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Legal Aspects of Social Infrastructure for Housing and Care for the Elderly—The Case of Slovenia

open access: yesLaws, 2022
On 17 June 2021, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted a Bill on Long-term Care. This legislative activity also raised the question of the existence and effectiveness of a legal environment to promote social infrastructure development for ...
Eneja Drobež, David Bogataj
doaj   +1 more source

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Caused by Damaged Mitochondria and Imbalanced Protein Homeostasis in Alveolar Epithelial Type II Cell

open access: yesAdvanced Biology, EarlyView.
By systematizing a large body of evidence and propose a cascade relationship between protein homeostasis, endoplasmic reticulum stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and pro‐fibrotic factor, providing a theoretical basis for ATII cells dysfunction as a possible pathophysiological initiating event for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Zhaoxiong Dong   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pandemic Disruptions of Older Adults’ Meaningful Connections: Linking Spirituality and Religion to Suffering and Resilience

open access: yesReligions, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of persons of all ages throughout the world. Older adults have been particularly susceptible to the virus and have died at higher rates than any other age group.
Susan H. McFadden
doaj   +1 more source

A Marxian Review of Gerontological Literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
A major concern for the sociology of aging and social gerontology is the lack of theoretical rigor. In particular, Birren and Bengtson (1988) describe all of social gerontology as data-rich but theory-poor. In an effort to deal with the lack of theory,
Fave, L. Richard Della   +1 more
core   +1 more source

The Aging Substantia Nigra is Characterized by ROS Accumulation Potentially Resulting in Increased Neuroinflammation and Cytoskeletal Remodeling

open access: yesAdvanced Biology, EarlyView.
Definition of study groups, including young individuals (n = 7 mean age: 28.7 years), middle aged individuals (n = 14 mean age: 62.3 years) and elderly individuals (n = 14 mean age: 83.9 years). Condensed workflow including sample preparation (sample lysis and tryptic digestion), mass spectrometric measurements and subsequent data and statistical ...
Britta Eggers   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A multilayer interstitial fluid flow along vascular adventitia [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2020
Objective: Interstitial fluid flow through vascular adventitia has been disclosed recently. However, its kinetic pattern was unclear. Methods and Results: We used histological and topographical identifications to observe ISF flow along venous vessels in rabbits.
arxiv  

Ageing, old age and media: Critical appraisal of knowledge practices in academic research

open access: yesInternational Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2019
This interpretative literature review discusses research published between 2000 and 2015 that focuses on the media representation of older adults. The key objective is to offer a critical discussion on the knowledge and assumptions underlying such ...
Sara Mosberg Iversen, Monika Wilinska
doaj   +1 more source

UNO Website: Gerontology - Gerontology Advisory Board [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
UNO Website: Department of Gerontology - Advisory ...
University of Nebraska at Omaha, UNO Department of Gerontology
core   +1 more source

Editorial: Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Gerontology together with its subfields, such as social gerontology (sociology of ageing), geragogy, educational gerontology, political gerontology, environmental gerontology, and financial gerontology, is still a relatively new academic discipline that ...
Klimczuk, Andrzej, Tomczyk, Łukasz
core   +2 more sources

Robust Systemic and Mucosal Immune Responses to Coxsackievirus B3 Elicited by Spider Silk Protein Based Nanovaccines via Subcutaneous Immunization

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Spider minor ampullate silk protein (MiSp) and retinoic acid (RA) based nanovaccine are capable of eliciting both mucosal and systemic immune responses following subcutaneous administration and demonstrate significant protective effects against CVB3 infection in mice.
Xingmei Qi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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