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Designing a tobacco counter-marketing campaign for African American youth

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2008
The objectives of this qualitative study were to: a) identify common marketing themes and tactics used by the tobacco industry to entice African Americans (AA's) and youth to initiate and maintain smoking behavior, especially smoking mentholated brands ...
Doris M Johnson, Lauren A Wine, Sharon Zack, Eric Zimmer, Judy H Wang, Patricia A Weitzel-O'Neill, Vickie Claflin, Kenneth P Tercyak   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Age and Attentional Focus Related Differences in Postural Control [PDF]

رشد و یادگیری حرکتی ورزشی, 2013
Postural control has an important role in daily activities and motor independence. In recent years, conscious aspects of postural control such as attention and cognitive processes have received attention for balance optimization performance.
Javad Parhizkar Kohneh Oghaz, Mehdi Zarghami, Ahmad Ghotbi Varzaneh, Amirhosein Ghorbani   +3 more
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Older smokers could be the strongest supporters for U.S. government regulation of tobacco: a focus group study

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2013
Background Targeting of marginalized groups with aggressive tobacco marketing has been identified as exacerbating health disparities. However, interpretation of such targeting by groups varies, from surprise and outrage to regarding such marketing as ...
Valerie B Yerger, Janine K Cataldo, Ruth E. Malone   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Whole-slide image focus quality: Automatic assessment and impact on ai cancer detection

Journal of Pathology Informatics, 2019
Background: Digital pathology enables remote access or consults and powerful image analysis algorithms. However, the slide digitization process can create artifacts such as out-of-focus (OOF).
Timo Kohlberger, Yun Liu, Melissa Moran, Po-Hsuan Cameron Chen, Trissia Brown, Jason D Hipp, Craig H Mermel, Martin C Stumpe   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dominance of Attention Focus and Its Electroencephalogram Activity in Standing Postural Control in Healthy Young Adults

Brain Sciences, 2022
Attention focus changes performance, and external focus (EF) improves performance compared to internal focus (IF). However, recently, the dominance of attention focus, rather than the effectiveness of unilateral EF, has been examined.
Shun Sawai, Shoya Fujikawa, Shin Murata, Teppei Abiko, Hideki Nakano   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fast camera focus estimation for gaze-based focus control

CoRR, 2017
Many cameras implement auto-focus functionality. However, they typically require the user to manually identify the location to be focused on. While such an approach works for temporally-sparse autofocusing functionality (e.g., photo shooting), it presents extreme usability problems when the focus must be quickly switched between multiple areas (and ...
Wolfgang Fuhl, Thiago Santini, Enkelejda Kasneci   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Combined Effect of Obesity and Contraceptive Use on Pulmonary Embolism in Adolescent Females Residing in the United States

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
wiley   +1 more source

Central Nervous System Neuroblastoma, FOXR2‐Activated: A Pooled Analysis of Published Clinical Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) neuroblastoma, FOXR2‐activated, is a recently recognized entity in the WHO CNS5 classification, defined by activation of the FOXR2 transcription factor and unique histopathological features. This review synthesizes available literature and pooled clinical data, providing insight into demographics ...
Sudarshawn Damodharan, Mohamed S. Abdelbaki   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feasibility and Safety of Somato‐Cognitive Coordination Therapy for Cerebellar Ataxia Following Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cerebellar ataxia after pediatric brain tumor treatment can cause persistent gait, balance, and speech impairment, yet no established rehabilitation strategy exists. Somato‐cognitive coordination therapy (SCCT) is a virtual reality–guided intervention designed to promote sensorimotor integration through visually constrained reaching
Masanobu Takeuchi, Takashi Matsuzawa, Jun Yamanishi, Masahiro Yoshitomi, Junji Ikeda, Shin‐Ichi Tsujimoto, Yasuteru Yamaguchi, Norio Shiba, Dhroov Pathare, Ayumi Kato, Masahiko Hara   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source