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Life Span: Evolutionary, Ecological, And Demographic Perspectives, James R. Carey, Shripad Tuljapurkar

Population Policy and Demographic Analysis

The human life span continues to increase even in already low-mortality populations—with major implications for societies and economies. Classical evolutionary theory accounts for survival only through the age of reproduction. A more elaborate theory, integrating biological and demographic perspectives, is required to explain these current trends in longevity and to gauge their future course. The papers collected in this supplement to Population and Development Review contribute to the development of such a theory. The authors are leading scientists from demography, evolutionary biology, and field ecology, equipped to draw insights not only from human populations but also from the comparative mortality …

Computer Usage And Perceptions Among Accounting Students: A Survey In A Public University, I.J. Noor

Research Publications (2000 to 2005)

Satu kajian telah dijalankan ke atas 288 orang pelajar jurusan perakaunan di Universiti Malaya untuk mengenalpasti arah aliran penggunaan komputer di kalangan bakal graduan perakaunan. Kajian ini yang menerangkan tahap penggunaan komputer pada masa kini di kalangan pelajar perakaunan di dalam negeri dan juga tanggapan mereka ke atas komputer dapat memberikan gambaran sama ada akauntan yang dilahirkan nanti mempunyai kemahiran teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) seperti dikehendaki oleh majikan. Kemahiran ini dapat membantu mereka menghadapi cabaran mencari pekerjaan dan juga bersaing dengan graduan luar negara. Malaysia yang sedang menuju ke arah ekonomi yang berasaskan pengetahuan (K-economy) memerlukan generasi yang celik …

Uri Undergraduate And Graduate Course Catalog 2003-2004, University Of Rhode Island

URI Course Catalogs Archive

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the University of Rhode Island course catalog.

Methodological And Contextual Challenges To Researching Childhood Resilience: An International Collaboration, Michael Ungar, Roger A. Boothroyd, Luis F. Duque, John Leblanc

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Clark University Academic Catalog [2002-2003], Clark University

Clark University Academic Catalogs

Annual academic catalog for the 2002-2003 academic year at Clark University.

Clark University academic catalogs contain academic announcements, course listings and descriptions, degrees and degree requirements, registers of instructor and administrator names, information on buildings and grounds, Clark history, and more. They have had various titles throughout the decades, but for consistency we collectively refer to them as academic catalogs across all titles.

A Student Learning Model For Community Service Field Placements, Laura Dreuth, Martha Dreuth-Few

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Educators recognize the importance of understanding how students integrate community service learning with professional practice. This article provides insight into the student experience as expressed in the voices of pre-service social workers that completed community service field placements. The findings suggest a developmental model of learning with common themes that progressed from basic understanding to integration. Findings also suggest that service learning positively influenced the students in relation to personal and professional performance.

Viewbook- 2003, Admissions Staff

Student Handbooks

Student guide

Seniors Count Follow-Up Study, Nina M. Silverstein, Heather Connors, May Jawad

Gerontology Institute Publications

Seniors Count is an ongoing outreach initiative under the direction of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino with the leadership and support of Joyce Williams, Boston's Commissioner on Affairs of the Elderly. The program's purpose is to "identify and reach out to those members of the city's elderly population who live in private housing arrangements and help provide them with the information and services they [may] need" (Boston Commission on Affairs of the Elderly, 2002). Since the program's inception in 1999, it has reached over 5,500 community-dwelling elders in the City of Boston (Boston Commission on Affairs of the Elderly, 2002). …

2003-2004 Lynn University Academic Catalog, Lynn University

Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Spring Commencement, April 27, 2003, Eastern Michigan University

Commencement Programs and Materials

No abstract provided.

Determinants Of Old-Age Mortality In Taiwan, Zachary Zimmer, Linda G. Martin, Hui-Sheng Lin

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Relationships among socio-demographic characteristics, general assessments of health, and old-age mortality are well established in developed countries. There is also an increasing focus on the connection between early-life experiences and latelife health. This paper tests these and other associations using representative survey data from Taiwan on the population aged 60 and older in 1989, 1993, and 1996 that have been linked to data on deaths between 1989 and 1999 from a national death registry. The study also explores the possible influence of Taiwan’s Universal Health Insurance Program, instituted in 1995, and whether or not the survival of some groups of …

Focus Emu, July 8, 2003, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.

Retirement And High Level Human Capital, Irving Gershenberg

Gerontology Institute Publications

Given that demographic trends in economically advanced industrial countries such as our own continue to shift toward increasingly older, formally retired populations, we need to find ways to keep more of this older retired population productive. Economists and others differ in their estimation regarding the ability and/or willingness on part of the retired to retain, let alone utilize the know-how, the human capital accumulated prior to retirement. This is as true for those who have spent their work life engaged in producing and communicating new ideas and synthesizing and diffusing what is known, those who have accumulated what I term …

The Argonaut, 2003, University Of Lynchburg

The Argonaut (Yearbook)

The Argonaut from 2003.

Winter 2003-04, Mary Beth Hinton

Newsletters from University Library - Library Connection

No abstract provided.

The Reversibility Of Differential Rearing In Rats, Leann M. Taylor

Theses and Dissertations

Two groups of rats were raised in two different environments for 75 days beginning at 25 days of age. One group was raised in an enriched condition (EC), and one group in an impoverished condition (IC). At 91 days of age, all rats were tested on a spatial reversal learning task to determine if their early environments had affected their learning ability (Test 1). After Test 1 was completed, the rats were then placed in the opposite environment for another 75 days, with a second testing (Test 2) beginning at 165 days of age to determine if the new environment …

Cd / Pc 650 Aspects Of Aging: Developmental, Cultural, Religious, Harold W. Burgess

Syllabi

1. John C. Cavenaugh and Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Adult Development and Aging (2002). This text presents a standard psychological perspective on aging and the scientific study of aging. It is a basic introduction to aspects of aging from a gerontological perspective. 2. Charles G. Oakes, Working the Gray Zone (2000). After a long career as a gerontologist, Oakes reflects on the ways in which the church could work more effectively (and Christianly) with older adults.

2003-2004 Graduate Catalog, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Office of the Registrar: Graduate Catalogs (Archived)

Academic catalog for Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Escape From New York: Analyzing The State's Relative Interests In Proscribing The Withdrawal Of Life Support And Physician-Assisted Suicide, Colin Miller

Faculty Publications

This Note argues that states cannot consistently prohibit physician assisted suicide for terminally ill patients while they continue to allow the withdrawal of life support for even non-terminal patients. All of the state interests identified by the Supreme Court in rejecting a right to assisted suicide are implicated to a higher degree by withdrawal of life support. The primary reason for this difference is that withdrawal of life support often involves incompetent patients and surrogate decision making while assisted suicide by definition requires a competent patient choosing to hasten her death.

Golden Age In The Golden State: Contemporary Legal Developments In Elder Abuse And Neglect, Seymour Moskowitz

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Management Of Agitation In Individuals With Dementia: An Animal-Assisted Therapy Approach, Karen L. Tanner

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

Dementia is not a natural and normal part of aging, but rather a symptom of a disease process. Most individuals with dementia experience emotional distress or behavioral problems best summed up by the term agitation. Approximately 90% of individuals with dementing illnesses demonstrate problem behaviors ranging from repetitive verbalizations and wandering to verbal and physical aggression toward self or others. Each evening thousands of older adults in the community and in institutions become agitated, restless, and confused and begin to wander about or scream. This phenomenon is referred to as sundown syndrome, since it occurs in the evening hours after …

Bulletin Of Yale University School Of Nursing 2003-2004, Yale School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Bulletins and Catalogues

Series 99, Number 14

September 5, 2003

Bgsu Graduate College 2003-2004 Catalog, Bowling Green State University

Course Catalogs

Bowling Green State University graduate catalog for 2003-2004.

The Effects Of Cigarette Smoking On The Phonatory Function Of Older Female Adults, Lygia R. Melanchuk

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Regulating (For The Benefit Of) Future Persons: A Different Perspective On The Fda's Jurisdiction To Regulate Human Reproductive Cloning, Gail H. Javitt, Kathy Hudson

Utah Law Review

The goal of this Article is modest-to articulate the best argument for the FDA's legal jurisdiction over cloning. The Article argues that the FDA has jurisdiction to regulate cloning as a form of gene therapy. It demonstrates the scientific and regulatory similarities between gene therapy and cloning, and concludes that cloning is the ultimate form of gene therapy, in that it replaces not only one or a few genes but rather the entire genome. Further, the Article provides evidence demonstrating that the FDA has historically viewed its responsibility to assure safety and effectiveness to encompass the evaluation of harms to …

How Indicators Of Socioeconomic Status Relate To Physical Functioning Of Older Adults In Three Asian Societies, Zachary Zimmer, Napaporn Chayovan, Hui-Sheng Lin, Josefina N. Natividad

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

In developed countries, socioeconomic status has been identified as one of the most important demographic and social determinants of older adult health. The relationship has not been well studied or contrasted across much of the developing world. Yet, with population aging occurring rapidly in much of Asia, understanding the factors that distinguish between those in better and worse health becomes important. To this end, the current study has two main aims. It first examines the degree to which two measures commonly used to indicate socioeconomic status, education and income, relate to the physical functioning of older adults in three Asian …

Racism In Assisted Living Facilities : A Comparative Study, Alissa Lee Nickey

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This exploratory, comparative study was undertaken in two separate assisted living facilities, a for-profit facility and a non-profit facility, located in the City of Atlanta, Georgia to determine if employees in both settings experience the same or similar level of racism within their work environment. The following six research questions guided this study: Is there a relationship between type of racism in non-profit and for-profit assisted living facilities? Is there a relationship between healthcare provider age and perceived racism in non-profit and for-profit assisted living facilities? Is there a relationship between healthcare provider educational level and perceived racism in nonprofit …

The Relationship Between Marital Satisfaction And Caregiver Burden In Parents Who Care For Adult Children With Development Disabilities, Jujuane M. Easter

Theses

This study examines the relationship between marital satisfaction and caregiver burden in parents of individuals with mental disabilities. Eighteen couples (18 women and 18 men) completed a demographic questionnaire, the Index of Marital Satisfaction (IMS), and the Caregiver's Burden Scale (CBS). It was hypothesized that there would be a negative correlation between marital satisfaction and caregiver burden. The correlations between the IMS scale and CBS scale were calculated for men and women separately. Findings indicate that the correlation for the IMS scale with the CBS scale for men was not statistically significant (.246). Also, the correlation for the IMS scale …

Cognitive Rehabilitation In Occupational Therapy For Individuals With Dementia, Sheila Kemnitz-Hartje, Michelle Theis

Occupational Therapy Capstones

No abstract provided.

Fcc's Media Ownership Plan Axed: Deregulation And The Debate Over Democracy, Alice Nam

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.