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Why “Sudden Appearance” Is Not as It Appears [PDF]

open access: yesEvolution: Education and Outreach, 2009
Recent action taken by the Texas State Board of Education has opened the door to the inclusion of creationist arguments into public school science curriculum in that state and—because of the critical role of Texas in textbook adoptions—perhaps in many other states as well.
openaire   +1 more source

Unique associations of social media use and online appearance preoccupation with depression, anxiety, and appearance rejection sensitivity

open access: yes, 2020
Social media (SM) can create a climate of social comparison and preoccupation with appearance, which can pose risks for emotional problems, such as depression and social anxiety.
Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The Validation of the ‘CARe Burn Scale: Parent/Caregiver Form’—A Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) Using Rasch Measurement Theory (RMT) to Assess Quality of Life for Parents or Caregivers Supporting a Child with a Burn Injury

open access: yesEuropean Burn Journal
A PROM is a measure of patient needs and therapeutic progress. This paper outlines the validation of the CARe Burn Scale: Parent/Caregiver Form, a PROM that measures quality of life in parents/caregivers supporting a child with a burn injury.
Catrin Griffiths   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bone and Soft Tissue Neoplasms in Infants Versus Older Children: A Report From the Cancer in Young People in Canada Program

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Infant bone and soft tissue neoplasms present distinct clinical challenges and lack large‐scale data to inform treatment decisions. This study aims to characterize bone and soft tissue neoplasms in infants in Canada and to compare their outcomes with those of older pediatric patients.
Samuel Sassine   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep Learning with a Spatiotemporal Descriptor of Appearance and Motion Estimation for Video Anomaly Detection

open access: yesJournal of Imaging, 2018
The automatic detection and recognition of anomalous events in crowded and complex scenes on video are the research objectives of this paper. The main challenge in this system is to create models for detecting such events due to their changeability and ...
Kishanprasad G. Gunale, Prachi Mukherji
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Initial Treatment Setting on Survival in Relapsed Pediatric and AYA Bone Sarcomas: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Clinical Trial

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Outcomes in relapsed or refractory pediatric and AYA bone sarcomas remain poor, and the impact of early referral to specialized sarcoma centers on survival is unclear. Early centralization of care may improve local and systemic treatment quality, but evidence in this population is limited.
Justyna Antoniuk‐Majchrzak   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neurocognitive, School‐Based, and Quality of Life Outcomes for Youth With Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia: A Scoping Review

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The medical burdens of sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion‐dependent β‐thalassemia (TDT) are chronic and cumulative, even in children. Yet the effects expand beyond medications and healthcare visits due to their impacts on school attendance, academic performance, and peer engagement.
Mary Ann Etling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Colour appearance descriptors for image browsing and retrieval

open access: yes, 2008
In this paper, we focus on the development of whole-scene colour appearance descriptors for classification to be used in browsing applications. The descriptors can classify a whole-scene image into various categories of semantically-based colour ...
Martinez, Kirk, Othman, Aniza
core   +1 more source

Personality Counts More Than Appearance for Men Making Affective Judgments of Verbal Comments

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Previous research has shown that that evaluative verbal information (praise and criticism) conveys different affective values: criticism is perceived as unpleasant while praise is generally considered pleasant. Here, using praise and criticism in Chinese,
Shan Gao   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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