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So, Mei. "Recent Trends of Colon Cancer: Possible Assocations with Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Aging Patterns." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144946.
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Lehmann, Kurt. "Understanding the Effects of Demographic and Socio-Economic Factors on Public Transit Ridership Trends." Scholar Commons, 2018. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7190.
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Public transit, an important mobility service for many, has incurred ridership decline in the U.S. for the past three years. In 2014, U.S. transit ridership was 10.74 billion unlinked passenger trips. In 2015, total ridership was 1.0 percent fewer, and the 2016 decrease was 2.2 percent from 2015. The consistent abandonment of transit in the U.S. does not seem to be ending. In 2017, ridership predicted from year-to-date data is 2.4 percent less than 2016. Furthermore, per capita ridership has decreased 17 percent since 1980. Both the short-term ridership trend and long-term per capita ridership trend is concerning given the increased spending and service provision during the same periods.
In seeking to understand the many factors that influence transit ridership trends, it is important to analyze each so that policymakers and practitioners can respond and position transit accordingly. Numerous demographic and economic phenomena help explain this decline in transit use. This research focuses on five of these considerations – age, vehicle availability, telecommuting, fuel price, and geographical distribution of the population.
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Bardo, Anthony R. "Age-Period-Cohort Trends in Subjective Well-Being and Happy Life Expectancy among Those with and Those without Physical Disability." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1430417040.
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Spieler, Ines [Verfasser], Christian [Akademischer Betreuer] [Gutachter] Stamov-Roßnagel, Susanne [Gutachter] Scheibe, and Arvid [Gutachter] Kappas. "Workplace Flexibility and the Aging Workforce: How Two Contemporary Workplace Trends Shape the Work/Nonwork Interface / Ines Spieler. Betreuer: Christian Stamov-Roßnagel. Gutachter: Christian Stamov-Roßnagel ; Susanne Scheibe ; Arvid Kappas." Bremen : IRC-Library, Information Resource Center der Jacobs University Bremen, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1111884447/34.
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RIEDEL, TATIANA MAJER RIEDEL. "VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, BLINDNESS AND CATARACT PREVALENCE IN INSTITUTIONALIZED VS. COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY: A META-ANALYSIS OF PREVALENCE RATES AND EVALUATION OF TRENDS SINCE 1985." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1531921728971159.
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Tilley, Sara. "Ageing and mobility in Britain : past trends, present patterns and future implications." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4471.
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Over the next decade the ‘Baby Boomer' cohort will increasingly contribute to the proportion of those aged 60 and over in Britain. The issue of how the mobility of older people has changed for different cohort groups has not been considered in a historical context. Ryder (1965) argued that cohort groups could be important in determining behaviour as have other social structural factors, such as socioeconomic status. This thesis merges the disciplines of transport geography and population studies using a novel approach of cohort analysis, which has not been used widely for studying mobility trends. Using National Travel Survey data from 1995-2008, the mobility trends of older people in Britain are explored by creating pseudo cohorts. Pseudo cohorts are artificially created datasets which are constructed from using repeated cross-sectional data (McIntosh, 2005, Uren, 2006). This technique can differentiate ‘age', ‘period' and ‘cohort' effects in mobility trends. Age effects are differences in behaviour between age groups i.e. changes in mobility associated with age itself. Period effects relate to changes in behaviour in all age groups over a period of time. Cohort effects are those associated with behaviour common to particular groups born around the same time (Glenn, 2005, Yang, 2007). The influence of the Scottish concessionary travel policy on the mobility of older people at the aggregate level is also considered using Scottish Household Survey data from 1999-2008. This policy is very blunt and based on assumptions about older age. As cohorts differ, these assumptions may no longer hold and therefore the policy may not be effective. This thesis argues, using a longitudinal demographic perspective, that structural effects shape mobility of cohorts differently over time. The findings reveal although mobility amongst older people is rising in general, there would actually be declining mobility were it not for the Boomer cohort. Amongst younger cohorts mobility is lower. The analysis also shows that women travel further than men, a fundamental break with the past, specific to this generation. This thesis illustrates the importance of cohort membership in explaining mobility change.
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Briand, Christopher H., Susan E. Brazer, and Jeannine M. Harter-Dennis. "Tree-Rings and the Aging of Trees: A Controversy in 19th Century America." Tree-Ring Society, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/262645.
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During the late 19th Century there was considerable debate in the United States among members of the legal profession, the general public and even some scientists about the validity of using tree rings to determine tree age. In an earlier boundary dispute case in Maryland (1830) the Honorable Theodorick Bland rejected the use of tree rings to establish the date when a purported witness tree was marked with an identifying blaze. Bland did not believe that there was enough scientific evidence or legal precedent to support this idea. A review of the current scientific literature of the time, however, indicates that most scientists, especially in Europe, accepted that tree rings could be used to determine age. In the United States, however, this idea was debated, particularly in the late 19th Century, in both the popular press and scientific publications. The main argument of opponents such as A. L. Child was that the number of tree rings was often wildly in excess of the known age of the tree. These inconsistencies were likely because of the inexperience of the observer, mistaking earlywood and latewood for separate rings, and the presence of a small number of false rings, sometimes called secondary rings. The great ages reported for the giant sequoias may have also raised doubts among the public. Among scientists, however, the relationship between ring number and tree age and between ring width and climate became widely accepted. Several cases heard in both Federal and State Courts as well as Bernhard E. Fernow’s Age of Trees and Time of Blazing Determined by Annual Rings laid to rest any doubt of the relationship between tree rings and age in temperate forests, i.e. one ring equals one year’s growth, and showed that the date when a witness tree was blazed could be easily determined from a cross-section of the trunk.
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Ahmed, Mustafa M. Abdalla. "Alternating-Current Thin-Film Electroluminescent Device Characterization." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-233432.
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Jádrem této disertační práce bylo studovat optické a elektrické charakteristiky tenkovrstvých elektroluminiscenčních součástek řízených střídavým proudem (ACTFEL) a zejména vliv procesu stárnutí luminiforů na jejich optické a elektrické vlastnosti. Cílem této studie měl být příspěvek ke zvýšení celkové účinnosti luminoforů, vyjádřené pomocí jasu, účinnosti a stability. Vzhledem k tomu, že současnou dominantní technologií plochých obrazovek je LCD, musí se další alternativní technologie plošných displejů porovnávat s LCD. Výhodou ACTFEL displejů proti LCD je lepší rozlišení, větší teplotní rozsah činnosti, větší čtecí úhel, či možnost čtení při mnohem vyšší intenzitě pozadí. Na druhou stranu je jejich nevýhodou vyšší energetická náročnost, problém s odpovídající barevností tří základních barev a podstatně vyšší napětí nutné pro činnost displeje. K dosažení tohoto cíle jsme provedli optická, elektrická a optoelektrická měření ACTFEL struktur a ZnS:Mn luminoforů. Navíc jsme studovali vliv dotování vrstvy pomocí KCl na chování mikrostruktury a na elektroluminiscenční vlastnosti (zejména na jas a světelnou účinnost) ZnS:Mn luminoforů. Provedli jsme i některá, ne zcela obvyklá, měření ACTFEL součástek. Vypočítali jsme i rozptylový poměr nabitých barevných center a simulovali transportní charakteristiky v ACTFEL součástkách. Studovali jsme vliv stárnutí dvou typů ZnS:Mn luminoforů (s vrstvou napařenou či získanou pomocí epitaxe atomových vrstev) monitorováním závislostí svítivost-napětí (L-V), velikost vnitřního náboje - elektrické pole luminoforu (Q-Fp) a kapacitance-napětí (C-V) ve zvolených časových intervalech v průběhu stárnutí. Provedli jsme krátkodobá i dlouhodobá měření a pokusili jsme se i o vizualizaci struktury luminoforu se subvlnovým rozlišením pomocí optického rastrovacího mikroskopu pracujícího v blízkém poli (SNOM). Na praktickém případu zeleného Zn2GeO4:Mn (2% Mn) ACTFEL displeje, pracujícího při 50 Hz, jsme také studovali stabilitu svítivosti pomocí měření závislosti svítivosti na napětí (L-V) a světelné účinnosti na napětí (eta-V). Přitom byl zhodnocen význam těchto charakteristik. Nezanedbatelnou a neoddělitelnou součástí této práce je i její pedagogický aspekt. Předložený text by mohl být využit i jako učebnice pro studenty na mé univerzitě v Lybii.
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Beranová, Lucie. "SOUČASNÉ TRENDY POSKYTOVÁNÍ SOCIÁLNÍCH SLUŽEB: VYHODNOCENÍ DOPADŮ REFORMY SOCIÁLNÍCH SLUŽEB VE STŘEDOČESKÉM KRAJI." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-71710.
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The diploma thesis deals with the current trends of social services and assesses the impacts of reforms in Central Bohemia region. The goal of diploma thesis is the analysis of the effectiveness of the social services financing in Central Bohemia region and subsequent prognosis of development of the resident social services when an ageing of population is taken into account. In the theoretical part the thesis focuses on unsustainability of the concept of welfare state in the area of social services. Special attention is devoted to the multi-resources financing of social services and its ineffectiveness. Analytical part of the thesis confirms an ineffectiveness of the social services financing with the use of concrete cases of home of seniors in Central Bohemia region. During analysis the inspections of the social services and research among providers of the social services were used as a starting point. On the basis of this knowledge the strategic SWOT analysis which summes up the impacts of the reform in Central Bohemia region was carried out.
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Nováková, Barbora. "Dopad ekonomické krize na stavební trh a aktuální trendy ve stavebnictví." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-261793.
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The diploma thesis Impact of the economic crisis on the construction market and the current trends in the construction sector focuses mainly on the development of the Czech construction market in relation to the economic crisis of 2008-2009, while looking for conjunctions with macroeconomic indicators. It also describes the following period of development of the construction sector with an emphasis on current trends. Exemplifying how this is implemented into practice, the diploma thesis includes a description of the activities of a group of companies called EBM Group.
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MUELLER, KEVIN E. "INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE USE OF TREES FOR PHYTOREMEDIATION OF PAH CONTAMINATED SOILS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1123258067.
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Black, Elizabeth Leslie. "Older people in Scotland : family, work and retirement and the Welfare State from 1845 to 1999." Thesis, St Andrews, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/561.
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Machalová, Silvie. "Důchodový systém ČR,jeho problémy a možnosti reformy." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2007. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-4425.
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The main aim of this diploma thesis is to give a complex view of the Czech pension system to the reader. In recent years pensions and their associated problems have been the main theme of many discussions. We often hear politicians and experts speaking about the financial problems of the Czech pension system and its unavoidable reform. The preamble of this thesis deals with different situations in the Czech pension system, the rules under which it operates and its history. The body of this work is focused on the analysis of fundamental problems and their effects on the contemporary pension system in the Czech Republic. The emphases in the thesis are on demographic trends; the ageing process; receipts and expenditures of the Czech pension system; the political situation and public opinion in the Czech Republic. The conclusion of this thesis describes various reforms for the Czech pension system and mentions basic information about the Slovak pension system.
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Baccar, El Boubkari Fedia. "Évaluation des mécanismes de défaillance et de la fiabilité d’une nouvelle terminaison haute tension : approche expérimentale et modélisation associée." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015BORD0266/document.
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Ces travaux s’intègrent dans le projet de recherche SUPERSWITCH dans lequel des solutions alternatives à l’IGBT, utilisées dans les convertisseurs de puissance dans la gamme des tenues en tension 600-1200 V, sont envisagées. Les nouvelles structures du transistor MOS basées sur le principe de Super-Jonction tel que le transistor DT-SJMOSFET et sa terminaison originale, la « Deep Trench Termination » se propose comme alternative aux IGBT. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse se focalise sur la caractérisation de la robustesse de la terminaison DT2 adapté à une diode plane. Après avoir effectué un état de l’art sur les composants de puissances à semi-conducteur unidirectionnels en tension, les terminaisons des composants de puissance et la fiabilité des modules de puissance, un véhicule de test a été conçu en vue de réaliser les différents essais de vieillissement accéléré et suivi électrique. La fiabilité de la terminaison DT2 a été évaluée par des essais expérimentaux et des simulations numériques, dont une méthodologie innovante a été proposée. Au final de nouvelles structures ont été proposées pour limiter les problèmes de délaminage et de charges aux interfaces mis en avant dans notre étudeThis work is a part of the research project SUPERSWITCH in which alternatives solutions to the IGBT, are investigated. This solution was used IGBT in power converters in the 600-1200 V breakdown voltage range. The new MOSFET structures based on the super-junction, such as the DT-SJMOSFET and its "Deep Trench Termination", is proposed as an alternative to IGBT. In this context, this thesis focuses on the robustness characterization of the DT2 termination adapted to a planar diode. After a state of the art on unidirectional voltage power components, the power components termination, and power modules reliability, a test vehicle has been designed in order to carry out different accelerated ageing tests and electrical monitoring. The reliability of DT2 termination was evaluated by experimental tests and numerical simulations. An innovative modeling methodology has been proposed. Finally, new structures have been proposed to limit the delamination failure mechanisms and interface charges problems highlighted in this thesis
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Hsieh, Shih-Yao, and 謝士堯. "The Influence of the Trends in Aging to Hotel Industry." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59685111658403921582.
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碩士國立中興大學
高階經理人碩士在職專班
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The trend of aging population incresing has become globalization today. 2011,the first year of an era of retiring from job coming by the baby boomer after world war Ⅱ.Those days babies had been 65 years old since then. Futhermore,the trend of fewer children causes an indirect effect to put an up-going construction on aging population；this ,also, helps the in- creasing. The development like this will certainly bring a very wide and important influence to the global society. It means that the focus of the global society will hereafter transform from demography, economic sci-ence, sociology,and the discussions on the policy of social wellfare, food, energy etc. into the silver caring and silver economics. This study collects datas and references by the way of taking individual interviews. The targets are Hotel managers and scholars related to the activities of wellness tourism in Taiwan. Three of them are the managers from marked and representative Hotel in the leisure Hotel field；two of them are the teachers from University Dining and Hotel management Depart-ment in midland Taiwan, and one of the scholars owns rich experiences in practical Dining and Hotel management. Through the depth of interviews there are elementary conclusions made as thus: Due to the influence of the baby boom, the population of Taiwan is also speedly getting aging under the trend of aging globalization.It had become a common sence among those interview targets.However,it seems that most managers are still stand passive way on planning wellness tourism market even facing that great opportunity brought by the needs of agings and their consuming power；Meanwhile,the whole surroundings of the market also lies without aggressive power to meet the trend. This study offers a few proposals to meet the conclusions above. Being of the limitations,it is a pity that proposals cover limited opinions.The researcher in the future are suggested to make more and further discussions with the related business managers and scholars domestic and inter- national,as well as the policy makers. Hoping that may help the related study advanced, and may offer more ideas to the aging travelers and the Hotel managers. So that the industry side, government side, and school side can get union and make more contributions to serve the aging people,to help economics developing and benefit our society.
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Liu, Chia-Yu, and 劉佳瑜. "A Study on Business Strategy of Life Insurance Companies in Aging Society Trend." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15986144121101291512.
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碩士淡江大學
保險學系保險經營碩士在職專班
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As medical technology advanced, the people of Taiwan for nearly a decade increase in average life expectancy of 2.31 years as of 2011 has reached 79.16 years, the data of Executive Yuan shows that Taiwanese society will be into "aging society" in 2017, into "super-aged society" in 2026. First of all, as the postwar baby boom leave the labor market, it will point out the future of elderly care "survival" and "long-term care". Secondly, the popularity of the concept of investment and aging trends, will let people use the "insurance" to transfer personal survival risk to the life insurance companies. However, the 2008 financial tsunami has caused market interest rates remain at low level, the life insurance industry in a very low interest rates, deterioration in the investment environment, faced with the decline in value of investment losses, asset impairment and asset return on investment rate and other issues, this study by collecting life insurance companies, underwriting, marketing, management, RBC, risk management, aging and long-term care and other related information, to explore the life insurance companies in the aging trend of the future insurance products and rate structures will be how to develop? Marketing strategies need to how to respond? How the life insurance funds and the investment strategies of RBC system will be change? And how to take into account the underwriting profit and risk providing future business policy of the life insurance business, Provide to the future of Life insurance business development advice, as the objectives and directions of the reference of the sustainable management of the life insurance industry.
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LIN, GUAN-JIE, and 林冠杰. "Discussion on Taiwan Long-term Care Insurance under the Trend of Population Aging." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gqce82.
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碩士嶺東科技大學
財務金融系碩士班
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With the changes in the current social environment, medical progress and average life expectancy，Also due to Taiwan’s demographic transition、Family structure change、Birth rate reduction and population aging is increasing rapidly，The umber of people who are unable to take care of themselves in their daily lives and who need to be cared for，Taiwan became an aging society defined by the World Health Organization(WHO) in 1993，The part affected by aging includes medical care、economic、population structure have a very big impact，This should be an urgent issue，this should be an urgent issue，Although the country has begun to take long-term care insurance，Plan guarantee，However, in practice, it is found that the usage rate is low and the results are not effective，Insufficient resources is also a problem，If it is long-term, it will definitely cause considerable harm to the country，So when the country can’t quickly give people’s needs，The best way is to prepare yourself first，The main purpose of this paper is to make people understand long-term care insurance(Government sponsored)，Long-term care insurance(Private handling) difference，And analysis Germany、Japan、United Kingdom Other than long-term care insurance，analysis of the pros and cons of the long-term care insurance implemented by the government on the insurance industry，and give appropriate advice.
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Wei, Shih-Hsun, and 魏仕勳. "The social trend of aging society: Construce the furture management strategy of Taipei sports centers." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/vbj4a6.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
運動休閒與餐旅管理研究所
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The social trend of aging society, average of five people have an elderly person in Taiwan, and this phenomenon has been irreversible. The study on aging phenomenon for Taipei City Sports Center. The purpose of this study is to investigate the elderly consumption behaviors, by elderly motivation and constraint, elderly Psychological and Physical Characteristics, the elderly demands for sports facilities, so as to construce the furture management strategy of Taipei sports centers. This study uses case study and focus group interviewing to explore the current situation of the elderly in the Taipei City Sports Center , and make a suggestion about Taipei City Sports Center the elderly friendly sports environment of, how to build and the basis of future management strategy can be used as government departments, sports center operators an important basis for reference..
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CHEN, YA-WEI, and 陳亞薇. "The Development and Demand of Endowment Insurance for Aging Society and Trend of Fewer Children." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/44345087050325847303.
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碩士義守大學
財務金融學系
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With advances in medical technology and environmental health factors changes, that caused human longevity. By the impact of social change, the birth rate and marriage rate declined, aggravates the aging and low fertility trend. According to statistics, until 2012 of the population aged over 65 has more than 260 million people and aging will be serious. Many of the problems caused by an aging population, it will influence economic development, so several bills were enacted by the government to solve these problems, but these bills will solve only a fraction of that. Therefore, people need to buy the Commercial Insurance in order to remain at the same level of life in retirement. In 1994 the World Bank advocates Three-Pillar Model, one is mandatory publicly managed pillar, one is mandatory privately managed pillar and the other one is voluntary saving pillar. The paper researching into that the development and demand of endowment insurance on aging society.
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YEH, TSUNG-HSIANG, and 葉宗翔. "Research of open space design corresponding to the trend of aging population case study of New Taipei city Xinzhuang Stadium." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m48xp7.
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碩士輔仁大學
景觀設計學系碩士班
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The issue of population aging has been paid more attention in recent years. According to a survey by Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRT), the population aged 65 and over in Taiwan will be more than twenty percent of the whole population in 2025, indicating the fact that our society will become the so-called "Super-Aging Society" (Industrial Technology Research Institute, 2015). The statistics show the major problems that the society is going to face. However, this study argues that the infrastructures in Taiwan are unable to cope with this phenomenon, especially in the respect of open space. Since 1990, the Government of Taiwan has promoted “Act for Promotion of Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects” to encourage the civic institutions to devote themselves to public constructions, hoping to establish civic sports centers or green space through private funds for the purpose to enhance the demand and usage of outdoor space. Nonetheless, the excessive emphasis of the middle- and young-aged people as the major users underestimates the real demands of the elderly; therefore, the designs of most facilities are similar and not effective to meet the requirements of the elderly today, not to mention the ways to cater to the future need. Taking New Taipei City Xin Zhuang Stadium as the core for discussion, this study aims to investigate the current status of the site in terms of participatory observation, field notes and affordance to find out the public’s actual needs for open space, so as to review the design planning as well as the suitability of the open space.
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Pokorná, Zuzana. "Sociální služby pro seniory na Rakovnicku a trend deinstitucionalizace." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-328740.
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The thesis "Social services for the elderly in Rakovnicko and the trend of de- institutionalization" is trying to describe an effort to keep the elderly people as one of the largest groups of beneficiaries of local social services as long as possible at home. Its main objective is to determine the range of social services for the elderly in Rakovnicko district and based on the research of the key stakeholders (providers and local authorities) to assess whether the offer of social services is consistent with the trend of deinstitutionalization. The work is closely related to Rakovnik district and its municipality with extended powers The theoretical part of the work is based on a theory of public policy regulators in society , the principle of subsidiarity in social services and deinstitutionalization trend in social services. The resource background includes research covering the wishes ofseniors to remain in their homes as long as possible and documents that support this trend . The chapter on social services defines several legal terms based in Code No. 108/2006 Sb. on social services and describes the situation in recent years in the field of social services in the Czech Republic in relation to the target group of seniors. An important chapter is the chapter on social planning in the Czech...
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Chu, Jhan-Long, and 朱展龍. "The Comparison of Elderly Well-Being Between The Metropolitan and Non-metropolitan Areas Under The Trend of Aging in Place in Areas of Taipei City and Yilan County." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20289392536757937160.
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碩士玄奘大學
社會福利與社會工作學系碩士在職專班
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The main purpose of this study is to explore as well compare the elderly well-being between the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas under the trend of aging in place. Each 120 elderly persons at age over 65 with the capability to take care of themselves living in metropolitan area of Taipei and non-metropolitan area of Yilan County were recruited, totally 240 subjects. Content of the survey questionnaire is divided into three sections of personal background, personality trait, and environment part. A total of 240 questionnaires were issued and all were responded, with recovery rate at 100%. The questionnaire data were statistically analyzed by descriptive statistics, Lamabda correlation coefficient and independent t test. Based on the findings and discussion, results of the survey are summarized as follows: I.Variables of the elderly individual background in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas Variable of individual backgrounds significantly associated with well-being in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas include: living situation of family members, type of residence, personal main income source, transport conditions, personal health status and getting along status among family members. II.The personality traits of the elderly in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas Regardless of the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, there are significant differences between personal trait and well-being in which the variation in non-metropolitan was higher than that of metropolitan. III.The environment of the elderly in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas There were no significant differences between the senior citizens in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in terms of the "community relations", "living type" and "environmental satisfaction"; however, the variation in metropolitan area is higher than that of non-metropolitan area. With regard to the aspects of "transport", "medicine" and "social activities participation", there were significant differences in "transport" and "medicine" between metropolitan area and non-metropolitan areas. Finally, based on the literature and research results, this study proposes recommendations for the elderly in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas as follows: I.Metropolitan area (A)Recommend the government and community care stronghold to organize more courses of spiritual growth in order to impart correct concepts. (B)Promote and establish friendly transport environment for the elderly and utilize local cable systems to set up exclusively channel for the elderly. (C)Increase the numbers of professional social workers and counseling staffs of community care stronghold to enhance the intensity of well-being. (D)Increase the proportion of mobile medical care of clinics and community and imitate the separation of prescribing and dispensing implemented in Japan. II.Non-metropolitan area (A)Recommend the local government and community care stronghold should continue to create a friendly elderly environment. (B)Promote and establish environment friendly elderly transport environment, and subsidize civil transport industry to invest on public transportation business of the elderly. (C)Recommend the Government to continue to improve the medical services, resources and facilities as well as to implement telemedicine measure, so that the elderly can enjoy comprehensive medical and implementation of telemedicine measures. (D)Family members should give more care, comfort and listen to the elderly to narrow the distance between each other and increase the extent of elderly healthy and family harmony.
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Nikolayenko, Viktoriya. "Analysis of major factors shaping the automotive industry in the long term, including ageing population, urbanization trend, and e-commerce business in Europe." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/8570.
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In recent decades a number of new trends have evolved. Ageing population, increased urbanization, growth of technology, e-commerce expansion, changes in social views, and other developments have significant influence on the conventional industries. In this rapidly changing environment, businesses find themselves under pressure when analyzing market trends and planning their industry activities.
Adam Opel AG, the automotive company, provided the author the opportunity to conduct research on the basis of a dissertation internship, addressing three main questions that have arisen within the industry forecasting team of the long-term planning department.
“Who will buy new cars?” This question addresses major demographic challenges in Europe such as ageing population, immigration, social transformation and other. The author investigates how these tendencies impact vehicle sales and vehicle design.
“What car and technology does the new customer want?” Today’s increased population density has led to serious congestion and environmental problems. The author looks into how European governments address these matters, encouraging the development of the electric vehicle market, and how European minds respond to these challenges.
“What is the risk and value from new automotive business models?” New businesses appeared in a result of population density increase, e-commerce expansion, and new European minds that support collaborative consumption. The author analyzes how automotive companies can join and benefit from these new businesses.
As a result of the research, the author advises on several aspects: forecasted vehicle demand, changes in vehicle car design and technology, and suggests several models for joining new businesses.Nas últimas décadas uma série de tendências têm evoluido. O envelhecimento da população, o aumento da urbanização, o aumento da tecnologia, a expansão do comércio electrónico, as mudanças nas estruturas socias, e outros desenvolvimentos influênciaram significativamente as indústrias convencionais. Nesta rápida mudança de paradigma, as empresas sentiram-se pressionadas a analisar as tendências e a planear as suas actividades industriais. Adam Opel AG, a companhia automóvel, deu à autora a oportunidade de conduzir uma investigação, na forma de estágio de dissertação, analisando três questões que surgiram no departamento de planeamento a longo prazo, mais especificamente na equipa de desenvolvimento indústrial. “Quem comprará os novos carros?” Esta questão levanta vários desafios demográficos na Europa, tais como o envelhecimento da população, a imigração e a mudança consciente na estrutura colectiva da sociedade entre outros. A autora investiga como estas tendências influenciam a venda e design dos veículos. “Que carro e tecnologia quer o novo consumidor?” Hoje em dia, o aumento da densidade populacional deu origem a um forte congestionamento do tráfego automóvel e a problemas ambientais. A autora analisa a forma como os governos Europeus tratam esta questão e encorajam o desenvolvimento do mercado de automóveis eléctricos, e como os europeus reagem a estas mudanças. “Qual é o risco e valor dos novos modelos de negócio?” Os novos modelos de negócio resultam do aumento da densidade populacional, da expansão do comércio electrónico e das novas mentalidades que levaram ao consumo colaborativo. A autora analisa como as empresas automóveis se podem juntar e beneficiar destes novos negócios. Como resultado da pesquisa, a autora aconselha acerca de vários aspectos: análise antecipada das tendências relativas à venda de veículos, alteracões no design e desenvolvimento dos veículos e sugere alguns modelos de adesão aos novos negócios.
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Gonçalves, Diliana Francisca Rodrigues. "O envelhecimento e a autoimunidade." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/30522.
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Trabalho final de mestrado integrado em Medicina, apresentado à Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra.O aumento da esperança média de vida verificado nas últimas décadas contribuiu para a problemática do envelhecimento populacional. Evidências atuais apontam para alterações em grau variável dos diferentes componentes do sistema imune. Verificou-se uma menor eficácia na imunidade inata dos idosos devido a alterações encontradas no número e função das suas células efetoras, designadamente os neutrófilos, as células Natural Killer e as células dendríticas. Na imunidade adquirida constataram-se também modificações da função das células B, mas não se verificaram alterações significativas no seu número com o envelhecimento. As células T são particularmente afetadas pela imunossenescência e identificaram-se adaptações no número e função das subpopulações mais estudadas. Entre estas, as células T reguladoras são alvo particular de atenção pois afiguram-se como possíveis alvos terapêuticos para doenças tais como as neoplásicas. A atrofia tímica é um dos fatores considerados como promotores da senescência das células T, pois contribui para a menor eficácia da imunidade celular contra antigénios, para a ocorrência de fenómenos de autoimunidade e redução da população de células T naïve. As alterações decorrentes da imunossenescência podem explicar, em parte, o aumento da incidência de determinadas doenças relacionadas com a idade e a maior susceptibilidade dos idosos a infecções, neoplasias, fenómenos autoimunes e uma menor respostaà vacinação. O melhor conhecimento dos processos de envelhecimento do sistema imune poderá permitir o desenvolvimentode métodos efetivos de prevenção, abordagem e terapêutica de doenças associadas à idade. Nos últimos anos foram desenvolvidas diversas estratégias de prevenção ou minimizaçãodos efeitos da imunossenescência, no entanto a maioria não teve aplicabilidade clínica significativa. Estas estratégias consistem na administração de citocinas recombinantes, anticorpos monoclonais, métodos hormonais, antioxidantes, assim como em modificações dietéticas e prática regular de exercício físico, com a finalidade de promover o envelhecimento saudável e minimizar a morbimortalidade do idoso.
The increasing average life expectancy found in recent decades contributed to the problem of the aging population. Current evidence points to changes in variable degree of the different components of the immune system. Innate immunity has become less effective in the elderly due to changes found in the number and function of its effector cells, including neutrophils, natural killer cells and dendritic cells. In acquired immunity there were also found changes in the functionof B cells, but there was not a significant change in their number with aging. T cells are particularly affected by immunosenescence and adjustments were identified both in the number and function of the most studied subpopulations. Among these, regulatory T cells are given particular attention because they appear to be potential therapeutic targets for diseases such as cancer. Thymus atrophy is one factor considered as promotor of T cell senescence, as it contributes to reduced efficacy of cellular immunity against antigens, to the occurrence of autoimmune phenomena and to the reduction of the number of naïve T cells. It is thought that the changes arising from immunosenescence may partly explain the increased incidence of certain age-related diseases and greater susceptibility to infection, cancer, autoimmune phenomena and a lower response to vaccination. The better understanding of the immune system aging processes may allow the development of effective preventive methods and therapeutic approaches to age-related diseases. In recent years several strategies have been developed in order to prevent or minimize the effects of immunosenescence, however most had no significant clinical applicability. These consist in the administration of recombinant cytokines, monoclonal antibodies, hormonal methods, antioxidants as well as dietary changes and regular physical exercise, in order to promote healthy aging and minimize the morbidity and mortality of the elderly.
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Tang, Chia-Wei, and 湯佳薇. "Identification of key changes in functional pathways and regulatory pathways in normal brain aging and in brain region-specific Alzheimer’s disease using the method of gene-selection by trend of disease progression." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73827828347917867335.
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碩士國立中央大學
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of most prevalent progressive neurodegenerative disease. It is believed that the main pathology of AD is given rise by accumulated neuronal plaques and tangle formations in the brain. Previous studies indicated that abnormally in the genes APP, PSEN1, PSEN2, and APOE are high risk factors to AD. In spite of much research efforts the underlying pathophysiology of AD remains unclear. Here, our goal is to gain new insight into possible genetic causes of AG and brain region-specific AD. We used a novel approach, Gene Selection by Trend of disease Progression (GSToP), to construct state-specific gene-gene interaction networks, and to identify hub genes and significant AG and AD related changes in pathways in which specific hub genes play major roles. We used for our study six sets of publically available microarray dataset: one set from brains tissues of people of a wide range of ages not known to have AD or similar brain disorders, and five sets from tissues of five brain regions – entorhinal cortex, hippocampus, medial temporal gyrus, posterior cingulate, and superior frontal gyrus – of AD patients and controls. We use the method of trend of disease progression for our study. We used GSToP to construct two – experiment(exp) and control – gene-gene interaction networks (GGINs) for each dataset, identified as hub genes those whose connectivities underwent significant changes in the two networks, and then used the sub-GGINs connected to these hub genes to identify KEGG pathways whose enrichments in experiment and control were significantly different. There was significant difference between the top-10 hub genes for AG and for AD, as well among the top-10 hub genes for specific AD regions. Known AG target genes found in the top-10 AG hub genes include EP300, MDM2, HSPA8, and EGFR, and known AD target genes separately found in top-10 AD hub genes include GAPDH (in EC and PC), APP (PC), and TUBB (SFG). Many significantly enriched pathways were identified for AG and AD. The relationship between the set of enriched pathways found for AG and those for region-specific AD was heterogenic. Pathways found for AG include Wnt signaling pathway (hsa04310) and ubiquitin mediated proteolysis (hsa04120). Pathways found for AD in at least two brain regions include Alzheimer’s disease (hsa05010), pathogenic Escherichia coli infection (hsa0130), Fc gamma R-mediated pathagocytosis (hsa04666), proteasome (hsa03050), and neurotrophin signaling pathway (hsa04722).
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FURIŠOVÁ, Hana. "NEZAMĚSTNANOST OSOB STARŠÍCH 50 LET-BARIÉRY BRÁNÍCÍ JEJICH PRACOVNÍMU UPLATNĚNÍ." Master's thesis, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-49674.
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Our position in the labour market is conditioned by a number of features (age, state of health, education, sex, ethnic origin) which define groups of people who are more endangered by a loss of job and predestined to be unemployed. Each of these groups has its specific problems or ``obstacles`` which prevent them from getting a job again. One of these groups includes people over fifty years of age. If an individual has problems to find a job at the beginning or in the middle of their carrier life, their chances of getting a job as they grow older are even smaller. Many people have to face the crisis of basic social securities. Situations when a person is, in a very short time, permanently separated from the results of their long-term efforts, from their social status, their colleagues and income are fairly frequent. The objective of the work was to define the obstacles which hinder unemployed people of over fifty years of age from finding a job, and to point out the issue of unemployment in this age group. The research was carried out in the Labour Bureau in České Budějovice and in the Labour Bureau in Strakonice. Methods of qualitative research were used, specifically a Questionnaire and an Analysis of the content of documents. The following hypotheses were determined: 1. The greatest obstacle preventing people older than fifty from finding a job is the lack of qualifications. 2. Along with an improvement of the situation in the labour market the number of unemployed people in this age category registered in the Labour Bureau decreases. The hypotheses were confirmed. The research showed that the greatest obstacle for these unemployed people are their qualifications which are insufficient and do not correspond with the current requirements of the labour market. It was also discovered that the number of people in the 50+ category increases or decreases depending on the general development of the unemployment rate. However, changes in the 50+ category are not very significant, and therefore, the ratio of applicants in the 50+ category keeps increasing as compared to the total number of job applicants. That is why the 50+ category rightly ranks among risky groups of unemployed people. In order to improve the chances of the 50+ workers in the labour market, it is necessary to improve their professional qualifications, eliminate age discrimination and modify working conditions in such a way to enable these people to find a job even in spite of various health restrictions. Elderly workers would have to change their opinion regarding retaining a job, their attitude to acquiring new skills and they would have to become more flexible to match the present labour market. The issue of unemployment of people over fifty years of age is and will be topical since it can be expected that the trend of ageing of the population and the increasingly dynamic features of the economy based on modern technologies, will make it increasingly difficult for such people to find a job.