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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465294303321

Autore

Mates Barbara T

Titolo

Assistive technologies in the library [[electronic resource] /] / Barbara T. Mates ; with contributions by William R. Reed, IV

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : American Library Association, 2011

ISBN

1-283-09348-0

9786613093486

0-8389-9266-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 pages) : illuistrations

Altri autori (Persone)

ReedWilliam R

Disciplina

027.6/63

Soggetti

Libraries and people with disabilities

Self-help devices for people with disabilities

Libraries and people with visual disabilities

Libraries and the hearing impaired

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The library's mission : to serve all patrons -- Creating accessible electronic information -- Seeing the bigger picture : large-print-access technology solutions -- When computers talk : listening to the Web and printed materials -- Touching the Internet : braille access to the Internet -- Seeing the sounds : technologies for persons with hearing impairments -- Surfing the Internet with a "different" board -- Accessible collections, resources, and discussion forums -- Staff make it all work -- Finding the funding -- We got it, come and get it, or, Marketing -- Creating avenues for accessible electronic communication.

Sommario/riassunto

This sensitively written and practical guidebook will be an indispensable resource for ensuring that a library's offerings are accessible to everyone.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797586603321

Titolo

Handbook of aging and the social sciences / / edited by Linda K. George and Kenneth F. Ferraro ; associate editors, Deborah Carr, Janet M. Wilmoth, and Douglas A. Wolf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Academic Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-12-417285-7

Edizione

[8th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 531 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Handbooks of Aging

Disciplina

305.26

612.67

Soggetti

Gerontology

Aging - Social aspects

Life change events in old age

Older people - Care

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences; Copyright Page; Dedications; Contents; Foreword; Preface; About the Editors; List of Contributors; I. Theory and Methods; 1 Aging and the Social Sciences: Progress and Prospects; Theoretical and Conceptual Developments; Cumulative Advantage/Disadvantage Theory; Cumulative Inequality Theory; Methods and Data; Data Developments; Statistical Sophistication; Emerging Themes in Aging Research; Increased Attention to Cohort Analysis; The Effects of Social and Economic Disruptions on Aging; The Great Recession

Hurricane Katrina and Other DisastersGradual, Incremental Cultural Change; Income Inequality and Health; What Aging Research Contributes to the Social Sciences: The Big Picture; References; 2 Trajectory Models for Aging Research; Growth Modeling in a Nutshell; Example 2.1; Latent Class Modeling in a Nutshell; Example 2.2; Example 2.3; Example 2.4; Latent Class Growth Analysis; Example 2.5; Growth Mixture Modeling; Example 2.6; Important Issues in the Implementation of Trajectory Methods; Data Structure and Method; Measurement of Time; Importance of Assumptions



Extraction of Classes and Inclusion of CovariatesConclusion; References; II. Social Structures and Processes; 3 Biodemography: Adding Biological Insight into Social, Economic, and Psychological Models of Population and Individual Hea ...; Introduction; Expansion of the Demographic Approach: The Process of Health Change; The Expanded Biodemographic Model of Health; Measuring Biomarkers in Population Studies; Use of Biomarkers in Assessing Population Health and Health Care Use and Its Effectiveness; Summary Indices of Biological Risk; Genetic Markers as a New Frontier; Summary

Appendix: Information on Biomarkers often Used in Social Science ResearchReferences; 4 Late-Life Disability Trends and Trajectories; Introduction; The Conceptualization of Disability; Measuring Disability; Evidence on Trends in Disability Prevalence; Overall Trends; Between-Group Differences, Compositional Change, and "True" Change; Potential Explanations for "True" Change; Individual-Level Disability Trajectories; Time to Death as an Additional "Time" Variable; Accounting for Sample Losses due to Death; Conclusion; References; 5 Early Life Origins of Adult Health and Aging; Introduction

Historical OverviewEarly Origins of Adult Disease: From FOAD Through DOHaD to a Life Course Perspective; The Intrauterine Environment; The Postnatal Environment; Physical Growth and Development; Early Adverse Environments and the Stress Response; A Genetic and Evolutionary Perspective; Early Life Origins of Functional Aging in a Life Course Perspective; An Integrated Life Course Model of Aging; Structural Reserve and Compensatory Mechanisms; Endocrine System; Life Course Physical and Psychological Influences on the HPA Axis; Vascular Function; Lifetime Influences on Vascular Function

Physical and Cognitive Capability

Sommario/riassunto

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition, presents the extraordinary growth of research on aging individuals, populations, and the dynamic culmination of the life course, providing a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the social sciences of aging.    As the complexities of population dynamics, cohort succession, and policy changes modify the world and its inhabitants in ways that must be vigilantly monitored so that aging research remains relevant and accurate, this completely revised edition not only includes the foundational, classic them