«Puliamo San Siro»: lottare contro lo stigma territoriale in un quartiere di edilizia popolare di Milano by Paolo Grassi

“…Marginal neighbourhoods are often more exposed to environmental problems than the areas where urban elites live. A neighbourhood of social housing of Milan called San Siro – where I am carrying out an ethnographic research since January 2017 – seems to confirm this statement. …”
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Expressive Art Therapy Psychoeducation Module for Mental Health, Resilience, Attitude Towards Seeking Counselling Among Trainee Teachers by Siti NurulHida Abdul Rahman, Mohd Izwan Mahmud, Ku Suhaila Ku Johari, Salleh Amat

“… Expressive art therapy helps to reduce psychological problems, develop a more positive view of different social classes (including children, adults and the elderly) and strengthen resilience. …”
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Global prevalence of obesity in the older adults: A meta-analysis by Ali Asghar Khaleghi, Nader Salari, Niloofar Darvishi, Shadi Bokaee, Samira Jafari, Mahvan Hemmati, Masoud Mohammadi

“…Objective: Obesity is a chronic and complex disease defined as the excessive accumulation of body fat and is one of the leading public health problems in developed and developing countries. Due to the importance of obesity, this study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of obesity in the older adults. …”
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Lessons from a Mouse Model Characterizing Features of Vascular Cognitive Impairment with White Matter Changes by Masafumi Ihara, Hidekazu Tomimoto

“…With the demographic shift in age in advanced countries inexorably set to progress in the 21st century, dementia will become one of the most important health problems worldwide. Vascular cognitive impairment is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer's disease and is frequently responsible for the cognitive decline of the elderly. …”
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The Pastoral Model of Educating Seniors at Universities of the Third Age at UPJPII in Krakow by Jan Dziedzic

“…Thanks to our U3A, many elderly people have improved their self-esteem and sense of dignity. …”
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Design of a New Type of Arm Joint Training Instrument with Multi-posture and Multi-motion Forms for Family Use by Wenjun Xu, Jianfeng Zhou, Liwen Zheng, Yuzhen Lin, Huifen Zhu

“…Aiming at the further acceleration of the aging speed in China， and considering the lack of effective exercise for the elderly， their shoulders， elbows and wrist joints often suffer from soreness， pain， and other problems. …”
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DESAIN PANTI SOSIAL TRESNA WERDHA DI MAKASSAR by Burhanuddin Burhanuddin, Ratriana Said, Wahdaniar Wahdaniar

“…For it, is necessary required serious attention and handling of various parties as a means needs of places  workhouses. A common problem in the elderly in urban areas was poverty, abandoned, disability, as well as the absence of relatives who accompany and help the economy. …”
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A Qualitative Review of Balance and Strength Performance in Healthy Older Adults: Impact for Testing and Training by Urs Granacher, Thomas Muehlbauer, Markus Gruber

“…A continuously greying society is confronted with specific age-related health problems (e.g., increased fall incidence/injury rate) that threaten both the quality of life of fall-prone individuals as well as the long-term sustainability of the public health care system due to high treatment costs of fall-related injuries (e.g., femoral neck fracture). …”
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Human Falling Recognition Based on Movement Energy Expenditure Feature by Daohua Pan, Hongwei Liu

“…Falls in the elderly are a common phenomenon in daily life, which causes serious injuries and even death. …”
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Perception of modern technologies by the older generation: comparative analysis by T. A. Aimaletdinov, M. V. Tsimbal

“…This applies both to everyday life and to the national problems of the increment of scientific knowledge. …”
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Thyroid Dysfunction Prevalence and Risk Factors in the Southeastern Part of Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Muhammad Shahadat Hossen, Md. Mahmodul Islam, Abhijit Das, Md. Abdur Rahman Ripon, Mohammad Tohidul Amin, Mohammad Anwarul Basher, Md. Mamun Or Rashid

“…Conclusion According to the study's findings, it is advised to concentrate on educating Bangladeshis about thyroid problems, particularly female population. Moreover, healthcare professionals should check elderly patient's thyroid conditions and consider the possibility that thyroid dysfunction can coexist with other conditions.…”
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Global burden and attributable risk factors of inflammatory cardiomyopathy and myocarditis from 1990 to 2019 by Guilan Wu, Wenlin Xu, Shuyi Wu, Chengfu Guan, Jinhua Zhang

“…Results In 2019, the global death toll from inflammatory cardiomyopathy and myocarditis was 340,349, and the age-standardized mortality rate (ASDR) was 4.40/100,000, of which the elderly and men were the majority. Although ASR has decreased in developed areas, inflammatory cardiomyopathy and myocarditis are still important health problems in those relatively underdeveloped areas. …”
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Invert classroom method for gerontogeriatric training in Medicine students by Juan Carlos Baster Moro, Luis Aníbal Alonso Betancourt, Silvia María Pérez Pérez

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the inverted classroom is a context that favors the gerontogeriatric training of the Medicine student since it revitalizes and transforms the traditional conceptions and approaches of teaching-learning, by achieving a greater student role, increased autonomy, instantaneous, interconnection, multimedia and the creativity and innovation of the student in the solution of health problems of the elderly, as well as the use of the resources and virtual learning environments’ potential that it possesses, combining face-to-face and virtual teaching modalities.…”
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A novel feature extraction method based on dynamic handwriting for Parkinson's disease detection. by Huimin Lu, Guolian Qi, Dalong Wu, Chenglin Lin, Songzhe Ma, Yingqi Shi, Han Xue

“…Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common disease of the elderly. Given the easy accessibility of handwriting samples, many researchers have proposed handwriting-based detection methods for Parkinson's disease. …”
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Comparison of Nursing Home Hearing Handicap Index with Audiological Findings: A Presbycusis Study by M. H. Nilforoush, A. A. Nasr Esfahani, R. Ishaghi, M. Sepehrnejad

“…However, they have some limitations because they cannot fully encompass all aspects of hearing loss problems. Using self-assessment approach, via a questionnaire or telephone survey, is one of the easiest methods to study hearing loss in population. …”
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Role of Cyclosporine in Crohn's Disease by CN Williams

“…A feature common to all studies is frequent relapse shortly after the drug is discontinued. There are problems in dosage and bioavailability with gastrointestinal intolerance, malabsorption and variable absorption. …”
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Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan dan Sikap dengan Tindakan Pencegahan Osteoporosis pada Wanita Usila di Kelurahan Jati by Sri Ganesh Rajaratenam, Rose Dinda Martini, Nur Indrawati Lipoeto

“…The study population was elderly women ≥ 60 years who reside in the Village of Jati, East Padang district. …”
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Organizational and legal measures to prevent psychosocial risks caused by the war in Ukraine by V. I. Teremetskyi, R. V. Kolodchyna

“…The problem of the emergence of psychosocial risks among the population has become especially relevant in connection with the war in Ukraine. …”
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Spatio-temporal modelling of extreme low birth rates in U.S. counties by Kai Wang, Yingqing Zhang, Long Bai, Ying Chen, Chengxiu Ling

“…Abstract The continuous declining rate of birth may cause severe worldwide problems, including population ageing and demographic imbalance. …”
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Barriers to leisure-time physical activity in adults living in a low socioeconomic area of the Brazilian Southeast by Michele Santos Cruz, Leandro Martin Totaro Garcia, Douglas Roque Andrade, Alex Antonio Florindo

“…The vulnerable groups to lack of time were people married, young and middle aged, and with longer labor journey. Health problems were related by people with hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, elderly, with low education and who did not have labor activities. …”
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