Image measures and the so-called image measure catastrophe

Preprint

10.31234/osf.io/p3ysn ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Peter Branney ◽

Elizabeth Walters ◽

Eleanor Bryant ◽

Cyan Hollyhead ◽

Kelechi Njoku ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sexual Desire ◽

Lower Limb ◽

Time Frame ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Image Measure ◽

Psychometric Measures ◽

Related Quality ◽

Eortc Qlq ◽

Male Genital

The aim of this study is to assess the feasibility of the Male Genital Self-Image Scale (MGSIS-5) and the Groin and Lower Limb Lymphedema questionnaire (G3L-20) for routine use within the care of men diagnosed with penile cancer. Psychometric measures can give patients tacit approval to discuss embarrassing topics in a healthcare interaction. When used in routine clinical practice, such measures also feed into a virtuous evidence-based-practice-based evidence cycle. In this study, we used a pen and paper cross sectional non-experimental open audit design to administer a male genital body image measure (the MGSIS-5) and a groin and lower limb lymphedema questionnaire (G3L-20). These were complemented by the inclusion of measures specific to sexual function (International Index of Erectile Function)) and global cancer-related quality of life (EORTC-QLQ-C30 version 3) as well as the recently developed modified Lymphoedema Genitourinary Cancer Questionnaire (mLGUCQ). Twenty patients returned questionnaires. Validity and reliability analyses are presented but low participant numbers mean that results need treating with caution. Results show sufficient feasibility for the MGSIS-5 and the G3L-20 to warrant further study to attract larger numbers of participants, either over a longer time frame or at multiple sites. In these further studies, we would recommend adding 1) more Likert responses and 2) the time-frame to the MGIS and 3) exploring either the use of sexual desire psychometric measures or the addition of sexual desire items to the MGSIS for this patient group.

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High School’s Image Measure

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t23059-000 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Aurore Marcouyeux ◽

Ghozlane Fleury-Bahi

Keyword(s):

Image Measure

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Attitudes Toward Smoking, Mouth Cancer, and the Graphic Warning Image Measure

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t40436-000 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Sally Rooke ◽

John Malouff ◽

Jan Copeland

Keyword(s):

Image Measure ◽

Graphic Warning ◽

Attitudes Toward Smoking

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Experimental Study on Wet Skid Resistance of Asphalt Pavements in Icy Conditions

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma12081201 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (8) ◽

pp. 1201 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Yan ◽

Mao ◽

Zhong ◽

Zhang ◽

Zhang

Keyword(s):

Surface Friction ◽

Melting Process ◽

Asphalt Pavements ◽

Skid Resistance ◽

Ice Melting ◽

Temperature Range ◽

Bitumen Emulsion ◽

Image Measure ◽

The Difference ◽

Increasing Temperature

In this research, the durability of skid resistance during the ice melting process with temperature increasing from −5 °C to 10 °C was characterized by means of a British Pendulum Skid Tester. Four types of pavement surfaces were prepared and tested. The difference between two antiskid layers prepared with bitumen emulsion was the aggregate. The detailed angularity and form 2D index of fine aggregates used for antiskid surfaces, characterized by means of the Aggregate Image Measure System (AIMS) with micro image analysis methods, were then correlated with British Pendulum Number (BPN) values. Results indicate that skid resistance has the lowest value during the ice-melting process. The investigated antiskid layers can increase the surface friction during icy seasons. In icy conditions, the skid resistance behavior first worsens until reaches the lowest value, and then increases gradually with increasing temperature. Results from ice-melting conditions on four investigated pavement surfaces give the same temperature range where there will be lowest skid resistance. That temperature range is from 3 °C to 5 °C. A thicker ice layer will result in a lower skid resistance property and smaller “lowest BPN”.

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Subadditive Pre-Image Variational Principle for Bundle Random Dynamical Systems

Mathematics ◽

10.3390/math8030309 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 309

Author(s):

Xianfeng Ma ◽

Zhongyue Wang ◽

Hailin Tan

Keyword(s):

Dynamical Systems ◽

Variational Principle ◽

Random Dynamical Systems ◽

Topological Pressure ◽

Image Measure ◽

Measure Preserving Transformations

A central role in the variational principle of the measure preserving transformations is played by the topological pressure. We introduce subadditive pre-image topological pressure and pre-image measure-theoretic entropy properly for the random bundle transformations on a class of measurable subsets. On the basis of these notions, we are able to complete the subadditive pre-image variational principle under relatively weak conditions for the bundle random dynamical systems.

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