scholarly journals Twin Reunions: The Science Behind the Fascination/Twin Research Reports: Altitude and Hypoxia; Twin Pregnancy Outcomes; Space Mission/Media Highlights: Chinese Twins Reunited; Twin Loss Discovered; Hidden Twins; Twin Euthanasia; Twin Savior

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 1008-1013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Pregnancy Outcomes ◽  
Twin Pregnancy ◽  
Monozygotic Twins ◽  
Space Mission ◽  
Space Travel ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
The Media ◽  
Human Social Behavior ◽  
Chinese Twins

A description of the unique qualitative features of reunions between separated monozygotic twins is presented. The scientific implications of these observations are considered with reference to understanding human social behavior in general. This is followed by summaries of twin research on altitude and hypoxia, pregnancy outcomes, and space travel. Finally, recent accounts of twins in the media are noted; in particular, a rare reunion of adult monozygotic male Chinese twins, a novelist's personal discovery of twin loss, two renowned but ‘hidden’ twins, the moving story of an identical Belgian pair, and a twin savior.

scholarly journals Twins Reunited: Scientific and Personal Perspectives/Twin Research Studies: Multiple Birth Effects on IQ and Body Size; Life Style, Muscles, and Metabolism; Monochorionic Dizygotic Twin with Blood Chimerism; Amniocentesis for Twins/Twins in the Media: Identical Doctors; Freedom Fighter for Twins; Twin Scholarships; Auguste and Jean-Felix Piccard; Twins Born Apart

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal ◽  
Christy A. Mulligan
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Monozygotic Twins ◽  
Multiple Birth ◽  
Dizygotic Twin ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Media ◽  
Personal Perspectives ◽  
Freedom Fighter

A reunion of 38-year-old female monozygotic twins took place in Daegu, South Korea, on January 14, 2014. Scientific and personal perspectives on this extraordinary event are provided. A review of timely twin research follows, covering the effects of multiple births on IQ and body size, lifestyle and physical fitness associations, a rare case of a dizygotic twin with blood chimerism and definitional issues surrounding amniocentesis-related loss in multiple birth pregnancies. Interesting and informative mention of twins in the media includes twin doctors, a twin freedom fighter, the availability of college scholarships for twins, a new book about the Piccard family (two of whose members were twins), and co-twins born before and after the new year. A follow-up to a previous mention of identical twin biatheletes is also provided.

scholarly journals Oliver Sacks: Our Correspondence About Twins/Twin Research: Vanishing Twins Syndrome; Discordant Sex in MZ Twins; Pregnancy Outcomes in IVF and ICSI Conceived Twins/Print and Media: Superfetated Twins; Twins Discordant for Smoking; Twins in Fashion; Yale University Twin Hockey Players; Conjoined Twin–Visiting Professor

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-369
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Pregnancy Outcomes ◽  
Twin Pair ◽  
Multiple Pregnancy ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
Hockey Players ◽  
Vanishing Twin Syndrome ◽  
Mz Twins

The late neurologist and author, Oliver Sacks, published an insightful 1986 review of Marjorie Wallace's book, The Silent Twins, in the New York Times. Taking exception to his assertion about Sir Francis Galton, I wrote a letter to the Times’ editor. The letter was unpublished, but it brought a wonderful response from Sacks himself that is reproduced and examined. Next, brief reviews of twin research concerning the vanishing twin syndrome (VTS), discordant sex in a monozygotic (MZ) twin pair, and multiple pregnancy outcomes from assisted reproductive technology (ART) are presented. This section is followed by popular coverage of superfetated twins, smoking-discordant co-twins, twins in fashion, Yale University twin hockey players, and a visiting professor who was a conjoined twin.

The Application of Anthropological Knowledge to Modern Mass Society: An Anthropologist's View

1956 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
John Gillin
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Field Work ◽  
World Science ◽  
Small Communities ◽  
Human Behaviors ◽  
Mass Society ◽  
The World ◽  
Human Social Behavior ◽  
Modern Mass ◽  
Theoretical Apparatus

Are there any methods whereby we may understand the cultures of modern nation-societies both as to their detailed components and as to their total configurational characteristics? Anthropologists receive such queries because modern ethnological field work and other anthropological methods have been able to produce reliable descriptive analyses of so-called primitive tribes and small communities that are both comprehensive and detailed. And, on the basis of such data collected in a wide variety of cultures around the world, science has acquired not only a rich store of knowledge concerning the substantive varieties of human social behavior, but also a fairly elaborated theoretical apparatus regarding culture in general. With such knowledge and theory it is possible to explain and even to predict many human behaviors and attitudes that were formerly beyond the reach of science.

scholarly journals The Effects of Mass-Media on Social Behavior, Emotions and Cognitions

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Antonio Sandu ◽  
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Polixenia Nistor ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Window Of Opportunity ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Cognitive Dimension ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media

Mass media affects its consumers primarily in their cognitive dimension, by changing the image of the world - in this sense that the media becomes a vector of social influence, by changing the cognitions of individuals - but also by changing the shared social constructs within membership groups. The stated role of the media is to inform target audiences about events of interest in the field-specific to the activity of the media trust, but also to convey opinions, ideas, and views on those events in a way that is as complete and as complex as possible, allowing recipients to build their own opinions or adhere to one or another of the opinions expressed. This article deals with the ethics of mass communication when faced with a window of opportunity which allows an easier promotion of ideas or interests, taking into account the theory of life as a spectacle promoted by Erwin Goffman.

scholarly journals High-risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes in systemic lupus erythaematosus: a retrospective study of a Chinese population

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. e049807
Author(s):  
Meng Jiang ◽  
Yanling Chang ◽  
You Wang ◽  
Qiong Fu ◽  
Sihan Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Pregnancy Outcomes ◽  
Premature Birth ◽  
Twin Pregnancy ◽  
Immunosuppressive Agents ◽  
Systemic Lupus ◽  
Foetal Loss ◽  
High Risk Factors ◽  
Adverse Pregnancy

ObjectiveTo clarify high-risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) in systemic lupus erythaematosus (SLE).DesignA retrospective chart review study.SettingData were collected in a tertiary medical centre, Shanghai, China, from November 2010 to December 2018.ParticipantsA total of 513 pregnancies with SLE were retrospectively analysed. Twenty-seven patients who underwent artificial abortions due to personal reasons were excluded.Primary outcome measuresAPOs were primary outcomes, including foetal loss, premature birth, small for gestational age (SGA), asphyxia neonatorum, composite foetal APOs and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). Multivariable logistic regression and Spearman correlation analysis were performed to determine the risk factors for APOs in SLE.ResultsRisk factors for foetal loss included prepregnancy hypertension, hypocomplementaemia-C3, anticardiolipin antibodies-IgM positivity and disease flares during pregnancy. Risk factors for premature birth included disease flares, use of immunosuppressive agents and HDP. Moreover, twin pregnancy, disease flares and HDP were risk factors for SGA, and prepregnancy hypertension was an independent risk factor for asphyxia neonatorum. Independent risk factors for composite foetal APOs included twin pregnancy, prepregnancy hypertension, disease flares during pregnancy, HDP, hypocomplementaemia-C3 and the use of immunosuppressive agents. Risk factors for SLE complicated with HDP included prepregnancy hypertension, renal disorders and thrombocytopaenia. Conversely, the use of aspirin was a protective factor against foetal loss and premature birth. The ds-DNA value had a low diagnostic value for APOs, whereas the extent of complement reduction may predict the incidence of composite foetal APOs and foetal loss. Proteinuria occurring in the first 20 gestational weeks may lead to APOs.ConclusionEstablished risk factors for each APO were identified in this study. Indicators with more predictive significance have been screened out from conventional indicators, which may help clinicians predict the pregnancy outcome of patients with SLE more accurately and minimise the incidence of APOs.

scholarly journals Book Review: The Challenge of Human Social Behavior

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 147470490600400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Human Social Behavior
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