You, and others, can assess and document the influence of your work by looking at the characteristics, as well as the number, of the citations: by thematic area (disciplinary and interdisciplinary impact), by name and institution (prestige), by year (longevity), and by country (international impact).
Seeds having three-year longevity are those of the asparagus, bean, carrot, leek, and pea; four-year longevity is characteristic of the beet, chard, pepper, pumpkin, and tomato seeds; longevity of five years characterizes the seeds of broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, muskmelon, radish, spinach, squash, turnip, and watermelon.
In a hyper-Darwinian medium in which few prime-time programs manage to survive and reproduce for more than three years, longevity is one of the hallmarks of the position.
As people get senior like myself — late 40s, 25 years longevity — the options, the pension, everything is hanging on [not causing trouble]." People at more senior levels experience fear and futility because they still have bosses, and in many cases they have even more to lose.
In fact, Harvard's famous 80-year longevity study, found that social connection is perhaps the key variable that's linked to greater health, happiness, and a longer life.
For each simulation based on 1000 iterations, we used the settings for maximum generation overlap (100%), random mating, three years for age at first breeding, 12-year longevity, and equal sex ratios [13].
In field studies on Pl. brassicae a half-life of resting spore viability of 3 6 years and longevity of up to 18 years has been reported (Wallenhammar, 1998).
Using the Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men birth-cohort (n = 108) we demonstrate that the RNA classifier is insensitive to confounding lifestyle biomarkers, while greater gene score at age 70 years is independently associated with better renal function at age 82 years and longevity.
"I'll put it simply," says S Jay Olshansky, professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois, who has spent many years researching longevity.
And he delivered his congratulatory message -- followed by three cheers of "banzai," wishing the Emperor 10,000 years of longevity -- from the same level as the imperial throne.
These bonus years of longevity can be a great gift - they most certainly are for me - but I recognise that they can be a burden.
