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Garage sales as more-than-human affinity spaces: Reimagining social participation in later life 车库销售是超越人类的亲和空间：重新想象晚年的社会参与

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Aging Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101379

Minghui Sun

In response to the call for more research on the processes of how aging assemblages entwine, unwind, and mutually flourish, this paper examines older adults' participation in garage sales (an event not unlike yard, tag, or moving sales), which serves as social spaces where humans and non-humans come together to co-create interactions and connections. Drawing on the concept of “affinity space,” this paper presents a case study of the Garage Sale, a decades-long community signature event of a continuing care retirement community in the northeastern United States. Data collection occurred between August 2022 and April 2025, including semi-structured interviews with 32 residents who participated in the Garage Sale, ethnographic field notes and photographs, and event promotion materials. A combined deductive and inductive approach was adopted for data analysis. Findings reveal that the Garage Sale is a multi-functional semiotic social space where 1) newcomers, experts, and every participant share a common space with fluidity in role switching, 2) distributed and dispersed knowledge with objects and technologies are encouraged through collaborative networks, 3) different routes to a sense of belonging and recognition pointing to participatory adaptation and inclusion can be identified, and 4) participants and objects create sustained generativity by reshaping the Sale's internal structure. This study reconceptualizes older adults' social participation from a novel and transformative perspective of affinity space, revealing how garage sales function as a more-than-human affinity space where informal engagements, affective ties, and relational ethics between humans, non-humans, and more-than-humans emerge through practice. Practical suggestions for aging services institutions were provided to empower older adults and diversify their social participation.

为了响应对老年组合如何纠缠，放松和相互繁荣的过程进行更多研究的呼吁，本文研究了老年人参与车库销售（与庭院，标签或移动销售不同的事件），这是人类和非人类聚集在一起共同创造互动和联系的社会空间。根据“亲和空间”的概念，本文介绍了车库拍卖的案例研究，车库拍卖是美国东北部一个持续护理退休社区长达数十年的社区标志性活动。数据收集在2022年8月至2025年4月期间进行，包括对32名参加车库拍卖的居民的半结构化访谈，人种学现场笔记和照片，以及活动宣传材料。采用演绎与归纳相结合的方法进行数据分析。研究结果表明，车库拍卖是一个多功能的符号学社会空间，1)新来者、专家和每个参与者共享一个具有角色转换流动性的公共空间；2)通过协作网络鼓励与对象和技术相关的分布和分散的知识；3)可以识别指向参与性适应和包容的归属感和认同感的不同途径。参与者和对象通过重塑销售的内部结构来创造持续的生成。本研究从一种新颖的、变革性的亲和空间视角重新定义了老年人的社会参与，揭示了车库销售如何作为一个超越人类的亲和空间发挥作用，在这个空间中，人类、非人类和超越人类之间的非正式交往、情感联系和关系伦理在实践中浮现。为老龄服务机构提供了切实可行的建议，以增强老年人的权能，使他们的社会参与多样化。

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“Are you able to walk? Asked the bank clerk.” Everyday legal problems and access to justice from the perspective of older people “你还能走路吗？”银行职员问。从老年人的角度看日常法律问题和诉诸司法

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Aging Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101377

Yaira Obstbaum , Lotta Hautamäki , Kaijus Ervasti , Minni Teerikangas , Henna Nikumaa , Sanna Ahola , Laura Kalliomaa-Puha , Anna Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen

In the last two decades, the question of older people's legal rights and their access to justice have attracted increasing research attention. However, there is little comprehensive, current research on what older people themselves consider important for accessing justice in the many everyday situations that have legal dimensions. This article presents a thematic analysis of elicited narrative data consisting of 324 stories about legal problems experienced by older adults, written by the older adults themselves (78 %), and their loved ones (22 %). The collected stories describe a wide range of problems, particularly regarding social care and healthcare, respect for older adults' self-determination, economic difficulties, family conflicts, and sometimes abusive situations. Frequently mentioned barriers to resolving these problems included difficulties navigating the bureaucratic “systems” of authorities and service providers, digital challenges, financial issues, the impact of physical or cognitive constraints, and, ageist attitudes. We argue that these barriers to justice, often considered in the context of problem-solving, are also connected to how the problems arise in the first place. Everyday events, such as trying to access healthcare or manage financial matters, can turn into legal problems when faced with such barriers. We conclude that older people's access to justice may be limited by ageist attitudes and societal failures to accommodate their needs. Studies that listen to older individuals are essential for an in-depth understanding of the factors that influence their access to justice.

在过去的二十年中，老年人的法律权利及其诉诸司法的机会问题引起了越来越多的研究关注。然而，目前很少有全面的研究表明，在许多具有法律层面的日常情况下，老年人自己认为哪些对诉诸司法很重要。本文对引出的324个关于老年人遇到的法律问题的故事进行了专题分析，这些故事由老年人自己（78 %）和他们的亲人（22 %）撰写。收集的故事描述了各种各样的问题，特别是关于社会照顾和保健、对老年人自决的尊重、经济困难、家庭冲突，有时还有虐待情况。经常提到的解决这些问题的障碍包括难以驾驭当局和服务提供商的官僚“系统”、数字挑战、财务问题、身体或认知限制的影响以及年龄歧视态度。我们认为，这些妨碍司法公正的障碍，通常是在解决问题的背景下考虑的，也与问题最初是如何产生的有关。当遇到这些障碍时，日常事件（例如试图获得医疗保健或管理财务事务）可能会变成法律问题。我们的结论是，老年人诉诸司法的机会可能受到年龄歧视态度和社会未能满足其需求的限制。听取老年人意见的研究对于深入了解影响他们获得司法救助的因素至关重要。

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A concept evolution inspired by Delphi: The quest for a fair and dignified model for ageing in prison 德尔菲启发的概念演变：寻求一个公平和有尊严的监狱老龄模式

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Aging Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101378

Helen McLaren , Jenny Richards , Emi Patmisari

As prison populations age, correctional systems face mounting challenges in meeting the complex needs of older people in custody. This study co-produced a conceptual model for prison-based aged care through a Delphi-inspired, multi-stakeholder process. Building on a prior systematic review, we proposed a baseline model comprising three foundational pillars – People (relational care), Purpose (meaning), and Place (safe environment). Through five iterative focus group discussions with a total of 17 participants involving family members, aged care professionals, advocates, and mental health workers, the model was refined to reflect lived realities, systemic gaps, and transformative possibilities. Participants identified widespread ageism and neglect in current practices, such as inadequate health provision and age-appropriate care, isolation, poor staff training, and the absence of meaningful activity or rehabilitative support. However, they also envisioned alternatives, including peer-led care, secure aged care units, and trauma-informed workforce strategies. The resulting model offers a rights-based, relational, and rehabilitative framework to guide policy and practice, centring dignity, wellbeing, and purpose in the experience of ageing in prison.

随着监狱人口的老龄化，惩教系统在满足在押老年人的复杂需求方面面临越来越大的挑战。本研究通过德尔福启发的多利益相关者过程共同产生了基于监狱的老年护理概念模型。在先前系统回顾的基础上，我们提出了一个基线模型，包括三个基本支柱——人（关系关怀）、目的（意义）和地点（安全环境）。通过五次反复的焦点小组讨论，共有17名参与者（包括家庭成员、老年护理专业人员、倡导者和精神卫生工作者）对该模型进行了改进，以反映生活现实、系统差距和变革可能性。与会者指出，目前的做法中普遍存在年龄歧视和忽视，例如保健服务和适龄护理不足、孤立、工作人员培训不足以及缺乏有意义的活动或康复支持。然而，他们也设想了替代方案，包括同伴领导的护理、安全的老年护理单位和创伤知情的劳动力战略。由此产生的模型提供了一个基于权利、关系和康复的框架，以指导政策和实践，将尊严、福祉和目的集中在监狱老龄化的经历中。

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Older LGBTQ+ Canadian adults' perceptions and experiences of dating and intimate partnerships 年长的加拿大LGBTQ+成年人对约会和亲密伙伴关系的看法和经历

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Aging Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101376

Laura Hurd, Catherine Tran, Maya Willis-Fry

Romantic relationships are an important source of companionship, intimacy, and social support in later life. To date, few studies have explored how older adults who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and/or members of other gender or sexual minorities (LGBTQ+) perceive and experience dating and/or romantic partnerships. Moreover, the bulk of the extant research has been conducted in the United States, and little is known about older LGBTQ+ Canadians' perceptions and experiences of intimate relationships and their related sense of social inclusion, acceptance, and visibility. To address these gaps in the literature and drawing on queer theory, we conducted 113 hours of in-depth, semi-structured interviews with a diverse group of 30 LGBTQ+ Canadians aged 65 to 83 years (average age of 71). The data were analyzed using descriptive thematic analysis, resulting in the identification of two overarching themes. The first theme, “There have been a lot of changes”, encompassed the participants' accounts of how aging-related physical and health changes had impacted their sex lives and romantic relationship priorities. The second theme, “Coming home to an empty house is very, very difficult” referred to the participants' sense of vulnerability and isolation as they navigated the complexities of older LGBTQ+ intimate relationships. We discuss our findings in relation to the existing research as well as theorizing about queer temporalities, heterosexism, and the diversity and fluidity of sexual experiences in later life. Highlighting the unique needs of older LGBTQ+ persons, we consider the implications of our findings for health and social service professionals.

恋爱关系是日后生活中陪伴、亲密和社会支持的重要来源。迄今为止，很少有研究探讨老年人是女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人、酷儿和/或其他性别或性少数群体（LGBTQ+）的成员如何看待和体验约会和/或恋爱关系。此外，现有的大部分研究都是在美国进行的，很少有人知道年长的LGBTQ+加拿大人对亲密关系的看法和经历，以及他们对社会包容、接受和可见性的相关意识。为了解决这些文献上的空白，并借鉴酷儿理论，我们对30名年龄在65至83岁（平均年龄71岁）的LGBTQ+加拿大人进行了113小时的深度半结构化访谈。使用描述性专题分析对数据进行了分析，从而确定了两个总体主题。第一个主题是“有很多变化”，参与者讲述了与年龄相关的身体和健康变化如何影响他们的性生活和恋爱关系的优先事项。第二个主题，“回到一个空房子是非常非常困难的”，指的是参与者在处理旧的LGBTQ+亲密关系的复杂性时的脆弱感和孤独感。我们将讨论我们的发现与现有研究的关系，以及关于酷儿暂时性，异性恋，以及晚年性经历的多样性和流动性的理论。为了突出老年LGBTQ+人群的独特需求，我们考虑了我们的研究结果对卫生和社会服务专业人员的影响。

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Autobiographical accounts of living with dementia: Life story narration as self-care 痴呆症患者的自传体叙述：作为自我照顾的生活故事叙述

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Aging Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101375

Valerie Keller, Malte Völk

Based on statements from people with dementia on the positive impact of reflecting on one's own biography, this study examines the ways in which life story narration can help those affected make sense of a disrupted present and a fragmented life characterised by forgetfulness. In this paper we analyse both oral and written accounts of everyday life as told by people living with dementia. In doing so we apply a heuristic based on the notion of key (auto)biographical strands in order to make clear how the individuals in question link their current experience of dementia with previous experiences and thereby revise the way they see themselves. Whether this occurs in an erratic, associative manner or in a more structured and connected fashion, there are varied ways in which people with dementia come to an emotional and cognitive appreciation of their life. The main aim of the analysis is not to establish biographical accuracy but rather to identify elements of self-care: a creative act of appropriating one's own life story, and the communicative presentation of a self-image.

根据痴呆症患者关于反思自己生平的积极影响的陈述，本研究考察了生活故事叙事如何帮助患者理解被打乱的现在和以健忘为特征的支离破碎的生活。在这篇论文中，我们分析了痴呆症患者日常生活的口头和书面记录。在这样做的过程中，我们应用了一个基于关键（自动）传记链概念的启发式方法，以便弄清楚有问题的个体如何将他们当前的痴呆症经历与以前的经历联系起来，从而修改他们看待自己的方式。无论这是以一种不稳定的、联想的方式发生，还是以一种更有条理和联系的方式发生，痴呆症患者对自己的生活有不同的情感和认知欣赏方式。分析的主要目的不是建立传记的准确性，而是确定自我照顾的要素：一种挪用自己生活故事的创造性行为，以及自我形象的交流呈现。

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‘I don't like old women’: A longitudinal analysis of older adults' portrayals on the Belgian silver screen (1945–2022) “我不喜欢老女人”：对比利时银幕上老年人形象的纵向分析（1945-2022）

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Aging Studies

Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101374

Femke De Sutter

Cinema provides a flow of images of older adults, showing us how aging and older adults are constructed in a certain place and time. This study addresses two significant gaps in existing literature on the representation of older adults by (I) focusing on a longitudinal perspective, and (II) examining a small national film context. Using a quantitative content analysis, we examined 133 Belgian fiction films released between 1945 and 2022. The analysis revealed that 13 % of the characters were aged 65 years and above. However, this indicates an underrepresentation of older adults, as they made up an average of 15 % of the general Belgian population over the same period. Findings from our study indicate several key patterns. First, our study revealed an unexpected gender bias, with women aged 65 and above being statistically overrepresented in comparison to men of the same age cohort. Second, this overrepresentation was multifaceted, as older women were frequently typecast into negative stereotypes, routinely portrayed as shrews or cranky older adults. Third, we found a notable lack of diversity in the representations of older adults overall, with characters being predominantly “young-old”, Caucasian, middle-class, non-disabled and heterosexual (if sexuality was addressed at all). Finally, we observed that 64.8 % of the older adults were portrayed according to at least one positive stereotype. The most prevalent positive stereotypes were the golden ager, John Wayne conservative, perfect grandparent, and the sage. Although our analysis spans 77 years, marked by considerable demographic and socio-economic changes, older adults continue to be underrepresented and misrepresented in Belgian fiction films.

电影提供了一系列老年人的形象，向我们展示了衰老和老年人是如何在特定的地点和时间被建构起来的。本研究通过(I)关注纵向视角和（II）考察小型国家电影背景，解决了现有文献中关于老年人代表性的两个重大空白。通过定量内容分析，我们研究了1945年至2022年间上映的133部比利时小说电影。分析显示，13%的人物年龄在65岁及以上。然而，这表明老年人的代表性不足，因为他们在同一时期平均占比利时总人口的15%。我们的研究结果表明了几个关键模式。首先，我们的研究揭示了一种意想不到的性别偏见，65岁及以上的女性在统计上比同年龄段的男性多。其次，这种过度代表是多方面的，因为老年妇女经常被归类为负面的刻板印象，通常被描绘成泼妇或脾气暴躁的老年人。第三，我们发现总体上老年人的表现明显缺乏多样性，角色主要是“年轻-年老”、白种人、中产阶级、非残疾人和异性恋（如果涉及性行为的话）。最后，我们观察到64.8%的老年人至少被描绘成一种积极的刻板印象。最普遍的正面刻板印象是黄金时代、保守的约翰·韦恩、完美的祖父母和圣人。尽管我们的分析跨越了77年，以相当大的人口和社会经济变化为标志，但老年人在比利时小说电影中仍然被低估和歪曲。

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Aging, place, and the life course of societies 老龄化、地域和社会的生命历程

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Aging Studies

Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101373

Graham D. Rowles , Malcolm Cutchin

This article presents a novel perspective from which to study aging and place. Adopting a Deweyan pragmatist perspective, aging and place are viewed through the lens of ongoing situations. Each situation is the dynamic expression of a co-constituted relationship between the aging person and place, a relationship shaped by processes of place integration in a quest for a sense of being in place. Habit and constant adaptation to changing circumstances are key elements of maintaining person/place harmony. In a world of constant uncertainty, change resulting in disharmony becomes problematic, provoking a need to act in response on an individual, community, or societal level. We illustrate how contemporary mega-trends, including accelerating technological advance (especially artificial intelligence), climate change, and evolving 21st century neoliberal and populist political economies, threaten the places where older adults reside as they shape the life course of societies, with the potential for a dystopian future. The threat is increasingly acute in places where changes are exacerbating longstanding generational, ethnic, economic, social, cultural, and regional disparities and generating new ones. An alternative path is possible. Adopting a progressive pragmatist approach to social inquiry and problem solution on the level of the community, we suggest the possibility of a more positive future. Engaging older adults, an important source of social capital, in this endeavor will be critical. Significant change in the current situation, with the objective of enhancing person/place harmony with equity and social justice for all, may not be rapid. It may take generations.

本文提出了一种新的视角来研究衰老与地域。采用杜威实用主义的观点，老化和地点是通过持续的情况的镜头来看待的。每一种情况都是老年人和地点之间共同构成关系的动态表达，这种关系是在寻求一种存在感的过程中，由地点整合过程塑造的。习惯和不断适应变化的环境是保持人/地方和谐的关键因素。在一个不断充满不确定性的世界里，导致不和谐的变化成为问题，引发了个人、社区或社会层面采取行动的需求。我们说明了当代的大趋势，包括加速的技术进步（尤其是人工智能）、气候变化，以及21世纪不断发展的新自由主义和民粹主义政治经济，如何威胁到老年人居住的地方，因为他们塑造了社会的生命历程，并有可能带来反乌托邦的未来。在变化加剧长期存在的代际、种族、经济、社会、文化和地区差异并产生新差异的地方，这种威胁日益严重。另一条道路是可能的。采用一种进步的实用主义方法，在社区层面进行社会调查和解决问题，我们提出了一个更积极的未来的可能性。让老年人——社会资本的重要来源——参与这一努力将至关重要。目前的情况可能不会迅速发生重大变化，其目标是加强人/地方的和谐，实现所有人的公平和社会正义。这可能需要几代人的时间。

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Tinkering with good care: Professional judgment and innovations in Danish nursing homes 修补良好护理：丹麦养老院的专业判断和创新

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Aging Studies

Pub Date : 2025-09-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101362

Hanne Marlene Dahl , Morten Balle Hansen , Andrej Christian Lindholst

This article examines the COVID-19 pandemic as a large-scale natural experiment, presenting unique opportunities for reflection and insights into what constitutes ‘good care’ for front-line managers in Danish nursing homes. Using care and institutional theory, this exploratory study delves into how professional judgment and innovation redefine practices in nursing homes to provide quality care based upon qualitative questions in a national quantitative survey. Our analysis complements prevalent negative lessons on infections, high mortality, and moral distress by highlighting positive lessons about achieving intimacy and tranquillity during an extraordinary period. The article offers insights into the emergence of new care logics in a situation of rupture, as well as insights into the values and tensions inherent in good care work that are worth considering far beyond the pandemic. We offer lessons that relate to the role of professional judgment, the value of ‘active life’ in relation to a diversity of needs, as well as sufficient time and continuity of care logics.

本文将COVID-19大流行作为一项大规模的自然实验进行研究，为反思和洞察丹麦养老院一线管理人员的“良好护理”提供了独特的机会。本研究运用照护与制度理论，以一项全国性定量调查的定性问题为基础，探讨专业判断与创新如何重新定义养老院提供优质照护的实务。我们的分析补充了普遍存在的关于感染、高死亡率和道德困境的负面教训，强调了在一个特殊时期实现亲密和安宁的积极教训。这篇文章对在破裂的情况下出现的新的护理逻辑提供了见解，并对良好护理工作所固有的价值观和紧张关系提供了见解，这些价值观和紧张关系值得在大流行之外的更广泛的范围内考虑。我们提供的课程涉及专业判断的作用、与各种需求相关的“积极生活”的价值，以及充足的时间和护理逻辑的连续性。

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Intergenerational co-relations and resistance: Gendered aging in Ruth Ozeki's All Over Creation (2002) 代际关系与反抗：露丝·奥泽基《万物创造》（2002）中的性别老龄化

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Aging Studies

Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101353

Nicole Haring

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Queer temporality in Tony Kushner's angels in America 托尼·库什纳的美国天使中的酷儿时间性

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Aging Studies

Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101354

Lea Pešec

Tony Kushner's Angels in America, written in two parts during the early 1990s, vividly depicts the experiences of queer individuals confronting the AIDS crisis. Examined through the framework of anocriticism and queer temporality, the play challenges traditional life trajectories focused on reproduction, aging, and progress. Drawing on the work of theorists such as Roberta Maierhofer, Jack Halberstam, and Elizabeth Freeman, this analysis investigates how the play's fragmented narrative and interplay of supernatural and historical elements blur the boundaries between past, present, and future. Characters like Prior Walter and the Angel illustrate the tensions of queer aging and temporality. Prior's illness and his encounters with the Angel destabilize linear notions of life and death, creating a suspended sense of time where aging becomes unpredictable. The Angel's portrayal of time as cyclical and fractured disrupts assumptions that aging must follow a structured, linear path. By engaging with these temporal disruptions, Angels in America critiques socially constructed ideals of aging tied to health, productivity, and heteronormative family models. The play instead imagines futures shaped by resilience, interpersonal connection, and the transformative possibilities of queer existence beyond fixed life scripts. This critical reading positions Kushner's work as a vital contribution to critical conversations on aging, queerness, and temporality.

托尼·库什纳（Tony Kushner）的《美国天使》（Angels in America）于上世纪90年代初分上下两部分写成，生动地描绘了酷儿个体面对艾滋病危机的经历。通过反批评和酷儿暂时性的框架，该剧挑战了传统的生活轨迹，关注生殖、衰老和进步。借鉴罗伯塔·梅尔霍弗、杰克·哈伯斯坦和伊丽莎白·弗里曼等理论家的作品，本文分析了该剧支离破碎的叙事以及超自然和历史元素的相互作用如何模糊了过去、现在和未来之间的界限。像普莱尔·沃尔特和天使这样的角色说明了酷儿老龄化和时间性之间的紧张关系。Prior的疾病和他与天使的相遇打破了线性的生与死概念，创造了一种暂停的时间感，衰老变得不可预测。《天使》对时间的描述是周期性的和断裂的，打破了衰老必须遵循结构化线性路径的假设。通过对这些时间中断的研究，《美国天使》批判了与健康、生产力和异性恋家庭模式相关的社会建构的老龄化理想。相反，该剧想象的未来是由韧性、人际关系和酷儿存在的变革性可能性塑造的，而不是固定的生活剧本。这种批判性阅读将库什纳的作品定位为对衰老、酷儿和时间性的批判性对话的重要贡献。

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