A technique to assess body composition and sarcopenia using DXA: application for an obese population.

The objective of this study was to explore the accuracy of summing multiple dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans to estimate whole-body soft tissue measures and the sarcopenic index in female subjects for application to an obese population. Forty-five women who fit within the DXA scanning region (M+/-s.d.

Tungsten-induced protein aggregation: solution behavior.

Tungsten has been associated with protein aggregation in prefilled syringes (PFSs). This study probed the relationship between PFSs, tungsten, visible particles, and protein aggregates. Experiments were carried out spiking solutions of two different model proteins with tungsten species obtained from the extraction of tungsten pins typically used in syringe manufacturing processes.

Hypnotic conflict: a brief report.

Two studies investigated management of conflict in hypnosis by subtly increasing the brightness of a visual stimulus during a suggestion for hypnotic blindness to the stimulus. In Study 1, 23 high hypnotizable participants were administered a hypnotic suggestion for blindness to a projected light. For half the participants, the brightness of the light was intensified during the suggestion.

Reality monitoring in hypnosis: a real-simulating analysis.

The extent to which hypnotic suggestions are perceived as real is central to understanding hypnotic response. This study indexed the reality attributed to hypnotic suggestion through subtle projection of a visual image during simultaneous suggestion for a visual hallucination that resembled the projected image. Twenty real hypnotized and 20 simulating nonhypnotized participants were administered a hypnotic induction and given a suggestion to hallucinate a shape, and then the projected image was introduced.

Reality monitoring in hypnosis: a pilot investigation.

In a pilot investigation of reality monitoring in hypnosis, 10 high and 10 low hypnotizable participants were administered a hypnotic suggestion to hallucinate a visual shape on a wall. For half the participants, an image was subtly projected onto the wall at the commencement of the suggestion and then subsequently removed. For the remaining participants, the projected image was initially absent and subsequently projected.