Physical activity and quality of life play an important role in enhancing successful ageing. The development of an effective exercise programme advertised towards community-dwelling older adults may be essential for maintaining their successful ageing.

Fatal casualties resulting from explosions of electric vehicles and energy storage systems equipped with lithium-ion batteries have become increasingly common worldwide. As a result, interest in developing safer and more advanced battery systems has grown. Aqueous batteries are emerging as a promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries, which offer advantages such as low cost, safety, high ionic conductivity, and environmental friendliness. In this Review, we discuss the challenges and recent strategies for various aqueous battery systems that use lithium, zinc, sodium, magnesium, and aluminium ions as carrier ions. We also highlight the three key factors that need the most improvement in these aqueous battery systems: higher operating voltage for the cathode, a more stable metal anode interface, and a larger electrochemical stability window of the electrolyte.

Sol-Gel Preparation of AuCu and Au 4 Cu Nanocluster Alloys inSilica Thin Films.-The nanocluster alloys of title in SiO 2 thin films are prepared by a sol-gel process starting with HAuCl·4H 2 O, Cu(NO 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 O, and Si(OEt) 4 . XRD data show that the lattice parameters of these nanocluster alloys, both having fcc structure, are very close to the bulk values. The nanocrystals obtained by annealing at 900 • C are nearly sherical in shape. The peaks of the optical spectra are located at 555 nm for AuCu and at 562 nm for AuCu 4 . -(GWAK, J.-H.; KIM, S.-J.; LEE, M.; J.

of the grandparents in the EC group had their grandchildren tested, whereas only 40% in the non-EC group had their grandchildren tested. Qualitative findings indicated that both groups of grandparents were not accessing healthcare services to address their significant health needs. The majority of the grandparents experienced barriers such as limited or no health insurance, physical health problems, poverty, and stress. Attributes that improved health among the grandparents included access to community health events, HIV testing, social support through ECs, resilience, and sacrifice. Cambodia is a health poor country with health expenditure 5.68% of GDP in 2014 according to the WHO, with an ageing population. In the 2008 census, 6.34% of the population were over 60, rising to 11.1% predicted by 2030. At present there are no focused services existing in the country to care for the complex and specific health needs of older people and very little in terms of expertise. COMMUNITY COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRICSA consultant geriatrician from the UK and a Cambodian social worker, undertook comprehensive geriatrics assessment (CGA) in the community, identifying and assessing older people for their health, financial and social needs. We studied 38 older people age 59 to 92 over a 4 month period in 3 semi-rural villages in Siem Reap province.Many of the health needs in older people in Cambodia are very similar to those recognised in developed countries, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, incontinence, dementia and poor mobility. For example, of the 38 surveyed 29% suffered from severe incontinence affecting quality of life, 34% had difficulty using their squat toilet, 68% had problems with their vision and it was considered that 37% would benefit from a physiotherapist.The service that was developed involved a trained social worker co-ordinating access and transport to health services that already exist, provision of equipment, expertise in physiotherapy, nutritional support and financial assistance when required.We produced a simple, reproducible, cost-effective model to deliver basic health and social care support to older people in a developing country with an ageing population. Resilience and Care, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3. Castelo Branco University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Currently, Brazil has 23% of its population consisting of elderly. Seeking better health conditions and quality of life, the participation and social support networks are the focus of gerontology. The Community Dwelling Project for the Elderly of the Municipal Secretariat of Active Ageing, Resilience and Care (SEMEARC) of Rio de Janeiro City Government gives users a space of coexistence and social integration through various activities. The objective was to evaluate the quality of life of elders in the program. We conducted an exploratory, transversal and descriptive quantitative research. The sample consisted of 113 women aged 73.05 ± 7.50. To measure the quality of life, WHOQOL Bref and WHOQOLOld were used. The results for the WHOQOL-BREF p...

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