain comparable data, all surveys ... -
International experience on rainwater harvesting and stormwater utilisation – a literature review
Nie, Linmei; Bjerkholt, Jarle Tommy; Pedersen, Per Møller; Sivertsen, Edvard; Zhang, Kefeng; Zhang, Wei; Silva, Cristina Matos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Norway is a country with abundant water resources. Rainwater harvesting and stormwater utilization (RWH) has not been a central topic in Norway for a very long time. In recent years, however, we have experienced more ... -
Kinetic modeling of dynamic changing active sites in a Mars-van Krevelen type reaction: Ethylene oxychlorination on K-doped CuCl2/Al2O3
Ma, Hongfei; Sollund, Erling S.; Zhang, Wei; Fenes, Endre; Qi, Yanying; Wang, Yalan; Rout, Kumar Ranjan; Fuglerud, Terje; Piccinini, Marco; Chen, De (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)A kinetic model was developed by taking into account the dynamic nature of the active sites in Mars–van Krevelen type catalytic reactions to predict the evolution of the reactant and product composition in the gas phase ... -
Measuring Self-Reported Access to Assistive Technology Using the WHO Rapid Assistive Technology Assessment (rATA) Questionnaire: Protocol for a Multi-Country Study
Zhang, Wei; Eide, Arne Henning; Pryor, Wesley; Khasnabis, Chapal; Borg, Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In 2018, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution on improving access to assistive technology (AT), and mandated the WHO to prepare a global report on assistive technology based on the best available evidence and ... -
On the Relation between Assistive Technology System Elements and Access to Assistive Products Based on 20 Country Surveys
Borg, Johan; Winberg, Mikael; Eide, Arne Henning; Calvo, Irene; Khasnabis, Chapal; Zhang, Wei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between assistive technology system elements and access to assistive products. Data on assistive technology system elements and self-reported survey data on access ...