Cause of Death among Young-old, Old-old and Oldest-old Patients in a Single Center During 15 Years

Speech Corpus Spoken by Young-old, Old-old and Oldest-old Japanese

We have constructed a new speech data corpus, using the utterances of 100 elderly Japanese people, to improve speech recognition accuracy of the speech of older people. Humanoid robots are being developed for use in elder care nursing homes. Interaction with such robots is expected to help maintain the cognitive abilities of nursing home residents, as well as providing them with companionship. ...

Differences in suicide between the old and the oldest old.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of our study is to examine suicide trends among the old (65-79 years) and oldest old (80+ years). METHODS All persons aged 50 or older who committed suicide in Denmark during 1972-1998 are included in the analysis. Suicide trends are analyzed by sex, age, civil status, and methods. Age, period, and cohort effects are examined graphically. RESULTS In all, 17,729 person...

Becoming Oldest-old: Evidence

Long-term maintenance of retest learning in young old and oldest old adults.

This study examined the maintenance of retest learning benefits in young old and oldest old adults over an 8-month period in 3 cognitive abilities: reasoning, perceptual-motor speed, and visual attention. Twenty-four young old (aged 70-79 years, M = 74.2) and 23 oldest old adults (aged 80-90 years, M = 83.6) who participated in a previously published study (Yang, L., Krampe, R. T., & Baltes, P....

The Prevalence of Allergic Rhinitis among 11-15 Years-old Children in Shiraz

Background: Allergic rhinitis is one of the most common forms of allergic disorders affecting children. The prevalence rate of allergic rhinitis differs among countries and even among regions within the same country.   Objectives: To determine the prevalence of childhood allergic rhinitis and the presence and significance of eosinophilia in nasal secretions.   Method: 4584 children aged 11-15 y...