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The living environments of community-dwelling older people who become frail: another look at the living standards of older New Zealanders survey. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Efforts to support older people who live in the community and who become frail will be enhanced by a better appreciation of the shared characteristics of this group.
Barrett, Patrick   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A NeuroD1 AAV‐Based Gene Therapy for Functional Brain Repair in Alzheimer's Disease‐Like Non‐Human Primate Model

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study tests NeuroD1 AAV‐based gene therapy in a non‐human primate Alzheimer's disease model. The therapy prevents neuronal damage, inhibits hippocampal atrophy, and reduces neuroinflammation. It also repairs vascular and blood‐brain barrier damage, restores cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, enhances hippocampal glucose metabolism, and improves ...
Zhouquan Jiang   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Support, Depression and Self-Reported Physical Health in Persons Waiting for Access to Subsidized Housing

open access: yesSAGE Open
Housing is a pervasive determinant of physical and mental health. Studies indicate the importance of social support to the mental and physical health of individuals who are unhoused; however, to date, little is known about this relationship in persons ...
Julia Woodhall-Melnik   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corals and Reef‐Dwelling Fish Regulate Carbon Storage and Cycling Processes in Coral Reef Ecosystems

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Coral reefs are biodiversity hotspots, yet their role in carbon storage and cycling remains poorly understood. Using field surveys and modeling in the South China Sea, we reveal the overlooked potential of carbon storage in reef ecosystems and how reef fish, corals, and surface sediment jointly shape reef carbon reservoirs.
Yiting Chen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

FRAMEWORK FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF HOUSING CO-OPERATIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA

open access: yesJournal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 2015
The current difficulties in obtaining credit for housing, following the global economic crisis, show that private individual home-ownership is not effective enough in addressing the housing needs of the low and middle income groups.
Kobus VAN WYK, Richard JIMOH
doaj   +1 more source

Working Paper 133 - Monetary Policy Transmission, House Prices and Consumer Spending in South Africa: An SVAR Approach [PDF]

open access: yes
The study used a structural vector autoregressive approach to estimate and quantify the percentage decline in consumption expenditure, which can be attributed to changes in housing wealth, after monetary policy tightening. The effects are separated using
Eliphas Ndou, Mthuli Ncube
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Preserving, Protecting, and Expanding Affordable Housing: A Policy Toolkit for Public Health [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Resurgent interest in urban living is helping to revive neighborhoods in numerous American cities, stabilizing populations and sometimes beginning to reverse previous declines.
Allison Allbee   +2 more
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Hepatocyte BDNF Acts as a Novel Immune Checkpoint to Restrain TLR4‐Mediated Acute Hepatitis

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identifies hepatocyte‐derived BDNF as an endogenous TLR4 antagonist that alleviates acute hepatitis. BDNF is downregulated in hepatocytes via REST‐mediated transcriptional repression during ALI/ALF. Mechanistically, BDNF binds to TLR4 on macrophages to suppress inflammation.
Weiwei Zhu   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maquiagem: Concealing the politicized nature of urban disaster and housing policy in Petrópolis, Brazil

open access: yesJournal of Political Ecology
Under the intertwined environmental crises of capitalist urbanization, we argue that policies on housing and disaster are merging in order to (further) conceal widespread socio-ecological degradation and disaster risk creation.
Robert Coates, Tjalf Nathan van Minnen
doaj   +2 more sources

Supported accommodation evaluation framework (SAEF) guide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
High hopes for the NDIS are that people with disability will be able to live as independently as they choose, with the housing of their choice, and with the paid support that suits their preferences and life goals. Research conducted by the Social Policy
Anna Jones   +8 more
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