Abstract Implicit theories of body weight (ITBW) have predicted successful loss efforts, such that incremental beliefs (body is malleable) lead to more success and resilience in the face setbacks than entity unchangeable). But, less known about how ITBW related image. Two studies tested (measured Study 1, manipulated 2) interacts with mass index (BMI) predict shame, surveillance, disordered eat...

background: to determine the prevalence and characteristics of birth defects in perinatal infants in hubei province during 200l-2008. methods: the prevalence of birth defects in perinatal infants delivered after 28 weeks or more was analyzed in hubei surveillance hospitals during 200l-2008. results: the incidence of birth defects in perinatal infants from 200l to 2008 was 120.0 per 10,000 birth...

with the tremendous expansion in the use of herbal medicine worldwide, safety and efficacy as well as quality control of herbal medicine have become important concerns for both health authority and public. in this paper, the analysis of two st. john's wort (hypericum perforatum) products and four liquorice (glycyrrhiza glabra) products by spectrophotometric and hplc methods, is explained. moreo...

hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is a serious public health concern throughout the world. despite its public health prominence, however, how surveillance systems for hepatitis c should be designed is still a challenging issue especially in developing countries such as iran. establishing a surveillance system needs an ongoing process of case investigation, data collection, analysis of data and ...

The present study evaluated whether the strength of relationship between contextual cues (presence of company and mood) and state body dissatisfaction varied as a function of individual differences in key trait measures (body shame, body surveillance tendencies, internalization of appearance standards, and trait affect) which have been linked to trait body dissatisfaction. Fifty-five undergradu...

Introduction Syndromic surveillance is one of the meaningful use public health menu set objectives for eligible professionals. The value of this data for syndromic surveillance as an adjunct to the more widely adopted emergency department registrations has not been studied extensively. It may be that it would improve the sensitivity or timeliness of detecting certain communicable disease events...

The paper addresses the relationship between contemporary modes of surveillance and biopolitics in terms of border management. It is suggested that the shift from disciplinary society (panopticism) to control society (postpanopticism) is a problematic one in that the two modalities of power (discipline and control) are not mutually exclusive but coexist within the working of biopolitics and thr...