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Staffordshire University
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About: Staffordshire University is a education organization based out in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Mental health. The organization has 2046 authors who have published 4490 publications receiving 102847 citations. The organization is also known as: North Staffordshire Polytechnic.
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09 Dec 1998TL;DR: Grogan as mentioned in this paper provides a comprehensive overview of the subject of body image, pulling together diverse research from the fields of psychology, sociology, media, and gender studies in men, women, and children.
Abstract: Sarah Grogan provides a comprehensive overview of the subject of body image, pulling together diverse research from the fields of psychology, sociology, media, and gender studies in men, women, and children.
This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the significant increase in research on body image since the first edition was published, including new empirical data collected specifically for this text. In addition to examining evidence for sociocultural influences on body image, the book also reviews recent literature and includes new findings on body modification practices (cosmetic surgery, piercing, tattooing, and bodybuilding). It takes a critical look at interventions designed to promote positive body image and also attempts to link body image to physical health, looking in particular at motivations for potentially health-damaging practices such as anabolic steroid use and cosmetic surgery.
The only text to date that examines the issue of body image, focusing on men and children as well as women, Body Image will be invaluable to students and researchers in the area as well as those with an interest in how to promote positive body image.
1,668 citations
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TL;DR: Behavioural interventions, focusing on early life exposure, could be developed to attenuate food neophobia and 'picky/fussy' eating in children, so promoting the ready acceptance and independent choice of fruits and vegetables.
916 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the metaphor of performance to investigate how tourism can be conceived as a set of activities, imbricated with the everyday, whereby conventions are reinforced and broken.
Abstract: This article explores the metaphor of performance to investigate how tourism can be conceived as a set of activities, imbricated with the everyday, whereby conventions are reinforced and broken. By looking at the contexts in which tourism is regulated, directed and choreographed or, alternatively, is a realm of improvisation and contestation, I will consider the constraints and opportunities which shape the ways in which tourist space (here considered as ‘stages’) and performance are reproduced, challenged, transformed and bypassed. A range of examples will be used to exemplify the ways in which tourism is staged and performed. I will also focus on how the global proliferation of tourist practices and attractions acts to theme tourist space in highly commodified ways and simultaneously decentre normative modes of performing tourism.
828 citations
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University of California, San Diego1, University of Hong Kong2, Australian Catholic University3, Arizona State University4, University of British Columbia5, Emory University6, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston7, University of Southern Denmark8, Staffordshire University9, University of Canberra10, Palacký University, Olomouc11, The Catholic University of America12, Federal University of Paraná13, University of Los Andes14, Auckland University of Technology15, Ghent University16, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute17
TL;DR: Design of urban environments has the potential to contribute substantially to physical activity and similarity of findings across cities suggests the promise of engaging urban planning, transportation, and parks sectors in efforts to reduce the health burden of the global physical inactivity pandemic.
795 citations
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The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust1, University of Birmingham2, National Health Service3, Australian National University4, University of Leicester5, Guy's Hospital6, University of Warwick7, University of Liverpool8, British Geological Survey9, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust10, St James's University Hospital11, Staffordshire University12, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust13, University of Southampton14, Medical University of Vienna15, University Hospital of Basel16, Royal Liverpool University Hospital17
TL;DR: GEM-CAP should be considered as one of the standard first-line options in locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer and the meta-analysis of published studies showed a significant survival benefit in favor of GEM- CAP.
Abstract: Purpose Both gemcitabine (GEM) and fluoropyrimidines are valuable treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer. This open-label study was designed to compare the overall survival (OS) of patients randomly assigned to GEM alone or GEM plus capecitabine (GEM-CAP).
Patients and Methods Patients with previously untreated histologically or cytologically proven locally advanced or metastatic carcinoma of the pancreas with a performance status ≤ 2 were recruited. Patients were randomly assigned to GEM or GEM-CAP. The primary outcome measure was survival. Meta-analysis of published studies was also conducted.
Results Between May 2002 and January 2005, 533 patients were randomly assigned to GEM (n = 266) and GEM-CAP (n = 267) arms. GEM-CAP significantly improved objective response rate (19.1% v 12.4%; P = .034) and progression-free survival (hazard ratio [HR], 0.78; 95% CI, 0.66 to 0.93; P = .004) and was associated with a trend toward improved OS (HR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.72 to 1.02; P = .08) compared with GEM alone. This trend for OS benefit for GEM-CAP was consistent across different prognostic subgroups according to baseline stratification factors (stage and performance status) and remained after adjusting for these stratification factors (P = .077). Moreover, the meta-analysis of two additional studies involving 935 patients showed a significant survival benefit in favor of GEM-CAP (HR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.75 to 0.98; P = .02) with no intertrial heterogeneity.
Conclusion On the basis of our trial and the meta-analysis, GEM-CAP should be considered as one of the standard first-line options in locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer.
725 citations
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David W. Galbraith | 82 | 342 | 27310 |
Ann McNeill | 79 | 538 | 26376 |
Thomas D. Anthopoulos | 76 | 436 | 23169 |
Peter Davies | 69 | 492 | 21301 |
Gordon Walker | 67 | 200 | 20571 |
Anthony A. Fryer | 63 | 251 | 13953 |
David White | 61 | 369 | 12255 |
Jason C.G. Halford | 59 | 241 | 11292 |
David Bell | 52 | 214 | 14873 |
Jaime Lloret | 49 | 610 | 10820 |
Charles Fernyhough | 49 | 161 | 9059 |
Kevin Power | 48 | 135 | 6368 |
Marian Pitts | 47 | 248 | 7247 |
Alan Dix | 46 | 401 | 14621 |
Bashir M. Al-Hashimi | 46 | 389 | 7227 |