This study looked at the contribution of breast size and buttock size on ratings of female physical attractiveness in profile. A total of 114 British undergraduates rated 9 silhouettes with 3 varying levels of breast size and 3 levels of buttock size. Results showed significant main effects of breast size (with an overall preference for small breasts) but not of buttock size. Gender of the part...

BACKGROUND There are many differences in culture, community identity, community participation, and ownership between communities in Western and Asian countries; thus, it is difficult to adopt the results of community intervention studies from Western countries. In this study, we conducted a multicity, multicomponent community intervention trial to correct breast cancer myths and promote screeni...

Um procedimento é descrito para a determinação simultânea de substâncias androgênicas, incluindo esteróides e β 2 -agonistas. O método envolve a análise de compostos anabólicos em urina hidrolisada, usando-se extração líquido-líquido com subseqüente conversão a derivados trimetilsililéteres, para análise por CG-EM. Injeção com divisão de fluxo de 1/10 dos derivados TMS a 280 °C, em uma coluna c...

BACKGROUND Relative to Western women, Korean women show several differences in breast-related characteristics, including higher rates of dense breasts and small breasts. We investigated how mammographic composition and breast size affect the glandular dose during full-field digital mammography (FFDM) in Korean women using a radiation dose management system. METHODS From June 1 to June 30, 201...

M oday, M arch 7, 2017 reduction (SPAIR) mammaplasty. This technique utilizes an inferior pedicle, circumvertical skin resection pattern, and purse-string peri-areolar closure to achieve a stable and aesthetic breast shape. Late breast distortion from seroma formation is rare complication than may occur after an initially satisfactory result. Contraction of the seroma cavity may cause the surro...

Outcome evaluation in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the breast is commonly performed visually or employing bi-dimensional photography. The reconstructive process in the era of anatomical implants requires excellent survey capabilities that mainly rely on surgeon experience. In this paper we present a set of parameters to unambiguously estimate the shape of natural and reconstructed bre...

The films of Stanley Kubrick, particularly since 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), have been characterised by their innovative approaches to the use of music. Even by Kubrick’s standards, however, The Shining (1980) exemplifies a level of both sophisticated interaction of music and moving image, and general reliance on music for contextual, characterisation and narrative purposes, rarely equalled i...

When we consider the grand trajectory of Western painting, we see something very interesting taking place at the dawn of the Renaissance. Before roughly 1425, most images were rather stylized, even schematic, but afterward we see paintings that have an almost photographic realism. For instance, Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfi ni and His Wife, by the early Renaissance master Jan van Eyck (1390?–144...

I n the mid-1960s Joseph Weizenbaum created a stunning piece of software. Years before HAL 9000's screen debut in 2001: A Space Odyssey, this software, Eliza, made it possible to have a conversation with a computer. Eliza's most famous script,Doctor, caused the software to parody the conversational patterns of non-directive therapists during an initial visit. While Eliza/Doctor can seem quite s...

About 85% of all U.S. universities and colleges offer distance education courses, up from 62% since 1998 (National Governors’ Association, 2001). Also since 1998, distance education enrollments in credit-bearing courses have more than doubled, from about 1,364,000 to over 2,870,000 in 2001. (National Center for Education Statistics, 1997; 2003). By 2004, it is expected that distance learners wi...