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Sustainable food for healthy longevity

Ximena Rodríguez, MS | Bernardo O´Higgins University; Fancy Rojas, MS; Mario Castillo, PhD; Sebastián Correa, PhD; Jairo Torres, MS; Raúl Piñuñuri, MS
Competition Sponsor: Chile Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo
Awardee Year: 2022 The Wholesale Markets generate 18,000 tons per year corresponding to organic waste, mainly from waste…

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Musical training for older adults with hearing loss: Maximising the benefits of hearing aids to improve brain functioning, auditory abilities and social participation

Adrian Fuente, PhD |Universidad de Chile; Lilian Toledo, MSc; Macarena Bowen, MSc
Competition Sponsor: Chile Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo
Awardee Year: 2022 Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is one of the most prevalent chronic health conditions in older adults. ARHL is associated with poorer social participation and…

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Early risk detection of mental deterioration by a smartphone-based auditory screening

Mauricio Cerda Villablanca, PhD; Paul Delano, PhD; Victor Castañeda, PhD; Manuel Duran; Alexis Leiva Competition Sponsor: National Agency for Research and Development of Chile The population’s average age is becoming older in most developed and developing countries worldwide. The current global challenge is how to keep this aging population in…

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A lifetime home: an intergenerational accessible social housing model

Mariela Gaete-Reyes, PhD; Paulina Osorio Parraguez, PhD; Gabriel Felmer Plominsky, PhD; Javiera Acevedo López, MSc, Paul Honeyman Toro, BArch Competition Sponsor: National Agency for Research and Development of Chile Older people from lower-income backgrounds in Chile frequently live in social housing. Usually, inadequate housing conditions hinder their mobility and activities…

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Validating a Suture- and Drug-Free Hydrogel as an Injectable Oral Dressing for Painless Promotion of Dental Extraction Socket Healing and Prevention of Alveolar Osteitis in the Frail and/or Institutionalized Ageing Adult

Ziyad S. Haidar, PhD; Valerie Joannon Bitsch, BSc; Consuelo Zumarán Castagnoli, BSc; Catalina Paz Sandoval Muñoz, BSc; Sebastián Pérez Errázuriz, DDS, MSc, PhD; Alondra Belén Beniscelli Vásquez, DDS; Gabriela Zavala Vivar, PhD, PostDoc; Maria Ines Gonzalez, PhD, PostDoc; Danilo Segovia Alfaro, BSc; Yasna Palmeiro Silva, Msc Competition Sponsor: National Agency…

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Strengthening the immune system by gut microbiome modification to enhance a protective response to vaccination in aged people

Erick Riquelme, PhD; Felipe Court Goldsmith, PhD, Msc Competition Sponsor: National Agency for Research and Development of Chile Aging is associated with a decrease in the quality of life, partly due to a process of immunosenescence characterized by the decrease in the effectiveness of the immune system to generate an…

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Fecal microbiota transplant as a potential treatment for sarcopenia in elderly

Gonzalo Cruz, PhD; Claudia Ibacache Quiroga, PhD; Gonzalo Jorquera Olave, PhD Competition Sponsor: National Agency for Research and Development of Chile Sarcopenia is characterized by the progressive and generalized loss of muscle mass and strength, with a high risk of developing physical disability and poor quality of life in older…

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Integral telehealth solution for elderly care, integrating videoconferencing and automatic detection of vital signs through artificial vision

Marcos Zúñiga Barraza, PhD; Nicolás Jara Carvallo, PhD; Mohamed Abdelhamid, PhD; Antonio Lira B., CEO Competition Sponsor: National Agency for Research and Development of Chile We propose an integral telehealth platform for elderly care, where patient’s vital signs are automatically monitored through artificial vision, while video conferencing with the medical…

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