The Effect Analysis of Aging Preparation Between National and Private Medical Workers
The purpose of this study is to find out the differences in between national and private medical institutions` perception towards aging, and to analyze how their different perceptions effect each of their later life preparation. A total of 783 questionnaires were distributed among national and private medical institution workers. Frequency analysis, t-test, hierarchical regression analysis was conducted from the collected data via SPSS 21.0. The results were the following. Firstly, there was a partial difference in their perception of aging, government policy satisfaction and later life preparation. National medical institutions were better than private medical institutions in all three terms. Also, perception of aging and government policy satisfaction were higher-than-average in both institutions, but in later life preparation, both scored lower-than-average. Secondly, the factors affecting preparation for aging were significantly different between these two institutions. Also, how each factors affected later life preparation was partially different. In conclusion, effects of factor was difference in aging preparation between national and private medical institutions workers. We need to provide as basic data for education and policy making for aging preparation.
Change in social support after retirement: longitudinal findings from the Normative Aging Study.
Although retirement is generally thought to lead to a decline in social support due to a loss of social contacts with coworkers, the evidence for this is at best contradictory. This longitudinal study examined change in social support among 1,311 men, participants in the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study, over a 3-year period. In general, long-term retirees reported the least quantitative social support, and the continuing full-time workers the most; however, change in workforce status produced no apparent effect on quantitative support over the duration of this study. In general, qualitative support showed no retirement effects. We also examined more specific patterns of coworker friendship and again found a pattern similar to that of general quantitative support. The findings support our earlier suggestion of a distinction between retirement as a transition and retirement as a state, and also support the convoy model of social support in late life and the selectivity theory of developmental adaptation to aging.
Avian infectious bronchitis.
Avian infectious bronchitis (IB) is caused by the gammacoronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV). The virus causes infections mainly in chickens and is a significant pathogen of commercial meat and egg type birds. IB is an acute, contagious disease characterised primarily by respiratory signs in growing chickens. In hens, decreased egg production and quality are often observed. Some strains of the virus are nephropathogenic and produce interstitial nephritis and mortality. The severity of IBV-induced respiratory disease is enhanced by the presence of other pathogens, including bacteria, leading to chronic complicated airsacculitis. Diagnosis of IB requires virus isolation or demonstration of viral nucleic acid from diseased flocks. Demonstration of a rising serum antibody response may also be useful. The widespread use of live and inactivated vaccines may complicate both the interpretation of virus isolation and serology findings. The occurrence of antigenic variant strains may overcome immunity induced by vaccination.