Changing the visual body appearance by use of as virtual reality system, funny mirror, or binocular glasses has been reported to be helpful in rehabilitation of pain. However, there are interindividual differences in the analgesic effect of changing the visual body image. We hypothesized that a negative body image associated with changing the visual body appearance causes interindividual differ...

<p><em>This article aims to explain the history of inculturation process clean culture through toilets in twentieth century Surakarta society. The methodology used this research is historical method using critical approach. Using method, authors analyze toilet a holistic manner, that not affected by socio-political practices. phenomena are analyzed theory hegemony Gramsci and incult...

Post operative foreign body in the abdominal cavily, though rare continues to occur in surgical practice. Symptoms may start early with abdominal pain but usually have a varying course, ofter leading 10 the formation of gossypiboma. This is usually a great source of embarrassment to the surgeon and the centre, and of serious detrimental effect to the patient. A case report of a 27-year-old trad...

Olfactory reference syndrome (ORS) has been defined as a psychiatric condition characterized by persistent preoccupation about body odour accompanied by shame, embarrassment, significant distress, avoidance behaviour and social isolation. ORS has however not been included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition) (DSM-IV) and, given that its primary symptoms may...

Expecting to blush is a common source of social anxiety, and is associated with heightened perceptions of blushing and embarrassment. To assess whether sensory cues associated with heightened facial blood flow are an additional source of anxiety, the vasodilator niacin (100mg) or placebo was administered double-blind to 33 participants, and facial blood flow was investigated when they sang a ch...

In this article, we review di verse studies of the anteced ents, facial display, and social consequences of embarrass ment. These studies indicate that embarrassment serves an appeasement function, recon ciling social relations when they have gone awry. We then speculate about how embar rassment is elaborated into more complex social interac tions, such as teasing and flir tation. We conclude b...

Extensive research indicates that cheating among undergraduate students is a serious problem. A recent study by McCabe reported that as many as nine in ten engineering undergraduates admit to one or more incidents of cheating in college and up to 23% admit to repetitive examination cheating. Several consequences of cheating, including personal shame, embarrassment, and institutional sanctions, ...

BACKGROUND Current American Cancer Society recommendations for colon cancer screening include optical colonoscopy every 10 years or computed tomography colonography (CTC) every 5 years. Bowel preparation (BP) is currently required for both screening modalities. PURPOSE To compare ACRIN 6664: the National CT Colonography Trial (NCTCT) participant experiences with CTC and optical colonoscopy (O...

Aim and Method. To examine in obese people the potential effectiveness of a six-week, two times weekly aquajogging program on body composition, fitness, health-related quality of life, and exercise beliefs. Fifteen otherwise healthy obese persons participated in a pilot study. Results. Total fat mass and waist circumference decreased 1.4 kg (P = .03) and 3.1 cm (P = .005), respectively. The dis...

People vicariously experience embarrassment when observing others' public pratfalls or etiquette violations. In two consecutive studies we investigated the subjective experience and the neural correlates of vicarious embarrassment for others in a broad range of situations. We demonstrated, first, that vicarious embarrassment was experienced regardless of whether the observed protagonist acted a...