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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Somatic items used in depression assessments can potentially overlap with symptoms related to physical illness, including systemic sclerosis (SSc). No studies have looked at whether somatic depression items may be influenced by diffuse versus limited SSc disease subtypes, which are associated with varying degrees of symptom presentation.
Sophie Hu +110 more
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Humour and humanism. The role of funniness in an imperfect life
The European Journal of Humour ResearchThis article explores the relationship between humour and humanism. We argue that humour is a pivotal part of human life, and demonstrate that it plays a significant role in the writings of various humanist authors.
Jarno Hietalahti
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“I get it, but it’s just not funny”: Why humour fails, after all is said and done
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2018 Failed humour can be explained by communicative gaps, at either the semantic or pragmatic levels, but sometimes, after all is ‘said and done’, people resist humour for purely discursive reasons.
Adrian Hale
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Definitions of the humorous in Chris Rock and Russell Peters fan blogs: A discussion of the problem of incongruity [PDF]
, 2011 There is an old and unsolved problem in the philosophy of humour that examines the conditions under which some incongruities are deemed funny and some are not.
Weaver, S
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New Onset of Fibromyalgia After Exposure to a Combat Environment: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Traumatic life events are hypothesized to be triggers for the onset of fibromyalgia. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common comorbidity of fibromyalgia. However, limited prospective data are available on the development of fibromyalgia after exposure to high‐magnitude stress.
Jay B. Higgs +15 more
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Prevention of endotoxin-induced uveitis in rabbits by Triphala, an Ayurvedic formulation [PDF]
, 2011 Purpose: Triphala (TA) is an Ayurvedic formulation used to treat various disorders. The present study was designed to investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of TA aqueous extract on experimental uveitis in the rabbit.
Suresh Kumar Gupta, V. Kalaiselvan, Shyam Sunder Agrawal, Sushma Srivastava, Rohit Saxena, Int J Cur Biomed Phar Res.
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Frailty occurs prematurely in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with poor health outcomes. We compared the performance of four frailty instruments, including a pragmatic alternative measure using chair sit‐to‐stand (STS), and evaluated their abilities to predict poor health outcomes.
Kylie E. Riggles +14 more
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Computers that smile: Humor in the interface [PDF]
, 2002 It is certainly not the case that wen we consider research on the role of human characteristics in the user interface of computers that no attention has been paid to the role of humor.
Nijholt, A.
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Associations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity With Frailty Over Five Years of Follow‐up
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective To evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity is associated with frailty both in cross‐section and longitudinally. Methods Participants within the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) registry enrolled from 2003 to 2022 were included.
Courtney N. Loecker +14 more
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“Scientists Joke”: Evolution and Genres of Humour about Science and Scientists in Russia
Styles of Communication, 2017 The paper analyses humour about scientists and humour produced by scientists in Russia. The aim of the study is to track back the evolution of scholarly humour and analyse social factors that stand behind professional humour in the academia. The analysis
Ksenia Shilikhina
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