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Effects of Self-Rated Health and Self-Rated Economic Situation on Depressed Mood Via Life Satisfaction Among Older Adults in Costa Rica
(2015)
Objective: The study examined the relationship of self-rated health and self-rated economic situation with depressed mood, and life satisfaction as mediator of this relationship among older adults in Costa Rica. Method: A ...
Web technologies of the self: The arising of the "blogger" identity
(2012-07)
Drawing on Michel Foucault's theories of subjectivity, this paper conceptualizes early blogging and online diary writing as “technologies of the self,” that is, procedures through which practitioners enacted certain ...
Self-reported versus performance-based measures of physical function: prognostic value for survival
(2014)
Background: Although previous studies have indicated that performance assessments strongly predict future survival, few have evaluated the incremental value in the presence of controls for self-reported activity and mobility ...
A thermodynamic cycle for the solar cell
(2017-01-06)
A solar cell is a heat engine, but textbook treatments are not wholly satisfactory from a thermodynamic standpoint, since they present solar cells as directly converting the energy of light into electricity, and the current ...
Anclaje, deseo y estulticia: Un análisis a tres mensajes publicitarios
(2016)
Este artículo tiene el propósito de reflexionar sobre las formas de deseo que inciden en el sujeto
contemporáneo y la configuración de su bioética. Para ello, se parte del análisis de tres mensajes
publicitarios, enfocándose ...
Predicting Survival from Telomere Length versus Conventional Predictors: A Multinational Population-Based Cohort Study
(2016-04)
Telomere length has generated substantial interest as a potential predictor of aging- related diseases and mortality. Some studies have reported significant associations, but few have tested its ability to discriminate ...
Interaction of a quantum field with a rotating heat bath
(2018-08-01)
The linear coupling of a rotating heat bath to a quantum field is studied in the framework of the Markovian master equation for the field's non-unitary time evolution. The bath's rotation induces population inversion for ...
Surprising SES Gradients in Mortality, Health, and Biomarkers in a Latin American Population of Adults
(Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 64B(1):105-117, 2009-02-04)
Background. To determine socioeconomic status (SES) gradients in the different dimensions of health among elderly
Costa Ricans. Hypothesis: SES disparities in adult health are minimal in Costa Rican society.
Methods. ...
Effects of environmental enrichment and social isolation on sucrose consumption and preference: Associations with depressive-like behavior and ventral striatum dopamine
(2008-05)
Little attention has been directed towards environmental control of sensitivity to natural reward and its possible relationship with other motivated behaviors, besides the well-known effects of environmental enrichment and ...