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Vieillesse et recherche sur la vieillesse en Suisse – Version digitale (245 pages)
Etudes réalisée dans le cadre des travaux préparatoires du Programme national de recherche N° 32:
Le nombre des retraités va connaître une forte croissance au cours des prochaines décennies. Il en résultera un fort vieillissement de la population. Cette évolution posera à notre société de nombreuses questions qui exigent des études solides. Cet ouvrage présente la situation actuelle de la recherche sur la vieillesse en Suisse et recueille, dans une perspective interdisciplinaire, les principaux résultats proposés dans les travaux de gérontologie.
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Vieillissement différentiel: hommes et femmes – Version digitale (192 pages)
Depuis le début du siècle, l’espérance de vie de l’homme et de la femme a considérablement augmenté. Cependant, la femme, par un accroissement plus marqué de son espérance de vie, a nettement creusé la différence par rapport à l’homme. Une des conséquences majeures de ce gain d’années de vie des femmes est que les problèmes du vieillissement touchent différemment l’homme et la femme; les recherches portant sur la spécificité de chaque sexe mettent en lumière une mosaïque complexe de résultats. Les causes de cette différenciation sont intriquées, les facteurs biologiques et psycho-comportementaux se recoupant maintes fois à des facteurs socio-historiques tels que les progrès de la médecine et de l’hygiène ou encore les changements de rôles de l’homme et de la femme. Tout chercheur amené à s’intéresser à l’étude du vieillissement ainsi qu’à l’étude de l’homme et de la femme s’interroge sur les mécanismes en jeu et sur les explications des ces différences ou de ces non-différences.
Ce dossier de recherche est destiné à toutes les personnes s’intéressant aux aspects interdisciplinaires de l’étude du vieillissement et de la différence entre hommes et femmes.
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Anti-Ageing Medicine: Myths and Chances – Version PDF
€30.00The 21st century technological development is revolutionizing medicine and health care, bringing new hopes to human suffering by offering cures and treatments which were unthinkable a few decades ago. This is where anti-ageing medicine finds its niche.
Anti-ageing medicine aims at slowing, arresting, and reversing phenomena associated with ageing by merging biotechnological innovation and engineered solutions. Ideally, by means of the newest medical technology, the ‘body machinery’ should be kept fit and at peak performance all life long. Early detection of age-related dysfunction should thus be ‘fixed’ at any age with interventions such as metabolic fine tuning, enhancement, regeneration, restoration or replacement of ‘body parts’ (i.e. organs, skin, bone or muscle). It covers a vast array of domains: from cell therapy to pharmaceutical interventions, from bio-surgery to aesthetic surgery, from human enhancement to fortified food, from smart housing and robots to toxic-free environments.
Anti-ageing medicine holds promises but also significant risks and safety issues which are addressesd in this book. It presents the latest scientific evidence on what works or does not work. It also provides public policy recommendations to ensure the protection of consumers and their rights while encouraging research and development.
This book is intended for academics, health professionals, business persons, consumers and policy-makers interested in the latest evidence and ethical issues about anti-ageing medicine.
From Exclusion to Inclusion in Old Age
€10.00In Europe, people are living longer and in better health than ever before (Jagger et al, 2011). The rise of multigeneration societies has created the potential for unprecedented forms of exclusion and discrimination that are intertwined with age, giving rise to new images of ageing and old age and to different attitudes towards old age among older and younger persons.Yet it would be unwise to conceive of ageing per se as a cause of exclusion. In fact, the problem of social exclusion based on age may take different forms in different countries, reflecting their diverse age profiles and expectations as well as differing cultural orientations to age.The very complexity of these differences calls for a reconsideration of the application of distributive justice and highlights the need for a human rights-based approach that includes the old and very old. In this chapter, we argue that the promotion of social inclusion – with a sustainable governance system – through the allocation of equal rights to people of all ages represents an important element of a ‘society for all ages’ (UNECE, 2008).
The European Commission (2000) regards ‘discrimination’ as being the application of different treatment in a negative and unfavourable way, on the basis of race or origin, ethnicity, religion or convictions, handicap, age, or sexual orientation. In addressing the theme of social exclusion based on age discrimination in Europe, this chapter begins with a review of core processes of discrimination and exclusion based on old age, such as ageism, stigmatisation and stereotyping.Where appropriate,recent European data are presented to illuminate these processes.The chapter then evaluates a range of existing policy responses to age discrimination and exclusion in the form of legislative instruments available in European nations. Extending the lens beyond Europe, the focus then moves towards a variety of mechanisms and programmes initiated by the United Nations (UN) in the field of older persons’ human rights.
A 1000 Noses…. The Science of Smell – Ebook Version
Among the 5 senses we have, the sense of smell or olfaction1 is the least known and the most underrated of all. Yet the science of smell has much more mysteries and realities to reveal than meets the eye and nose…
An increasing body of scientific literature is unveiling new findings about the “olfactive machinery” and about its influence on a spectrum of human areas such as moods, cognition, performance, health, behaviour, all of which can have far reaching consequences on the future of flavour and fragrance.
For diagnosing, treating physical and mental illnesses, enhancing or doping the mood and performance with a range of potential innovative research, products and new markets for the fragrance industry.
This e‐book will give an overview of what we currently know of smell and olfaction: how smell works, what factors influence its perception, what effects smell has on the many areas of human life. Last but not least, it will analyse what implications those findings can have for the fragrance sector in general with a set of recommendations. Along the review, new research methods and measurements were collected to provide elements of novel study designs of olfaction for fragrance, which merge neuroscience with electro‐physiology parameters and psycho‐behavioural science.
Cutting edge science of smell will be addressed with the following perspectives in mind which will be presented in the last part of this e‐book:
- Implication for research and development
- Changes on the technology used to research and test
- Improvement in communication content, both for staff training and publicity
- Impact on reshaping marketing strategies
- Development of new markets (e.g. B2B)
This e‐book is divided in 3 parts:
- the “Anatomy of Smell”, the components and mechanism of the olfactory system and smell processing
- the “Power of Smell”, from the influencing factors to the impact of smell and its regeneration power
- the “Future of Smell and Fragrance”, an analysis of the implications for the private sector