Gerontology Newsletter, Spring 2013 [PDF]
Inside this issue: -- UNI Gerontology Celebrates Major Milestone-- Remold Wins Gerontology Service Awardhttps://scholarworks.uni.edu/geronnews/1004/thumbnail ...
University of Northern Iowa. Gerontology Program.
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Latest Progress on Tuberculosis and HIV Co‐Infection: A Closer Look at People of Different Ages
Tackling the problem of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co‐infection is a serious global health concern affecting people of all ages. This review presents the characteristics of both diseases, current treatment and diagnostic guidelines, associated problems, innovations in disease management, and overall effects on global ...
Anna Yusuf Aliyu, Oluwatoyin A. Adeleke
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Planet RB: a personal contribution to a proteomic map of human retinoblastoma protein [PDF]
As I compress on the canvas of a few pages here major results of my research on the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (RB) spreading over the past 15 years, an exciting picture emerges on this unique host molecule which surpasses in its complexity even that of the most capable viral proteins known to date.
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Family Aging and the Practice of Elder Law: A Financial Gerontology Perspective [PDF]
Financial Gerontology is an emerging field that brings applied social gerontological education to financial services professionals. These practitioners are already well educated in their primary fields, but are seeking to add aging and gerontology to ...
NC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro+1 more
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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”. It achieved academic prominence some years later with the publication of the first issue of the international journal Educational Gerontology,
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Case of a 96‐year‐old woman with tilt of the subjective vertical axis
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Markus A. Hobert+4 more
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A Convoy of Magnetic Millirobots Transports Endoscopic Instruments for Minimally‐Invasive Surgery
The first electrocautery procedure performed by a team of millirobots (TrainBots) is presented. Enhanced with optimized feet, millirobots form a convoy to facilitate the collaborative transportation of wires and catheters through biological lumens, e.g. bile ducts. It opens up the possibility of using a team of mini‐robots in future endoscopic surgery.
Moonkwang Jeong+3 more
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Altruism in death: Attitudes to body and organ donation in Australian students
Abstract Health education, research, and training rely on the altruistic act of body donation for the supply of cadavers. Organ transplantation and research rely on donated organs. Supply of both is limited, with further restrictions in Australia due to requirements for a next‐of‐kin agreement to donation, irrespective of the deceased's pre‐death ...
Rebekah A. Jenkin+2 more
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Connecting Bayes factor and the Region of Practical Equivalence (ROPE) Procedure for testing interval null hypothesis [PDF]
There has been strong recent interest in testing interval null hypothesis for improved scientific inference. For example, Lakens et al (2018) and Lakens and Harms (2017) use this approach to study if there is a pre-specified meaningful treatment effect in gerontology and clinical trials, which is different from the more traditional point null ...
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Sensitivity and Specificity of Portable Hearing Screening in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Introduction Hearing screening allows the identification of individuals with hearing loss. Aim To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a portable hearing screening device in middle-aged and older adults using the manufacturer scoring
Carolina Louise Cardoso+8 more
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