scholarly journals Terminating Twins: Survival of One/Twin Research Reviews: Twin Discordance for Primordial Dwarfism; Twin Study of Public Service Motivation; Four-Parameter Model for Twin Research; Global Twinning at a Peak; Germline Differences of Monozygotic Twins/In the News: Twins and Dyngus Day; Triplets Born in Austrian Displaced Persons’ Camp; Superior, Film About Estranged Identical Twin Sisters; Adopting Own Twins After Surrogacy; Twins and Primordial Dwarfism Revisited

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Monozygotic Twins ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Identical Twin ◽  
Multiple Birth ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
The Family ◽  
Primordial Dwarfism

Abstract Selective termination is the term used for the elimination of an abnormal fetus. In contrast, multifetal pregnancy reduction refers to the termination of one or more members of a twin or higher-order multiple birth set, respectively, to reduce the high risks associated with these pregnancies. The procedure can also be used when a serious physical condition is detected prenatally in a member of a multiple birth set. In a minority of cases, selective termination has reduced two healthy fetuses to one when parents wanted just one additional child in the family. In the present article, the perspectives of a surviving twin whose family wished to terminate both healthy fetuses are examined. Next, past and present twin studies of primordial dwarfism, public service motivation, an analytical model, the global twinning rate and germline differences are summarized. The article concludes with a synopsis of twin-related news that covers twins and Dyngus Day, triplets born in an Austrian displaced persons’ camp, the film Superior — about estranged identical twin sisters, a couple adopting their own twins after surrogacy and a new case of twins and primordial dwarfism, a condition introduced in the research reviews.

scholarly journals Brazilian Twin Registry: A Bright Future for Twin Studies/Twin Research: Twin Study of Alcohol Consumption and Mortality; Oxygen Uptake in Adolescent Twins/In the News: Superfecundated Twins In Vietnam; Adolescent Twin Relations; Twin and Triplet Co-Workers; A Special Twin Ultrasound; Monozygotic Twins With Different Skin Color; Identical Twin Returns from Space

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Monozygotic Twins ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
Twin Registry

The establishment of the Brazilian Twin Registry for the study of genetic, social, and cultural influences on behavior is one of eleven newly funded projects in the Department of Psychology at the University of São Paulo. These 11 interrelated projects form the core of the university's Center for Applied Research on Well-Being and Human Behavior. An overview of the planned twin research and activities to date is presented. Next, two recent twin studies are reviewed, one on the relationship between alcohol consumption and mortality, and the other on factors affecting maximal oxygen uptake. Twins cited in the media include the first identified superfecundated twins in Vietnam, adolescent twin relations, twins and triplets who work together, monozygotic twins with different skin tones and a co-twin control study that addresses the effects of space travel.

scholarly journals Musical Interests and Talent: Twin Jazz Musicians and Twin Studies/Twin Research: Loss of a Preterm Multiple; Conjoined Twin Conception; Depression in Fathers of Twins; Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome/Twin News: High-Achieving Twins; Twin Children of a Tennis Star; Conjoined Twin Separation; Twin Delivery to a Giant Panda

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 643-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Giant Panda ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
Conjoined Twins ◽  
Multiple Birth ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
High Achieving ◽  
Twin Children ◽  
Musical Interests

Findings from twin studies of musical interests and talent are reviewed as a backdrop to the lives and careers of twin jazz musicians, Peter and Will Anderson. The Anderson twins exemplify many aspects of twin research, namely their matched musical abilities, shared musical interests, and common career. This overview is followed by reviews of studies and case reports of bereavement in families who have lost a preterm multiple birth infant, the conception of conjoined twins following in vitro fertilization (IVF), depression in fathers of twins, and twin-to-twin transfusion incidence in monochorionic-diamniotic IVF twin pairs. Twins highlighted in the media include high-achieving identical female twins with nearly identical academic standing, tennis star Roger Federer's two sets of identical twin children, surgical separation of craniopagus conjoined twins, and the rare delivery of twins to a 23-year-old giant panda.

scholarly journals Elizabeth M. Bryan: Tributes From Home and Abroad; Research Reviews: Anorexia Nervosa in Opposite-Sex Twins, Twin Study of Self-Esteem, DNA Differences in Monozygotic Twins; Twins and More Twins: Twins Living Apart, Twins Playing Together, Twins Working Together, Twins Playing Apart, Multiple Birth Odds

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-361
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Monozygotic Twins ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Multiple Birth ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
Scientific Value

AbstractElizabeth M. Bryan: Tributes From Home and AbroadMay 13, 1942 – February 21, 2008The life and work of Dr Elizabeth M. Bryan, our late distinguished twin studies colleague, are remembered. Tributes come from colleagues in the United States and the United Kingdom, where Elizabeth lived and worked. This section is followed by reviews of twin research on anorexia nervosa, self-esteem and DNA differences in monozygotic twins. The lives of some noteworthy twins are also briefly chronicled, both for their scientific value and human interest. An update on current twinning rates follows.

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 Twin Research and the Arts: Interconnections / Twin Research: Twin Studies of Sexual Orientation; A Historical Biological Twin Gem; GWAS Approach to Who Has Twins / Newsworthy: Twins on College Campuses; ‘Brainprint’: Personal Identification by Brain Waves

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-401
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Personal Identification ◽  
Multiple Birth ◽  
Theatrical Production ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
Brain Waves ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The 1960S

The interrelatedness between twin research and the arts is explored via a new play about a famous case. In the 1960s, identical twin David Bruce Reimer was accidentally castrated as an infant during circumcision to correct a urinary problem. The decision to raise him as a girl, and the consequences of that decision, are explored in the new theatrical production of Boy. Other examples of the arts mirroring science, and vice versa, are described. Next, brief reviews and summaries of twin research on sexual orientation, 1860s’ knowledge of placental arrangements and twinning mechanisms, and genes underlying multiple birth conception and fertility related measures are provided. This article concludes with a look at twins on college campuses and the identification of individuals by their brain waves. A correction and clarification regarding my article on the Brazilian Twin Registry in the last issue of THG (Segal, 2016) is also provided.

Public Service Motivation in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Public Voices ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Mastracci
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Buffy The Vampire Slayer ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Popular Culture ◽  
Public Servant ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual

In this paper, the author examines public service as depicted in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS). First, she shows how slaying meets the economist’s definition of a public good, using the BtVS episode “Flooded” (6.04). Second, she discusses public service motivation (PSM) to determine whether or not Buffy, a public servant, operates from a public service ethic. Relying on established measures and evidence from shooting scripts and episode transcripts, the author concludes Buffy is a public servant motivated by a public service ethic. In this way, BtVS informs scholarship on public service by broadening the concept of PSM beyond the public sector; prompting one to wonder whether it is located in a sector, an occupation, or in the individual. These conclusions allow the author to situate Buffy alongside other idealized public servants in American popular culture.

Volunteerism in Times of Crisis: An Unconventional Response to Processing Unemployment Insurance Claims

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-225
Author(s):  
ChiaKo Hung ◽  
Morgen S. Johansen ◽  
Jennifer Kagan ◽  
David Lee ◽  
Helen H. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Insurance Claims ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Public Agency ◽  
The Relationship

This essay provides a reflective commentary outlining Hawai’i’s unconventional response for employing a volunteer workforce of public servants when faced with the task of processing an unprecedented backlog of unemployment insurance claims triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although efforts are still ongoing, this essay applies volunteerism and public service motivation as a framework to explain why public servants would serve in a voluntary capacity at another public agency. The intent of this essay is to spur conversation on how public servants are further stepping up to the frontlines during times of crisis, as well as expand knowledge on the relationship between volunteerism and public service motivation.

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