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Obesity, sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity and reduced mobility in Brazilian older people aged 80 years and over
(Inst Israelita Ensino & Pesquisa Albert Einstein, 2017-10-01)
Objective: To analyze which abnormalities in body composition (obesity, sarcopenia or sarcopenic obesity) are related to reduced mobility in older people aged 80 years and older. Methods: The sample included 116 subjects ...
Age as a category to identify people
(University Institute of Lisbon; London School of Economics and Political Science; Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2018-05)
The aim of this paper is to analyze the importance of age in identifying and classifying people, in comparison to other categories like gender, psychological features and social characteristics. The research conducted for ...
Age as a category to identify people
(University Institute of Lisbon, 2018)
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze the importance of age in identifying and classifying people, in comparison to other categories like gender, psychological features and social characteristics. The research ...
From the Suffering of Old Age to the Fullness of Senectitude, a Philosophical Approach
Talking about 'suffering' in relation to 'old age' implies reflecting on its semantic fields, its various references and the relationship between the two in a dynamic way. We therefore propose to reflect first of all, in ...
Effectiveness of probiotics on the occurrence of infections in older people: systematic review and meta-analysis
(Oxford Univ Press, 2018-07-01)
Background: infectious diseases in older people are associated with higher mortality rates and probiotics have been hypothesised to reduce the occurrence of infection. Objectives: to assess the effectiveness and safety of ...
Structural disadvantage and (un)successful ageing: gender differences in activities of daily living for older people in Chile
(Taylor and Francis, 2019)
Discourses on successful ageing have changed the way older age is viewed and the possibilities associated with it. However, such discourses do not always take into account differential capacities and resources that may ...
Dental size variation in admixed Latin Americans: Effects of age, sex and genomic ancestry
(PLoS, 2023)
Dental size variation in modern humans has been assessed from regional to worldwide scales, especially under microevolutionary and forensic contexts. Despite this, populations of mixed continental ancestry such as contemporary ...
Centro Dia da terceira idade em Curitiba - PR
(Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáCuritibaBrasilGraduação em Arquitetura e UrbanismoUTFPR, 2016-02-25)
The purpose of this final year course work is to give support to the development of an architectural project for a Daycare Centre for the Third Age through the analyses of the ageing process in its various contexts. The ...
Residential environment and active ageing: the role of physical barriers in leisure participation
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021)
Active ageing is conditioned by social, economic and personal determinants, health and social services, and the physical environment. In connection with this, age-friendly residential environments enable to adjust the ...