scholarly journals The Rare Sides of Twin Research: Important to Remember/Twin Research Reviews: Representation of Self-Image; Twins With Kleine–Levin Syndrome; Heteropaternal Lemur Twins; Risk of Dental Caries/In the Media: High-Society Models; ‘Winkelevii’ Super Bowl Twins; Multiple Birth × Three; Twin Sister Surrogate; A Presidential Twin?

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 419-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Dental Caries ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Multiple Birth ◽  
Super Bowl ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
Twin Sister ◽  
Medical Study ◽  
Self Image ◽  
The Media

AbstractThis article explores some rare sides of twin research. The focus of this article is the sad plight of the Dionne quintuplets, born in Canada in 1934. However, several other studies belong in this category, such as Dr Josef Mengele’s horrifying twin research conducted at the Auschwitz concentration camp, Dr John Money’s misguided attempt to turn an accidentally castrated male twin into a female, Russian scientists’ cruel medical study of conjoined female twins and Dr Peter Neubauer’s secret project that tracked the development of separated twins. Reviews of current twin research span twins’ representation of self-image, twins with Kleine–Levin Syndrome, heteropaternal twinning in lemurs and factors affecting risk of dental caries. Media coverage includes a pair of high-society models, a book about the ‘Winkelevii’ twins, Super Bowl twin teammates, a family with three sets of fraternal twins, a twin sister surrogate and a near presidential twin.

scholarly journals Twin Loss: The Annual Convention / Twin Research Reviews: Childhood Empathy; Hormone Replacement Therapy and Skeletal Muscle; Multiple Birth Conception in Older Women / Twins in the Media: Twins With Kidney Disease; A Pair of Poets; The Other Twins in the Metrodome

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 519-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Hormone Replacement Therapy ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Replacement Therapy ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Hormone Replacement ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Annual Convention ◽  
Multiple Birth ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
The Media

AbstractLoss of a twin has been largely overlooked by bereavement counselors and clinicians. This particular type of loss is also poorly understood among the public. Consequently, some bereaved twins have established a unique organization, Twinless Twins Support Group International, for the purpose of sharing this traumatic life experience with one another. The present article reviews events from the annual convention of Twinless Twins, held in July 2009, in Denver, Colorado. Selected findings from research on twin loss are also presented. Next, twin research concerned with the origins and implications of empathy, hormone replacement therapy and multiple birth conception will be reviewed. This article concludes with summaries of real life stories of twins' kidney disease, literary talent and retirement festivities.

scholarly journals Clinical Consequences of Dental Caries, Parents’ Perception of Child’s Oral Health and Attitudes towards Dental Visits in a Population of 7-Year-Old Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5844
Author(s):  
Justyna Opydo-Szymaczek ◽  
Maria Borysewicz-Lewicka ◽  
Kinga Andrysiak ◽  
Zuzanna Witkowska ◽  
Alicja Hoffmann-Przybylska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
World Health ◽  
Dental Services ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Dental Visits ◽  
Medical Study ◽  
Utilization Of Dental Services

This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the occurrence of the consequences of dental caries and factors affecting dental service utilization in a population of 7-year-old children. The research included oral examination of 7-year-old schoolchildren and socio-medical study of their parents/legal caregivers. It was carried out in five primary schools of two provinces, i.e., Greater Poland and Lubusz. Dental examination was performed in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. The socio-medical study consisted of questionnaires with close-ended questions concerning socioeconomic characteristics of the family, reasons and time of the last visit at the dental office, consequences of child’s oral health problems, parents’ attitude towards dental visits, and parental opinion about their child’s teeth. Factors affecting utilization of dental services were statistically analyzed using univariate logistic regression assuming p < 0.05. The pufa index of examined children ranged from 0 to 7 (mean 0.80 ± 1.49), while the dmf index ranged from 0 to 14 (3.86 ± 3.32). Low financial burden of oral health expenditures and university education of at least one of the parents significantly increased the chance of visiting a dentist despite lack of pain (OR = 3.0 and 2.5, respectively). In spite of the availability of free dental care for children, socioeconomic factors still determine the utilization of dental services in Poland. Poor oral health status of examined population and negligence of regular dental check-ups emphasize a need to strengthen oral health literacy of parents and children, promoting proper attitudes towards dental care.

scholarly journals A Possible Twin: The 1960s Twin Study Revisited/Twin Research: Twin-to-Twin Heart Transplantation; Distinguishing Monozygotic Twins; Twin Conceptions via Oocyte Donation; Factors Affecting Craniofacial Traits/In the Media: Triplet Delivery in the UK; Conjoined Twins and the Concept of Self; Colombian Twin Trainers; Skin Grafting to Save an Identical Co-Twin; Lack of Physical Flaws in Dolly the Cloned Sheep; Possible Conjoined Twins of Opposite-Sex; Passing of the Remaining Twin From the World's Longest Separated Pair

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
Skin Grafting ◽  
Oocyte Donation ◽  
Conjoined Twins ◽  
Unwed Mother ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
The Media

This article begins with the story of a 51-year-old Los Angeles, California man, Justin Goldberg, whose daughter caught a glimpse of his striking look-alike at a popular market. Many people have so-called doppelgängers, but this occurrence is especially intriguing — the individual in question, born in New York City in the mid-1960s to an unwed mother, was an adoptee placed by the Louise Wise Adoption Agency. This agency, under the guidance of a prominent psychiatrist, decided to place twins in separate homes. Some of these twin children were part of a controversial child development study that was hidden from them and their parents. Next, recent and current twin research on heart transplantation, distinguishing monozygotic co-twins, twin conceptions via oocyte donation and factors affecting craniofacial traits are summarized. The article concludes with highlights on twins in the media, specifically, a triplet delivery in the United Kingdom, self-concept and consciousness in conjoined twins, Colombian twin trainers, skin grafting to save an identical co-twin, lack of physical flaws in Dolly the cloned sheep, possible opposite-sex conjoined twins, and the passing of the remaining twin from the world's longest separated pair.

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 The 16th International Twin Congress: Highlights from Madrid/Twin Research: Twin Study of Partner Aggression; ABO Incompatibility in Dizygotic Twins; Growth Discordance in a Monoamniotic Twin Pair; Quick Note on Twin Implantation/In the Media: Long-Lost Twins Found; NASA Twin Experiment; Twin Brothers and the Las Vegas Attack; Retired Twin Airline Pilots; Twin Film Clips

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Las Vegas ◽  
Twin Pair ◽  
Multiple Birth ◽  
Partner Aggression ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
Airline Pilots ◽  
Abo Incompatibility ◽  
Dizygotic Twins ◽  
Early Results ◽  
The Media

Highlights from the 16th International Twin Congress, held in Madrid, Spain from November 16–18, 2017, are presented. The Twin Congress, formerly held every three years, now takes place biennially with a single-day meeting organized during the off years. This meeting is the largest gathering of scientific twin researchers, medical personnel, and representatives of multiple birth organizations in the world. This overview is followed by reviews of recent twin research and commentary concerning partner aggression, ABO incompatibility in dizygotic twins, growth discordance in a monoamniotic twin pair and twin implantation. The article closes with summaries of timely topics in the media, namely a father's finding of his long-lost twin children, early results from the NASA twin experiment, twin brothers at the center of the October 2017 Las Vegas attack, retired twin airline pilots, and clips from recent films with twin-based themes.

Media Representation of the Pandemic: a Metaphorical Image of War (based on American Newspapers)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
pp. 69-83
Author(s):  
N. S. Dankova ◽  
E. V. Krekhtunova
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Media Representation ◽  
Martial Law ◽  
War Zone ◽  
Mass Consciousness ◽  
The Media ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The article is devoted to the study of the media representation features of the situation of coronavirus infection spread. The material was articles published in American newspapers. It is shown that the metaphorical model "War" is widely used in media coverage of the pandemic. The relevance of the work is due to the ability of the media to influence the mass consciousness. The methodological basis of the research is formed by critical discourse analysis, which establishes the connection between language and social reality. The article provides an overview of works devoted to the study of metaphor. The theoretical foundations for the study of metaphorical modeling are given. In the course of the analysis, the linguistic means of updating the metaphorical model "War" were revealed. The authors note that this metaphorical model is represented by such frames as “War and its characteristics”, “Participants in military action”, “War zone”, “Enemy actions”, “Confronting the enemy”. It is shown that modern reality is presented in the media as martial law, the coronavirus is positioned in the media as a cruel and merciless enemy seeking to take over the world, the treatment of the disease is represented as a fight against the enemy. It is concluded that the use of the metaphorical model "War" is one of the ways to conceptualize the spread of coronavirus.

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