, 1998 This paper questions assumptions about reminiscence and looks at definitions of it. Functions of different types of reminiscence are examined and distinctions are drawn between these and autobiographical memories. Methodologies of eliciting reminiscences
Cohen, Gillian, Taylor, Stephanie
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“Positive biology”: the centenarian lesson
Immunity & Ageing, 2012 The extraordinary increase of the elderly in developed countries underscore the importance of studies on ageing and longevity and the need for the prompt spread of knowledge about ageing in order to satisfactorily decrease the medical, economic and ...
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Age, growth, and spawning season of red bream (Beryx decadactylus) off the southeastern United States [PDF]
, 2011 Red bream (Beryx decadactylus) is a commercially important deep-sea benthopelagic fish with a circumglobal distribution on insular and continental slopes and seamounts.
Friess, Claudia, Sedberry, George R.
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Triggering of Toll-like receptors in the elderly. A pilot study relevant for vaccination [PDF]
, 2017 The impaired ability of the elderly to mount an efficient immune response after exposure to microbes or vaccines represents a major challenge in protection against pathogens in ageing.
Candore Giuseppina +5 more
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Blame the parents? The association between parental longevity and successful ageing [PDF]
Research has suggested that children of long-lived parents might age more successfully than children of short-lived parents. The aim of this study is to contribute further to the understanding of the association between parental longevity and offspring’s
Edlira Gjonça, Paola Zaninotto
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Comprehensive Index of Frailty: a multi-dimensional construct from the Hong Kong Centenarian Study [PDF]
, 2015 This journal suppl. entitled: 20th Medical Research Conference; Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong KongINTRODUCTION: Frailty is a global epidemiological and clinical phenomenon that can lead to poor long-term ...
Cheung, KSL, Kwan, JSK, Lau, BHP
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A case-only approach for assessing gene-sex interaction in human longevity [PDF]
As one aspect of the complex feature of longevity, gene-sex interaction plays an important role in influencing human life span. With advances in molecular genetics, more studies aimed at assessing gene-sex interaction are expected.
Anatoli I. Yashin +7 more
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Genetic Variation in the CYP2C Monooxygenase Enzyme Subfamily Shows No Association With Longevity in a German Population [PDF]
, 2017 Cytochrome P450 enzymes, especially the CYP2C subfamily, are involved in the generation of reactive oxygen species and are regarded as susceptibility factors for age-related diseases.
Flachsbart, Friederike +5 more
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Low Grade Inflammation as a Common Pathogenetic Denominator in Age-Related Diseases: Novel Drug Targets for Anti-Ageing Strategies and Successful Ageing Achievement [PDF]
, 2010 Nowadays, people are living much longer than they used to do, however they are not free from ageing. Ageing, an inexorable intrinsic process that affects all cells, tissues, organs and individuals, is a post-maturational process that, due to a diminished
Candore, G. +4 more
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