‘Diaphaneitè’ Pater’s Enigmatic Term by Morito Uemura

“…The woman here seems to be no longer a physical being, but has become, in her old age, a transparence, so to speak, as everything in her expresses her angelic nature. …”
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The Relationship between Health and Community across Aging Cohorts by Julie Norstrand, Keith T. Chan

“…Results showed that most social capital indicators remained significant for all health outcomes into very old age. Development of tools for individual and community interventions to ensure optimal fit between the aging individual and their environment is discussed, along with recommendations for enhancing social work theory and practice.…”
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Burial customs, the afterlife and the pollution of death in ancient Greece by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…Plato (Hippias Maior 291d and e) defined the ideal of any Greek as to be rich, healthy and honoured; to live to a grand old age; to bury his parents with honour, and ultimately to be buried in turn by his own children with due respect. …”
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Mind the gap: inheritance and inequality in retirement wealth by Lukas Brenner, Oscar A. Stolper

“…The sizable difference in private pension savings between heirs and non-heirs persists when we take into account other investments of heirs and non-heirs potentially intended to provide for old age. Our evidence supports the impact of gifts and inheritances on inequality in retirement wealth highlighted in recent research on intergenerational justice. …”
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Walter Pater et la vieillesse : humanité et esthétique de la culture by Martine Lambert-Charbonnier

“…Old age in Walter Pater's works is the time when the individual has the opportunity to think thoroughly upon life and culture. …”
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Economic Sustainability and Intergenerational Fairness: A New Taxonomy of Indicators by Róbert I. Gál, Judit Monostori

“…Second, sustainability analysis is frequently built on exogenously set age limits even though it is obvious that old age does not everywhere start at age 65; it did not always start there where it does today; and most likely it will not start there in the future. …”
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Théories géologiques et représentations du paysage dans la première moitié du xixe siècle by Alexis Drahos

“…Leaving from then on the study for the outer world, Naturalists set to look for clues on the ground to understand the past of our planet and particularly his old age. Artists imitate their reasoning and are fascinated as well by the naturals phenomenon like the volcanoes, the glaciers or simply the cliffs. …”
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THE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF INTERRELATION BETWEEN FINANCIAL SCIENCE AND FINANCIAL CULTURE by K. V. Ekimova, S. S. Galasova, V. V. Manuylenko

“…The following areas of interaction between financial science and financial culture, the implementation of which will increase the level of financial science and culture, have been highlighted: education, informing the population about the protection of the rights of consumers of financial services, preparing citizens for life in old age.…”
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Life Cycle and Suicidal Behavior among Women by Pablo Mendez-Bustos, Jorge Lopez-Castroman, Enrique Baca-García, Antonio Ceverino

“…A wide analysis of the existing literature was performed to provide a narrative description on the evolution of female suicidal rates from childhood to old age, considering the milestones in their life history. …”
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Hydroxychloroquine Therapy Led to the Diagnosis of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency in an Elderly Patient with COVID-19 Involvement: A Case Report and Review of... by Razieh Taghizadeh-Sarvestani, Hamid Reihani, Ali Ghanei-Shahmirzadi, Alireza Keshtkar, Parsa Yazdanpanahi

“…Therefore, its first manifestation in old age is an unexpected phenomenon. Here, we present the case of a 70-year-old man with no past medical history of G6PD deficiency that was admitted to our hospital due to COVID-19 infection and developed acute hemolytic anemia while receiving hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) medication for COVID-19-related pneumonia.…”
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Clusters of Stressful Events and Mental Health in Aging Women by Dóris Firmino Rabelo, Simone Seixas da Cruz

“…In total, 545 middle-aged and older women answered an online form containing the Self-Reporting Questionnaire and the Stressful Events in Old Age inventory. Neighborhood based clustering and bivariate analyses were performed. …”
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Colic in Horses by Sally DeNotta, Amanda House

“…For horses over 20 years of age, colic was the second leading cause of death (13.4%) behind old age (26.6%). A similar report in 2001 found that the incidence of colic was 4.2 events for every 100 horses per year, that 1.2% of colic cases will require surgery, and that 11% will be fatal. …”
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Clinicopathological Characteristics of Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients with Colorectal Polyps and Risk Factors of Adenomatous Polyps by Rui CHENG, Rui GONG, Wei JIANG, Shutian ZHANG

“…The possibility of adenomatous pathological changes increased significantly with an increase in polyp size (OR: 1.063, 95%CI: 1.035-1.095, P<0.001). ConclusionOld age, high body mass index, smoking history, and large polyp diameters are related with a high risk of adenoma in the patients with colorectal polyps. …”
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Periodontal Diseases: Major Exacerbators of Pulmonary Diseases? by Bakey Kouanda, Zeeshan Sattar, Patrick Geraghty

“…However, changes in the normal microflora due to oral disease, old age, lifestyle habits, or dental intervention may contribute to altered aspiration of oral periodontopathic bacteria into the lungs and changing inflammatory responses. …”
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Multifactorial QT Interval Prolongation and Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy by Michael Gysel, Alexander Crystal, Jules C. Hancox, Michelle Methot, Adrian Baranchuk

“…The case highlights the role of TCM as a cause of LQTS in the setting of multiple risk factors including old age, female gender, hypokalemia, and treatment with QT prolonging medications. …”
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Aging in Persons with Rett Syndrome: An Updated Review by Meir Lotan, Joav Merrick, Isack Kandel, Mohammed Morad

“…The case stories presented here and recent findings show that females with RS are able to live into old age. Due to the observed longevity of individuals with RS, and the fact that individuals with RS present the therapist/physician with specific clinical challenges, it is suggested that proper, long-term, and individually tailored, intensive care should be provided at all ages in the hope to prevent or at least reduce the age-related deterioration that is typical of this population.…”
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The Pastoral Model of Educating Seniors at Universities of the Third Age at UPJPII in Krakow by Jan Dziedzic

“…They have also learned how to overcome problems related to old age and barriers preventing them from full participation in social and parish life. …”
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De la crainte de la damnation éternelle aux prémisses de l’angoisse existentielle contemporaine : inquiétudes sotériologiques et eschatologiques chez William Hale White (« Mark Rut... by Jean-Michel Yvard

“…In the Victorian period, the anxiety induced by old age and by the fear of death seems to have been particularly widespread. …”
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The dynamics and longevity of circulating CD4+ memory T cells depend on cell age and not the chronological age of the host. by M Elise Bullock, Thea Hogan, Cayman Williams, Sinead Morris, Maria Nowicka, Minahil Sharjeel, Christiaan van Dorp, Andrew J Yates, Benedict Seddon

“…This behaviour may limit memory CD4 T cell diversity by skewing TCR repertoires towards clones generated early in life, but may also compensate for functional defects in new memory cells generated in old age.…”
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Cognitive Inference Device for Activity Supervision in the Elderly by Nilamadhab Mishra, Chung-Chih Lin, Hsien-Tsung Chang

“…However, maintaining a self-regulated life at old age involves a high degree of risk, and the elderly often fail at this goal. …”
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