aging effect
1aging — ag·ing (āʹjĭng) n. 1. The process of growing old or maturing. 2. An artificial process for imparting the characteristics and properties of age. * * * Gradual change in an organism that leads to increased risk of weakness, disease, and death. It… …
2Aging of wine — Bottles of wine in an underground cellar aging The aging of wine, and its ability to potentially improve wine quality, distinguishes wine from most other consumable goods. While wine is perishable and capable of deteriorating, complex chemical… …
3Aging offender — An aging offender or an elderly offender in an individual over the age of 55 who breaks the law or is in prison. [Newman, Newman Gewirtz Is Special Treatment Needed For Elderly Offenders? p. 4] It is also a term than can refer to the concept of… …
4Mexican Health and Aging Study — The Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) was the first panel study of health and aging in Mexico. MHAS was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (AG 18016, BJ Soldo, PI). The study was a… …
5Impact of alcohol on aging — The impact of alcohol on aging is multifaceted. Evidence shows that alcohol consumption can cause both accelerated aging ndash; in which symptoms of aging appear earlier than normal ndash; and exaggerated aging, in which the symptoms appear at… …
6Memory and aging — One of the key concerns of older adults is the experience of memory loss, especially as it is one of the hallmark symptoms of Alzheimer s disease. However, memory loss is qualitatively different in normal aging from the kind of memory loss… …
7Dynamic strain aging — Although sometimes dynamic strain aging is used interchangeably with the Portevin–Le Chatelier effect (or serrated yielding), dynamic strain aging refers specifically to the microscopic mechanism that induces the Portevin–Le Chatelier effect.… …
8DNA damage theory of aging — The DNA damage theory of aging proposes that aging is a consequence of unrepaired DNA damage accumulation. Damage in this context includes chemical reactions that mutate DNA and/or interfere with DNA replication. Although both mitochondrial and… …
9human aging — ▪ physiology and sociology Introduction physiological changes that take place in the human body leading to senescence, the decline of biological functions and of the ability to adapt to metabolic stress. In humans the physiological… …
10Positivity effect — In psychology and cognitive science, the positivity effect is the tendency of people, when evaluating the causes of the behaviors of a person they like, to attribute positive behaviors to the person s inherent disposition and negative behaviors… …
