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An aesthetic curve in the field of Industrial design

Toshinobu Harada, Fujiichi Yoshimoto, Masamitsu Moriyama • IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) (1999)

We present a quantitative analysis method of the characteristics of a curve, for finding what an aesthetic curve is. A number of designer drawn curves were analyzed by this method. As a result, we found that the designer controlled the curv...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/vl.1999.795873

The digitalization of industrial design

Pengming Wang • Journal of Lanzhou University of Technology (2002)

The implication of digitalization of industrial design is expounded. After the roles of industrial design in product development process being analyzed, the framework and integration scheme of the digitalization of industrial design are pre...

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The state of industrial design or industrial design in a state: an exploration of the current status of industrial design.

Matthew Tommey, Karl Hurn, Mark Evans • J of Design Research (2021)

Industrial design appears to be losing relevance in the post-industrial world, overtaken by newer fields of the digital information age. As a consequence, industrial design finds itself in an uncertain position, lacking clear definition, id...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/jdr.2021.10047542

Health researchers' experience collaborating with patient partners: a qualitative study

Magaly Brodeur, Catherine Wilhelmy, Denis Boutin, Amélie Deschamps et al. • Research Involvement and Engagement (2025)

Abstract Background Patient-oriented research (POR) and patient engagement (PE) have been increasingly adopted over recent decades, as they generate many positive academic and patient outcomes within various health research fields. While th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40900-025-00730-2

The impact of phased university reopenings on mitigating the spread of COVID-19: a modeling study

Lior Rennert, Corey A. Kalbaugh, Christopher McMahan, Lu Shi et al. • BMC Public Health (2021)

Abstract Background Several American universities have experienced COVID-19 outbreaks, risking the health of their students, employees, and local communities. Such large outbreaks have drained university resources and forced several institu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11525-x

Expert Consensus on Diagnosis and Management of Secondary Sarcopenia in Adults in Colombia: A Modified Delphi Study

Claudia Contreras, Diana Paola Córdoba‐Rodríguez, Robinson Cuadros, José Ricardo Jauregui et al. • JCSM Communications (2026)

ABSTRACT Background Secondary sarcopenia driven by chronic disease, acute illness, immobilization, malnutrition or treatment‐related factors contributes to functional decline, falls, disability, readmission and mortality. In Colombia, uneve...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/rco2.70051

Correlation between sarcopenia and changes in oligodendrocyte lineage cells in the brains of Alzheimer's disease model mice

Lin-lin Yao, Xiao-ting Ma, Fang-bo Li, Lin-yi Zheng et al. • Experimental Gerontology (2026)

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily characterized by cognitive dysfunction. The discovery and identification of non-cognitive symptoms in the preclinical stage hold promise for early diagnosis and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2026.113057

Rare genetic diseases associated with G-quadruplex-induced replication stress

Lauren M. Herr, Swagata Mukhopadhyay, Olivia M. Anderson, Tucker H. Couch et al. • Communications Biology (2026)

Abstract DNA replication stress is incurred by endogenous or environmental challenges to replication fork progression that impede faithful genome duplication. Genomic G-quadruplexes (G4s) are DNA secondary structures that present a substant...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s42003-026-09966-4

Creating Exercise Spaces in Parks for Older Adults With Fitness, Rehabilitation, and Play Elements: A Review and Perspective

Janet Lok Chun Lee, Rainbow Tin Hung Ho • Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (2022)

Parks usually create a protective playground space for children to perform physical activity like jumping, running, and climbing. Specific spaces have rarely been created for older adults to perform physical activity in public parks. Now th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/23337214221083404

Watching Out for Older Drivers

Samuel Durso • MedEdPORTAL (2006)

Abstract Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among adults age 65 to 74. This risk for traffic fatalities may triple as the numbers of older drivers increases in the coming years. It is the ethical opinion ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.194

Heterogeneity in Trajectories of Body Mass Index and Their Associations with Mortality in Old Age: A Literature Review

Hiroshi Murayama, Benjamin A. Shaw • Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome (2017)

This article reviewed studies to investigate the association between trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and mortality among older adults. Investigators conducted a systematic search of published peer-reviewed literature in the PubMed dat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7570/jomes.2017.26.3.181

Categorias de autocuidado entre pessoas idosas com diabetes: estudo sociopoético [Categories of self-care among older adults with diabetes: a sociopoetic study]

Iraci dos Santos, Renata Gomes Machado Guerra, Leandro Andrade da Silva • Revista Enfermagem UERJ (2015)

Teve-se como objetivo identificar as categorias de autocuidado apresentadas por pessoas idosas com diabetes, considerando suas dimensões física, mental e espiritual. Método sociopoético, aplicando as fases do grupo-pesquisador formado por 1...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12957/reuerj.2015.16498

Tailored antihypertensive drug therapy prescribed to older women attenuates circulating levels of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α

Toledo JO, Moraes CF, Souza VC, Tonet-Furioso AC et al. • Clinical Interventions in Aging (2015)

Juliana O Toledo,1 Clayton F Moraes,2,3 Vinícius C Souza,2 Audrey C Tonet-Furioso,2 Luís CC Afonso,4 Cláudio Córdova,3 Otávio T Nóbrega1,2 1Graduate Program in Health Sciences, 2Graduate Program in...

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Gerontology: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

• Oxford University Press eBooks (1999)

Abstract This title presents an overview of gerontology appropriate for beginning, graduate and advanced undergraduate students. The text includes seminal chapters on theory, methodology, physiological processes, health, culture, dying and ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780195115468.001.0001

The Gerontological Imagination: Social Influences on the Development of Gerontology, 1945-Present

Carroll L. Estes, Elizabeth A. Binney, Richard Culbertson • The International Journal of Aging and Human Development (1992)

This article presents a framework for the analysis of the development of gerontology since 1945. Three distinct historical periods and several forces that have shaped the field are examined. These forces reside in the political, economic, s...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.2190/ywl3-wx80-um2u-yeun

Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

Edward T. Zawada • IntechOpen eBooks (2019)

This volume is a collection of reports dealing with geriatrics and gerontology. The first section provides an introduction to the common medical and non-medical problems of aging. The second section concentrates on one of the most devastati...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.77654

Gerontology

L. K. Frank • Journal of Gerontology (1946)

With millions of men and women growing older, baffled by changes in themselves and in the world around them, the country has a definite need for not only large scale provisions for their care but also for a specific and individual service f...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/1.1_part_1.1

The Challenge of Cultural Gerontology

Julia Twigg, Wendy E. Martin • The Gerontologist (2014)

Over the last decade, Cultural Gerontology has emerged as one of the most vibrant elements of writing about age (Twigg, J., & Martin, W. (Eds.) (2015). The Routledge handbook of cultural gerontology. London: Routledge). Reflecting the wider...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnu061