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Selected AbstractsPhotoprotection: where do we stand?JOURNAL OF COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY, Issue 4 2006Electra Nicolaidou MD Summary Ultraviolet sun radiation can cause several deleterious effects on the skin, including photoaging and carcinogenesis. Physical protection and sunscreens are currently the two main types of photoprotection. Overall, people seem informed about the dangers of sun exposure, but sometimes they are not willing to implement the right sun-protection measures. Sunscreens are reported to be the most frequently used method worldwide, but they cannot substitute physical protection and a proportion of people do not apply them correctly. Public campaigns, together with fashion and the right role models, can still offer a lot in persuading people to change their habits towards a more sun-protected life. [source] Regulating race in the California civil rights initiative: enemies, allies, and alibisJOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, Issue 2 2000R Mukherjee This essay presents an analysis of the California Civil Rights Initiative, a ballot measure that won 54% of the popular vote in November 1996 to end affirmative action in California. Themes within the public campaign organized by supporters of the measure reveal an ,individual rights' framing of the issues, an emphasis on racialized ,internal enemies', and the appointment of ,allies' within the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The essay analyzes these themes to interrogate the ways in which the policy process operates as an important site for the production of knowledge about affirmative action, Black Americans, and racial history. [source] Why ischemic stroke patients do not receive thrombolytic treatment: results from a general hospitalACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, Issue 3 2009J. S. P. Van Den Berg Objectives,,, To determine the proportion of patients with an ischemic stroke that received intravenous (IV) thrombolytic treatment, and reasons why patients are not treated. Methods,,, A prospective registry of all patients with an ischemic stroke admitted to our emergency department (ED). Results,,, A total of 286 patients with an ischemic stroke were admitted. Eighty-one patients were admitted within 3 h of onset of neurological deficit, of which 28 received IV thrombolysis. In 25 patients no thrombolytic treatment was given because of the presence of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) exclusion criteria, and one patient refused treatment. No thrombolytic treatment was given to 27 patients because of mild neurological deficit or rapid clinical improvement, and after 3 months all these patients were independently living at home without nursing help. Despite a public campaign to gain awareness concerning stroke, the majority of the patients arrived too late at the ED for thrombolytic treatment. Conclusions,,, A large proportion of the patients with an ischemic stroke are admitted too late to receive IV thrombolysis. More needs to be done to increase both public and medical awareness of stroke as a treatable emergency. [source] Recognition of depressive symptoms in the elderly: What can help the patient and the doctorDEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, Issue 3 2002Ioannis A. Parashos M.D. Abstract The general public heavily underrecognizes depression and depressive symptoms. This underrecognition is more pronounced among elderly people, and this study is an initial attempt to quantify the problem in a Greek elderly sample. Additionally the authors attempt to identify patient-related factors, which can assist a subject to recognize the depressive symptoms and the general practitioner to note their existence. Members of senior citizen centers (n = 682) participated in presentations about "depression in the elderly" and completed a questionnaire including the GDS-4 scale, four questions concerning depression risk factors and a question concerning a recent visit to a physician for depressive symptoms. Amongst those participating, 35.8% presented depressive symptoms (GDS-4 , 2). The calculated rate for recognition of depression in the studied population was very low (17.3%). Patients with depressive symptoms were more often females and had a higher proportion of past history of depression and a lack of social support. Patients with a past history of depression and more severe forms of illness consulted a doctor more frequently. Finally, subjects suffering from depressive symptoms and comorbid medical illness were characterized by a higher proportion of past history, lack of support, and existence of multiple risk factors. The authors propose that the inclusion in public campaigns of activities with an experiential dimension, e.g., patient videos and the use of a very simple screening tool, such as the GDS-4 scale by general practitioners (GP), could be helpful in improving the recognition of depressive symptoms by the patient and his/her relatives and its diagnosis by the doctor. This proposition awaits formal proof in future studies. Depression and Anxiety 15:111,116, 2002. © 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] Resettlement, Rights to Development and the Ilisu Dam, TurkeyDEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE, Issue 4 2004Behrooz Morvaridi A cursory attempt to measure the extent of displacement over the past two decades indicates significant increases in conflict-induced displacement and displacement resulting from development projects. At the same time a growing opposition to the latter form of displacement has raised questions over its legitimacy through a variety of media, including public campaigns and protests. This article focuses on some of the challenges that this presents to the displacement and resettlement discourse. In particular it considers the influences of the rights to development agenda on the spatial context of displacement and its associated economic and political changes. There appears to be a disjuncture between the practices of mainstream development, which tend to interpret development policy as it is defined and applied by a nation state and to assess inequalities within clear geographical definitions, and the universality of a rights based approach to development. This article examines these tensions in the context of displacement and resettlement management, drawing on evidence from a case study of the Ilisu dam in South East Anatolia, Turkey. [source] Reducing ethnic prejudice: an evaluation of seven recommended principles for incorporation in public campaignsJOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 4 2003Aldert Vrij Abstract The present study investigated the effects of seven principles drawn from cognitive models of ethnic prejudice, general information processing models and persuasion models, on levels of ethnic prejudice. It was hypothesized that exposure to cue cards incorporating these principles would result in lower levels of prejudice than cue cards which did not incorporate the principles. A total of 400 caucasian participants were randomly assigned to experimental conditions (where participants were exposed to a cue card incorporating or omitting each of the seven principles), or the control condition (with no cue card exposure), and completed a questionnaire measuring ethnic prejudice. Results revealed that the absence of the principles in the cards led in several cases to unwanted negative effects (higher levels of prejudice than the control group). Reasons for these findings and implications for launching poster campaigns to reduce ethnic prejudice are discussed. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] | |||||||||||||