You are unlikely to hear a politician express such reservations, but the reality is that the decision to leave the EU was won by a section of the population that was effectively disqualified by its declining competence.
Experiencing diminished personal accomplishment, a perceived decline in competence or productivity, and expending energy at work without seeing any results.
Therefore, the aging induced decline in competence to generate T cells is primarily dependent on status of the progenitor niche cells in the BM and thymus.
Vaccinations are critically important to maintain good health in the elderly, in the face of their declining immune competence.
Based on a self-administered questionnaire, the FA index allows easy screening of elderly persons for declining functional competence.
They experienced a decline in photosynthetic competence when suddenly exposed to near-ambient UV-B levels, but exhibited pronounced acclimative responses.
Many of the aging-related morbidities, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disease, and infectious susceptibility, are linked to a decline in immune competence with a concomitant rise in proinflammatory immunity, placing the process of immune aging at the center of aging biology.
Since drivers crash more frequently in a simulator than in real life [28], it was decided to use a comparative approach to evaluate driving performance (or decline in driving competence) by testing experienced younger drivers and experienced older drivers.
Source Adapted from Gusmano et al. (2006) Variable Rationale Data descriptions 1. Older population size The degree of frailty increases with age, thereby leading to physical and cognitive decline and limited competence [that is, physical and mental health, intellectual capacity or ego strength (Lawton 1977)].
The decline in immune competence is invariably seen with aging.
Oxidative stress-associated damage to biomolecules such as oxidative proteins and DNA damage has been implicated in a decline in functional competence of cerebral cortex [ 11, 72, 83].
