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Changes Inside the Age – Gender Structure of Population Within the Trascău Mountains Area [PDF]

Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2008
The transformations taken place since 1989 both on a political and on an economical level have influenced the demographical structure of the population of Trasc u Mountains.
Elena Bogan
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A longitudinal study on social support, social participation, and older Europeans’ Quality of life

SSM: Population Health, 2021
The association between quality of life (QoL) and social relationships is well established. This paper further analyses whether and how participation in social activities as well as providing and receiving social support, independently, are associated ...
Septi Kurnia Lestari, Xavier de Luna, Malin Eriksson, Gunnar Malmberg, Nawi Ng   +4 more
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Ageing, demographics, and heart failure [PDF]

European Heart Journal Supplements, 2019
Abstract Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome resulting from structural or functional cardiac disorders. In the developed world, HF is primarily a disorder of the elderly. It is one that is accompanied by many non-cardiac comorbidities that affect treatments given, the patient’s response and treatment tolerance and outcomes.
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis for Intravenous Methylprednisolone‐Refractory Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in a Single‐Center Case Series

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a relapsing autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. High‐dose intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) is the standard first‐line therapy for acute attacks, although some patients remain refractory.
Wataru Horiguchi, Daisuke Katagiri, Takeyuki Watadani, Shunichi Matsuda, Hiroshi Kaneko, Noritoshi Arai   +5 more
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Volunteering and instrumental support during the first phase of the pandemic in Europe: the significance of COVID-19 exposure and stringent country’s COVID-19 policy

BMC Public Health
Background The COVID-19 control policies might negatively impact older adults’ participation in volunteer work, instrumental support provision, and the likelihood of receiving instrumental support.
Septi Kurnia Lestari, Malin Eriksson, Xavier de Luna, Gunnar Malmberg, Nawi Ng   +4 more
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Demographic differentials in births assisted by trained midwives in Nineteenth-Century Sweden: What difference did it make for infant survival?

Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
Objectives: This study examines the influence of social and demographic factors on the utilization of trained midwives in Sweden during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Lena Karlsson
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Geospatial analysis of population ageing in Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]

Geographica Pannonica, 2023
The aim of this research is to analyze the spatial distribution of the population ageing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and identify areas of the country that are particularly vulnerable to negative demographic trends.
Kadušić Alma, Smajić Sabahudin, Kunosić Suad, Smajić Nedima   +3 more
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Dietary Protein Intake and Peritoneal Protein Losses in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose protein in their waste dialysate, potentially increasing their risk for malnutrition. We wished to determine whether there was any association between losses and dietary protein intake (DPI). Methods DPI was assessed from 24‐h dietary recall using Nutrics software.
Haalah Shaaker, Andrew Davenport
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Economic ageing and demographic change [PDF]

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 2007
This paper presents a generalised model of overlapping generations with economic ageing of households. Economic age is defined as a set of personal attributes such as earnings potential and tastes that are characteristic of a person’s position in the ...
Mirela Keuschnigg, Christian Keuschnigg, Dominik Grafenhofer, Christian Jaag   +3 more
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