Sociological theories of aging focus on the changing roles and relationships that accompany the process of normal aging. These theories discuss how these changing roles, relationships, and status impact the older individual’s ability to adapt.   Since the 1960s, gerontologists have been developing conceptual social frameworks or to identify and elaborate ideal outcomes of the aging process of human beings. One of the most commonly used terms to describe a good old age is successful aging, introduced by Havighurst (1961). The concept of successful aging is central to gerontology, and   read more

Mobile computers become our permanent companions. My son is taking his laptop in business trip. But higher utilization and various external “extreme&rdquo conditions might not be healthy for the laptop. Sometimes, you cannot avoid the negative environment effect, but if you know, where to look, at least you will try to save your mobile friend from disaster, damaging it and destroying all valuable data inside. Once, I had to jump to the river with my clothes and all electrical toys I had with me, including GPS, Blackberry smart phone, walkie-talkie, and video player. Strangely   read more

Today, I want to present Jakob Nielsen’s publication on many blogs, which are too internally focused and ignore key usability issues, making it hard for new readers to understand the site and trust the author. The original article was published in 2005, but it is even more important for the bloggers than before. Weblogs are a form of website. The thousands of normal website usability guidelines therefore apply to them, as do this year's top ten design mistakes. But weblogs are also a special genre of website; they have unique characteristics and thus distinct usability problems.   read more

Once a while, among the top googled items there are some, not related to sport, politics, celebrities, or hot news. The term automysophobia, which came yesterday to the top listing, represents one of these rare cases. I have to admit that the word was not familiar, but based on the common sense, I suspected that it is one of the multiple types of phobias, nested in all people in bigger or smaller dozes. However, my first guess that it is related to the fear of cars, proved to be wrong. Automysophobia is a defined as a morbid fear of being dirty. The word comes to us from the Greek. It is widely   read more

Regular low dose cannabis smoking might keep Alzheimer’s away, according to marijuana research by professor Gary Wenk and associate professor Yannic Marchalant of the Ohio State Department of Psychology.Wenk&rsqu o;s studies show that a low dosage in the morning of a certain cannabinoid, a component in marijuana, reversed memory loss in older rats’ brains. In his study, an experimental group of old rats received a dosage, and a control group of rats did not. The old rats that received the drugs performed better on memory tests, and the drug slowed and prevented brain cell death. Alzheimer’s   read more

Jpgfun is one more easy-to-use free online service to edit your own photos, loaded on their server. You can improve your pics with multiple funny effects and nice frames, presented on the site (182 templates, as of today), or put your photo on a magazine cover through offered templates (40 templates, as of today). Authors even offer you some erotic backgrounds as well, if you want to make your images really spicy. You can share your pictures-collages with your friends, discuss them, and laugh at them as much as you wish. Everything is included, and it is free. How to Use JpgFun: 1. Upload   read more

Medical marijuana is an effective treatment for depression: True or False? As any point of discussion, related to the medical marijuana use, the possibility to use cannabis for the clinical depression draws a lot of controversy both in the medical scientific world and among general population common views. As expected, different researchers come to the opposite conclusions on the subject. While I, personally, find the marijuana positive impact conclusions more scientifically supported by obtained results, I will provide both points of view to your consideration.Probab ly, the most logical   read more

Autorun.inf flash drives malwares spread these days through various portable USB portable devices like iPod, external drives, pen drives. While autorun.inf malwares are not specifically destructive to your computers, there are nasty and annoying. They cause various types of computer malfunctions, like your hard drive fails to open on double click, or double clicking on drive opens search or even your computer restarts when you try to open USB drive, infected by autorun.inf malware.The autorun.inf virus is a common kind of virus that infects most computer systems. Tips on how to detect and   read more

There are many possible reasons, when and why you need to record everything you do on the computer screen as a clip: screencasts, video tutorials, demos, high-scores show-offs, video instructions to your less computer-savvy friends, etc. While there are multiple free and commercial computer utilities, helping you to perform the task, ScreenToaster offers you the same functionality, but without any software products. Screen recording is performed entirely online, in real time, and with no downloads required. You can do it on any computer (office, internet café, friends’ house),   read more

Whether you are a "traditional" on-campus MBA student or a participant in an online MBA program, you can use several techniques to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your efforts! Know your learning styleSome people work best in the (early) morning, while others excel in the evening. Some like background music, while others insist on silence. Some like to work in small groups, while others prefer to work alone. And so on. Whatever your personal learning style is, chances are that you will do best by following it, rather than going against it. Obviously, this may not be possible   read more