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The association between living arrangements and health-related quality of life in Korean older people: a nationwide repeated cross-sectional study [PDF]

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
Objectives This study investigated the association between living arrangements and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older people. Methods A secondary analysis was conducted of 6,153 participants (aged ≥60 years) from the seventh Korean National ...
Eunok Park, Philip Larkin, Zee-A Han
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Basic mobility, accidental falls, and lifetime physical activity among rural and urban community-dwelling older adults: a population-based study in Northern Iceland

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2022
The objective of this research was to investigate late-life physical functioning and lifetime history of physical activity (PA) among older adults in rural and urban Arctic communities.
Solveig A Arnadottir, Lara Einarsdottir, Arun K Sigurdardottir   +2 more
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Controls on dissolved organic carbon quantity and chemical character in temperate rivers of North America [PDF]

, 2013
Understanding the processes controlling the transfer and chemical composition of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in freshwater systems is crucial to understanding the carbon cycle and the effects of DOC on water quality.
Aiken, George, Hanley, Kevin W., Huntington, Thomas, Salisbury, Joseph, Wollheim, Wilfred M.   +4 more
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Hematopoietic (stem) cells—The elixir of life?

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The aging of HSCs (hematopoietic stem cells) and the blood system leads to the decline of other organs. Rejuvenating aged HSCs improves the function of the blood system, slowing the aging of the heart, kidney, brain, and liver, and the occurrence of age‐related diseases.
Emilie L. Cerezo, Jonah Anderson, Emilie Dinh Vedrenne, Noël Yeh Martín, Jette Lengefeld   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neighborhood and Individual Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated with Disparities in Adult Obesity and Perceptions of the Home Food Environment

Health Equity, 2017
Purpose: Multiple studies have demonstrated significant disparities in the relationship between individual sociodemographic characteristics and risk of overweight or obesity. However, little information is available for assessing the complex associations
Michael T. Halpern, Michael T. Halpern, Laura C. Arena, Rachel A. Royce, Robin E. Soler, Breda Munoz, Caitlin M. Hennessy   +6 more
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The role of neighborhood inequalities on diabetes prevention care: a mini-review

Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare, 2023
An emerging research niche has focused on the link between social determinants of health and diabetes mellitus, one of the most prevalent non-communicable diseases in modern society.
Francesco Frigerio, Luca Muzzioli, Alessandro Pinto, Lorenzo Maria Donini, Eleonora Poggiogalle   +4 more
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Child Pornography: Patterns From NIBRS. [PDF]

, 2004
Presents findings from the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). By collecting data on pornography/obscene material offenses from law enforcement jurisdictions, NIBRS enables researchers to draw conclusions about the number, locations ...
Finkelhor, David, Ormrod, Richard
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Interplay between circadian and other transcription factors—Implications for cycling transcriptome reprogramming

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This perspective highlights emerging insights into how the circadian transcription factor CLOCK:BMAL1 regulates chromatin architecture, cooperates with other transcription factors, and coordinates enhancer dynamics. We propose an updated framework for how circadian transcription factors operate within dynamic and multifactorial chromatin landscapes ...
Xinyu Y. Nie, Jerome S. Menet
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira, Sílvia Arroz‐Madeira, Cláudio A. Franco, Sara Silva Pereira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnic enclaves and immigrant labour market outcomes: quasi-experimental evidence [PDF]

, 2006
This study investigates empirically how residence in ethnic enclaves affects labour market outcomes of refugees. Self-selection into ethnic enclaves in terms of unobservable characteristics is taken into account by exploitation of a Danish spatial ...
Piil Damm, A.
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