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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53961#.VN2neSzQrzE Author(s)   Mariane Luiza Mattjie 1* , Adriano Pasqualotti 2,3 , Fausto Amaro 3   Affiliation(s) 1 Psichology Department, Faculdade Meridional, Passo Fundo, Brazil . 2 University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Brazil . 3 University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal . ABSTRACT In this study, we seek to reveal the perspectives, motivations and challenges of the managers of familiar company regarding succession. The sample consisted of six participants chosen by convenience and divided into two groups: entrepreneur managers with successors and without successors. The data analysis is the analysis of the participants’ narratives. The results indicate that there are differences in the process of perceiving aging by the managers with and without successors. The entrance of the descendants in the management of the company transforms the activi...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53405#.VMG13izQrzE Author(s)    G. K. Triantafyllidis , I. Kiligaridis , D. I. Zagkliveris , I. Orfanou , S. Spyridopoulou , E. Mitoudi-Vagourdi , S. Semertzidou Affiliation(s) Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece . ABSTRACT Heat treatable Al alloys of the 6xxx series are produced by the industry following a path that consolidates melting of raw materials, casting the melt in billets, solutionizing the billets following a suitable thermal cycle, pre-heating and extruding the material to profiles and finally aging the profiles. Although this procedure is known for pure materials from the scientific point of view, the introduction of scrap to the raw materials for melting modifies to an extent the fabrication conditions that follow casting. This fact affects the production cost. In this article we propose a resea...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53346#.VL3NKSzQrzE Author(s)    Virender Suhag 1* , B. S. Sunita 2 , Arti Sarin 3 , A. K. Singh 4   Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Radiation Oncology, Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi, India . 2 MD DNB Pathology, Base Hospital, Delhi, India . 3 MD (Radiodiagnosis), DNB Radiation Oncology, Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi, India . 4 MD Radio-Diagnosis and Trained in Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi, India . ABSTRACT As a result of vast global improvement of health care and living conditions, the world population is aging. In developed countries, more than half of the cancers occur in patients aged 70 and older. In booming Asian nations, such as India, the aging trend is particularly striking, and therefore geriatric oncology is rapidly coming at the foregroun...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52949#.VK3glMnQrzE Author(s) Peter A. Magaro , Bruce Brotter , Mariyam Jalees Affiliation(s) Memory Training Centers of America, New York, USA . ABSTRACT Managing memory deficits is a central problem among older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). This study examined the effects of memory training on memory performance in an understudied “oldest-old” population ranging in age from 90 to 99 years. Eighteen mild to moderately cognitive-impaired older seniors, 90 years and older were recruited from memory clinics established in senior living communities. Treatment sessions took place, on average, twice weekly, for 55 minutes. Memory intervention included nineteen computer-based exercises customized to focus on memory loss. The specificity of memory training was very clear; memory training produced significant effects (F(3,51) = 2.81, p = 0.05) on memory...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=49375#.VI5zCMnQrzE Author(s) Alfredo Gragnani , Sarita Mac Cornick , Verônica Chominski , Samuel Marcos Ribeiro de Noronha , Silvana Aparecida Alves Corrêa de Noronha , Lydia Masako Ferreira Affiliation(s) Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Paulista School of Medicine (UNIFESP-EPM), Sao Paulo, Brazil . Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, UNIFESP-EPM, Sao Paulo, Brazil . Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, UNIFESP-EPM, Sao Paulo, Brazil . Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, UNIFESP-EPM, Sao Paulo, Brazil . Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, UNIFESP-EPM, Sao Paulo, Brazil . Division of Plastic S...