scholarly journals Understanding rates of genital-anal injury: Role of skin color and skin biomechanics

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 120-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn S. Sommers ◽  
Yadira Regueira ◽  
Deborah A. Tiller ◽  
Janine S. Everett ◽  
Kathleen Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skin Color ◽  
Skin Biomechanics

Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry: A New Light on an Old Subject

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Hegyi
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Serum Bilirubin ◽  
Cellular Injury ◽  
Bilirubin Concentration ◽  
Specific Serum ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry

The role of bilirubin as a cause of central nervous system morbidity in the newborn infant has been well recognized for several decades. The specific serum concentration that leads to cellular injury, as well as the precise mechanism of damage, are as yet unclear but general principles of therapy have been established. Early detection of hyperbilirubinemia is based on the clinical assessment of dermal icterus followed by appropriate serum tests to determine the degree of serum bilirubin elevation. The relationship of dermal icterus and serum bilirubin concentration has intrigued clinicians for more than a century.1 In an attempt to utilize skin color as an index of hyperbilirubinemia many techniques have been investigated.

scholarly journals Skin color and perceived discrimination: a comparative study between Brazilians and Mozambicans

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Emanoel Pereira ◽  
Elza Maria Techio ◽  
José Luís Álvaro ◽  
Carina Feitosa ◽  
Benvindo Maloa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Black People ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Brazilian Sample ◽  
Social Domination

Despite the numerous efforts to reduce prejudice and social discrimination as well as their repercussions, such phenomena are still part of everyday life and mark individual life stories. The experiences of the target and the agent of discrimination were differents. The present study addresses a gap in the literature of social psychology: through a relational analysis, it explores the perceptions of the target of discrimination without leaving aside the perspective of the agent. Using a computerized version of a self-report instrument, we aimed to assess the relation between the experience of racial discrimination and skin color and to what extent this relation is modulated by psychosocial and sociodemographic variables in two national contexts, Brazil and Mozambique. A total of 150 university students participated in the study, 89 from Brazil and 61 from Mozambique. The results show that in both countries the participants report more experiences of discrimination coming from White than from Black people, with a larger difference for the Brazilian sample population. The study also verified that the darker the person’s skin color, the higher their perception of having been discriminated against. In the Brazilian group, the accounts of discrimination coming both from White and Black people are associated with darker skin color. In the Mozambican group, diversely, participants with lighter and darker skin color perceived being the target of discrimination, inflicted both by White and Black people. Finally, we identified that perceived discrimination is predicted by skin color. The discussion focuses on the perspective of the targets of discrimination and highlights the role of skin color in the process of perceiving racial discrimination, especially regarding the psychosocial variables motivation to control prejudice and social domination.

scholarly journals Like Mother, like Son: Physical Activity, Commuting, and Associated Demographic Factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Brand ◽  
Cézane Priscila Reuter ◽  
Arieli Fernandes Dias ◽  
Jorge Mota ◽  
Michael Duncan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Active Commuting ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Living Area

A mother’s healthy conduct may lead to the healthy conduct of their children. Thus, this study aimed to verify the role of demographic factors in the relationship between mothers’ physical activity (PA) and commuting to work with children and adolescent’s PA and commuting to school. This cross-sectional study comprised 1421 children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years and 1421 mothers, from Brazil. PA, commuting, socioeconomic status (SES), skin color/ethnicity, and living area were evaluated by questionnaire. Logistic binary regression models were used. Results indicated that mothers’ PA and commuting were associated with children and adolescent’s PA and commuting to school in crude and adjusted models. Considering the role of the demographic factors, an association was only observed for girls in the relationship between mother’s PA with children’s PA. In adolescents, an association was observed in both high/low SES, boys/girls, and rural/urban areas. Regarding children and adolescent active commuting to school, there was an association with mothers commuting. All demographic factors were strongly associated, except for rural areas. Therefore, mothers’ PA as well as commuting to work are associated with children and adolescent’s PA and commuting to school. Sex, living area, and SES are the related demographic factors.

Role of light in human skin color variation

1975 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. C. Quevedo ◽  
T. B. Fitzpatrick ◽  
M. A. Pathak ◽  
K. Jimbow
Keyword(s):  
Human Skin ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Color Variation ◽  
Role Of Light

scholarly journals Effects of News Stereotypes on the Perception of Facial Threat

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Arendt ◽  
Nina Steindl ◽  
Peter Vitouch
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Laboratory Experiment ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Perception ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Dark Skin ◽  
The Media ◽  
Facial Threat

The human face is central to social interactions and therefore of primary importance in social perception. Two recent discoveries have contributed to a more thorough understanding of the role of news stereotypes in the perception of facial threat: First, social-cognition research has revealed that automatically activated stereotypes influence the perception of facial threat. Individuals holding hostile stereotypes toward dark-skinned outgroup members perceive ambiguous dark-skinned faces as more hostile than similar light-skinned faces. Second, media-stereotyping research has found that the media can influence individuals’ automatically activated stereotypes. Combining these two findings, it was hypothesized that reading tabloid articles about crimes committed by dark-skinned offenders would increase the perceived facial threat of meeting dark-skinned strangers in a subsequent situation. This hypothesis was tested in a laboratory experiment. Participants read crime articles where cues indicating (dark) skin color were mentioned or not. The results showed that reading about dark-skinned criminals increases the perceived facial threat of dark-skinned strangers compared with light-skinned strangers.

Personal-Level and Group-Level Discrimination and Mental Health: the Role of Skin Color

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1033-1041
Author(s):  
Gisel Lorena Fattore ◽  
Leila D Amorim ◽  
Letícia Marques dos Santos ◽  
Darci Neves dos Santos ◽  
Mauricio Lima Barreto
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Personal Level

Age Differences in Racial Self-Identity of Young Black Girls

1975 ◽  
Vol 37 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1263-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Roberts ◽  
Kathleen Y. Mosley ◽  
Maureen W. Chamberlain
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Black Children ◽  
Black Girls ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Blacks And Whites ◽  
Hair Style

The experimenters modified the Clark and Clark doll procedure to assess racial self-identity in young black girls. The two groups of black children (3- to 4-yr.-olds and 6- to 7-yr.-olds) were shown three dolls that differed in skin color and/or hair style. They were asked which doll looked like them, which doll was prettiest, and which doll was ugliest. Although the majority of both groups identified with the black dolls, the older children displayed a more accurate racial self-identity. The children differed significantly in their perception of the ugliest doll: the younger group selected the black doll wearing an afro while the older group selected the white doll. These results were discussed in terms of the role of greater experience with blacks and whites and a possible over-reaction to the “black is beautiful” feeling on the part of the older group.

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