Long-Term Care and the State-Family Nexus in Italy and Japan-The Welfare State, Care Policy and Family Caregivers.

This study aims to identify the state-family nexus in long-term care (LTC) provision for older adults in Italy and Japan which have been considered to be a familialistic welfare state and the most ageing societies in the world. Based on the more developed theoretical approach of the familialism-defamilialization continuum of care, represented by Saraceno (2016), the public policy systems as well as the LTC provision and the work-LTC reconciliation of family caregivers in particular, were compared between Italy and Japan. While both countries have lower level of institutional care, and particularly high proportions of family caregivers with relatively heavy care burdens, the share of cash-based and home care as well as the age range and family relationship of family caregivers significantly differ.

A luminescent single-molecule magnet: observation of magnetic anisotropy using emission as a probe.

An assemblage of a Tb(III) ion and two mononuclear [Zn(II)(L)] complexes as antenna chromophores (H(2)L: Schiff base ligand) afforded a luminescent single-molecule magnet. The f-f emission spectrum had partially resolved fine structure which provides detailed information on the magnetic anisotropy of the (7)F(6) ground multiplet of the Tb(III) ion.

Computational chemical analysis of the retention of acidic drugs on a pentyl-bonded silica gel in reversed-phase liquid chromatography.

A fast method to obtain a quantitative structure-retention relationship is required in chromatography for the rapid optimization of chromatographic separation conditions. Chromatographic data of acidic drugs are analyzed by a computational chemical method to simulate chromatographic simulation. The direct interaction between a model phase and a drug is calculated as an energy value using the molecular mechanics calculation of CAChe.