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Self-rated resilience and mobility limitations as predictors of change in active aging during COVID-19 restrictions in Finland : a longitudinal study
2021
AbstractSocial distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic decreased older people’s opportunities to lead an active life. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether walking difficulties predict changes in leading an active life during the COVID-19 social distancing recommendation compared to 2 years before, and whether self-rated resilience moderates this association among older people. Data were collected during social distancing recommendation in May and June 2020 and 2 years before (2017–18) among community-living AGNES study participants initially aged 75, 80, or 85 years (n = 809). Leading an active life was assessed with the University of Jyväskylä Active Aging Scale (UJACAS; to…
Servicios educativos y sanitarios elementales en el medio rural: percepción social e influencia sobre la calidad de vida
2012
One of the main characteristics of rural areas is a higher quality of life. However, the basic aspects of the social structure, e.g. the basic education and health-care services, are barely responsible for the wellbeing of the society, although the necessity of improving their offer is continually emphasised. Consequently, it is interesting to discover how the rural population actually values the capacity of these services to intervene in their quality of life. Logically, because of the diversity of spaces that constitute the rural areas, the results vary; at least that is what the analysis of the interviews of various key actors shows: while the services are crucial for the municipalities …
Transnational Aging and Quality of Life
2021
In an era of globalization and international mobility, older people’s geographic and social frames of reference have become increasingly transnationalized. These older people feel attached to different localities in different countries, oftentimes maintaining close ties with families and friends across borders. This chapter relates the various ways of older people’s transnational involvement with questions about their Quality of Life. It shows that transnational aging can have profound albeit complex consequences for several dimensions relevant for Quality of Life, including social relationships, social roles health, and dependency. However, the interrelationships between transnational agin…
DRAWING ALICANTE / DRAWING PALERMO. AN EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING INNOVATION WITHIN THE ERASMUS+ PROGRAM
2019
The present research work exposes the results of a teaching innovation experience carried out in connection with a mobility between Spain and Italy. We strongly believe that an inter-university experience, within the framework of a traditional academic program, can help students to learn new ways of understanding teaching, drawing, the profession and the architecture itself. The starting hypothesis defends the self-assessment as a method to build a critical positioning with respect to the drawing. To understand the research, it is necessary to explain the process: The students of the University of Alicante, within the framework of the Master of Architecture, have had the opportunity to prop…
The role of greenways in the sustainable mobility development: The study case of western municipalities of Sicily
2018
As is known, mobility policies based on greenways represent an effective and comprehensive response to the demand for travel and recreation and to environmental protection as well. There are several reasons why spreading cycling mobility contributes to making cities more liveable: a more efficient urban transport system, less congested roads and, consequently, less noisy roads, more security on the roads, etc. Furthermore, cycling helps fight climate change and the conservation of fossil fuels, promotes forms of sustainable tourism development and, not least, physical activity and, thus, the health of citizens. Whereas greenways may constitute a strategic opportunity for the promotion of la…
Reshaping the sea-land interface through sustainable mobility: a project for a greenway in western Sicily
2018
This work illustrates the planning experience, still underway, carried out by five municipalities of western Sicily (Italy) in the preparation of a sustainable urban development strategy in the framework of the EU’s urban agenda 2014-2020. The strategy, whose general objectives are strengthening territorial cohesion and increasing accessibility to local resources, focuses on sustainable mobility corridors in coastal areas as the instruments through which such objectives can be better achieved and reciprocally integrated. After an exploration of the literature, the article provides an analysis of the potential demand for sustainable mobility in the given urban system, an explanation of the c…
Consensus guidelines for the detection of immunogenic cell death
2014
Apoptotic cells have long been considered as intrinsically tolerogenic or unable to elicit immune responses specific for dead cell-associated antigens. However, multiple stimuli can trigger a functionally peculiar type of apoptotic demise that does not go unnoticed by the adaptive arm of the immune system, which we named "immunogenic cell death" (ICD). ICD is preceded or accompanied by the emission of a series of immunostimulatory damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) in a precise spatiotemporal configuration. Several anticancer agents that have been successfully employed in the clinic for decades, including various chemotherapeutics and radiotherapy, can elicit ICD. Moreover, defect…
Perceived Benefit From Hearing Aid Use and Life-Space Mobility Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
2018
Objectives: To examine the association between perceived benefit from hearing aid (HA) use and life-space mobility among older adults. Method: Cross-sectional analysis of 76- to 91-year-old community-dwelling adults ( n = 702). Data on perceived hearing with and without a HA were obtained via postal questionnaire and data on life-space mobility (Life-Space Assessment, range = 0-120) via phone interview. Results: Participants who perceived more benefit from HA use, had a better life-space mobility score ( M = 65, SD = 2.6) than participants who had less benefit from using a HA ( M = 55, SD = 3.2). Participants who benefitted more from HA use did not differ from those who did not have a HA (…
Wide-scope screening of pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs and their metabolites in the Amazon River.
2021
Only a limited number of households in the Amazon are served by sewage collection or treatment facili- ties, suggesting that there might be a significant emission of pharmaceuticals and other wastewater contaminants into freshwater ecosystems. In this work, we performed a wide-scope screening to assess the occurrence of pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs and their metabolites in freshwater ecosystems of the Brazilian Amazon. Our study included 40 samples taken along the Amazon River, in three of its major tributaries, and in small tributaries crossing four important urban areas (Manaus, Santarém, Macapá, Belém). More than 900 compounds were investigated making use of target and suspect screenin…
Instrumento para Evaluar la Cohesión Social en Universidades Mexicanas: Resultados de la Validación Cultural UNIVECS-MX
2021
El objetivo de este artículo es ofrecer un instrumento para evaluar la cohesión social en universidades mexicanas. A partir del modelo de evaluación UNIVECS validado en el contexto español, se realiza una adaptación y validación cultural en México; desarrollando un juicio de expertos con nueve profesionales del área de Antropología, Lingüística, Pedagogía, Psicología y Sociología, un jueceo con 51 docentes en educación superior, cuatro grupos de validación de reactivos entre tres universidades con 42 docentes, y un grupo de validación con diez estudiantes universitarios. Todo ello, en función de cuatro criterios de valoración cuantitativa y cualitativa: pertinencia, claridad, factibilidad y…