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Gendered and nongendered language in genetic counseling
Abstract Language is essential to genetic counseling. Genetic counselors use language to accurately communicate complex medical phenomena and support patients' understanding and wellbeing. This qualitative descriptive study explored how practicing genetic counselors used gendered and non‐gendered language in patient interactions and the motivations ...
Helen Anderson +4 more
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ABSTRACT Objective Over the past few decades, several thousand pregnancies following kidney transplantation have been monitored but few studies have reported on first‐trimester Down syndrome screening. This study aimed to assess the performance of such screening and its relationship with renal function.
Clément Burgy +8 more
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ABSTRACT Ivacaftor is the only cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator modulator approved for infants ≥ 1 month. The elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor combination, approved for children aged ≥ 2 years, has been shown to significantly slow CF progression.
Ngoc Hoa Truong +71 more
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This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
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ABSTRACT Background Gender‐affirming care (GAC) improves the mental health, quality of life, and social functioning of gender‐diverse patients. In spite of this, GAC in the United States (as elsewhere) has become a major focus of debate, with several federal policy changes enacted through Executive Orders and legislation creating major restrictions on ...
Kay Wallace +5 more
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The SkinCARE questionnaire is a validated tool for assessing the impact of skin condition on psychological wellbeing. The present data also suggest greater skin wellbeing is linked to lower levels of perceived stress and good sleep health. Abstract Background In recent years, the psychological dimension of skin health has attracted increasing research ...
Alice Newton‐Fenner +7 more
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Scale‐robust fibre orientation analysis of hair using two‐dimensional Fourier transform
We present a simple and robust method to quantify hair fibre orientation using 2D‐DFT. It works with standard images and extracts directional features at multiple scales. This enables objective evaluation of cosmetic treatments and product effects. Abstract Objective To address the current lack of standardized tools for evaluating hair appearance in ...
Motoki Takeda, Sinyoung Lee, Ken Kiyono
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ABSTRACT In this article, a feminist family scholar and a critical femininities scholar bring critical femininities into conversation with critical masculinities within Family Science. Using theoretical frameworks from critical femininities scholarship, we developed a diagnostic tool to help scholars engage with critical femininities while reading ...
Elizabeth A. Sharp +1 more
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Critical Masculinities in Families: Situating the Special Issue
ABSTRACT The term masculinities has garnered immense attention over the past decade in both the social and scholarly arenas. Within family science, however, that attention has been far more limited. Responding to both this gap in our discipline as well as the growing public recognition of and discourse surrounding masculinities, this special issue ...
Samuel H. Allen, Kevin Roy
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ABSTRACT Despite evidence that gender‐inclusive language represents genders more equally than generic masculines, it still faces resistance, possibly due to its perceived association with left‐wing politics. This study explores the social meaning of gender‐inclusive language compared with generic masculines in French and German, using four gender ...
Benjamin Storme +3 more
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