cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Death and Dying in Assisted Living
Creators: name: White, Amanda
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2009

description: This study examined death and dying in assisted living (AL) and the various factors that influence these processes. The study is set in a 60-bed assisted living facility outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Data collection methods included participant observation and in-depth interviews with 28 residents and 6 staff. Data were analyzed using the grounded theory approach and focused on the 18 residents who were dying and/or died during the study period. Findings show that AL residents experience a variety of dying trajectories that vary in duration and shape; for the majority of residents, hospice is an important element in their death and dying experiences. In general, death is not communicated or acknowledged formally within the facility. Responses to deaths depend largely on the nature of the relationship the deceased resident had with others.
Findings have implications for how to handle death and dying in AL and to improve residents? experiences.
The Relationship between Subjective Memory and Objective Cognition, Depression, and Anxiety by Dementia Status
Creators: name: Reed, Nia
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: This secondary data analysis of the Health and Retirement Study – Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study (ADAMS) examines the relationship between subjective cognition and objective performance, depression, and anxiety in cognitive impairment with no dementia (CIND) and dementia. With a cross-sectional design, this study consists of 480 older adults between ages 72-105. Participants completed the Mini-Mental State Examination. The Wechsler Memory Scale- Revised Logical Memory I/II measured memory. Anxiety and depression were measured by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory. Subjective memory was measured by the HRS Self-report Memory and Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly. Independent t-tests and Pearson correlation analysis were employed to determine differences between the dementia and non-dementia groups. Results demonstrated that the CIND group had significantly better general cognition; more severe cognitive/memory problems in the dementia group showed weaker relationships between general cognition and memory performance; anxiety/depression were weakly related in CIND and moderately related in dementia.
Age Differences in Word Recall Predictions
Creators: name: Trujillo, Amanda
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: This study examined factors related to word list performance predictions made by younger and older adults. A performance prediction is an estimate made prior to being exposed to the material that is studied for a specific task. The current study examined the age differences in a sample of 59 older adults (M = 76.83 years old, SD = 8.28) and 51 younger adults (M = 21.19 years old, SD = 3.22) on performance predictions for both an immediate and delayed word recall task. Memory self-efficacy and other self-rating measures were not found to influence immediate or delayed predictions. A repeated measures ANOVA revealed that older adults improved in absolute accuracy from immediate to delayed prediction whereas younger adults became less accurate. The results suggest that all metamemory skills do not deteriorate with age, as the older adults were capable of monitoring their memory accurately based on previous performance.
"I Miss My Country, but My World is with My Children": Examining the Family and Social Lives of Older Indian Immigrants in the United States
Creators: name: Sharma, Karuna
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: Within the context of ongoing social and demographic transformation, including the trend towards globalization, changing patterns of longevity and increasing ethnic diversity, this thesis examines the lives older Asian-Indian immigrants in the United States. To date, much of what little research exists on this group of elders focuses on acculturation and related stress, but there is limited research on the daily life experiences of these older adults, particularly as they pertain to family life, the practice of filial piety, and informal support exchange within their households, as well as their social lives more generally. Informed by two theoretical approaches, Life Course and Symbolic Interactionism, this research examines older immigrants’ social and family lives. The study employs a qualitative approach and involves in-depth semi-structured interviews with 10 older Asian-Indians living in the Atlanta area. To varying degrees, their lives are family-centered. Traditional Indian practices such as filial piety are individualized according to the intersection of American and Indian cultures and family (e.g., structure and history) and personal (e.g., personal resources) influences. Similar influences operate to shape their family and social lives more generally. These findings enhance existing understandings of older immigrants’ lives and illustrate similarities and differences. In doing so, the research provides valuable information that can promote cultural competence for those working with and designing policies and programs for adults in a rapidly aging and increasingly diverse society.
RAGE: A NEW FRONTIER IN INTESTINAL FIBROSIS
Creators: name: Speca, Silvia
name: Body-Malapel, Mathilde
name: Djouina, Madjid
name: Boulanger, Eric
name: Schmidt, Ann Marie
name: Desreumaux, Pierre
name: Vignal, Cécile
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: S. Speca, M. Body-Malapel, C. Fradin, M. Djouina, E. Boulanger, AM. Schmidt, P. Desreumaux and C. Vignal
Background: Our aim was to determine the role of RAGE in intestinal fibrogenesis.  Methods: Fibrosis was induced in WT and RAGE-/- mice by administration of dextran sulfate sodium. The colon was scored for macroscopic lesions and subject to Hematoxylin/Eosin staining, to assess the degree of inflammation, and Picrosirius red for collagen deposition. mRNA expression of the profibrotic mediator, Tgf-β1, and ECM components, collagen types I-III (Col1A1 gene) and fibronectin (FN-1 gene), were evaluated by RT-qPCR.
 Results: Compared to WT mice, DSS-treated RAGE-/- mice showed a significant decrease in colon weight/length ratio, and macroscopic and microscopic scores. Tgf-β1, Col1A1 and FN-1 mRNA expressions were significantly increased by the DSS administration in WT mice colon, whereas it was unchanged in RAGE-/- mice.
 Conclusion: This study represents a first insight into the involvement of RAGE in intestinal fibrosis in mice. The potential profibrotic role of RAGE could shed light into the complex and dynamic fibrogenic processes and pave the way for new anti-fibrotic agents.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 2 (2016): Journal of ISANH Volume 3: Special Issue for Maillard Reaction & Glycation
Studies on relationship between total phenolics and rutin contents, antioxidant capacity, fermentation process and the formation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in buckwheat-based ginger cakes
Creators: name: Przygodzka, Malgorzata
name: Zieliński, Henryk
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: The objectives of this study was evaluation of the relationship between inhibitory potential of buckwheat-based ginger cakes extracts against AGEs and total phenolics compounds (TPC), rutin, antioxidant capacity. Moreover dough fermentation step (for 3 days in 21°C) influence on formation of AGEs in ginger cakes was studied. The inhibitory effect against AGEs formation was studied in vivo in bovine serum albumin-glucose (BSA-glu) or methylglyoxal (BSA-MGO) model systems. The antioxidant capacity was determined by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH·) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) methods.

The study showed the inhibitory effects of buckwheat-based ginger cakes extracts supplemented with low and high rutin dosage. The correlation studies showed that the inhibitory effect was mostly observed in ginger cakes produced with dough fermentation step. The  formation of AGEs were highly correlated with TPC and antioxidant capacity (BSA-glu/TPC, r=0.88; BSA-glu/DPPH, r=0.79; BSA-glu/CV, r=0.98; BSA-MGO/TPC, r=0.84; BSA-MGO/DPPH, r=0.77; BSA-MGO/CV, r=0.96). Moreover, the effect of rutin enrichment was clearly seen in cakes obtained with dough fermentation step (BSA-glu/rutin, r=0.75; BSA-MGO/rutin, r=0.63). The inhibitory activity was slightly lower correlated in cakes with omitting dough fermentation step (BSA-glu/TPC, r=0.56; BSA-glu/DPPH, r=0.45; BSA-glu/CV, r=0.78; BSA-MGO/TPC, r=0.55; BSA-MGO/DPPH, r=0.44; BSA-MGO/CV, r=0.78). Whereas no correlation was observed between rutin and antiglycation ability.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 2 (2016): Journal of ISANH Volume 3: Special Issue for Maillard Reaction & Glycation
Scintharista forbesii
Creators: name: Felix, Rob
name: Bouwman, Jaap
name: Odé, Baudewijn
name: Ketelaar, Robert
name: Pham, Duc Minh
name: Bailey, James
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Acrididae
Scintharista
Scintharista forbesii

description: Scintharista forbesii (Burr, 1899)
Figs 72, 73, 74, 75
References for Socotra.
Burr 1899 b: 44–45; [as Dissosteira forbesii]; Burr 1903: 412, 413, 418–419, plate XXV: fig. 1 [as D. forbesii]; Krauss 1907: 17, 19, 29, plate II: figs 2, 2 A [as Quiroguesia forbesii (sic)]; Popov (in Uvarov and Popov (1957)): 379; Wranik 1998: 171; Wranik 2003: 324, plates 153, 156.
Diagnostic notes.
Scintharista forbesii is an unmistakable member of the genus Scintharista Saussure, 1884. It is the only species with the basal two-thirds of the hind wings inky black (Fig. 73). The distal one-third of the hind wings is transparent, except for an infumated top. Hind tibiae are red in the distal half.
Taxonomic notes.
Burr (1899 b) named this remarkable species after Dr H. O. Forbes, director of the Liverpool Museum, who led the zoological expedition to Socotra together with Mr W. R. Ogilvie-Grant of the British Museum in 1889 and 1899.
Distribution and occurrence.
Scintharista forbesii is endemic to Socotra, where it is widespread and locally common (Fig. 74). It is found mainly in the Hagher and limestone plateaus, but also on sea-level plains.
A record from Abd el Kuri, collected in January 1899 by Simony, mentioned by Kraus (1907), is not referred to in subsequent literature. This specimen could not be found in the collection in Vienna (H. Bruckner, NMW in litt.). The record has been omitted from the map in Fig. 74.
Habitat and biology.
S. forbesii favours dry, open habitats from 10–1000 m a. s. l., mostly on coarse gravel, large boulders and bare rock in high shrubland with succulents, submontane grassland and shrubland, also on boulders in more wooded areas (montane mosaic, Frankincense woodland and forest). Records are from all seasons; nymphs are recorded in January, February and August.
Bioacoustics.
S. forbesii gives distinct flight crepitations when disturbed, similar to its relative S. notabilis (Walker, 1870) (see species account S. notabilis). The sound of S. forbesii has not been recorded. Members of the Oedipodinae subfamily are known to emit quiet, buzzing sounds during rivalry, courtship and flight (Roesti and Keist 2009).
description: Published as part of Felix, Rob, Bouwman, Jaap, Odé, Baudewijn, Ketelaar, Robert, Pham, Duc Minh & Bailey, James, 2025, The grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): a comprehensive overview and a description of a new Oecanthus Tree Cricket (Oecanthidae), pp. 21-166 in Contributions to Entomology 75 (1) on pages 21-166, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e144389
ROLE OF RAGE DURING INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION AND ITS THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL IN IBD
Creators: name: Body-Malapel, Mathilde
name: Djouina, Madjid
name: Grossin, Nicolas
name: Desreumaux, Pierre
name: Schmidt, Ann Marie
name: Boulanger, Eric
name: Vignal, Cécile
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Objectives: The global aim of our study was to address the role of AGE and RAGE in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
 Methods: 1/ Intestinal and colonic inflammation were induced in WT and RAGE-/- mice. 2/ WT Mice were orally administered with CML-BSA or control BSA for 30 days, then intestinal and colonic inflammation were induced. In both experiments, severity of inflammation was evaluated using macroscopic, histologic and molecular parameters in the small intestine and colon.
 Main Results: A significant decrease in ulcerations number and area and IL1beta mRNA levels were observed in the duodenum, jejunum and ileum of RAGE-/- mice induced for intestinal inflammation. A significant decrease of clinical and macroscopic parameters, myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity and IL1beta and iNOS mRNA expression was observed in RAGE-/- mice challenged for colonic inflammation. Chronic BSA-CML administration to mice worsened enteritis, as evidenced by a significant increase in ulcerations number and area in the duodenum, jejunum and ileum and MPO activity and oxidative stress in the ileum.
 Conclusions: RAGE signaling pathway is implicated in intestinal and colonic inflammation in mice. BSA-CML might be a dietary factor involved in the pathophysiology of intestinal diseases.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 2 (2016): Journal of ISANH Volume 3: Special Issue for Maillard Reaction & Glycation
A qualitative investigation of community health nurses’ adaptation to systems change
Creators: name: Lounsbury, Kathleen
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2013

description: The purpose of this abstract is to present an evidence-based approach in a qualitative study to enhance leadership knowledge and skills for the CHNs and support their expanded role. This approach will encompass quantum leadership theory and the complex adaptive leadership model.[The complete version of University of British Columbia nursing student journal for 2013 is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45164]
THAPENFROM 2015 cruise,Thalia R/V
Creators: name: Anne, DUPERRET
name: Axel, EHRHOLD
Publisher: name: Sismer
Year: 2015

description: Compléments de cartographie multifaisceaux petits fonds aux abords de Penmarc'h, Molène et Ouessant. Sismique réflexion au large de Penmarc'h et Concarneau (Leg 1) et de sonar latéral sur Molène, Ouessant (Leg 2).
Knowledge and Perceptions: Chinese Older Adults' Willingness to Use Institutional Elder Care
Creators: name: Chen, Zhiyu
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: This study explores explanations for Chinese elders’ willingness or lack of willingness to use institutional care. The data is drawn from a survey over intergenerational relationships and age models conducted in Zhenjiang, China, in 2007. Only the responses of interviewees aged 55 and above (310 males and 318 females) were used in this study. Using zero-order correlation and multi-nominal regression analyses, this study examined the factors associated with Chinese elders’ willingness to use institutional care. Study results reveal that Chinese elders’ confidence in availability of familial care was negatively related to their willingness to use institutional care; elders’ knowledge about and impression on elder care homes were positively associated with their willingness. Male interviewees expressed lower levels of willingness compared to female respondents. This study shows that increased knowledge about elder care institution may increase Chinese elders’ willingness to accept institutional elder care.
THEMISTO 2021 cruise,Marion Dufresne R/V
Creators: name: Cédric, COTTE
Publisher: name: Sismer
Year: 2021

description: Cette campagne est la prolongation de la série de campagne THEMISTO afin de poursuivre l'acquisition et le suivi du zooplancton et du micronecton dans l'Indien sud durant les campagnes "observatoires" Obsaustral. Après l'étude des premiers patrons de distribution spatiaux et saisonniers à la large échelle, le but est d'étudier la distribution en 3-D du zooplancton et du micronecton et sa variabilité en lien avec les phénomènes physiques et climatiques. THEMISTO propose d'utiliser l'acoustique active comme outil de mesure de la distribution et des densités d'organismes pélagiques. Ce projet se base sur les équipements acoustiques qui équipent le Marion Dufresne II. Le but est d'acquérir des mesures en continu par l'échosondeur EK80 (à 5 fréquences, de plus de 2000m de profondeur pour le 18kHz jusqu'à 200m pour le 200kHz) lors des transits La Réunion-Crozet-Kerguelen-Amsterdam-La Réunion pour 1) poursuivre la distinction des groupes et espèces de zooplancton et micronecton entamée sur les campagnes de collectes simultanées échosondage-chalut/filet et 2) caractériser la variabilité de leur distribution en 3-D sur un important gradient latitudinal (des régions subtropicales à polaires). Les processus physiques sont étudiés simultanément (données in-situ du thermosalinographe et analyses des images satellite), permettant de définir les habitats critiques multi-échelles d'espèces clés des écosystèmes du sud de l'océan Indien. Bénéficiant d'une collaboration étroite avec les programmes en cours et récents d'Obsaustral, REPCCOAI et OISO, et d'autres campagnes, les résultats obtenus devraient permettre de mieux comprendre les écosystèmes mais aussi l'assimilation de ces informations in-situ dans les modèles écosystémiques (programme H2020 MESOPP).
Supplementary document for Metamaterial Eigenmodes beyond Homogenization - 5862846.pdf
Creators: name: Günzler, Antonio
name: Schumacher, Cédric
name: Steiner, Ullrich
name: Saba, Matthias
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized
Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

description: Supplemental
N-Acetyl-l-cysteine ameliorates gestational diabetes mellitus by inhibiting oxidative stress
Creators: name: Xing, Shushan
name: Guo, Zhizhen
name: Lang, Jie
name: Zhou, Miao
name: Cao, Jianfang
name: He, Hongyu
name: Yu, Luyan
name: Zhou, Yang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Objective: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects 7% of pregnant women worldwide. How to effectively treat GDM has always been a concern of people.Research methods: In this study, a diabetes model was established by drug-induced mice. Subsequently, the blood glucose levels and serum insulin changes of the mice after N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) treatment were observed. At the same time, the effect of NAC on reproduction of GDM mice was recorded.Results of the study: Mice fed NAC showed significantly improved glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity compared to Diabetic/Control. Total serum cholesterol, serum triglycerides, and serum low-density lipoprotein were significantly reduced, and atherosclerosis index was much lower than in control mice. In addition, Diabetic/Control mice had lower litter sizes and higher birth weights. NAC treatment significantly restored litter size and reduced birth weight in Diabetic/Control mice. It was found in WB assay that the NAC-fed group significantly increased nuclear Nrf2 and HO-1 expression levels.Conclusion: NAC can improve blood glucose tolerance in GDM mice; NAC effectively relieves the symptoms of hyperlipidemia caused by GDM; NAC enhances the expression of Nrf2/HO-1 in the liver, thereby restoring redox homeostasis. NAC can reduce gestational diabetes-related disease indicators by oral administration, and has a beneficial effect on the offspring of pregnant mice (reduces its diabetes disease indicators).
TOWARDS DE-GLYCATION OF SKIN - USE OF SYMBIOTIC MICROORGANISMS EXTRACTS
Creators: name: André, Amandine
name: Touré, Kaatio
name: Wdzieczak-Bakala, Joanna
name: Stien, Didier
name: Eparvier, Véronique
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Age-related non-enzymatic protein glycation leads in skin to the formation and subsequent accumulation of Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs), mainly carboxymethyl-lysine (CML) and pentosidine (1). Intracellular AGEs have been shown to accumulate in dermal fibroblasts upon aging, inducing oxidative stress and resulting in cell senescence and apoptosis (1, 2).
The aim of this work was to use symbiotic microorganisms extracts to detoxify skin fibroblasts from AGEs. 80 extracts were screened on primary fibroblasts (54 years old donor). The intracellular glycation level was sufficiently high to allow the detection of global AGEs and pentosidine by measuring auto-fluorescence in cell lysates without additional glycation. Following 24h cell treatment the most active extracts decreased significantly the total amounts of AGEs (– 49%) and pentosidine (– 33%). The ability of 11 highly active extracts to reduce the intracellular amount of CML in fibroblasts was then tested using immunofluorescence technique. The 3 most active extracts decreased the amount of CML by 15% in addition to global AGEs and pentosidine.

Phytochemical studies through bioguided fractionation showed increased activities of fractions (CML amount -27%). Transcriptional studies are also in progress to identify a biological mechanism of AGEs degradation.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 2 (2016): Journal of ISANH Volume 3: Special Issue for Maillard Reaction & Glycation
Oral Skin Protection formula reducing glycation and aging effects, while protecting the skin from UV damages
Creators: name: Takeda, Yuji
name: Nasu, Mizuho
name: Tan, AK
name: Takeda, Masada
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs) accumulation in skin tissue shapes wrinkles and is responsible for aged looking skin. It damages fiber network, activates AGEs receptors (RAGE) that induces inflammation and produces reactive oxygen species (ROS). Since UV-radiation intensifies glycation, a way to reduce glycation damages on skin is to protect it from UV-radiation. We discovered that SRE3, a formulation of 3 fermented algae acts as an oral protection which contrary to sunscreen, acts homogenously on the totality of the skin and from the inside. SRE3 metabolites showed UV protection properties by over-expressing Heat Shock Protein. SRE3 protects skin fiber network by reducing AGEs accumulation and slow down wrinkles formation. Furthermore, SRE3 has anti-oxidant property by reducing ROS production and anti-inflammatory property by limiting activation of RAGE.
We realized a double-blinded clinical trial for 12 weeks on 60 healthy adults oral intake of 500mg per day of SRE3 or a placebo. Inflammation and antioxidant markers significantly decreased after 12 weeks and skin visually looked healthier and younger in SRE3 groups.

This study showed that SRE3 protects the skin from UV-radiation from the inside by anti-glycation, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. SRE3 is a potent treatment to prevent skin aging and improving skin health.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 2 (2016): Journal of ISANH Volume 3: Special Issue for Maillard Reaction & Glycation
SRAGE and esRAGE levels show significant inverse relationship to hsCRP in lean, but not in centrally obese apparently healthy adolescents
Creators: name: Sebekova, Katarina
name: Gurecka, Radana
name: Koborova, Ivana
name: Csongova, Melinda
name: Šebek, Jozef
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: HsCRP is a prognostic marker of future cardiovascular events. Low levels of sRAGE associate with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Interactions of RAGE with its ligands activate pro-diabetic, pro-inflammatory, pro-thrombotic, and pro-atherogenic responses. sRAGE might exert protective effects via competitive inhibition of RAGE/ligand interactions. Obesity triggers formation of CRP and is a main determinant of low sRAGE. Data on CRP-to-sRAGE association are contradictory. We hypothesized that obese but not lean subjects present inverse CRP-sRAGE relationship. Association of sRAGE and esRAGE to hsCRP was investigated in 2 284 adolescents aged 16-to-20 years, with regard to hsCRP-imposed cardiovascular risk.
hsCRP
Lean   less than  <1 mg/ml    1- 3 mg/ml   more than 3 mg/ml           p
N                       1 497                 362                    169                   <0.001
hsCRP               0.4±0.2             1.7±0.6***  4.8±1.7***,+++ <0.001
sRAGE            1682±540         1622±520         1491±487***,+ <0.001
esRAGE           345±135           334±129           288±122***,++ <0.001
Waist-to-height  0.42±0.03         0.43±0.03***            0.44±0.03*** <0.001
Centrally obese
N                     123                  92                    41                    <0.001
hsCRP             0.5±0.3            1.9±0.6*** 5.2±2.2***,+++ <0.001
sRAGE            1430±449         1363±403         1329±444         0.35
esRAGE           297±128           273±110           271±121           0.35
Waist-to-height  0.52±0.02         0.55±0.04*** 0.58±0.06***,+++ <0.001

sRAGE and esRAGE correlate significantly with hsCRP only in lean adolescents.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 2 (2016): Journal of ISANH Volume 3: Special Issue for Maillard Reaction & Glycation
Intergenerational Solidarity and Its Effects on Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Elders
Creators: name: Wang, Qi
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: This study explores the association between intergenerational relationships and life satisfaction among urban elders in China, with a focus on the emotional dimension of intergenerational solidarity. Individual factors, effects of associational, affectual, functional and structural solidarity were examined by analyzing data collected from the Zhenjiang City Intergenerational Relationship Survey (ZJIRS) in 2007, Jiangsu province, China. 
Study results revealed that elders’ marital status, educational background, pension, and self-rated health were closely related to the degree of intergenerational solidarity.  A higher level of education, possession of a medical insurance, and better heath condition had a positive relationship with elders’ life satisfaction. Through the comparison of intergenerational exchanges from both parents and children, the study found that Chinese elders had the highest level of life satisfaction when they receive more frequent contacts, financial support, and affection from their children.  This study might contribute to the existing body of literature in the overall theoretic understandings of intergenerational solidarity, life satisfaction, as well as the association between specific dimensions of intergenerational solidarity and older adults’ life satisfaction.
THEMISTO 2022 cruise,Marion Dufresne R/V
Creators: name: Cédric, COTTE
name: TOULLEC Jean-Yves
Publisher: name: Sismer
Year: 2022

description: Cette campagne était la 2ème année d'acquisition de la série de campagne THEMISTO 2021-2024. L'objectif de cette série est l'acquisition et le suivi du zooplancton et du micronecton dans l'Indien sud durant les campagnes "observatoires" Obsaustral dans le but d'examiner leur distribution en 3-D et sa variablité en lien avec les phénomènes physiques et climatiques. THEMISTO a consisté à utiliser l'acoustique active comme outil de mesure de la distribution et des densités d'organismes pélagiques lors des transits La  Réunion-Crozet-Kerguelen-Amsterdam-La Réunion pour i) poursuivre la distinction des groupes et espèces de zooplancton et micronecton entamée sur les campagnes de collectes simultanées échosondage-chalut/filet et ii) caractériser la variabilité de leur distribution en 3-D sur un large gradient latitudinal (des régions subtropicales à polaires). Les mesures physiques ont été obtenues simultanément (données in-situ du thermosalinographe et des stations OISO, et analyses des images satellite), permettant de définir les habitats critiques d'espèces clés des écosystèmes du sud de l'océan Indien. Pour cette deuxième année de campagne, un volet « écophysiologie du krill », originellement présent lors des campagnes  REPCCOAI 2017 et 2019, a été ajouté, permettant de 1) continuer les expérimentations et de compléter les échantillonnages des espèces de krill présentes sur l'axe latitudinal subtropical-front antarctique, et 2) valider par ces prélèvements les relevés réalisés par échosondeur. Il vise à estimer les adaptations thermiques d'un groupe taxonomique clé des écosystèmes et réseaux trophiques pélagiques, le krill, sur un large gradient latitudinal.
Detection of AGEs as markers for carbohydrate metabolism and protein denaturation
Creators: name: Nagai, Ryoji
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Recent studies have demonstrated that intermediate carbonyls are generated by several pathways, and rapidly generate many advanced glycation end products (AGEs). However, accurate quantification of AGEs in vivo is still difficult due to instability and differences in physicochemical properties. Our previous studies showed that GA-pyridine, one of AGEs derived from myeloperoxidase system is detected by monoclonal antibody in human atherosclerotic plaques, and it may be important role in the progression of pathological condition (1). Recently, GA-pyridine was also detected in human atherosclerotic plaque by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Furthermore, we previously demonstrated that S-(2-Succinyl)cysteine (2SC) is formed by a reaction between the thiol group of proteins and fumarate, a Krebs cycle intermediate (2). 2SC is a prominent post-translational modification observed during the maturation of adipocytes. We speculate that the increase in fumarate and 2SC is the result of mitochondrial stress in the adipocyte during adipogenesis and that 2SC may be a useful biomarker of mitochondrial stress in obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes. During the Glycation 2016 conference, I will present the process of protein denaturation induced by glycation and discuss the possibility of using the process as a marker of age-related diseases.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 2 (2016): Journal of ISANH Volume 3: Special Issue for Maillard Reaction & Glycation
Comparative Study of the Effects of Tai Chi and Strength Training on Osteoarthritis in Older Adults
Creators: name: Batra, Abhinandan
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disorder and one of the leading causes of disability in elderly. Tai Chi is seen to be effective in relieving symptoms of OA knee joint. The main aim of this study is to design a Tai Chi program and a strength training program for the elderly with knee OA and to compare the effects of these programs on the range of motion, gait, pain and balance.  20 participants age 55 and over were divided into two groups (Tai Chi and Strength training) based on predetermined criteria. Both the groups showed improvement in WOMAC scores, balance and strength following Tai Chi and strength training intervention for 2 months.
Cyanidin-3-rutinoside protects methylglyoxal-induced DNA damage via carbonyl trapping ability and scavenging reactive oxygen species
Creators: name: Thilavech, Thavaree
name: Adisakwattana, Sirichai
name: Abeywardena, Mahinda
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Methylglyoxal (MG) is recognized as the most reactive glycating agent to produce advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). AGE inhibitors from natural products show more promise to combat AGE-associated diseases through various mechanisms. A derivative of anthocyanin, cyanidin-3-rutinoside (C3R), have been shown antiglycation and antidiabetic activities. This study aimed to determine the protective effect of C3R on MG-induced DNA damage. The addition of MG and lysine to plasmid DNA increased strand breakage of plasmid DNA by 69% and it was reduced by 26% when combined with 1 mM C3R. In the presence of Cu2+, the cleavage of plasmid DNA was 77% higher than lysine/MG without Cu2+ and was markedly reduced by 12% and 18% at 0.5 and 1 mM of C3R, respectively. In addition, C3R (0.125-1 mM) reduced lysine/MG induced generation of hydroxyl radicals and superoxide anion radicals in vitro. Finally, C3R directly trapped MG in a concentration and time dependent manner. These findings suggest that C3R protects against MG-induced oxidative damage to DNA by scavenging free radicals and trapping MG.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 2 (2016): Journal of ISANH Volume 3: Special Issue for Maillard Reaction & Glycation
THEMISTO 2023 cruise,Marion Dufresne R/V
Creators: name: Cédric, COTTE
Publisher: name: Sismer
Year: 2023

description: Cette campagne était la 3ème année d'acquisition de la série de campagne THEMISTO 2021-2024. L'objectif de cette série est l'acquisition et le suivi du zooplancton et du micronecton dans l'Indien sud durant les campagnes "observatoires" Obsaustral dans le but d'examiner leur distribution en 3-D et sa variablité en lien avec les phénomènes physiques et climatiques. THEMISTO a consisté à utiliser l'acoustique active comme outil de mesure de la distribution et des densités d'organismes pélagiques lors des transits La  Réunion-Crozet-Kerguelen-Amsterdam-La Réunion pour i) poursuivre la distinction des groupes et espèces de zooplancton et micronecton entamée sur les campagnes de collectes simultanées échosondage-chalut/filet et ii) caractériser la variabilité de leur distribution en 3-D sur un large gradient latitudinal (des régions subtropicales à polaires). Les mesures physiques ont été obtenues simultanément (données in-situ du thermosalinographe et des stations OISO, et analyses des images satellite), permettant de définir les habitats critiques d'espèces clés des écosystèmes du sud de l'océan Indien. Pour cette troisième année de campagne, un volet génétique a été ajouté pour étudier la diversité génétique dans cette large zone en complément de la diversité acoustique. La méthode d'ADN environnemental a été utilisée pour réaliser l'inventaire génétique du macrozooplancton et du micronecton en prélevant et en filtrant de l'eau sur les stations OISO.
Decision-Making Processes of Primary Informal Caregivers Regarding Care Recipients' Moves to Memory Care
Creators: name: Stanley, Vicki
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: Most persons with a dementia are cared for in the home by family members who experience a broad and considerable amount of stress and whose caregiving careers may include planning for or initiating moves to memory care units (MCUs). This study examines the decision-making processes of primary informal caregivers regarding their care recipients' moves to MCUs. Grounded theory methods were used to collect and analyze data in two long-term care (LTC) facilities varying in characteristics including capacity, state licensure, fees, and resident profiles. Specific aims are two-fold: 1) advance an understanding of how primary informal caregivers of persons with a dementia made decisions for formal memory care, and 2) identify the important factors related to the decision-making process.
Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) canariensis Saussure 1884
Creators: name: Felix, Rob
name: Bouwman, Jaap
name: Odé, Baudewijn
name: Ketelaar, Robert
name: Pham, Duc Minh
name: Bailey, James
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Acrididae
Sphingonotus
Sphingonotus canariensis

description: Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) canariensis Saussure, 1884
Fig. 78
References for Socotra.
Popov (in Uvarov and Popov (1957)): 376; Wranik 1998: 171; Wranik 2003: 323, plate 157.
Diagnostic notes.
Sphingonotus (N.) canariensis is the only member of the subgenus Neosphingonotus Benediktov, 1998, present in the Archipelago. Thickened cross veinlets between the radial and medial veins in the tegmina characterise the subgenus. The intercalary and radial veins are not serrated. The supra-anal plate is triangular or rounded (Husemann et al. 2011).
S. canariensis is a somewhat darker- and uniformly coloured, brownish member of the genus with broad, coarse bands on the tegmina. The hind wings are hyaline and characterised by a narrow complete dark fascia continuing on the anal fan, a feature lacking in other Sphingonotus species in the Archipelago, apart from Sphingonotus (S.) balteatus (Serville, 1838), which has very broad fasciae and a violet base of the hind wing (Fig. 88). Sphingonotus (S.) insularis (Popov, 1957) has short dark fasciae not covering all anal veins in the basally bluish hind wing and a unique habitus, very different from S. canariensis (see species account S. insularis).
Distribution and occurrence.
The type locality of Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) canariensis is considered Cape Verde (Huseman 2020). S. canariensis is widespread in northern Africa, reaching Kenya in the south and parts of the Arabian Peninsula (Huseman 2020). On Socotra, the taxon is apparently rare (or under-recorded) and only collected on two sites in 1953 by Popov and on one site by us in 2010 (Fig. 78).
Habitat and biology.
All collecting sites are open, gravelly plains with low Croton - Jatropha shrubland. RAF Camp and Hadiboh Plain are around 25 m a. s. l. and Wadi Shilhin is at 281 m a. s. l. Records are from January, April and December.
Bioacoustics.
Members of the Oedipodinae subfamily are known to emit quiet, buzzing sounds during rivalry, courtship and flight (Roesti and Keist 2009). The sound of this species is unknown.
description: Published as part of Felix, Rob, Bouwman, Jaap, Odé, Baudewijn, Ketelaar, Robert, Pham, Duc Minh & Bailey, James, 2025, The grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): a comprehensive overview and a description of a new Oecanthus Tree Cricket (Oecanthidae), pp. 21-166 in Contributions to Entomology 75 (1) on pages 21-166, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e144389
The Relationship between Stress, Cortisol Reactivity and Memory Performance in Younger and Older Adults
Creators: name: Pruitt, Jessica
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of this study was to examine age differences in cortisol reactivity and memory performance in younger and older adults exposed to cognitive stressors.  The current study utilized data from the Anxiety, Memory, and Control study (ACME) conducted at Brandeis University.  Stress was measured using a subjective assessment of anxiety and cortisol was measured using a saliva sample.  Memory performance was measured using both declarative and working memory tasks.  The final sample consisted of 28 younger adults (M = 19.8 years, SD = 1.5) and 29 older adults (M = 71.2 years, SD = 6.6).  There were significant age differences in cortisol reactivity with older adults showing increases in cortisol and younger adults showing decreases.  Cortisol reactivity was not significantly related to memory performance for either age group.  Cortisol reactivity did not differentially affect declarative or working memory.  The results suggest age and task anxiety are significantly related to memory performance but cortisol reactivity is not.
Men Feel it too: An Examination of Body Image and Disordered Eating among Older Males
Creators: name: Meadows, Amber
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: This quantitative study examined body image and disordered eating in older males. Using a series of questionnaires and demographic questions, two research questions were explored: a) What are the characteristics of older males in terms of eating and body image? and b) Are disordered eating behaviors among older males related to dissatisfaction with body image, specifically physical appearance or physical functioning? Paired samples t-tests revealed that older males rated their ideal body figure as significantly smaller than their current figure, t(35) = -5.53, p < .01, which indicates the presence of body dissatisfaction. Twenty percent of participants were found to be at risk for disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. Furthermore, a correlation was found between disordered eating attitudes and body dissatisfaction particularly as it relates to physical appearance, (r(33) = -.486, p < .01).
THEMISTO 2024 cruise,Marion Dufresne R/V
Creators: name: Cédric, COTTE
name: TOULLEC Jean-Yves
Publisher: name: Sismer
Year: 2024

description: Cette campagne correspond à la 4ème année de la prolongation de la précédente série de campagne THEMISTO afin de poursuivre l'acquisition et le suivi du zooplancton et du micronecton dans l'Indien sud durant les campagnes "observatoires" Obsaustral. La campagne a permis d'examiner en partie la distribution en 3-D du zooplancton et du micronecton et sa variabilité en lien avec les phénomènes physiques et climatiques. THEMISTO s'est appuyé sur l'acoustique active comme outil de mesure de la distribution et des densités d'organismes pélagiques lors des transits La Réunion-Crozet-Kerguelen-Amsterdam-La Réunion pour i) poursuivre la distinction des groupes et espèces de zooplancton et micronecton entamée sur les campagnes de collectes simultanées échosondage-chalut et ii) caractériser la variabilité de leur distribution en 3-D sur un important gradient latitudinal (des régions subtropicales à polaires). Les processus physiques ont été mesurés simultanément (données in-situ du thermosalinographe avec l'équipe OISO, et du cytomètre avec l'équipe MAPIO, et analyses des images satellite), permettant de définir les habitats critiques multi-échelles d'espèces clés des écosystèmes du sud de l'océan Indien. Pour cette quatrième année de campagne, le volet « écophysiologie du krill », originellement présent lors des campagnes REPCCOAI 2017 et 2019 et THEMISTO 2022, a permis de 1) continuer les expérimentations et le renouvellement des échantillons des espèces de krill présentes sur l'axe latitudinal tropical-subtropical-subantarctique-zone polaire et 2) valider par ces prélèvements au chalut des relevés réalisés par échosondeur. Il vise à estimer les adaptations thermiques sur une espèce clé des écosystèmes pélagiques, le krill, sur un large gradient latitudinal. La campagne 2024 a combiné l'approche acoustique, l'écophysiologie, la génétique et la bioluminescence pour mieux décrire les communautés de  macrozooplancton et micronecton de la zone Sud Indienne.
Exploring the Influence of Functional Status on Older Adults' Social Relationships in Assisted Living Communities
Creators: name: Sandhu, Navtej
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Social relationships can have considerable influence on physical and mental well-being. AL research suggests that other residents are among the most available social contacts and that co-resident relationships can affect life satisfaction, quality of life, and well-being. Although functional status influences social relationships, research has yet to provide an in-depth understanding of how cognitive and physical function affects co-resident relationships in AL. In this thesis, I present an analysis of qualitative data collected over a one-year period in two diverse settings. The thesis addressed: 1) How does functional status influence co-resident relationships? ; and 2) What factors shape its influence? Analysis was guided by principles of Grounded Theory Method. Coming together and pulling apart signifies the key finding that functional status is multi-directional, fluid, and operates in different ways in various situations and across time. Facility and resident –level factors further affect the influence of functional status on co-resident relationships.
THETIS 2 cruise,Le Suroît R/V
Creators: name: SEND Uwe
name: DESAUBIES Yves
name: MILLOT Claude
Publisher: name: Sismer
Year: 1994

description: Récupération de sept mouillages bathysonde : XBT, ADCP, Pegasus.Cette campagne a été effectuée dans le cadre d'un échange de navire avec l'Allemagne. Rattachée au projet THETIS 2 dont les objectifs sont : développer un système de suivi acoustique pour déterminer les échanges à long terme dans les bassins de la Méditerranée occidentale ; conduire une expérience pilote :          1) développer un système de surveillance acoustique pour déterminer les changements à long terme dans le bassin méditerranéen occidental ;          2) mener une expérience expérimentale d'un an sur le terrain. En outre, un programme de vérification océanographique comprenant des CTD et des XBT a été réalisé.
Marriage and Memory in Older Adults
Creators: name: Kumar, Renu
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Some loss in memory is considered a part of normal aging; however, there is a considerable heterogeneity in cognitive aging among older adults.  Studies show that living arrangements, social interaction, social relationships and size of social network are among the predictors of memory decline for older adults.  Moreover, marriage has been associated with physiological health as well as psychological and social well-being.  This study has examined the relationship between the marital status and memory performance in older adults.  It was hypothesized that (1) being married will be positively related to memory of older adults; (2) participants with larger supportive social network will perform better on memory tests; and (3) that quality of married life will be positively related to memory for married older adults.  Results from this study did not support the hypotheses when age was controlled suggesting no relationship between marital status and memory performance.