Sarcomas are a rare group of tumors. They do not commonly manifest as malignancies in the head and neck region. The rare nature of these tumors has resulted in a limited number of publications. This is a descriptive study. We included patients with primary sarcomas of the head and neck, observed between 1991 and 2011 in the department of Otorhinolaryngology (University of Chieti, Italy). We stu...

Across three studies, we examined the role of shared negative experiences in the formation of strong social bonds--identity fusion--previously associated with individuals' willingness to self-sacrifice for the sake of their groups. Studies 1 and 2 were correlational studies conducted on two different populations. In Study 1, we found that the extent to which Northern Irish Republicans and Union...

In the rapidly changing field of information systems, every researcher faces important choices about what research topics to explore and how to pursue that research. This paper addresses these questions by summarizing a panel discussion at the 2001 Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) annual meeting. The first part of this paper provides a framework explaining factors that can be used in selecting...

Reflective writing is one established method for teaching medical students empathetic interactions with patients. Most such exercises rely on students' reflecting upon clinical experiences. To effectively elicit, interpret, and translate the patient's story, however, a reflective practitioner must also be self-aware, personally and professionally. Race, gender, and other embodied sources of ide...

OBJECTIVE To determine the extent to which African Americans prefer same-race clinicians and the extent to which: 1) knowledge of historical mistreatment; 2) perceptions of current racial inequities in medical treatment; and 3) personal experiences of discrimination are associated with preference for same-race healthcare providers among African Americans. DESIGN Statistical analysis of a nati...

3-D sound field reproduction systems can provide listeners with a sense of presence. In this study, we have proposed the 3-D sound field localization system using parametric loudspeakers. This system can easily represent sound images on the wall by using parametric loudspeakers that have a high directivity. In contrast, it is difficult to reproduce reverberant environments such as a concert hal...

We describe using biographies in teaching a course about the intrapersonal and interpersonal dynamics of science, with an emphasis on the professional and personal experiences of women in science. In our course, Life of a Psychologist: Experiences of Women in Science, students examine biographies and scientific research written by female psychologists across the main research areas of psycholog...

The authors' personal-relational equilibrium model suggests that people come to seek equilibrium in their dedication to personal and relational concerns in that these 2 important needs cannot always be gratified simultaneously. The authors proposed that the experience of personal-relational disequilibrium motivates attempts to restore equilibrium and that achieving equilibrium promotes life sat...

The achievements and challenges of modern society have an important impact on patients with rare diseases and on the patient support groups that have been established in many countries. Although people are now able to exchange information from one corner of the world to another just in a minute via internet, personal relationships and wholehearted personal communication have remained the best w...

this study attempts to investigate the information-seeking behavior of specialists, residents and interns at the hospitals of ahvaz university of medical sciences, iran. the data were collected through a questionnaire completed by 114 respondents. the research findings revealed that the three groups used informal channels (i.e. conferences) in order to obtain specific as well as general informa...