Does a woman's hair color and length affect perceptions and attentional focus?

Hanna Polak was in the United States in December 2015 for a screening of Something Better to Come (2014) and The Children of Leningradsky (2004) at Yale University, where the interview was conducted. Polak's devastating documentary Something Better to Come swept through the festival circuit with force, winning a Special Jury Award at IDFA along with awards at over twenty other festivals. Shot illegally on a garbage dump just outside Moscow over the course of fourteen years, the film follows a girl named Yula from age 10 to 24, as she grows up doing the things that teenagers everywhere do—experimenting with her hair color and makeup, with cigarettes and alcohol—all while living in the most difficult of conditions.

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The Effect of Attentional Focus on Temporal-Spatial Parameters of Gait

Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine ◽

10.1615/critrevphysrehabilmed.v22.i1-4.60 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 22 (1-4) ◽

pp. 71-80

Author(s):

Evan T. Cohen ◽

Nancy McNevin ◽

Angela Hegamin ◽

Sharon A. Nazarchuk

Keyword(s):

Attentional Focus ◽

Spatial Parameters

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THE IMPACT OF ATTENTIONAL FOCUS ON THE TREATMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL AND MOVEMENT DISORDERS

International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy ◽

10.26603/ijspt20170901 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 901-907 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Christopher Hunt ◽

Arsenio Paez ◽

Eric Folmar

Keyword(s):

Movement Disorders ◽

Attentional Focus ◽

The Impact

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TOKSISITAS AKUT INFUSA KULIT ARI KACANG TANAH (Arachis hypogea L.) PADA MENCIT BALB/ C

JIFFK : Jurnal Ilmu Farmasi dan Farmasi Klinik ◽

10.31942/jiffk.v15i2.2568 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 62

Author(s):

Risha Fillah Fithria ◽

Ririn Lispita Wulandari ◽

Devi Nisa Hidayati ◽

Lilis Rejeki

Keyword(s):

Single Dose ◽

Color Change ◽

Negative Control ◽

Control Group ◽

Hair Color ◽

Peanut Shell ◽

Control Group Design ◽

Safety Standards ◽

Arachis Hypogea ◽

Passive Behavior

ABSTRACTPeanut shell (PS) infusion has been shown to be antithrombocytopenia, but there has been no research on safety standards. This study aims to identify the symptoms of toxic effects, the potency of toxicity and histopathology of liver male Balb/C mice after a single dose of PS infusion. This research uses randomized matched posttest only control group design. Twenty five mice were divided into 5 orally dosage groups, ie, PS infusion with a dose of 0,026; 0.052; 0.104; 0.208 g/20gBW; and negative control of CMC Na 0.5%. The observation period is for 14 days. The results showed that single dose of PS infusion had a pseudo LD50 value ie > 0.208g/20gBW which was practically non toxic. Symptoms to watch out for the BW infusion were passive behavior, bradycnea, hair color change, hair loss, and weight loss at doses of 3 and 4. It is unclear whether liver damage ie inflammation, necrosis, and albuminous degeneration caused by PS infusion or other causes.keywords: acute toxicity, infusion, peanut shell

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A Melanocortin-4 Receptor Agonist Induces Skin and Hair Pigmentation in Patients with Monogenic Mutations in the Leptin-Melanocortin Pathway

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology ◽

10.1159/000516282 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Varvara Kanti ◽

Lia Puder ◽

Irina Jahnke ◽

Philipp Maximilian Krabusch ◽

Jan Kottner ◽

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Keyword(s):

Leptin Receptor ◽

Skin Pigmentation ◽

Gene Mutations ◽

Continuous Treatment ◽

Whole Body ◽

Hair Color ◽

Phase 2 ◽

Loss Of Function ◽

The Impact ◽

Over Time

Background and Objectives: Gene mutations within the leptin-melanocortin signaling pathway lead to severe early-onset obesity. Recently, a phase 2 trial evaluated new pharmacological treatment options with the MC4R agonist setmelanotide in patients with mutations in the genes encoding proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and leptin receptor (LEPR). During treatment with setmelanotide, changes in skin pigmentation were observed, probably due to off-target effects on the closely related melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R). Here, we describe in detail the findings of dermatological examinations and measurements of skin pigmentation during this treatment over time and discuss the impact of these changes on patient safety. Methods: In an investigator-initiated, phase 2, open-label pilot study, 2 patients with loss-of-function POMC gene mutations and 3 patients with loss-of-function variants in LEPR were treated with the MC4R agonist setmelanotide. Dermatological examination, dermoscopy, whole body photographic documentation, and spectrophotometric measurements were performed at screening visit and approximately every 3 months during the course of the study. Results: We report the results of a maximum treatment duration of 46 months. Skin pigmentation increased in all treated patients, as confirmed by spectrophotometry. During continuous treatment, the current results indicate that elevated tanning intensity levels may stabilize over time. Lips and nevi also darkened. In red-haired study participants, hair color changed to brown after initiation of setmelanotide treatment. Discussion: Setmelanotide treatment leads to skin tanning and occasionally hair color darkening in both POMC- and LEPR-deficient patients. No malignant skin changes were observed in the patients of this study. However, the results highlight the importance of regular skin examinations before and during MC4R agonist treatment.

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Event-Based Prospective Memory Deficit in Children with ADHD: Underlying Cognitive Factors and Association with Symptoms

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18115849 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (11) ◽

pp. 5849

Author(s):

Floriana Costanzo ◽

Elisa Fucà ◽

Deny Menghini ◽

Antonella Rita Circelli ◽

Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Prospective Memory ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Attentional Focus ◽

Adhd Group ◽

Typically Developing ◽

Children With Adhd ◽

The Road ◽

Hyperactivity Disorder ◽

Event Based

Event-based prospective memory (PM) was investigated in children with Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), using a novel experimental procedure to evaluate the role of working memory (WM) load, attentional focus, and reward sensitivity. The study included 24 children with ADHD and 23 typically-developing controls. The experimental paradigm comprised one baseline condition (BC), only including an ongoing task, and four PM conditions, varying for targets: 1 Target (1T), 4 Targets (4T), Unfocal (UN), and Reward (RE). Children with ADHD were slower than controls on all PM tasks and less accurate on both ongoing and PM tasks on the 4T and UN conditions. Within the ADHD group, the accuracy in the RE condition did not differ from BC. A significant relationship between ADHD-related symptoms and reduced accuracy/higher speed in PM conditions (PM and ongoing trials), but not in BC, was detected. Our data provide insight on the adverse role of WM load and attentional focus and the positive influence of reward in the PM performance of children with ADHD. Moreover, the relation between PM and ADHD symptoms paves the road for PM as a promising neuropsychological marker for ADHD diagnosis and intervention.

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Disrupting the Flow of Perception-Action through Design

Adaptive Behavior ◽

10.1177/1059712321989099 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 105971232198909

Author(s):

Harry Heft

Keyword(s):

Cultural History ◽

Health Effects ◽

Sense Of Place ◽

Attentional Focus ◽

Good Design ◽

Adverse Health Effects ◽

Adverse Health ◽

Directed Action ◽

Perception Action

It is usually a mark of good design when technologies and tools that mediate goal-directed action are such that the user’s attentional focus is maintained on the intended ends of action rather than on the technologies and tools themselves. When the mediators become the focus, the continuity of goal-directed action is disrupted, and the flow of action can be re-directed. What then is the purpose of the projects designed by the RAAAF studio, as described by Rietveld, which seem to be intended to do both? Disruption of the continuity of goal-directed perception-action may prompt reflection about the circumstances at work, and in so doing provoke a transformation in habitual patterns of action and of thought. The project “The End of Sitting” is intended to remediate the adverse health effects of standard chair-dominated offices through an unconventional office landscape that prompts intermittent postural readjustments, boosting the levels of activity common in such settings. The project “Bunker 599” demonstrates that seemingly unremarkable features of the landscape can sometimes conceal aspects of culture’s history, and that design can function to draw attention to a hidden and even vanishing history. Design can enrich an individual’s sense of place in a stream of cultural history.

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