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Who is Responsible for Addressing Racial Disparities and Health Equity in Older Adults?

disparities and health inequities that arise and that perpetuate. It is a public health crisis worth resolving. To resolve this crisis will require political will, education, financial resources, and ... research institutions, and county, state, and federal governments. Additionally, we must be aware of the politics and political agenda in our society at all levels. As Daniel Dawes states in his book, The

Gerontology’s Political Blind Spot

adult political attitudes; Older adult conservatism - The gerontology profession is in the business of understanding the lives of older people and devising interventions to make them better. Many of ... roots of this dissonance and begin to grapple with the political and professional questions it raises. Gerontologists should gain a better understanding of white elder conservatism and begin to grapple

Aging in the Americas: Policy Implications for Latino and Mexican Populations

receive less attention and, in some respects, have yet to reach the policy agendas of the emerging Latino political empowerment organizations (e.g., Congressional Hispanic Caucus). In this issue of PPAR

Philosophy of voltage-gated proton channels

In this review, voltage-gated proton channels are considered from a mainly teleological perspective. Why do proton channels exist? What good are they? Why did they go to such lengths to develop several unique hallmark properties such as extreme selectivity and ΔpH-dependent gating? Why is their current so minuscule? How do they manage to be so selective? What is the basis for our...

Aspects of Mossi History: A Bibliography

This bibliography provides the basis for a research survey on the political, ideological, economic, and cultural aspects of the Mossi states. As such, it focuses on historical writings pertaining to ... clusters from which sprang smaller states, such as Yako, Busma, Bulsa, Conquiztenga, Tatenga, Ratenga, Zitenga,and Mané. The Mossi states shared the same political structure based on a ‘model’ that first

Aspects of Mossi History: A Bibliography

This bibliography provides the basis for a research survey on the political, ideological, economic, and cultural aspects of the Mossi states. As such, it focuses on historical writings pertaining to ... clusters from which sprang smaller states, such as Yako, Busma, Bulsa, Conquiztenga, Tatenga, Ratenga, Zitenga,and Mané. The Mossi states shared the same political structure based on a ‘model’ that first

Preserving Senior Housing in a Changing City: Innovative Efforts of an Interprofessional Coalition

Environment (Ethics, Place & Environment (Merged with Philosophy and Geography))  , 12 ( 2 ), 219 – 234 . Duggan , M . ( 2017 , February 21). State of the City Address  . HOPE, Detroit, MI ... /680627001/ Taylor , P . ( 1999 ). Places, spaces and Macy’s: place–space tensions in the political geography of modernities . Progress in Human Geography  , 23 ( 1 ), 7 – 26 . Retrieved from

Critical transition between cohesive and population-dividing responses to change

important phenomena, from political polarization to the evolution of distinct ecological traits, may be cast in terms of division of populations, we expect our findings and method to be useful and applicable ... Arab Spring and the European debt crisis in 2011 have paved the way for major restructuring of the political, economic and social systems around the world. Such rapid social changes, punctuated by

Aging and Technology: Taking the Research into the Real World

Within the research community there is a “publish or perish” philosophy where researchers are incentivized to produce publications and research grants in order to obtain promotions and tenure-track ... together. This is far from a straightforward process and technocratic approaches have often failed to recognize that these kinds of enterprises have social and political dimensions. Moreover, the development

Relevance relations for the concept of reproducibility

science, consciousness studies). It is evident that, according to the authors professional profiles, many areas of human knowledge, such as economics, law, political science, history and others, had to be ... philosophy of science and in communication theory, we propose the concept of a relevance relation as an effective tool to distinguish relevant from irrelevant features of a system at a given level of

A New Minimum Benefit in Social Security to Help Vulnerable Retirees

. The measure could also face difficult political challenges, depending on the overall climate in which Social Security reforms are being considered. Nevertheless, the simulated data clearly show that a ... ). Privatizing risk without privatizing the welfare state: The hidden politics of social policy retrenchment in the United States . American Political Science Review  , 98 , 243 – 260 . doi: 10.1017

Expanding Self Direction and Its Impact on Quality

inspection model. Perhaps, the best example of this philosophy is the nursing home star rating, which continues to exclude the resident or family voice from the rating system. Although the home and community ... -based quality approaches do a better job of incorporating consumer input, it is still limited in scope. The regulatory philosophy that drives the current system continues to be based on an inspection

Building on the Past, Securing the Future: Area Agencies on Aging and Older Americans Act Reauthorization

establishing new priorities, building on the evolution of AAA roles, and setting the stage for continued growth and impact. Seeking to provide research to inform the complex and multilayered political processes

International Investment in Geroscience

research in the medical field. We need to resist the urge to sacrifice scientific progress for the sake of political gain. Partnerships across research sectors and boundaries will be needed if we are to

Information and Communication Technologies and the Digital Divide in Africa: A Review of the Periodical Literature, 2000-2012

. The author feels that the GIS revolution could not have come at a better time for Africa, which is experiencing more democratic political, economic, and media revolutions at the same time. Darley ... between FOSS, and looks at the advantages of using FOSS. The paper also details the political issues involved in the implementation of FOSS, on both the private and the governmental level. May concludes by

Information and Communication Technologies and the Digital Divide in Africa: A Review of the Periodical Literature, 2000-2012

. The author feels that the GIS revolution could not have come at a better time for Africa, which is experiencing more democratic political, economic, and media revolutions at the same time. Darley ... between FOSS, and looks at the advantages of using FOSS. The paper also details the political issues involved in the implementation of FOSS, on both the private and the governmental level. May concludes by

Towards synthetic biological approaches to resource utilization on space missions

from scratch that directly manufacture the desired products efficiently. 2.4. Problem solution philosophy Because carbon dioxide and nitrogen compounds are the dominant available resources, organisms ... bioproduction designs, selected for its high CO2-fixation efficiency and biomanufacture viability (see 2.5). Our design philosophy involves (figure 3) (1) using acetogens and methanogens to efficiently convert

Advancing a Retirement Income Security Agenda for All Generations

spending will bankrupt the nation. As William Greider writes in The Nation, the political consequences of this shift in meaning are not benign: For many years, the smug elites of Wall Street have peddled ... “entitlement reform” as a sly euphemism for cutting Social Security. And Washington’s political elites, including President Obama, bought into the propaganda. Social Security, not to mention Medicare and

African Ethnonyms and Toponyms: An Annotated Bibliography

, and the socio-political facets. Geographical facet. One of the prominent functions of names in general is to empower the users to refer to the entities named. This is of paramount importance in the case ... -political facet. Because naming and using names constitute verbal acts as the preceding paragraph show, they lend themselves to a multitude of social practices including socio-political ones. Not surprisingly

Foreign Periodicals on Africa

, v.31:no.1/3(AEU1392). 427. Nigerian journal of electoral and political behaviour / National Electoral Commission. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1 99O)- -- Lagos: The Commission, 1990 -. National Electoral ... . (AEU2811) 507. Report on the 1990 general and presidential elections. -- : University of Zimbabwe, Dept. of Political and Administrative Studies, 1991- (Occasional paper series / Election Studies