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Does emotional resilience enhance foster placement stability? A qualitative investigation. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Frequent changes of foster placement are known to have a detrimental effect on the long-term well-being of cared for children. Foster carers who take on children with challenging behaviours have to draw on resources, both internal and external, to help ...
Moss, Mark, Preston, Sally, Yates, Kevin
core   +1 more source

Predicting and Comparing the Subjective Health Experience of Older Cancer Survivors and Non‐Cancer Survivors: A Modeling Approach

open access: yesAging and Cancer, EarlyView.
This study underscores the significant influence of frailty and vitality on the subjective health experience of older cancer survivors with acceptance and control emerging as salient mediators. These findings affirm the conceptual and empirical robustness of the model highlighting its potential utility in shaping future interventions for older cancer ...
Damien S. E. Broekharst   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating societal perspectives and values for improved stewardship of a coastal ecosystem engineer

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2014
Oyster reefs provide coastal societies with a vast array of ecosystem services, but are also destructively harvested as an economically and culturally important fishery resource, exemplifying a complex social-ecological system (SES).
Steven B. Scyphers   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Natural Products as Geroprotective Modulators in Diabetic Nephropathy: A Mechanistic Framework Integrating Aging Hallmarks and the AMPK–SIRT1–Nrf2 Axis

open access: yesAging and Cancer, EarlyView.
Natural products target the aging kidney in diabetic nephropathy by restoring the AMPK–SIRT1–Nrf2 axis, reducing oxidative stress, inflammation, fibrosis, and cellular senescence while enhancing mitochondrial biogenesis and antioxidant defenses.
Sherif Hamidu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Body Composition Benefits Diminish One Year After a Resistance Training Regimen in Breast Cancer Patients, Although Improvements in Strength, Balance, and Mobility Persist

open access: yesJournal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
Objectives: Resistance training can improve body composition and physical function during and after breast cancer treatment and improve quality of life.
Colin E. Champ   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiphase deployment models for fast self healing in wireless sensor networks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The majority of studies on security in resource limited wireless sensor networks (WSN) focus on finding an efficient balance among energy consumption, computational speed and memory usage.
Levi, Albert   +4 more
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The McCance Brain Care Score and Mortality: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Population‐Based Cohort

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between the McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) and mortality in the general population. Methods We conducted a prospective, population‐based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank. Participants with complete data enabling calculation of BCS and full mortality information were included ...
Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Li
wiley   +1 more source

A Network Model of Alcoholism and Alcohol Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The evolution of alcohol dependence in populations of people on different social networks is studied. Two models are studied. One is the evolution of the states of individuals on hypothesized social structures from a rewired connected caveman model. This
Braun, R., Buchanan, J.R., Gleeson, J.
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CAPTCHaStar! A novel CAPTCHA based on interactive shape discovery

open access: yes, 2015
Over the last years, most websites on which users can register (e.g., email providers and social networks) adopted CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) as a countermeasure against automated attacks.
DA Norman   +8 more
core   +1 more source

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