Successful Aging in Oldest-Old Adults: Role of Physical and Social Factors

Successful aging, increasing in chronological age while maintaining health, is related to a multitude of factors including social and physical behaviors. Older adults may report that they are aging successfully while biomedical outcomes suggest otherwise. In the present study, sociodemographic characteristics, social engagement, physical activity in relation to frailty and health-related quality of life (HR QoL) were examined using a lifespan sample of adults (N = 732) from the Louisiana Healthy Aging Study (LHAS). Four age groups were compared: younger (21-44 years), middle-aged (45-64 years), older (65-84 years), and oldest-old adults (85 to 101 years). A main effect of age was found for both subjective and objective indices of health, with oldest-old adults reporting lowest health and highest frailty; older and oldest-old women were in significantly poorer health and had higher levels of frailty than their male counterparts. Two regression models, one with a subjective health and objective health outcome, were conducted. In model 1, physical activity, hours out of the home, and frailty score were significant contributors to subjective health. In model 2, age, gender, level of education, hours out of the home, and presence of a confidant or close person were all significantly associated with frailty score. Together these findings indicate both physical activity and social support and engagement impact how older adults view themselves aging as well as objective, biomedical outcomes of successful aging

Examining Successful Aging and Resilience After Disasters

Resilience, a psychological adaptive process and outcome, is the ability to return to normal functioning after a traumatic event, such as a natural disaster. Successful aging entails biological, psychological, and social factors. The Great Flood of 2016 in the greater Baton Rouge area caused catastrophic structural damage to thousands of homes and businesses. Some of these individuals had previously moved to the Baton Rouge area after receiving catastrophic damage during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In this study, I investigated the role that age group (younger, middle-aged, older) and disaster exposure group (control, single exposure, double exposure) had on post-disaster well-being. Specifically, the outcomes of resilience, physical health, and mental health were chosen to examine successful aging after disaster within a biopsychosocial framework. Additionally, I compared relationships among resilience and indicators of successful aging. Participants (n = 202) who ranged in age from 18-88 years represented three groups based upon disaster exposure. Results indicated that age group was positively associated with resilience and mental health scores, while negatively associated with physical health scores. For disaster exposure group, those with no structural damage reported significantly higher physical health than those who went through the 2016 flood and Katrina (double exposure group). However, for mental health, the double disaster group did not statistically differ from the control group, who scored significantly higher than those who only received structural damage during the 2016 flood. Lastly, a significant correlation was found for both resilience and mental health and resilience and physical health. These results indicate that resilience is an important component of successful aging after disaster. Limitations of the present research and potential directions for future research are discussed

The best-kept secret(s) of evidence based policing

This paper draws on the work of the Evidence and Insight Team, a dedicated research function based within the Metropolitan Police Service for over a decade. The aim of the paper is to make readers aware of the obliquely hidden data goldmine that exists within UK policing. Such data captures the decisions police make routinely, the kinds of situations police encounter and with whom. This rich data seam goes beyond crime – and should be used more outside of policing. The authors argue that interested academics need a better roadmap of the data in order to stimulate basic knowledge and usage. Three case studies are presented that illustrate the scope and challenges of working with such data

The best-kept secret(s) of evidence based policing

This paper draws on the work of the Evidence and Insight Team, a dedicated research function based within the Metropolitan Police Service for over a decade. The aim of the paper is to make readers aware of the obliquely hidden data goldmine that exists within UK policing. Such data captures the decisions police make routinely, the kinds of situations police encounter and with whom. This rich data seam goes beyond crime – and should be used more outside of policing. The authors argue that interested academics need a better roadmap of the data in order to stimulate basic knowledge and usage. Three case studies are presented that illustrate the scope and challenges of working with such data

Influence of long-term training brake for tennis performance tennis

Katedra tělesné výchovyFaculty of EducationPedagogická fakult

1997 General Correspondence

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters between DWC chairs and members of the Executive Board, Committees and Task Forces; Chris Rasch

1988 Correspondence Committee.

Curriculum Guide

Correspondence: DWC Nominations and Elections, 1991-94.

Primarily incoming and outgoing letters regarding individual committee activities, nominations for awards and elections, and membership issues

A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space

The use of functional information in the form of species traits plays an important role in explaining biodiversity patterns and responses to environmental changes. Although relationships between species composition, their traits, and the environment have been extensively studied on a case-by-case basis, results are variable, and it remains unclear how generalizable these relationships are across ecosystems, taxa and spatial scales. To address this gap, we collated 80 datasets from trait-based studies into a global database for metaCommunity Ecology: Species, Traits, Environment and Space; “CESTES”. Each dataset includes four matrices: species community abundances or presences/absences across multiple sites, species trait information, environmental variables and spatial coordinates of the sampling sites. The CESTES database is a live database: it will be maintained and expanded in the future as new datasets become available. By its harmonized structure, and the diversity of ecosystem types, taxonomic groups, and spatial scales it covers, the CESTES database provides an important opportunity for synthetic trait-based research in community ecology

Histopathologic changes in the uterus, cervix and vagina of immature CD-1 mice exposed to low doses of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in a uterotrophic assay

The estrogenic and antiestrogenic potential of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was assessed using an immature mouse uterotrophic assay and by histologic evaluation of the uterus, cervix and vagina following treatment. Female offspring of CD-1 dams were weaned at 18 days old and assigned to groups of equal weight, and received 0, 0.01, 0.1, or 1 mg PFOA/kg BW/d by gavage with or without 17-β estradiol (E2, 500 μg/kg/d) from PND18-20 (n=8/treatment/block). At 24 hr after the third dose (PND 21), uteri were removed and weighed. Absolute and relative uterine weights were significantly increased in the 0.01 mg/kg PFOA only group. Characteristic estrogenic changes were present in all E2-treated mice; however, they were minimally visible in the 0.01 PFOA only mice. These data suggest that at a low dose PFOA produces minimal histopathologic changes in the reproductive tract of immature female mice, and does not antagonize the cellular effects of E2