This paper explores how empirical capability approach studies assess well-being for young and old generations in affluent countries, defined as high-income OECD countries. After a brief overview on the theoretical cap...This paper explores how empirical capability approach studies assess well-being for young and old generations in affluent countries, defined as high-income OECD countries. After a brief overview on the theoretical capability background and empirical core decisons, the authors discuss empirical capability studies on the well-being of children, adolescents and the elderly. The authors find that the issues of child and youth well-being have been increasing interested by capability researchers while despite of the importance of demographic change, few researchers deal with old-age issues. The authors conclude that for young as well as old generations, capability approach studies confirm that income assessment is not sufficient to capture well-being for the young and the old but has to be enriched by a more comprehensive perspective on capabilities and functionings. Moreover, it is recommendable and issues that have already entered the agenda of studies on for research on elderly to adopt research methods, questions capabilities of children and young adults. As capability sets for both, young and old generations are in general characterized by changes, i.e., expansions in the case of children, declines in the case of older people, both may benefit from a more dynamic perspective on life cycles on their way to potential dynamic capability theories and empirics.展开更多
Objective To examine the relationship between Helicobacter pylori-related gastritis and the development of lymphoid tissue hyperplasia in the antral mucosa and to pursue its evolution after eradication of H.pylori in ...Objective To examine the relationship between Helicobacter pylori-related gastritis and the development of lymphoid tissue hyperplasia in the antral mucosa and to pursue its evolution after eradication of H.pylori in the aged. Methods Gastric antral mucosa biopsy specimens for microscopic study were obtained from 101 chronic gastritis patients over 60 years old with H.pylori-positive in the period from 2000 to 2001, and meanwhile those from 124 H.pylori-positive chronic gastritis patients under the age of 60 served as controls. Four to six weeks after a course of anti-H.pylori therapy, biopsy specimens were again obtained. Lym- phoid follicles and aggregates were counted and other pathologic features were scored according to the updated Sydney System for classification of chronic gastritis. Results The prevalence and density of lymphoid follicles and aggregates were significantly lower in the aged as compared with those in the control group, being 36.6%(37/101) and 0.41 vs. 72.5%(90/124) and 0.81, respectively(P<0.0001). The prevalence and density of lymphoid follicles and aggregates correlated strongly with the activity and severity of gastric antral mucosal inflammation in both groups. Eradication of H.pylori resulted in a decrease in the prevalence and density of lymphoid follicles and aggregates in both groups, especially in the aged group. Conclusion The prevalence and density of lymphoid follicles and aggregates in gastric antral mucosal biopsies correlated closely with H.phlori infection in the aged, therefore, anti-H.pylori treatment would be of importance to the aged patients infected with H.pylori.展开更多
文摘This paper explores how empirical capability approach studies assess well-being for young and old generations in affluent countries, defined as high-income OECD countries. After a brief overview on the theoretical capability background and empirical core decisons, the authors discuss empirical capability studies on the well-being of children, adolescents and the elderly. The authors find that the issues of child and youth well-being have been increasing interested by capability researchers while despite of the importance of demographic change, few researchers deal with old-age issues. The authors conclude that for young as well as old generations, capability approach studies confirm that income assessment is not sufficient to capture well-being for the young and the old but has to be enriched by a more comprehensive perspective on capabilities and functionings. Moreover, it is recommendable and issues that have already entered the agenda of studies on for research on elderly to adopt research methods, questions capabilities of children and young adults. As capability sets for both, young and old generations are in general characterized by changes, i.e., expansions in the case of children, declines in the case of older people, both may benefit from a more dynamic perspective on life cycles on their way to potential dynamic capability theories and empirics.
文摘Objective To examine the relationship between Helicobacter pylori-related gastritis and the development of lymphoid tissue hyperplasia in the antral mucosa and to pursue its evolution after eradication of H.pylori in the aged. Methods Gastric antral mucosa biopsy specimens for microscopic study were obtained from 101 chronic gastritis patients over 60 years old with H.pylori-positive in the period from 2000 to 2001, and meanwhile those from 124 H.pylori-positive chronic gastritis patients under the age of 60 served as controls. Four to six weeks after a course of anti-H.pylori therapy, biopsy specimens were again obtained. Lym- phoid follicles and aggregates were counted and other pathologic features were scored according to the updated Sydney System for classification of chronic gastritis. Results The prevalence and density of lymphoid follicles and aggregates were significantly lower in the aged as compared with those in the control group, being 36.6%(37/101) and 0.41 vs. 72.5%(90/124) and 0.81, respectively(P<0.0001). The prevalence and density of lymphoid follicles and aggregates correlated strongly with the activity and severity of gastric antral mucosal inflammation in both groups. Eradication of H.pylori resulted in a decrease in the prevalence and density of lymphoid follicles and aggregates in both groups, especially in the aged group. Conclusion The prevalence and density of lymphoid follicles and aggregates in gastric antral mucosal biopsies correlated closely with H.phlori infection in the aged, therefore, anti-H.pylori treatment would be of importance to the aged patients infected with H.pylori.
