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Neighborhood disadvantage is associated with biological aging: Intervention‐induced enhancement of couple functioning confers resilience

open access: yesFamily Process, Volume 62, Issue 2, Page 818-834, June 2023., 2023
Abstract The accelerated pace of biological aging predicts mortality and morbidity later in life. The current study examines whether a change in supportive couple functioning buffers accelerated aging associated with stressful community environments among Black Americans who live in rural, Southern, disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Man‐Kit Lei, Steven R. H. Beach
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating biodiversity conservation and local community perspectives in China through human dimensions research

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 4, Issue 6, Page 1461-1474, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Biodiversity in China coexists alongside large ethnically diverse rural human populations within linked ‘biocultural’ social–ecological systems. Cumulative and changing local anthropogenic pressures linked to human population growth and economic development are driving unsustainable resource exploitation, habitat loss and extensive species ...
Heidi Ma   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can defined contribution pensions survive the pandemic? The Chilean case

open access: yesInternational Social Security Review, Volume 75, Issue 1, Page 31-50, January/March 2022., 2022
Abstract The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic threatens the viability of Chile’s defined contribution (DC) pension system, undermining its financial foundation and exposing its vulnerability to political risk. The COVID‐19 crisis led to the approval of three rounds of emergency withdrawals of 10 per cent of pension savings (as of April 2021).
Stephen J. Kay, Silvia Borzutzky
wiley   +1 more source

What is in a name? Autonomic imbalance and medically unexplained symptoms in Taiwan

open access: yesSociology of Health &Illness, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 881-894, May 2021., 2021
Abstract Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are persistent bodily symptoms without known pathology. An unofficial term has recently emerged in Taiwan to accommodate MUS: autonomic imbalance (AI). AI literally refers to disturbances of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) that innervates vital organs. However, AI is variously conceptualised by different
Jia‐shin Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Dismissing the “Vocal Minority”: How Policy Conflict Escalates When Policymakers Label Resisting Citizens

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 640-663, May 2021., 2021
This article investigates, through the theory of social construction and policy design, the feedforward effects of labeling on policy conflicts. It argues that such conflicts escalate when policymakers distinguish between more and less deserving and more and less powerful segments of the population.
Eva Elizabeth Anne Wolf
wiley   +1 more source

Deciding about the use of a Personal Safety Alerting Device—The need for a legitimation process: A qualitative study 使用个人安全警报装置的决定——合法化程序的必要性:定性研究

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 331-342, January 2021., 2021
Abstract Aims To explore reasons, thoughts, motives, and influencing factors regarding the use or non‐use of Personal Safety Alerting Devices (PSADs) in the daily lives of community‐dwelling older persons. Design A qualitative descriptive study design was used.
Friederike J. S. Thilo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Palestinians in a Transforming Middle East: Adapting or Stagnating

open access: yesWorld Affairs, Volume 188, Issue 3, Fall 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the profound stagnation and decline confronting the Palestinian national movement in the aftermath of the October 2023 war in Gaza. It argues that Palestinian political fragmentation has coincided with an evolving regional landscape that increasingly sidelines Palestinians. On the international stage, waning US engagement,
Anas Iqtait
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Exergaming on Frailty: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 34, Issue 5, Page 1913-1930, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim To evaluate the effects of exergaming on physical frailty in older adults. Design Systematic review with meta‐analysis. Methods Six electronic databases were searched for randomised controlled trials evaluating the effects of exergaming on frailty in older adults. Data were synthesised using narrative synthesis and meta‐analysis.
Lily Yuen Wah Ho   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Canadian Democracy at Risk? A Wakeup Call From the Perspective of English‐Speaking Citizens

open access: yesPolitics &Policy, Volume 53, Issue 1, February 2025.
ABSTRACT At first glance, Canada is a resilient democracy. It has so far resisted international trends of democratic decline, it has not had any major populist upheavals aside from the Freedom Convoy in 2022, and no extremist parties are in parliament. However, if we look at public opinion data, we find widespread democratic disillusionment.
Daniel Stockemer, Valere Gaspard
wiley   +1 more source

A cross-sectional study on the knowledge, attitude and practice of ICU nurses to ICU acquired weakness in grade-A tertiary hospitals in Beijing (北京市三甲医院ICU护士对ICU获得性衰弱的知信行现况调查及影响因素分析)

open access: yes中西医结合护理
Objective To investigate the status quo of knowledge, belief and practice of ICU nurses with ICU acquired weakness (ICU-AW) and analyze its influencing factors, to provide a theoretical basis for the further development of evidence-based nursing ...
KUANG Lu (旷璐), SHAO Xin (邵欣)
doaj   +1 more source

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