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PubMed2001

Vegetation structure in cerrado physiognomies in south-eastern Brazil.

We studied three cerrado physiognomies (campo cerrado, a savanna woodland; cerrado sensu stricto, a woodland; and cerradão, a tall woodland) in a reserve with 1,225 ha, in Santa Rita do Passa-Quatro (21 degrees 36-38'S and 47 degrees 36-39'W), São Paulo State, South-eastern Brazil, to compare plant communities structure. As descriptors of the vegetation structure, we used richness, density, basal area, cylindrical volume, and diversity. Ten 40 m2 quadrats were placed randomly in each physiognomy, in which we sampled the woody plants with stem diameter equal or larger than 1 cm (woody component), and ten 2.5 m2 quadrats, in which we sampled the woody plants with stem diameter smaller than 1 cm and all the non-woody individuals (herbaceous component). In the woody component, we found significant differences among the physiognomies for richness, density and cylindrical volume. Cylindrical volume increased from campo cerrado to cerradão, but richness and density were higher in cerrado sensu stricto. In the herbaceous component, we detected differences for all variables, which were higher in the savanna physiognomies, campo cerrado and cerrado sensu stricto, than in the forest physiognomy, cerradão. Cylindrical volume was the best variable to distinguish the physiognomies. Floristic similarity followed the campo cerrado-cerrado sensu stricto-cerradão gradient, and beta diversity was higher in the herbaceous component.

Brazil↗
PubMed2002

Physiognomy and teeth: an ethnographic study among young and middle-aged Hong Kong adults.

OBJECTIVES: To determine knowledge and beliefs about traditional physiognomy (judging an individual's character from their facial appearance) concerning teeth among young (17-26) and middle-aged (35-44) Hong Kong adults. METHODS: In a cross sectional ethnographical telephone survey, 400 adults were interviewed about 16 traditional physiognomy concerning teeth (in consultation with a Feng Shui specialist). RESULTS: Most completed the interview (93%, 373). Over half the study group (63%, 234) claimed they had heard of aspects of physiognomy concerning teeth, and a quarter (24%, 88) believed in such ideologies. Variations in knowledge and beliefs were apparent among people of different age (P < 0.01), gender (P < 0.05), educational attainment (P < 0.01), economic status (P < 0.01), place of birth (P < 0.01) and religion (P < 0.01). Their knowledge and belief in aspects of physiognomy concerning teeth was also associated with reported use of dental services (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Among young and middle-aged adults in Hong Kong, knowledge and beliefs concerning traditional physiognomy regarding teeth is strong, and socio-demographic variations exist in these perceptions. These findings have implications for all those involved in the delivery of dental care in multicultural societies and in raising cultural awareness about traditional health beliefs.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

[Patient physiognomy-- the picture of the patient: (author's transl)].

The facial expression of the patient has demonstrably occupied doctors with regard to diagnosis and prognosis even in ancient times. Physiognomy found acceptance in the medicine of modern times, particularly through the publications of Johann Caspar Lavater (1741-1801), Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) and then, after 1838, of Karl Heinrich Baumgärtner (1798-1886) who took advantage of lithography, which had just come into use, to reproduce pictures of patients. In the thirties of our century, patient physiognomy has undergone a renaissance (Killian, Fervers, Risak, Lange and others) which was repeated in the sixties. In the last decades, the interest was almost always an expression of dissatisfaction with an exclusively scientifically oriented medicine.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Spectral maps of the Liege-physiognomies of the neuroleptics.

Spectral mapping is a classification technique that has been applied to the Liege physiognomies of the neuroleptics. The method makes use of a special projection that separate potency from spectral information. Principal component analysis revealed a dominant component resembling a bipolar incisive/sedative scale. A second antimanic/antiautistic scale is apparent in the revised. Liege physiognomie. Spectral mapping allows to compare observations on neuroleptics in different frames of reference and from different methodologies (e.g. clinical and pharmacological).

Basal Ganglia Diseases↗
PubMed2006

Building beauty: physiognomy on the gas-lit stage.

From 1816 onwards, London theatres began to install gas-lighting systems to replace candles. In addition to allowing theatre managers to adjust the level of illumination, gas lights offered greater brightness and visibility for the audience. Actors had to adjust to this new level of exposure that threatened their ability to "look the part." Until this illuminating moment, there had been little need for makeup and actors to adhere to the principles of physiognomy--a system that correlated character traits to facial features. Under the new harsh glare of the gas lights, both the faces of the actors and the theatres themselves were found wanting.

Beauty↗
PubMed2002

Physiognomy, familism and consumerism: preferences among Jewish-Israeli recipients of donor insemination.

This paper examines the physiological preferences of Jewish-Israeli donor insemination (DI) recipients regarding the desirable donor. (1) By comparing recipients' own physiognomy with that of a hypothetical donor, we explore some of the social potentials of DI in its emerging democratized form. We examine prevailing notions regarding the 'natural family' and 'family resemblance' and query the relative weight of the natural vs. the consumer model as applied to one's own family through considerations regarding physical appearance. While examining the 'natural family' concept as a limit in the making of actual Israeli families, we consider the meanings of choice in the context of procreative technologies. The study may also provide practitioners with relevant information for donor matching. The paper is based on questionnaires delivered in four sperm banks during the years 1995-1998. It is important to note that the preferences we study are hypothetical, as in Israel no choice is offered and donor matching is performed exclusively by doctors. (2) Three comparisons serve as vehicles for characterizing the gaps between the natural and the consumer model: women's preferences regarding the donor's appearance vs. their male partners' appearance; men's preferences vs. their own features; single women's preferences vs. those of married ones. The paper ends with a discussion of the social implications of democratized DI on family, gender power relations and social hegemony.

Adult↗
PubMed2000

Facing faces: studies on the cognitive aspects of physiognomy.

Physiognomy, the art of reading personality traits from faces, dates back to ancient Greece, and is still very popular. The present studies examine several aspects and consequences of the process of reading traits from faces. Using faces with neutral expressions, it is demonstrated that personality information conveyed in faces changes the interpretation of verbal information. Moreover, it is shown that physiognomic information has a consistent effect on decisions, and creates overconfidence in judgments. It is argued, however, that the process of "reading from faces" is just one side of the coin, the other side of which is "reading into faces." Consistent with the latter, information about personality changes the perception of facial features and, accordingly, the perceived similarity between faces. The implications of both processes and questions regarding their automaticity are discussed.

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PubMed1994

Physiognomy in the classification of individuals with a lateral preference in mastication.

Chronic habitual chewers usually present with a lack of passive laterotrusive range of mandibular motion at maximum intercuspation, and many have some form of mandibular asymmetry. This study attempted to discover mechanisms that may be responsible for this association and proposes a system by which such persons can be classified based on physiognomy and patterns of mandibular deviation. The influence of facial biotype and altered head posture on the selection of a preferred chewing side was also analyzed.

Facial Asymmetry↗
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[A propedeutic concept: the pathologic physiognomy of organs].

After a brief philologic introduction on some correlated concepts of pathogenesis we suggest the concept of pathological physiognomy of the organs. This concept express the conditioning that the peculiar structure, topography and function of an organ exercise on the characteristic configuration (and sometimes even on the possibility) of a pathological process in it. As fondament of this concept we report several examples of pathology.

Humans↗
PubMed1976

[The syndrome of biliary atresia, typical physiognomy, anomalies of the pulmonary arteries and eventual other malformations (author's transl)].

Among the various types of hepatic ductular atresias, there is a group of patients with a definable syndrome of malformations: typical physiognomy, malformation of pulmonary arteries, mental retardation and disturbed growth of body and genitals. This syndrome has been defined only in the last two years by Watson et al. (1973) and Allagille et al. (1975). A detailed description of a boy with this combination of malformations is given. Additionally he has aplasia of the right kidney. A second patient out of 4, which we found in our cardiologic department, has hypoblasia of one kidney, too. The prognosis of the liver disease in these patients seems to be better than in other children with biliary atresia.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗