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Spaces of Appearance and the Right to Appear: March 8 in Local Bodily Assemblies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
AbstractAiming to deepen our understandings of corporeal and embodied dimensions of transnational feminist and LGBTI + activism, this chapter is driven by the question: Why does the body still remain an important instrument of queer and feminist struggles in the era of digital solidarities?
Çağatay, Selin   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Can appearance conversations explain differences between gay and heterosexual men's body dissatisfaction? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Men's body dissatisfaction is prevalent and a serious health concern as it is associated with negative outcomes including depression, disordered eating, and anabolic steroid abuse.
Jankowski, Glen   +7 more
core   +1 more source

More than my Appearance: a pilot evaluation of the Expand Your Horizon online functionality-based writing programme for adults with visible differences

open access: yesHealth Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
Background Adults with conditions that affect their appearance, known as visible differences, can experience appearance concerns, social anxiety, and depression.
Ella Guest   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the effectiveness and acceptability of two positive body image media micro-interventions among children aged 4–6 years old – a study protocol

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Children’s online media perpetuates appearance idealised images and can negatively impact the way children feel about their own and other people’s bodies (e.g., weight bias) at a young age.
H. G. Smith   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors in Children and Adolescents—The European Standard Clinical Practice Recommendations

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resisting and conforming to the ‘lesbian look’ : the importance of appearance norms for lesbian and bisexual women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Appearance is one way in which lesbian and bisexual identities and affiliation to lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) subculture can be demonstrated. ‘Butch’ and ‘androgynous’ styles have been used by lesbian women to communicate a non-heterosexual identity ...
Victoria Clarke   +6 more
core   +1 more source

The positive and negative impact of appearance on various spheres of life – the opinions of women and men of different ages

open access: yesActa Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Sociologica, 2019
The aim of the article is to present the results of a study addressing the issue of the positive and negative influence of appearance in the context of private and professional life.
Julita Czernecka
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shape-appearance-correlated active appearance model [PDF]

open access: yesPattern Recognition, 2016
Among the challenges faced by current active shape or appearance models, facial-feature localization in the wild, with occlusion in a novel face image, i.e. in a generic environment, is regarded as one of the most difficult computer-vision tasks. In this paper, we propose an Active Appearance Model (AAM) to tackle the problem of generic environment ...
Huiling Zhou   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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