About a century ago, the average lifespan(寿命) for Americans was about 50 years.Today, the typical American lives for around seventy-eight years.According to a German aging study, the maximum lifespan in industrialized countrieshas increased by two years every decade since the mid 19th century...
Human sexualityrefers to people’s sexual interest in and attraction to others, as well as their capacity to have erotic experiences and responses.Sexuality may be experienced and expressed in a variety of ways, including thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviors, practices...
These advances helpedincrease the average lifespan.Medical discoveries after World War I tended to benefit olderpeople. Treatments for heart disease, for example, have allowedⅢ.阅读理解 About a century ago, the average lifespan(寿命)for Americans was about 50 years. Today, the typical American ...
Motility. Washington, DC: American Physiologic Society; 1968. Handbook of Physiology; vol 4, sect 6. Alimentary CanalGoogle Scholar 22. Car ARoman C Deglutition and oesophageal reflex contractions induced by electrical stimulation of the medulla oblongata. Exp Brain Res 1970;1175- 92PubMedGoogle...
American Kennel Club: Poodle (Miniature) One Of The Most Loving And Devoted Breeds Is Known As A 'Velcro Dog' Sviatlana Barchan/Getty Images Dogs have demonstrated their love and devotion for their human companionsthroughout history. However, some breeds can be more affectionate, even clingy, ...
Subjective age--the age people think of themselves asbeing--is measured in a representative Danish sample of 1,470 adults between 20 and 97 years of age through personal, in-home interviews. On the average, adults younger than 25 have older subjective ages, and those older than 25 have you...
Recessive gene disorders, such as cystic fibrosis and sickle-cell anemia, are less common but may actually claim more lives because they are less likely to be detected as people are unaware that they are carriers of the disease. Some genetic disorders are sex-linked; the defective gene is ...
Acculturation of Second- and Third-Generation Mexican American Children: Field Independence, Locus of Control, Self-Esteem, and School Achievement Measures of field independence, locus of control, self-esteem, and school achievement were obtained for 144 Anglo American and Mexican American fourth, fif...
African American spiritualityAfrican spiritualitypsychological oppressionspiritual psychologyTraditionally in the field of psychology, most theories were developed from the perspective of scholars from Western culture. Because of this, the generality of such theories is usually limited, especially when applying ...
In one sense, aging is indeed inevitable. We are all a day older today than we were yesterday. But the best available data suggest that many of the diseases that come with aging could be avoided – that it is possible, in the words of American Federation for Aging Research scientific dire...