Maturation and ageing Books

Book SynopsisAgeing is the accumulation of changes in an organism or object over time. Ageing in humans refers to a multidimensional process of physical, psychological, and social change. Some dimensions of ageing grow and expand over time, while others decline. Reaction time, for example, may slow with age, while knowledge of world events and wisdom may expand. Research shows that even late in life potential exists for physical, mental, and social growth and development. Ageing is an important part of all human societies reflecting the biological changes that occur, but also reflecting cultural and societal conventions. More people are reaching older age today than ever before and the incidence of dementia is thus expected to rise. It is important to investigate the possible prevention of dementia and cognitive decline. This new book gathers the latest research from around the globe in this field of study and related topics such as cardiovascular disease and cognitive function, physical exercise and cognitive function in the elderly, the dementia diagnosis, the role of MRI in Alzheimer''s disease, oestrogen decline effects on the mental health of ageing women and the relationship between dementia and depression.

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Book SynopsisBy 2030, an estimated 47 million women will be undergoing menopause each year. With the progressive increase in life expectancy, the number of women older than 50, and consequently in menopause, is much higher today than in previous decades. In the United States, the average life expectancy for women is about eighty years, indicating not only a greater number of postmenopausal women but also that these women will live more than one third of their lives deprived of oestrogen. The authors investigate the levels of the two important hormones, FSH and E2 during perimenopause. Levels of thyrotropin (TSH) in association with reproductive hormone are examined as well. Moreover, the physiopathogenesis of the sex- and menopause-associated differences in chronic liver disease are discussed, which are important to developing new approaches to prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The authors of this book also analyse the gender differences in the epidemiology, symptoms and progression of cardiovascular disease, which increases most markedly in women at the time of menopause. Furthermore, the management of the vasomotor symptoms, including hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) that constitutes the basis of the treatment of menopause symptoms are discussed.

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Book SynopsisThe U.S. population aged 65 and older, grew steadily through most of the last century. U.S. Census Bureau population projections to 2030 indicate that further and more dramatic growth is still to come. This increase is, in part, due to longer life expectancies and the ageing of the baby boom generation. This book explores the older population as it increases in size and proportion, and as individuals continue to live longer post-retirement. Topics discussed include the changes in where older Americans live, or the "geographic distribution" of the older population; older workers employment and retirement trends; income of Americans 65 or older; poverty among older Americans; and obesity among older Americans.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents research in the field of communications ranging from infancy to the elderly. Topics discussed include the role of symbolic play in early literacy development; ageing and the use of electronic speech generating devices in hospitals; sound spectrographic cry analysis and mother''s perceptions of their infant''s crying; caregiver awareness of dementia patients and the educational needs of elderly deaf persons.

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Book SynopsisPersonalisation in British social care is linked to both the principle and process that every adult who receives support, whether provided by statutory services or funded by them, will have choice and control over the shape of that support in all care settings. This adult social care policy agenda is firmly focused on the development of personalisation of support. The overall aim is for social care service users to have control over how money allocated to their care is spent. This book examines the social welfare system in Britain, with a particular focus on personal budgets and the quality of care received.

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Book SynopsisResearch results indicate that older adults have a higher rate of fatality and injury in motor vehicle crashes than any other age group except for teenagers. With the ageing of the American population, concern arises regarding potential increases in rates of crash involvement and injury. This book examines the association of the impairing effects of multiple medication use, drug/drug interactions and drug/disease interactions on motor vehicle crashes in individuals age fifty years and greater.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the mental aspects, social welfare and health of the ageing population. Topics discussed include assessing the quality of life of the elderly population; age-related ophthalmic disease; assessment of the at-risk older driver; social services for the elderly in Hong Kong; increased lifespan for people with intellectual disabilities and locomotor disability in the aged.

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Book SynopsisDuring the last decades as the population has become older, the demand for acute hospital care for elderly people has increased and gerontologically adjusted services have become the norm for the highest standard of care. Compared with younger adults, elderly patients have more severe illnesses, including worsened functional impairment and more frequent and longer hospitalisations. Additionally, diagnosis is often challenging because clinical presentations of common disorders may often be atypical in the elderly. When prescribing medications, physicians have to take into account the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes observed with ageing. This book fills the gap in the literature available on acute geriatric care.

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Book SynopsisThis book reviews research on presently known theories and mechanisms responsible for the rate of ageing and maximum longevity of different animals including birds, mammals and humans (to explain how" do we age and the velocity of the ageing process). In addition, this book deals with the historical evolutionary explanations of ageing and longevity ("why" do we age). The mechanisms discussed include mitochondria and oxygen free radicals, the presence of macromolecules constitutively highly resistant to deleterious modification in the tissues of long-lived animals, insulin/IGF-1 like signalling, telomere shortening, dietary restrictions, and other proposed molecular mechanisms.

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Book SynopsisAgeing has become a global concern. Covering a wide variety of topics this reference book will help to fill a gap in Indian resources available to practitioners and to the general public. As life expectancy increases so too does the need for information on improving the health of the increasing elderly population. This book covers a range of issues often experienced by ageing people. This book promotes healthy lifestyle choices through person-centred education and decision-making.

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Book SynopsisAgeing is an inevitable biological process that affects most living organisms. The link between metabolic rate and reactive oxygen species production is an important and long-standing question, and a source of much controversy. A by-product of cell respiration in mitochondria is the formation of reactive oxygen species due to electron leakage from the electron transport chain during oxidative phosphorylation. In simple terms, humans are ageing due to oxygen consumption. Damage induced by oxygen appears to be the major contributor to ageing and the degenerative diseases of ageing such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, immune system decline, and brain dysfunction. This book presents the reasons for oxidative stress formation and the answer to why during the course of evolution the process of free radical damage and defense did not become more perfect so as to produce less free radicals.

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Book SynopsisHypertension and osteoporosis are two major age-related diseases. They are clinically silent disorders with high morbidity and mortality and the link between them has been reported recently with inconclusive evidence. This book presents and discusses research in this field which will improve our understanding of the relationship between high blood pressure and bone loss. It will begin by examining the clinical and experimental evidence of the involvement of the Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS), playing a central role in blood pressure control, in bone metabolism. This book concludes by summarising the association between hypertension and osteoporosis in a comprehensive literature review.

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Book SynopsisThis book has two main parts, one that examines what the world has learned so far in dealing with ageing and another which discusses how such a country as China has kept up with that learning. By combining general reviews with case studies in a comparative context, the book illustrates the "state of the art" via a multidisciplinary approach to understanding Western and non-Western experiences. The book is a must-have for students and researchers interested in social, behavioural, and humanistic inquiry as well as public policy analysis related to ageing with some of the leading experts that helped to define or redefine the fields.

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Book SynopsisThe idea of assessment in the fields of physical exercise and health refers to a process of attributing values or concepts. This attribution is certainly key for the prescription of physical exercise but it is not its most important role. This book presents and discusses research which shows physical exercise and health professionals the importance of a program of measurement and assessment which enables to safely prescribe physical exercise to elderly people, since this prescription must be supported by a scientific basis in order to be considered a credible and responsible piece of work.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical reflection on theory, welfare and ageing. An examination on how ageing appears to be moving from individualisation to a globalised world is provided. This is particularly apparent in a move toward neo-liberal discourses of consumerism which artificially appears to indicate a reallocation of attention from responding to welfare problems such as ''abuse'', for example to an attempt to define what it is to allegedly ''age positively'' in an era were older people have never had it so good. This trend is happening in western culture and greatly reconstructs both the formal expectations and personal experiences of later life less in terms of welfare but more in terms of leisure. The book is written against the backdrop of such neo-conservative cultural theories in social gerontology.

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Book SynopsisAmericans age 65 and over are an important and growing segment of our population. Many federal agencies provide data on aspects of older Americans'' lives, but it can be difficult to fit the pieces together. Thus, it has become increasingly important for policymakers and the general public to have an accessible, easy-to-understand portrait that shows how older Americans are faring. This book provides a comprehensive picture of our older population''s health and well-being.

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Book Synopsis The age-friendly community movement is a global phenomenon, currently growing with the support of the WHO and multiple international and national organizations in the field of aging. Drawing on an extensive collection of international case studies, this volume provides an introduction to the movement. The contributors – both researchers and practitioners – touch on a number of current tensions and issues in the movement and offer a wide-ranging set of recommendations for advancing age-friendly community development. The book concludes with a call for a radical transformation of a medical and lifestyle model of aging into a relational model of health and social/individual wellbeing.Trade Review “Knowledgeably compiled and deftly edited by Philip B. Stafford [this volume] is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended as a core addition to community, college, and university library Gerontology Social Sciences and in Public Policy collections, as well as Social Services & Welfare supplemental curriculum studies lists.” • Midwest Book Review “[this volume] provides an excellent critical appraisal of the challenges, successes, theoretical models and their practical applicability in the building of age-friendly communities. Importantly, this volume suggests that the Age-Friendly Movement must consider the needs of populations at large, or risks further segmentation and isolation of various age-groups…The authors invite us to move away from the individual and the local as the smallest unit of health, to take into account the complex social conditions affecting a globalized world.” • Anthropology & Aging “In short, the strength of this book is that it reinforces and extends the current discussion of key, age-friendly issues, and brings attention to a new array of communities and their distinctive efforts. This book would be of interest to students, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and community leaders who want to broaden their view of developments in the movement to develop age-friendly communities. The loud message gained from this book is that assessing the needs of aging populations and designing age-friendly community responses require vastly different approaches and tools, depending on the community. At the same time, the book makes clear that such efforts are possible and that much can be learned from the experiences of these communities.” • The Gerontologist “An important contribution to the literature… [it] attempts to broaden the theories of gerontology to consider the role of community and overcome the limitations of a purely medical model of aging.” • Laura M. Keyes, University of North TexasTable of Contents List of Illustrations and Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Theorizing and Practicing Age-friendly Development Philip B. Stafford PART I: EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY Chapter 1. Creating Age-friendly Communities in Urban Environments: Research Issues and Policy Recommendations Tine Buffel and Chris Phillipson Chapter 2. Training Advocates to Undertake Livable Community Initiatives: A Pilot Program Sharon A. Baggett Chapter 3. Public Places, Community, and the Physical and Mental Health of Children and Elders Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard Chapter 4. The Intersection between Sustainable and Age-friendly Development Alan DeLaTorre PART II: AGE-FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS Chapter 5. Accessibility, Participation, Networking: The Impact of a Local Network on the Environment and the Life Relationship of Older People Birgit Wolter Chapter 6. Assessing the Aging-Friendliness of Two New York City Neighborhoods: A Case Study Mia R. Oberlink and Barbara S. Davis PART III: COLLABORATION ACROSS GENERATIONS Chapter 7. Communities for All Ages: Reinforcing and Reimagining the Social Compact Corita Brown and Nancy Henkin Chapter 8. Ibasho Café: Giving Elders a Role to Play in Making Communities More Resilient Emi Kiyota Chapter 9. Youth and Older Persons as Agents for Change: Creating an Inclusive and Age-Friendly Society for All Arthur Namara and Kristin Bodiford PART IV: RURAL AGING Chapter 10. Retrofitting Small Towns: How Aging in Place Could Transform Rural America Zachary Benedict Chapter 11. Creating an Age-Friendly Community in a Depopulated Town in Japan: A Search for Resilient Ways to Cherish New Commons as Local Cultural Resources Nanami Suzuki PART V: BEING WELL ENOUGH IN OLD AGE Chapter 12. Relational Well-Being and Age-Friendly Cities Marian Barnes Index

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Book Synopsis‘The Edge is a scathing portrait of the music industry, and a love letter to Los Angeles – but most of all it's a meditation on growing up and letting go.’ Janelle Brown, author of Watch Me Disappear ‘Insightful and true, The Edge is the real deal.’ Alan Parks, author of Bloody January WHAT COMES AFTER THE HIGH? Los Angeles. Sex and drugs, and rock and roll. It’s the life we all dream of, right? Brit Adam Fairhead has everything he ever wanted. At least he thought he did. But the life he now leads and the music industry he works in feel increasingly vapid and the comedowns he’s experiencing are harder to come up from. Disillusioned with what once seemed so pulsatingly cool, Adam has to decide what he actually wants, and more importantly, how to get it. The Edge is a hilarious and candid novel about how things can go wrong even when all your dreams come true.Trade Review'A sharp-eyed look into the global 21st-century music industry from someone who not only lived it, but actively managed the madness. In a land where the car reigns supreme, The Edge never forgets the hidden wilds of Los Angeles.' * Ryan Gattis, author of All Involved *'The realest human I met in the music industry, because he never sugar coats nothing, he just speaks truth.' * Wiley *‘Jamie Collinson’s gimlet eye is keen and unrelenting. The Edge is a scathing portrait of the music industry, and a love letter to Los Angeles – but most of all it's a meditation on growing up and letting go. Modern and mordant.’ * Janelle Brown, author of Watch Me Disappear * ‘Insightful and true, The Edge is the real deal.’ * Alan Parks, author of Bloody January *

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Book Synopsis‘The Edge is a scathing portrait of the music industry, and a love letter to Los Angeles – but most of all it's a meditation on growing up and letting go.’ Janelle Brown, author of Watch Me Disappear ‘Insightful and true, The Edge is the real deal.’ Alan Parks, author of Bloody January WHAT COMES AFTER THE HIGH? Los Angeles. Sex and drugs, and rock and roll. It’s the life we all dream of, right? Brit Adam Fairhead has everything he ever wanted. At least he thought he did. But the life he now leads and the music industry he works in feel increasingly vapid and the comedowns he’s experiencing are harder to come up from. Disillusioned with what once seemed so pulsatingly cool, Adam has to decide what he actually wants, and more importantly, how to get it. The Edge is a hilarious and candid novel about how things can go wrong even when all your dreams come true.Trade Review'A sharp-eyed look into the global 21st-century music industry from someone who not only lived it, but actively managed the madness. In a land where the car reigns supreme, The Edge never forgets the hidden wilds of Los Angeles.' * Ryan Gattis, author of All Involved *'The realest human I met in the music industry, because he never sugar coats nothing, he just speaks truth.' * Wiley *‘Jamie Collinson’s gimlet eye is keen and unrelenting. The Edge is a scathing portrait of the music industry, and a love letter to Los Angeles – but most of all it's a meditation on growing up and letting go. Modern and mordant.’ * Janelle Brown, author of Watch Me Disappear * ‘Insightful and true, The Edge is the real deal.’ * Alan Parks, author of Bloody January *

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Book SynopsisNew science updates the "blue zones" secrets to healthy longevity with a flexible, holistic approach that incorporates epigenetics, nutrition, and mental health.Through his documentary film series, The Human Longevity Project, Jason Prall traveled to select regions around the world known for their long-lived, healthy populations. He sought to understand not only the longevity secrets of these societies but also the scientific basis underpinning their health wisdom. Through his travels, he came to the realization that while the pursuit of longevity is sexy, it’s insufficient and hollow—what most of us really want is an extended life filled with vibrant health, meaning, and purpose. We want to thrive as we age.This book combines his own personal experiences with the knowledge and wisdom gained from interviewing more than 100 health experts and dozens of amazing elders from around the world. You’ll discover that when experiential wisdom is supported by the latest scientific research, a more integrated picture emerges of how you can most effectively increase your happiness, health, and longevity.Life is a mysterious process with a natural development, order, and cycle. It is lent to us for a brief moment before the physical body is left behind. If we wish to thrive in the modern world, we must create a mental, emotional, physical, and energetic environment that is congruent with this natural lifecycle.The reality that humanity has created, filled with next-generation technologies and increasing comforts, presents both unique opportunities and novel challenges. We have the option to choose a more harmonious path that establishes greater coherence within ourselves, one another, and the environment. This is the amazing opportunity that lies before us. When we live from alignment, all life benefits.

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Book SynopsisState and Local Retirement Plans in the United States explains how economic and political events have shaped the development of pension plans in the last century, and it argues that changes in the structure and generosity of these plans will continue to shape policy and funding in the future. It also brings to bear a new rationale to the policies behind public sector pension plans. The authors use the history of how early public pension plans were established, how they matured and how they have grown in generosity to analyse what changes may be expected in years to come. Unique in its scope, this comprehensive history of the development of public sector pension plans in the United States during the twentieth century expands upon current ideas relating to the changing economic environment, the passage and evolution of social security and the expansion of the public sector. With the exception of military pension plans, which date from the eighteenth century, the first public sector plans, dating from the late nineteenth century, were established to cover teachers, police officers and firefighters in large cities. Over time, these retirement plans were extended to other public sector workers and the local plans were often merged with plans for state workers; all of these date from the twentieth century. Here, the authors show just how pension coverage for public sector workers expanded steadily, through the first half of the twentieth century, so that by the 1960s the vast majority of public sector workers were covered by a plan. This analysis demonstrates how economic events and shifts in public policy at the federal, state and local levels helped to shape public sector retirement plans. The authors also compare public plans with private sector plans, and the final chapter focuses on recent changes in public pensions in response to the `Great Recession', concurrent sharp declines in equity markets and the aging of the public workforce. Scholars and students of economics, history and public policy, public administrators, policymakers and all those with an interest in policy development will find the analyses discussed and conclusions drawn here of significance.Trade Review‘In their recent book State and Local Retirement Plans in the United States, authors Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig and John Sabelhaus have provided a valuable and comprehensive history of the development of public pension plans in the 20th century. . . this book represents an important contribution to economists’ historical understanding of state and local pension plans, and I learned a great deal from reading it.’ -- Joshua Rauh, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance‘This book provides a fine source for further research and public discussions about state and local government pension programs. Highly recommended.’ -- J.L. Mikesell, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Public Pension Plans in the Twentieth Century 2. Public Sector Pension Plans on the Eve of the Great Depression 3. State and Local Pension Plans During the Great Depression 4. State and Local Pension Plans and the Evolution of Social Security: 1940–1975 5. Pension Plans for Public School Teachers 6. Maturing State Pension Plans: 1975–2000 7. Maturing Local Pension Plans: 1975–2000 8. Comparing Trends in Public Pensions to Those in the Private Sector 9. Financial Status of Public Sector Retirement Plans 10. Public Pensions in the Twenty-first Century References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerTV and radio presenter Kate Garraway has a lot on her mind. She's turned 50, and suddenly seems to have MANY questions about EVERYTHING. Should she get plastic surgery? Will the menopause ruin her life? What's the secret to making love last? Can anyone really deal with the idea of death? And why, oh why, did nobody tell her how important big knickers would be?! As she tries to find what's useful amongst the deluge of advice we are bombarded with, Kate discovers a lesson on why women in their midlife and beyond should be loved and celebrated, especially by themselves...

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a state-of-the-art overview of key areas of subcellular aging research in human cells. The reader is introduced to the historical development and progress in biomedical aging research and learns, for example, about the role of microRNAs, circRNAs, mitochondria and extracellular vesicles in cellular senescence. The reader will also learn more about how gap junctions, the nuclear pore complex and the proteasome are affecting the ageing processes. In addition, novel therapeutic opportunities through modulation of cellular senescence are discussed. The book follows on from Parts I and II of Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Ageing (Volumes 90 and 91 of the Subcellular Biochemistry book series) by covering interesting and significant biomedical ageing topics not included in the earlier volumes. Comprehensive and cutting-edge, this book is a valuable resource for experienced researchers and early career scientist alike, who are interested in learning more about the fascinating and challenging question of why and how our cells age.Table of ContentsSee Attachments

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Book SynopsisThis book reviews the state-of-the-art efforts to apply machine learning and AI methods for healthy aging and longevity research, diagnosis, and therapy development. The book examines the methods of machine learning and their application in the analysis of big medical data, medical images, the creation of algorithms for assessing biological age, and effectiveness of geroprotective medications.The promises and challenges of using AI to help achieve healthy longevity for the population are manifold. This volume, written by world-leading experts working at the intersection of AI and aging, provides a unique synergy of these two highly prominent fields and aims to create a balanced and comprehensive overview of the application methodology that can help achieve healthy longevity for the population.The book is accessible and valuable for specialists in AI and longevity research, as well as a wide readership, including gerontologists, geriatricians, medical specialists, and students from diverse fields, basic scientists, public and private research entities, and policy makers interested in potential intervention in degenerative aging processes using advanced computational tools. Table of ContentsAI in longevity.- Automated reporting of medical diagnostic imaging for early disease and aging biomarkers detection.- Risk forecasting tools based on the collected information for two types of occupational diseases.- Obtaining longevity footprints in DNA methylation data using different machine learning approaches.- The role of assistive technology in regulating the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.- Epidemiology, genetics and epigenetics of Biological Aging: one or more aging systems?.- Temporal relation prediction from Electronic Health Records using Graph Neural Networks and Transformers Embeddings.- In silico screening of life-extending drugs using machine learning and omics data.- An overview of kernel methods for identifying genetic association with health-related traits.- Artificial Intelligence approaches for skin anti-aging and skin resilience research.- AI in genomics and epigenomics.- The utility of information theory based methods in the research of aging and longevity.- AI for Longevity: getting past the Mechanical Turk model will take Good Data.- Leveraging algorithmic and human networks to cure human aging: Holistic understanding of Longevity via Generative Cooperative Networks, Hybrid Bayesian/Neural/Logical AI and Tokenomics-Mediated Crowdsourcing.

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