In this study, the relationship between cardiovascular signal entropy and the risk of seven-year all-cause mortality was explored in a large sample of community-dwelling older adults from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).
Silvin P. Knight +6 more
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Factors associated with pneumococcal vaccination uptake in over 50s in Ireland: a cross-sectional study using results from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) [PDF]
Introduction Pneumococcal vaccination is a key global health strategy to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with pneumococcal disease.Methods This study examined the factors associated with pneumococcal vaccination uptake in community-dwelling
Rose Anne Kenny +5 more
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Artificial outdoor light at night and depression in older adults in the USA, England, Northern Ireland, and Ireland [PDF]
Background: Artificial Light at night (ALAN) is a potential environmental stressor for depression, but epidemiological evidence is limited. Cross-national surveys of aging were leveraged to examine LAN and depression.
Rina So +14 more
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A Novel Assay to Measure the Magnitude of the Inducible Viral Reservoir in HIV-infected Individuals
Background: Quantifying latently infected cells is critical to evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic strategies aimed at reducing the size of the long-lived viral reservoir, but the low frequency of these cells makes this very challenging.
Francesco Andrea Procopio +16 more
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Objective: Syncope is a prevalent condition that has a marked impact on quality of life. We examined the association between syncope and quality of life (QoL) and whether this association was explained by fear of falling (FoF).Methods: We examined data ...
Kevin McCarthy +6 more
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Background: Cognitive and motor function in ageing are intertwined, but whether slower motor response time (MRT) to a cognitive stimulus could herald accelerated mobility decline is unknown. Using data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA),
Renuka Chintapalli, Roman Romero-Ortuno
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Summary: Background: It is hypothesized that vitamin D contributes to the aetiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus (diabetes). This study's objective was to examine the relationships between baseline vitamin D status (as measured by plasma 25 ...
Kevin McCarthy +10 more
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Examining the independent and moderating effects of arterial stiffness and cerebral blood flow on total hippocampal and hippocampal subfield volumes [PDF]
IntroductionThere is a critical link between vascular disease and the progression to dementia. The hippocampus has been implicated in memory and cognitive decline. In this study, we investigate the independent and moderating effects of increased arterial
Michelle Horan +13 more
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Social disconnection correlates of a “Wish to Die” among a large community-dwelling cohort of older adults [PDF]
IntroductionSocial disconnection and deaths by suicide among older adults are both important public health concerns, particularly in the context of ageing populations.
Mark Ward +7 more
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The study of the effectiveness of tools and functionality of the Tilda platform for website development [PDF]
This manuscript constitutes a comprehensive investigation designed to evaluate the potentiality of the Tilda platform’s instruments and functionalities for web development. The inquiry rigorously scrutinizes the inherent features of Tilda, incorporating,
Barabash Konstantin, Petrov Gleb
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