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Patientinnen mit Anorexia nervosa empfinden eine stärkere emotionale Bindung zu ihren Eltern als Patienten mit Bulimia nervosa, unabhängig von objektiven familiären Faktoren
No full textSummary Background Psychological constructs of individual autonomy (IA) and emotional connectedness (EC) differ between patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN); however, it is unclear whether objective family factors modulate these associations. Methods In a cohort of 445 participants from the FamFINED study (FAMily Factors INvolved in Eating Disorders) with eating disorders (EDs) diagnosed as AN ( n = 232) or BN ( n = 213), we assessed objective psychosocial family factors as well as the IA and EC constructs using the self-rated Subjective Family Image Test (SFIT) questionnaire. Results While the two ED entities did not differ with respect to IA in univariate analysis ( p = 0.355), patients diagnosed with AN had higher perceived EC than participants with BN, as assessed by a lower score for the difference between the actual and desired family image (16.0 ± 15.8 vs. 21.6 ± 17.6, p < 0.001). In a regression model adjusted for age, body-mass index, living in parental home, and parental separation, we found that the EC score used as the dependent variable differed significantly between the two ED entities (expβ = 4.8, 95% confidence interval = 0.54–9.11, p = 0.028). In contrast, no association was observed between IA and ED diagnoses using the same set of confounders ( p = 0.717). Conclusion The higher perceived EC in AN patients compared to those diagnosed with BN indicates more intense feelings of family solidarity, regardless of objective family factors.Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die psychologischen Konstrukte der individuellen Autonomie (IA) und der emotionalen Verbundenheit (EC) unterscheiden sich zwischen Patientinnen mit Anorexia nervosa (AN) und Bulimia nervosa (BN); es ist jedoch unklar, ob objektive familiäre Faktoren diese Zusammenhänge beeinflussen. Methoden In einer Kohorte von 445 Teilnehmerinnen aus der FamFINED-Studie (Family Factors Involved in Eating Disorders) mit Essstörungen (ED), die als AN ( n = 232) oder BN ( n = 213) diagnostiziert wurden, bewerteten wir objektive psychosoziale Familienfaktoren sowie die Konstrukte IA und EC anhand des selbstausgefüllten Fragebogens Subjectives Familienbild (SFB). Ergebnisse Während sich die beiden ED-Entitäten in der univariaten Analyse hinsichtlich IA nicht unterschieden ( p = 0,355), wiesen Patientinnen mit AN eine höhere wahrgenommene EC auf als Teilnehmerinnen mit BN, was anhand eines niedrigeren Werts für die Differenz zwischen dem tatsächlichen und dem gewünschten Familienbild bewertet wurde (16,0 ± 15,8 vs. 21,6 ± 17,6; p < 0,001). In einem Regressionsmodell, das hinsichtlich Alter, Body-Mass-Index, Wohnen im Elternhaus und Trennung der Eltern adjustiert wurde, stellten wir fest, dass sich der als abhängige Variable verwendete EC-Wert zwischen den beiden ED-Entitäten signifikant unterschied (expβ = 4,8; 95% Konfidenzintervall 0,54–9,11; p = 0,028). Im Gegensatz dazu wurde unter Verwendung derselben Störfaktoren kein Zusammenhang zwischen IA und der ED-Diagnose beobachtet ( p = 0,717). Schlussfolgerung Die im Vergleich zu BN-Patienten höher wahrgenommene EC bei AN-Patienten deutet auf ein stärkeres Gefühl der familiären Solidarität hin, unabhängig von objektiven Familienfaktoren.Summary Background Psychological constructs of individual autonomy (IA) and emotional connectedness (EC) differ between patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN); however, it is unclear whether objective family factors modulate these associations. Methods In a cohort of 445 participants from the FamFINED study (FAMily Factors INvolved in Eating Disorders) with eating disorders (EDs) diagnosed as AN ( n = 232) or BN ( n = 213), we assessed objective psychosocial family factors as well as the IA and EC constructs using the self-rated Subjective Family Image Test (SFIT) questionnaire. Results While the two ED entities did not differ with respect to IA in univariate analysis ( p = 0.355), patients diagnosed with AN had higher perceived EC than participants with BN, as assessed by a lower score for the difference between the actual and desired family image (16.0 ± 15.8 vs. 21.6 ± 17.6, p < 0.001). In a regression model adjusted for age, body-mass index, living in parental home, and parental separation, we found that the EC score used as the dependent variable differed significantly between the two ED entities (expβ = 4.8, 95% confidence interval = 0.54–9.11, p = 0.028). In contrast, no association was observed between IA and ED diagnoses using the same set of confounders ( p = 0.717). Conclusion The higher perceived EC in AN patients compared to those diagnosed with BN indicates more intense feelings of family solidarity, regardless of objective family factors.Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die psychologischen Konstrukte der individuellen Autonomie (IA) und der emotionalen Verbundenheit (EC) unterscheiden sich zwischen Patientinnen mit Anorexia nervosa (AN) und Bulimia nervosa (BN); es ist jedoch unklar, ob objektive familiäre Faktoren diese Zusammenhänge beeinflussen. Methoden In einer Kohorte von 445 Teilnehmerinnen aus der FamFINED-Studie (Family Factors Involved in Eating Disorders) mit Essstörungen (ED), die als AN ( n = 232) oder BN ( n = 213) diagnostiziert wurden, bewerteten wir objektive psychosoziale Familienfaktoren sowie die Konstrukte IA und EC anhand des selbstausgefüllten Fragebogens Subjectives Familienbild (SFB). Ergebnisse Während sich die beiden ED-Entitäten in der univariaten Analyse hinsichtlich IA nicht unterschieden ( p = 0,355), wiesen Patientinnen mit AN eine höhere wahrgenommene EC auf als Teilnehmerinnen mit BN, was anhand eines niedrigeren Werts für die Differenz zwischen dem tatsächlichen und dem gewünschten Familienbild bewertet wurde (16,0 ± 15,8 vs. 21,6 ± 17,6; p < 0,001). In einem Regressionsmodell, das hinsichtlich Alter, Body-Mass-Index, Wohnen im Elternhaus und Trennung der Eltern adjustiert wurde, stellten wir fest, dass sich der als abhängige Variable verwendete EC-Wert zwischen den beiden ED-Entitäten signifikant unterschied (expβ = 4,8; 95% Konfidenzintervall 0,54–9,11; p = 0,028). Im Gegensatz dazu wurde unter Verwendung derselben Störfaktoren kein Zusammenhang zwischen IA und der ED-Diagnose beobachtet ( p = 0,717). Schlussfolgerung Die im Vergleich zu BN-Patienten höher wahrgenommene EC bei AN-Patienten deutet auf ein stärkeres Gefühl der familiären Solidarität hin, unabhängig von objektiven Familienfaktoren
A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law
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The use of software is ubiquitous in the creation of many copyright works, yet the requirement in copyright law that every work have a human author who engages in independent intellectual effort means that its use may prevent copyright subsistence. Several recent Australian cases have refocused attention on authorship as an essential criterion of copyright subsistence, and these cases suggest that much computer-produced output may be authorless and thus lack copyright protection. This article, the first in a two-part series, analyses how each case deals with the question of authorship of computer-produced works and why the use of software diminishes copyright protection for a significant number of computer-generated works. The article critiques the application of conventional notions of human authorship developed in the pre-computer age to modern productions and suggests alternative approaches to authorship that satisfy both the major objectives of copyright policy and the need to adapt to the computer age. The article argues that, without a broader judicial approach to authorship of computer-generated works, Parliament must remedy the lacuna in protection for these ‘authorless’ works. Possible solutions for reform are suggested. In a forthcoming article, the author comprehensively examines those reform proposals
Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
Crustal and Sedimentary Structures and Geodynamic Evolution of the West Antarctic Continental Margin and Pine Island Bay
No full textSince the last glacial maximum the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) with a base mostly beneath the present-day sea-level has experienced dramatic volume changes within short periods of time. Studies are urgently required to show how these short-term variations are related to volume changes in the older geological past. Next to the ice drainage basins of the Weddell Sea and the Ross Embayment, Pine Island Bay forms the third-largest outflow area for the West Antarctic ice-shield. The main ice streams from the WAIS into Pine Island Bay flow through the Pine Island and Thwaites Glacier systems, through which most of the glacial-marine sediments onto the shelf of Pine Island Bay and across the continental slope into the deep sea have been transported. Geophysical surveys of the sedimentary sequences and the underlying basement of the shelf and slope of the southern Amundsen Sea, Pine Island Bay and its adjacent continental rise would allow reconstructions of the formation of the tectonic and older sedimentary processes as well as to find out about the history of large-scale glaciation in West Antarctica. Accurate models of the geodynamic- tectonic evolution contain some of the most important parameters for understanding and reconstruction of the palaeo-environment. The following objectives will be addressed during ANT XXflII4 as part of a cooperative project between the Vernadsky Institute in Moscow (Dr. Gleb Udintsev) and AWl:K. Gohl, G. Uenzelmann-Neben, G. Eagles, A. Fahl, T. Feigl, J. Grobys, J. Just, V. Leinweber, N. Lensch, C. Mayr, N. Parsiegla, N. Rackebrandt, P. Schloter, S. Suckro, K. Zimmermann, S. Gauger, H. Bohlmann, G. L. Netzeband, and P. Lemenkova. Crustal and Sedimentary Structures and Geodynamic Evolution of the West Antarctic Continental Margin and Pine Island Bay. Germany, Bremerhaven, 2006. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.16473.36961
Dissipative Range Scaling of Higher Order Structure Functions for Velocity and Passive Scalars
No full textDifferently to Kolmogorov's second similarity hypothesis, we find that the 2n-th order velocity and scalar structure functions scale with n-th order moment of the energy dissipation and the scalar dissipation, respectively. The origins of this scaling are analyzed by the transport equations of the fourth order velocity and scalar increment moments and by direct numerical simulations
Fast implementation of iterative adaptive approach for wideband unambiguous radar detection
No full textAccepted author manuscriptMicrowave Sensing, Signals & System
Ratio of n-6/n-3 in the diets of beef cattle
No full textEffects of feeding heat-treated canola (C), soybean (S) and flax (F) or mixtures on growth and slaughter characteristics, taste and fatty acid (FA) composition of beef tissue were investigated using 128 crossbred steers to determine the potential of improving the nutritional quality of beef for humans. For Trial 1 (48 steers), dietary treatments were: roasted C, extruded C, roasted S, extruded S, roasted F and extruded F. For Trial 2 (80 steers), the dietary treatments were: S:F (1:1), S:C (1:1), C:F (1:1) and S:F:C (1:1:1), and the oilseeds were processed either by roasting or extruding before mixing. Soybean meal and soybean oil were used to give equivalent lipid and protein contents to each experimental diet. The basal diet consisted of grass silage, barley grain, vitamins and minerals. Steers were fed for a minimum of 100d then slaughtered at a uniform degree of finish. Growth and slaughter characteristics of the steers were only slightly affected by dietary treatment in that the soybean-fed steers consumed more feed and had a higher average daily gain than the canola or flax-fed animals in Trial 1. There was no difference in taste panel parameters for any of the treatments. Inclusion of flax in the diet increased the total n-3 content of meat. Similar results were found for canola and C18:1n-9 although this was not the case for soybean and the n-6 FA. For the n-6 FA in the PL and neutral lipid fractions of the meat samples, levels were correlated with high dietary levels of n-6 or n-9 with low levels of n-3 while for the n-3 FA, levels were correlated with high dietary n-3 levels and low n-6 levels. Oilseed processing method did not have an effect on any fatty acid levels. It is possible to modify the FA composition of beef meat toward a healthier profile by including heat-treated oilseeds in the diet to influence the degree of lipid metabolism in the rumen.ID: S0377840111004007; M3: Article; Accession Number: S0377840111004007; Author: M.A. McNiven (a, ⁎); Author: J.L. Duynisveld (b); Author: T. Turner (a); Author: A.W. Mitchell (a); Affiliation: Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of PEI, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada C1A 4P3; Affiliation: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Nappan, NS, Canada B0L 1C0; Keyword: Oilseeds; Keyword: Roasted; Keyword: Extruded; Keyword: Fatty acids; Keyword: Healthy fat; Number of Pages: 11; Language: English
After seven years in Key West, Florida, author John N. Cole learned to appreciat
No full textAfter seven years in Key West, Florida, author John N. Cole learned to appreciate Maine winters for their beauty and power
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