Performance trends of elite marathoners are well investigated. However, performance of elderly marathoners (> 75 years) competing in the world's largest city marathons is not well-known. We examined marathon race data of 1,691 marathon finishes (i.e. 218 women and 1,473 men) competing between 1990 and 2014 in 5-year age groups 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, and 95-99 years in four races (Berlin, New York...

Povzetek. Sodobne organizacije se spreminjajo zelo pogosto. Spremembe se poskuša izvesti hitro in učinkovito. Spremembe pogosto vključujejo spremembe IS zaradi njegovega pomena v organizacijah. Odpor do sprememb spada med ključne dejavnike uspeha večjih projektov in programov IT. Obvladovanje odpora ne pomaga organizacijam zgolj izvesti spremembe hitreje in učinkoviteje, temveč je hkrati tudi p...

This study was carried out from Jan '12-Dec '12 to assess current practice in Kerry General Hospital against the age related indicators for colonoscopies. A total of 1474 colonoscopies were performed, 1177 (79.9%) were diagnostic and 297 (20.10%) were therapeutic, patients were divided into 4 age groups under 75, 75-80, 81-85, 86+. The trend analysis revealed an increase in diagnostic colonosco...

There will be more than twice as many old people aged over 80 years old in 2050 than there are now (Figure 1). The share in the population will rise from 3.9% in 2010 to 10% in 2050 across OECD countries; and from 4.7%to 11.3% across 27 EU Member States. Between one quarter and one half of them will need help in their daily lives. Yet governments are struggling to deliver highquality care to th...