Receptive music therapy versus group music therapy with breast cancer patients hospitalized for surgery.

Unlabelled: Hospitalization for breast surgery is a distressing experience for women. This study investigated the impact of music therapy (MT), an integrative approach that is characterized by the establishment of a therapeutic relationship between patients and a certified music therapist, through different musical interventions targeted to the specific needs of the patients. The impact of two different MT experiences was compared on anxiety and distressing emotions.

Psychosocial distress in oncology: using the distress thermometer for assessing risk classes.

Purpose: Cancer patients often suffer for psychological distress, which can compromise their quality of life. Our study aimed to recognize risk classes for the development of psychosocial distress.

Methods: Three hundred seventy-two adult cancer patients were assessed by the Distress Thermometer (DT) and Problem List at the National Cancer Research Centre "Giovanni Paolo II" of Bari.

Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov Predictions for Inclusive Three Jet Production at the LHC.

We define new observables sensitive to Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov (BFKL) dynamics in the context of multijet production at the Large Hadron Collider. We propose the study of the inclusive production of three jets well separated in rapidity from each other, with two of them being very forward. We show that the tagging of a third jet in the central region of rapidity allows for a very strong test of the BFKL formalism.

[Lipolytic and lipoprotein lipase activity of subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in Cushing's syndrome].

Cushing's syndrome has been recently compared to visceral-type obesity, since it is characterised by the accumulation of adipose tissue at a deep abdominal site, to the detriment of the subcutaneous adipose panniculus, and is associated with insulin-resistance and hyperlipemia. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of glucocorticoid hormones on lipolytic activity (index of FFA mobilisation) and on lipoproteinlipase (LPL) activity (an index of the accumulation of triglycerides) in subcutaneous and perirenal adipose tissue in order to clarify the mechanisms involved in this type of accumulation in Cushing's syndrome. Five patients (4 F and 1 M) were included in the study, mean age 27.