Population is ageing at an unprecedented speed globally. As concept, ageing is considered a continuous process starting from birth and is accompanied by various physiological changes and a number of chronic diseases that affect health and quality of life. Ageing as a continuous process is depending on life course exposures to health risks, lifestyle and nutrition, socioeconomic background, and …
Life in an ageing society is a truly novel experience. For most of our species’ history, a large majority of people were young and life much beyond 60 seemingly a rarity (Thane, 2005). Now, populations around the world are ageing. It might be happening in countries at different speeds and to varying extents, but it is an almost universal phenomenon.
This volume presents a range of research approaches to the exploration of ageing during a pandemic situation. One of the first collections of its kind, it offers an array of studies employing research methodologies that lend themselves to replication in similar contexts by those seeking to understand the effects of epidemics on older people. Thematically organised, it shows how to reconcile qua…
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the developed countries. In the past decade, great progress has been made in understanding the pathobiology and genetics of this blinding disease, as well as in finding new therapies for its treatment. These include the discovery of several genes that are associated with the risk of AMD, new anti-VEGF tr…
The concept of information freshness has developed over the last few years into an active and rapidly growing area of research. It has become known as the Age of Information (AoI). After its initial formal introduction, it became clear that it was very relevant (if not crucial) for numerous applications, ranging from autonomous vehicle systems, the Internet of Things, real-time computing to dat…
"Kebenaran tentang Gurun" mengeksplorasi kondisi kehidupan di mana pengungsi Tuareg dari Mali utara membangun kembali kehidupan mereka di diaspora Nigerien dan bagaimana kondisi ini mempengaruhi pemahaman diri dan praktik budaya mereka, hierarki status yang sudah ada, dan pembentukan identitas agama. Buku ini menyeimbangkan perhatian akademis sebelumnya terhadap bangsawan Tuareg dengan memfokus…
Karya ini membandingkan proses dan praktik kolonisasi internal Amerika dan Rusia pada abad kesembilan belas, suatu bentuk ekspansi kontinen yang berdampingan, imperialisme, dan kolonialisme yang mengintegrasikan tanah dan masyarakat pribumi. Ini memberikan pemeriksaan kritis dan komparatif tentang kolonisasi internal yang dilakukan oleh Amerika Serikat dan Rusia dan dialami oleh dua populasi pr…
“The Sting of Death” and Other Stories merupakan kumpulan cerita pendek yang mengeksplorasi kompleksitas pengalaman manusia dalam masyarakat modern pasca Perang Dunia II. Melalui gaya naratif yang halus namun emosional, cerita-cerita di dalamnya menyelami isu-isu identitas, hubungan antarmanusia, memori, dan rasa keterasingan di tengah perubahan sosial yang cepat. Penulis menghadirkan tokoh…
"Bintang" untuk Pemula Dalam "Bintang Penebusan", yang ditulis di akhir dan setelah Perang Dunia I dan diterbitkan pada tahun 1921, Franz Rosenzweig mempersembahkan filosofi agama yang terinspirasi Yahudi yang mengubah paradigma. Dalam tiga langkah, masing-masing dengan tiga bab atau "buku," Rosenzweig menguraikan pandangannya tentang Tuhan, dunia, dan manusia, hubungan mereka satu sama lain, s…
Vila Romano-British dan Pemakaman Anglo-Saxon di Eccles, Kent menyajikan studi tentang lembah Medway tengah dan bawah selama milenium pertama Masehi. Fokus utamanya adalah vila Romawi Eccles dan pemakaman Anglo-Saxon, yang digali antara tahun 1962–1976 dan dipimpin oleh Alec Detsicas. Sebuah laporan tentang vila penting ini sepanjang sejarah panjangnya disajikan, dan penilaian ulang terhadap …