In this paper, we target the extraction of whole-part relations involving human entities and body-part nouns occurrences in texts using STRING, a hybrid statistical and rule-based Natural Language Processing chain for Portuguese. Whole-part relation is a semantic relation between an entity that is perceived as a constituent part of another entity, or a member of a set.

Abstract This study analyzed the relations between social representations of body and care practices older adults. Forty adults, with ages varying from 60 to 84 years (M = 69; SD 7), matched by sex, took part in study. The data were collected means in-depth thematic interviews, corpus using IRaMuTeQ software. Differences men women verified representational contents practices. male participants’...

The question of how our body parts successfully interact with objects in the outside world is a fundamental problem in cognitive science and neuroscience. This problem is closely related to biologically important behaviors such as avoiding collisions or safely reaching for an object. Although previous studies have suggested that perceiving the space around one's own body is essential for intera...

Evidence linked exposure to internet appearance-related sites to weight dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, increased internalisation of thin ideals, and body surveillance with Facebook users having significantly higher scores on body image concern measures (Tiggemann & Miller, 2010, Tiggemann & Slater, 2013). This study explored the impacts of social media on the body image of young adults ag...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of weight concerns in individuals with BDD, and to examine similarities and differences between those with and those without weight concerns. METHOD We assessed 200 participants with BDD for clinically significant weight concerns and compared those with weight concerns (in addition to other body area concerns) to those without weight concerns on measures ...

BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence that children are showing body image issues in recent years. Body image disturbances in childhood must be taken seriously. The thin ideal is becoming more prominent in Asian countries; however, there is little research examining how this issue affects Iranian children. This study explores body weight concerns and associated factors among children in Irani...

OBJECTIVES To record the current use of tranexamic acid during traumatic haemorrhage and elective arthroplasty of the hip and knee. DESIGN A questionnaire-based postal survey. SETTING The questionnaire was sent to the 'anaesthetic lead' at all acute trusts in England, excluding centres for children, women's health, cancer and cardiac care. PARTICIPANTS Ninety-nine (66%) centres replied to...

The authors investigated the prevalence of body image concerns, body dysmorphic disorder, and related psychiatric symptoms in a group of 101 American students. Results were compared with data from a group of 133 German students. Survey data were collected on body image concerns, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and skin picking. A total of 74.3% of the American s...