779 research outputs found
Masculine generic pronouns as a gender cue in generic statements
An eye-tracking experiment was conducted with speakers of Dutch (N = 84, 36 male), a language that falls between grammatical and natural-gender languages. We tested whether a masculine generic pronoun causes a male bias when used in generic statements—that is, in the absence of a specific referent. We tested two types of generic statements by varying conceptual number, hypothesizing that the pronoun zijn “his” was more likely to cause a male bias with a conceptually singular than a conceptually plural ante-cedent (e.g., Someone (conceptually singular)/Everyone (conceptually plural) with perfect pitch can tune his instrument quickly). We found male participants to exhibit a male bias but with the conceptually singular antecedent only. Female participants showed no signs of a male bias. The results show that the generically intended masculine pronoun zijn “his” leads to a male bias in conceptually singular generic contexts but that this further depends on participant gender
Building health literacy in a Polish region: protocol for the POWER project in Lower Silesia
There is a high prevalence of premature mortality and unhealthy lifestyle behaviours in Lower Silesia in
Poland (regional capital is the city of Wroclaw). One plausible reason is low health literacy among this
population. Health literacy is one of the most important elements of public health and health promotion
endeavours. It can be conceptualised as abroad range of cognitive and social skills as well as knowledge
needed by an individual to maintain good health, prevent or manage diseases, and effectively engage
with healthcare professionals and resources. The Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), in collaboration
with regional institutions and organisations, initiated in 2017 a broad initiative to improve health in this
region. The overarching aim of the wider programme is to improve the quality of care among primary
care patients. The project stream led by HPF aims to improve knowledge and health-related competences
in the population of primary care patients in Lower Silesia. It involves (1) needs assessment based on
the analysis of data on health status and neds from 50 participating primary care clinics, followed by (2)
development of tailored face-to-face workshops that will be delivered by trained public health students,
(3) who will be mentored using train-the-trainer approach. It is anticipated that the project will impact
on three main areas in the long term. First, it will lead to creation of a package of workshops that could
be delivered to other primary care patients. Second, it will create opportunities for students majoring in
public health in the region to become directly involved in activities focused on health education and promotion.
Three, it is anticipated that the project will lead to improvements in health and wellbeing among
the participating patient groups. The present report describes the scope and method of the project
Pneumatic compression devices for in-home management of lymphedema: two case reports
The two patients in this case series had experienced long-term difficulty controlling lymphedema at home. Both patients had used numerous home therapies, including older-generation intermittent pneumatic compression devices, without success. The Flexitouch® system, an advanced pneumatic device, was prescribed to assist them with in-home efforts by providing therapy to their affected limbs in addition to the lower trunk area for the patient with lymphedema of the lower extremity; and the trunk, chest wall, and shoulder areas for the patient with lymphedema of the upper extremity. Both patients achieved successful home maintenance of lymphedema, as judged by limb volume, clinical observations, and subjective patient impressions, after incorporating the Flexitouch® system. Neither patient experienced the deleterious effects (worsening genital edema; fibrotic cuff development) that they had experienced with the older-generation intermittent pneumatic compression devices they had previously used. Incorporating the Flexitouch® system as part of maintenance may improve success for lymphedema patients who have previously struggled with in-home management
Multijet production in neutral current deep inelastic scattering at HERA and determination of α_{s}
Multijet production rates in neutral current deep inelastic scattering have been measured in the range of exchanged boson virtualities 10 5 GeV and –1 < η_{LAB}^{jet} < 2.5. Next-to-leading-order QCD calculations describe the data well. The value of the strong coupling constant α_{s} (M_{z}), determined from the ratio of the trijet to dijet cross sections, is α_{s} (M_{z}) = 0.1179 ± 0.0013 (stat.)_{-0.0046}^{+0.0028}(exp.)_{-0.0046}^{+0.0028}(th.)
Phase-space dependence of particle-ratio fluctuations in Pb+Pb collisions from 20A to 158A GeV beam energy
A novel approach, the identity method, was used for particle identification
and the study of fluctuations of particle yield ratios in Pb+Pb collisions at
the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). This procedure allows to unfold the
moments of the unknown multiplicity distributions of protons (p), kaons (K),
pions () and electrons (e). Using these moments the excitation function of
the fluctuation measure [A,B] was measured, with A and
B denoting different particle types. The obtained energy dependence of
agrees with previously published NA49 results on the related
measure . Moreover, was found to depend
on the phase space coverage for [K,p] and [K,] pairs. This feature most
likely explains the reported differences between measurements of NA49 and those
of STAR in central Au+Au collisions
Production of deuterium, tritium, and He in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A, and 158A GeV at the CERN SPS
Production of , , and He nuclei in central Pb+Pb interactions was
studied at five collision energies ( 6.3, 7.6, 8.8, 12.3, and
17.3 GeV) with the NA49 detector at the CERN SPS. Transverse momentum spectra,
rapidity distributions, and particle ratios were measured. Yields are compared
to predictions of statistical models. Phase-space distributions of light nuclei
are discussed and compared to those of protons in the context of a coalescence
approach. The coalescence parameters and , as well as coalescence
radii for and He were determined as a function of transverse mass at
all energies.Comment: 22 pages, 29 figures, 8 tables, for submission to Phys. Rev.
Measurement of event-by-event transverse momentum and multiplicity fluctuations using strongly intensive measures and in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron
Results from the NA49 experiment at the CERN SPS are presented on
event-by-event transverse momentum and multiplicity fluctuations of charged
particles, produced at forward rapidities in central Pb+Pb interactions at beam
momenta 20, 30, 40, 80, and 158 GeV/c, as well as in systems of
different size (, C+C, Si+Si, and Pb+Pb) at 158 GeV/c. This publication
extends the previous NA49 measurements of the strongly intensive measure
by a study of the recently proposed strongly intensive measures of
fluctuations and . In the explored kinematic
region transverse momentum and multiplicity fluctuations show no significant
energy dependence in the SPS energy range. However, a remarkable system size
dependence is observed for both and , with the
largest values measured in peripheral Pb+Pb interactions. The results are
compared with NA61/SHINE measurements in collisions, as well as with
predictions of the UrQMD and EPOS models.Comment: 12 pages, 14 figures, to be submitted to PR
Measurement of the cross-section ratio sigma_{psi(2S)}/sigma_{J/psi(1S)} in deep inelastic exclusive ep scattering at HERA
The exclusive deep inelastic electroproduction of and
at an centre-of-mass energy of 317 GeV has been studied with the ZEUS
detector at HERA in the kinematic range GeV,
GeV and GeV, where is the photon virtuality, is the
photon-proton centre-of-mass energy and is the squared four-momentum
transfer at the proton vertex. The data for GeV were taken in
the HERA I running period and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 114
pb. The data for GeV are from both HERA I and HERA II
periods and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 468 pb. The decay
modes analysed were and for the
and for the . The cross-section ratio
has been measured as a function of
and . The results are compared to predictions of QCD-inspired
models of exclusive vector-meson production.Comment: 24 pages, 8 figure
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