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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Capability in Age and Ageing

This book provides insight on how to interpret capability in ageing – one’s individual ability to perform actions in ...

Ageing: The Paradox of Life

For centuries people have been puzzled by the inevitability of human aging. For most of the second half of the twentieth ...

Ages, Generations and the Social Contract

Our societies are ageing. The Family is changing. Labour force behaviour is evolving. How is the organisation of family and ...

Aging Well

Outlines the challenges of supporting the health and wellbeing of older adults around the world and offers examples of solutions ...

Aging and Senescence / Ali Nakhla ; Osayd Abo Rshed ; Rihab Nassif ; Diana Al-arnaout ; Bayan Al-najjar

Aging is characterized by a progressive loss of physiological integrity, leading to impaired function and increased vulnerability ...

Costs and Benefits of Collective Pension Systems

The Dutch pension system is often praised as one of the best in the world: it is efficient, it provides certainty to participants ...

Diverse Roles of Integrin Receptors in Articular Cartilage

Recent studies from the authors' laboratory and from other leading groups have shown that ß1-integrins are essential for ...

Genders in the Life Course

Treats the topic of gender and demographic behaviour during the life course in a comprehensive fashion. It covers a lot of ...

Global Political Demography The Politics of Population Change

This book draws the big picture of how population change interplays with politics across the world from 1990 to 2040.

Healthy Longevity in China : Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Psychological Dimensions

China is aging at an extraordinary speed and has the largest quantity of elderly persons in the world. Scholars utilize this ...

Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population

Old-age survival has considerably improved in the second half of the twentieth century. In this book, these fundamental questions ...

Longer Life and Healthy Aging

The focus of this book is on theoretical issues and empirical findings related to trends and determinants of healthy aging, ...

People, Population Change and Policies : Lessons from the Population Policy Acceptance Study Vol. 1: Family Change

This two-volume work presents social cohesion and demographic challenges that are associated with low birth rates and population ...

People, Population Change and Policies Lessons from the Population Policy Acceptance Study Vol. 2: Demographic Knowledge – Gender – Ageing

This two-volume work presents social cohesion and demographic challenges that are associated with low birth rates and population ...

Population Ageing and Economic Growth

We review standard economic growth models concentrating on the relationship between population ageing and economic growth ...

Social Determinants of Health in Non-communicable Diseases Case Studies from Japan

This book is the first compilation that reviews a wide range of social determinants of health (SDHs) for non-communicable ...

Social Exclusion in Later Life Interdisciplinary and Policy Perspectives

Drawing on interdisciplinary, cross-national perspectives, this open access book contributes to the development of a coherent ...

Spin Glasses

Spin glass theory is going through a stunning period of progress while finding exciting new applications in areas beyond ...

Stochastic Ageing and Dependence for Reliability

Ageing and dependence are two important characteristics in reliability and survival analysis, and they affect significantly ...

Telomeres and Telomerase in Ageing, Disease, and Cancer

A special focus of the book is on adult stem cells. There is emerging evidence that adult stem cell ageing impairs organismal ...

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