Four Types of Actuators. An actuator is a kind of motor that controls or moves mechanisms or systems. It takes hydraulic fluid, electric current or other sources of power and converts the energy to facilitate the motion.
Adiposis dolorosa affects mainly women of 25-40 years, but can make its appearance at any age. Much suggests a dominant line of inheritance (13, 14), particularly strong in the line great grandmother-mother-daughter. The disease is approximately twenty times more prevalent amongst women than men.
An estimated 2 to 4 million Americans have some type of dementing illness. 7 The risk of dementing illness increases with age. By the age of 75 years, 10 to 15 percent of elderly persons have a dementing disease; the prevalence of dementia increases to between 25 and 35 percent in persons 85 years of age and older. An estimated 15 to 26 percent of elderly patients with delirium die, usually as a result of the pathologic process responsible for the delirium. 3, 4 Elderly patients with delirium may have underlying dementia. In fact, dementia is a known risk factor for delirium.