A Look Beyond Land-Linked Lao PDR

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Observation of B̅0→D(*)0pp̅

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Semantically Readable Distributed Representation Learning and Its Expandability Using a Word Semantic Vector Dictionary

奈良先端科学技術大学院大学博士(工学)doctoral thesi

An update on aging and dementia in Chile

Chile is in an advanced demographic transition stage with the population over 60 years of age representing 15% of the total population and whose number of elderly has more than doubled between 1990 and 2014. Rapid economic advancement has promoted significant changes in social organization to which the country is not accustomed. The mental health problems of the elderly are particularly challenging to the country's present social and health structures. The prevalence of dementia in people over 60 years exceeds 8% and is even higher in the rural population. There is more training on dementia in the local medical and scientific community, increased awareness within the civilian community but insufficient responsiveness from the state to the broad diagnostic and therapeutic requirements of patients and caregivers. The objective of the present study was to provide an update of the information on dementia in the context of the ageing process in Chile.</div

The role of social integration in the consumption of fruit and vegetables among the elderly

Abstract This study investigates the extent to which aspects of the social integration of the elderly are linked to higher levels of fruit and vegetable consumption. It involved a cross-sectional study based on data from the National Study of Dependency in the Elderly, with a sample of 3278 elderly individuals. The variables of social integration considered were: frequency of meeting with close relatives, other relatives and neighbors and friends in the last 12 months; participation in recreational activities and in community groups, in addition to housing arrangements and marital status. The number of servings of fruit and vegetables consumed per day was the dependent variable. Logistic regression analysis was then conducted. In the adjusted model, more frequent encounters with siblings, in-laws and nephews, participation in community groups or organizations, are factors that increase the possibility of consuming two or more servings of fruit and vegetables a day, versus 1 serving or none; the opposite was observed when living alone. The variables of social integration that can increase the possibility of attaining the recommendation of consumption of fruit and vegetables daily (5 or more) in the adjusted model are frequency of encounters with siblings, in-laws and nephews and living alone.</p

Analyses of heterogeneous deformation and subsurface fatigue crack generation in alpha titanium alloy at low temperature

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Image_1_Forecasting Healthy Life Expectancy Among Chilean Community-Dwelling Older Adults With and Without Sarcopenia.pdf

BackgroundSarcopenia is an important risk factor for disability and dependency at old age. The prevalence of sarcopenia among the Chilean older population is high.ObjectiveTo estimate life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and unhealthy life expectancy among sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic older adults from Santiago, Chile.MethodsA sample of 1,897 community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years or more, living in Santiago, was observed between 5–15 years. Disability was defined as the unhealthy state, assessed through self-reported difficulties in activities of daily living. Sarcopenia was determined via HTSMayor software. Total and marginal life expectancies were estimated using the Interpolated Markov Chain method “IMaCh”.ResultsAt 60 years, estimated life expectancy for sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic older adults was similar (22.7 and 22.5 years, respectively). The proportion of years to be lived with disability was three times greater in sarcopenic adults, compared to non-sarcopenic people. This difference was observed up to 80 years. Non-sarcopenic women had a higher proportion of years to be lived with disabilities compared to non-sarcopenic men of the same age, but this proportion was higher among sarcopenic men, compared to sarcopenic women until 70 years of age.DiscussionPeople with sarcopenia expect to live a higher proportion of years with disabilities. Sarcopenic men until 70 years expected to live a higher proportion of years with disability, compared to sarcopenic women. Monitoring sarcopenia among older people may help to identify individuals with higher risk of disability onset. Future research should focus on disentangling the mechanisms explaining sex differences.</p

Baseline characteristics of the sample .

<p>Baseline characteristics of the sample .</p

Hazard ratios of disability incidence, recovery and mortality from specific health state, by age, gender and BMI (n = 1196).

<p>Hazard ratios of disability incidence, recovery and mortality from specific health state, by age, gender and BMI (n = 1196).</p

Total life expectancy (LE), disability-free life expectancy (DLFE), disabled life expectancy (DLE), and percentage of years to be lived with disability (% disabled), by nutritional status, for men and women (n = 1196).

<p>Total life expectancy (LE), disability-free life expectancy (DLFE), disabled life expectancy (DLE), and percentage of years to be lived with disability (% disabled), by nutritional status, for men and women (n = 1196).</p