Birth Weight and Retinal Vascular Changes To the Editor: Liew et al1 describe an association between low birth weight and narrower retinal arterioles in middle-aged-to-older adults in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. These data constitute an important contribution to the current literature on the use of retinal image analysis in hypertension research. Nevertheless, the significanc...

Let F be a finite field. A multiset S of integers is projectionforcing if for every linear function φ : F → F whose multiset of weight changes is S, φ is a coordinate projection up to permutation of entries. The MacWilliams Extension Theorem from coding theory says that S = {0, 0, . . . , 0} is projection-forcing. We give a (super-polynomial) algorithm to determine whether or not a given S is p...

CONTEXT Patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer have a tendency to gain weight. This tendency has determining factors not completely defined and an unknown prognostic impact. OBJECTIVE To evaluate weight change during chemotherapy for breast cancer in a defined population and to identify its predisposing factors and possible prognostic significance. DESIGN Observational, ...

OBJECTIVE To examine associations between perceived weight discrimination and changes in weight, waist circumference, and weight status. METHODS Data were from 2944 men and women aged ≥50 years participating in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Experiences of weight discrimination were reported in 2010-2011 and weight and waist circumference were objectively measured in 2008-2009 and ...

Carl Rogers' article (see record 2007-14639-002) on the necessary and sufficient conditions for personality change has had a significant impact on the field of psychotherapy and psychotherapy research. He emphasized the client as arbiter of his or her own subjective experience and tested his hypothesized therapist-offered conditions of change using recorded sessions. This aided in demystifying ...

The primary aim of this study was to conduct a bivariate genetic analysis investigating the extent to which genetic and environmental factors contribute to stability and change in personality factors in the period from adolescence to young adulthood on a sample of Croatian twins. The sample used in this research was formed in 1992 based on a register of citizens of Zagreb and data was collected...

Personality (Big Five and self-esteem) effects on social relationship quality (perceived support and conflict) and vice versa were longitudinally studied during emerging adulthood. Rank-order stability correlations of personality and social relationship quality were investigated. Subsequently, the mechanisms that may underlie personality development across emerging adulthood were examined. Resu...