The concept of ‘active ageing’ has received much attention through strategic policy frameworks such as that initiated by the World Health Organisation, and through government and non-governmental organisation initiatives. The primary goal of these initiatives is to encourage older people to be active and productive, and to enhance quality of life, health and wellbeing. It is well known that wit...

OBJECTIVES To analyse the role of thymic function and its association with cellular immunosenescence markers in patients with low-level CD4 T cell repopulation, despite complete HIV RNA replication control on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). METHODS Cellular immunosenescence markers comparing patients with CD4 T cell counts or=48 weeks (n = 11) and patien...

Sensory properties are fundamental in determining the success of a cosmetic product. In this work, we assessed the influence of different oils and emulsifiers on the physicochemical and sensory properties of anti-ageing cosmetic O/W emulsions containing vitamin E acetate as active ingredient. No clear correlation between physicochemical properties and sensory characteristics was evidenced. Sens...

Serious instability occurred only with ergometrine injection. This result is in line with two earlier longitudinal studies during transport to and within tropical countries, in which only ergometrine injection, methylergometrine injection, and retinol capsules showed a loss of active ingredient; 12 other essential drugs were stable. 5 As all three studies focused on essential drugs suspected of...

BACKGROUND With ageing of the HIV-infected population, long-term exposure to treatment, varying adherence, emerging resistance and complications to therapies, effectiveness of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) needs to be monitored continuously at the population level. The German HIV-1 Seroconverter Cohort is a multi-centre, open, long-term observational cohort including patients wit...

The degradation process of Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting lasers with high speed and a central wavelength at 850 nm is investigated via constant-current accelerated aging experiments. Degradation the photoelectric performances under different operating conditions are characterized by optical output power, forward reverse bias current–voltage. 1/f noise characteristics formation mechanism disc...

Abstract The current approach to “aging well” emphasizes the importance of active leisure participation in late adulthood. This relates view that activities enable older adults stay physically, mentally, and socially active, they thereby contribute wellbeing. In spring 2020, activity engagement was significantly hampered by COVID-19 pandemic. study explores leisure-related experiences adaptatio...