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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...
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DOI: 10.7570/jomes.2017.26.3.181
Anum Zahra, Maarten van Smeden, Petra J. M. Elders, Jan Festen et al. • BMC Geriatrics
(2025)
Abstract Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing home (NH) residents faced the highest risk of severe COVID-19 disease and mortality. Due to their frailty status, comorbidity burden can serve as a useful predictive indicator of vul...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12877-025-05721-2
Calvin Ka-Fung Lo BHSc, MD, Eric Andrew Yung BSc, MSc, Ka Tat Tsang PhD • Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
(2022)
Background/Objectives: Yee Hong Play Intervention for Dementia (PID) is a community program strengthening East Asians >65 years with dementia in their daily functional activities. We analyzed how PID activities align with Hong Kong Montreal...
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DOI: 10.1177/23337214221130161
Leon G. Martens, Jiao Luo, Fleur L. Meulmeester, Nadia Ashrafi et al. • Antioxidants
(2020)
The antioxidant vitamin E (α-tocopherol, α-TOH) protects lipids from oxidation by reactive oxygen species. We hypothesized that lifestyle factors associate with vitamin E metabolism marked by urinary α-tocopheronolactone hydroquinone (α-TLH...
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DOI: 10.3390/antiox9121280
Amira Al Balakosy, Mostafa Alfishawy, Omnia Elnabawy, Azza Hassan et al. • Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases
(2021)
Background and study aim: Epidemiological data reported lower death rates of COVID-19 cases in countries with higher & recent coverage by measles containing vaccines. In this study we aim to identify measles IgG titer in COVID-1...
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DOI: 10.21608/aeji.2021.72615.1144
Kazuki Uemura, Takehiko Doi, Kota Tsutsumimoto, Sho Nakakubo et al. • Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
(2020)
Abstract Background Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)‐derived phase angle is expected to be an efficient prognostic marker of health adverse events with aging as an alternative of muscle mass. We aimed to examine the predictive ability...
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DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12492
Anna Maria Cybulska, Ewa Kupcewicz, Kamila Rachubińska, Mariusz Panczyk et al. • Frontiers in Public Health
(2025)
BackgroundNursing students frequently encounter stressful and demanding situations during clinical training, which may hinder their well-being and professional development. A strong sense of coherence is thought to buffer the negative effec...
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1713759
Ling Tong, Zhe Cong, Long Tian, Jingjing Zhang et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology
(2021)
It is challenging to trace the complicated individual-based variations of HIV-specific immunocompetence shift during the successful antiretroviral therapy (ART) era. Using eight rhesus monkeys simulating a longitudinal stage-dependent cohor...
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.704449
Jinhao Zhang, Wei Ye, Wang Li, Fan Zhang et al. • Experimental Gerontology
(2025)
Background: Previous studies have consistently demonstrated that exercise mitigates cognitive decline in older adults. However, the most effective types of exercise, along with optimal frequency and duration of interventions, remain inadequ...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2025.112768
Jin Guo, Andrew Wister, Barbara Mitchell, Merril Silverstein et al. • BMC Geriatrics
(2026)
Abstract Objectives Based on defamilization, individualization, and contingent intergenerational solidarity theories, this study developed a cultural defamilization framework. Longitudinal data were used to explore changes in the associatio...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12877-026-07449-z
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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Virginia Boccardi, Lucia Paolacci, Patrizia Mecocci • Geriatric Care
(2018)
Dementia incidence is growing at an impressive rate worldwide, mostly affecting old age subjects. Looking and considering the disease as the same in younger adult does not seem the successful way to find a proper solution regarding preventi...
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DOI: 10.4081/gc.2018.7756
R. D. Bramwell • Educational Gerontology
(1985)
This paper discusses four well‐attested criteria by which a given “subject area” might be judged to be or not to be an “academic discipline.” What can be said of “gerontological studies” under each of these criteria? In what ways might “ger...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0380127850110403
Kenneth F. Ferraro • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
(2007)
UNIVERSITIES and colleges often espouse the value of interdisciplinary study, and gerontology is frequently cited as an exemplar of an interdisciplinary field of inquiry. It could be argued that this characterization has been good for geron...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/62.1.s2
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...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.77654
Julia Twigg • Routledge eBooks
(2015)
Later years are changing under the impact of demographic, social and cultural shifts. No longer confined to the sphere of social welfare, they are now studied within a wider cultural framework that encompasses new experiences and new modes ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203097090
• Routledge eBooks
(2018)
The term "educational gerontology" was first used in a 1970 doctoral program at the University of Michigan to denote those "activities and study that occur at the interface of education and gerontology" (Peterson 1980: 68).It achieved acade...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429457784
HU Minglei, HU Bin, ZHANG Wei, LIU Xiaoou et al. • Fenmo yejin jishu
(2025)
Specimen reconstitution technology is important for the in-service safety of reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) in nuclear power plants. To verify the feasibility of electron beam welding for the restructured specimens, the electron beam weldi...
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DOI: 10.19591/j.cnki.cn11-1974/tf.2024070004
Takayoshi Katase, Xinyi He, Terumasa Tadano, Jan M. Tomczak et al. • Advanced Science
(2021)
Abstract Introducing artificial strain in epitaxial thin films is an effective strategy to alter electronic structures of transition metal oxides (TMOs) and to induce novel phenomena and functionalities not realized in bulk crystals. This s...
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DOI: 10.1002/advs.202102097
Zhuoxing Liu, Kexin Zhao, Jie Ma, Shijie Liu et al. • Nature Communications
(2026)
Abstract Developing robust water-repellent textiles is critical for outdoor, protective, and industrial applications. However, achieving long-lasting water repellency under mechanical stress remains a significant challenge. Conventional app...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-70857-7