scholarly journals Unsupervised Body Hair Detection by Positive-Unlabeled Learning in Photoacoustic Image

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryo Kikkawa ◽  
Hiroki Kajita ◽  
Nobuaki Imanishi ◽  
Sadakazu Aiso ◽  
Ryoma Bise
Keyword(s):  
Body Hair

Basaloid follicular hamartoma, total body hair loss and SLE

Lupus ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Morton ◽  
A Stevens ◽  
R J Powell
Keyword(s):  
Hair Loss ◽  
Body Hair ◽  
Total Body

scholarly journals An Eye Tracking Examination of Men’s Attractiveness by Conceptive Risk Women

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 147470491769074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Garza ◽  
Roberto R. Heredia ◽  
Anna B. Cieślicka
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Hispanic Women ◽  
Fat Distribution ◽  
Upper Body ◽  
Body Hair ◽  
Body Strength ◽  
Upper Body Strength ◽  
Visual Attraction ◽  
Physical Shape

Previous research has indicated that women prefer men who exhibit an android physical appearance where fat distribution is deposited on the upper body (i.e., shoulders and arms) and abdomen. This ideal physical shape has been associated with perceived dominance, health, and immunocompetence. Although research has investigated attractability of men with these ideal characteristics, research on how women visually perceive these characteristics is limited. The current study investigated visual perception and attraction toward men in Hispanic women of Mexican American descent. Women exposed to a front-posed image, where the waist-to-chest ratio (WCR) and hair distribution were manipulated, rated men’s body image associated with upper body strength (low WCR 0.7) as more attractive. Additionally, conceptive risk did not play a strong role in attractiveness and visual attention. Hair distribution did not contribute to increased ratings of attraction but did contribute to visual attraction when measuring total time where men with both facial and body hair were viewed longer. These findings suggest that physical characteristics in men exhibiting upper body strength and dominance are strong predictors of visual attraction.

scholarly journals Pubertal onset with adulthood lung function mediated by height growth in adolescence

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 00535-2020
Author(s):  
Liang Li ◽  
Hongmei Zhang ◽  
John W. Holloway ◽  
A. John Henderson ◽  
Susan Ewart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Function ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Hair Growth ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Growth Spurt ◽  
Age At Menarche ◽  
Body Hair ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Pubertal Onset

BackgroundAge of pubertal onset is associated with height and lung function in adulthood. It is unknown whether height growth in adolescence mediates the association of age at puberty with early adult lung function.MethodsData from the Isle of Wight (IOW) birth cohort (n=1261) were examined in the study. Ages of pubertal events, height at ages 10 and 18 years and lung function parameters (forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)) at 26 years were included in a path analysis to assess the mediation effects of height growth. Findings were tested in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) birth cohort.ResultsIn females in the IOW cohort, age at menarche and body hair growth showed a positive indirect association with FVC (menarche: indirect effect coefficient (IEC)=0.13, 95% CI 0.05–0.20, p=1.28×10−3; body hair growth: IEC=0.08, 95% CI 0.01–0.15, p=0.017) and FEV1 (menarche: IEC=0.09, 95% CI 0.01–0.17, p=0.028; body hair growth: IEC=0.07, 95% CI 0.01–0.14, p=0.043) at 26 years through height growth and lung function at 18 years. In males, age at body hair growth (IEC=0.08; 95% CI 0.01–0.15, p=0.047), growth spurt (IEC=0.09; 95% CI 0.01–0.17, p=0.034) and facial hair growth (IEC=0.09; 95% CI 0.02–0.16, p=0.014) had positive indirect effects on FVC at 26 years, but voice deepening did not show statistically significant indirect effects (p>0.05). For pubertal events available in the ALSPAC cohort, results consistent with the IOW cohort were found for both females and males.ConclusionEffects of age of puberty on FVC in early adulthood are likely mediated by height growth during adolescence.

The naked ape as an evolutionary model, 50 years later

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-246
Author(s):  
Nico M. van Straalen
Keyword(s):  
Natural Selection ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Evolutionary Model ◽  
Developmental Constraints ◽  
Body Hair ◽  
Product Evolution ◽  
Adaptive Explanation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Popular Texts ◽  
The Brain

AbstractEvolution acts through a combination of four different drivers: (1) mutation, (2) selection, (3) genetic drift, and (4) developmental constraints. There is a tendency among some biologists to frame evolution as the sole result of natural selection, and this tendency is reinforced by many popular texts. “The Naked Ape” by Desmond Morris, published 50 years ago, is no exception. In this paper I argue that evolutionary biology is much richer than natural selection alone. I illustrate this by reconstructing the evolutionary history of five different organs of the human body: foot, pelvis, scrotum, hand and brain. Factors like developmental tinkering, by-product evolution, exaptation and heterochrony are powerful forces for body-plan innovations and the appearance of such innovations in human ancestors does not always require an adaptive explanation. While Morris explained the lack of body hair in the human species by sexual selection, I argue that molecular tinkering of regulatory genes expressed in the brain, followed by positive selection for neotenic features, may have been the driving factor, with loss of body hair as a secondary consequence.

Effect of Preoperative Skin Preparation Methods on Sternotomy Surgical Site Infection Rates: A Quasi-Experimental Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (10) ◽  
pp. 28-39
Author(s):  
Ebru Karazeybek ◽  
Sevilay Şenol Çelik ◽  
Ozan Erbasan
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Surgical Site Infection ◽  
Medical History ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Site Infection ◽  
Body Hair ◽  
Skin Preparation ◽  
Preparation Methods ◽  
Patient Demographic ◽  
Quasi Experimental

BACKGROUND: A surgical site infection (SSI) reduces patient quality of life, increases morbidity and mortality rates, and increases health care costs. Results of studies comparing the effects of preoperative skin preparations are contradictory. PURPOSE: This study aimed to determine the effect of different preoperative skin preparation methods on the rate of SSIs in patients undergoing sternotomy. METHODS: A quasi-experimental study was conducted among 96 male patients undergoing sternotomy. The control group (CG) (n = 34) received routine care consisting of shaving body hair with a razor blade followed by instructions to take a bath or shower. In the intervention groups, patients received education about SSI prevention and body hair was removed with an electric clipper, followed by bathing with daphne soap containing olive oil (IG-1) (n = 31) or 2% chlorhexidine solution (IG-2) (n = 31). Patient demographic, medical history, surgical, and wound assessment variables were obtained. Potential SSI signs and symptoms were assessed for up to 90 days following surgery. RESULTS: Patient demographic, medical history, and surgical variables did not differ among the 3 groups. Sternal SSI occurred in 10.4% of all study patients; 8.8% of the CG patients, 12.9% of the IG-1 patients, and 9.7% of the IG-2 patients developed an SSI (P > .05). CONCLUSION: There were no significant differences in the rate of sternotomy SSI among the 3 groups. Randomized controlled trials with large samples are needed to compare these methods to determine optimal and affordable preoperative skin preparation methods.

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