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Research addressing social support among women diagnosed with breast cancer has been explored in several Western cultures, but there is a lack of such research in Jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to explore common meanings of social support as experienced by Jordanian women with breast cancer. A qualitative interpretive phenomenological research design was used for this study. A purposive sample of 20 women diagnosed with stage I, II, or III breast cancer was recruited from 2 hospitals located in Jordan. Data were collected using individual semistructured interviews and analyzed using the Heideggerian hermeneutical methodology. Six related themes and 1 constitutive pattern describe the meaning of social support for Jordanian women with breast cancer: (a) breast cancer as a stigmatized disease among Jordanian women with breast cancer, (b) social support from social network members, (c) being strong for self and others, (d) resources influence availability and need for social support, (e) controlling information for protection, and (f) using spiritual meaning as support. The constitutive pattern was labeled: culture influencing the meaning of social support. Jordanian women with breast cancer rely primarily on other women for social support, most of whom are in their family network. Need for social support can vary by resources available to these women. Health care providers who give care to Jordanian women with breast cancer need to consider the influence of culture, religion, and clinical and personal characteristics of each woman on her need for social support.

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Backcross breeding with marker-assisted selection was used to construct an intervarietal set of part chromosome substitution lines in Brassica napus, formed from a cross between two winter varieties of oilseed rape: Tapidor and Victor. A total of 22 lines from this substitution library were examined over a 3-year period, in a total of nine field trials, for seed oil fatty acid composition and seed oil content. Trialing of the substitution lines gave evidence for the existence of 13 quantitative trait loci (QTL). All 13 QTL affected fatty acid composition of the seed, and were distributed among linkage groups 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 18, and 19. Seven of these QTL, on linkage groups 3, 6, 8, 13, 14, 18, and 19, also affected total seed oil content. The positions of these QTL are compared to those in the published literature and with respect to erucic acid QTL previously identified in a backcross population of the same cross. The substitution line approach gives increased precision and sensitivity for QTL mapping compared to other methods.

HomeCirculationVol. 7, No. 6First Report of the Committee on Ballistocardiographic Terminology Free AccessResearch ArticlePDF/EPUBAboutView PDFSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toFree AccessResearch ArticlePDF/EPUBFirst Report of the Committee on Ballistocardiographic Terminology ISAAC STARR, JOHN R. BRAUNSTEIN, WILLIAM DOCK, RICHARD GURNER, W. F. HAMILTON, JOHN L. NICKERSON, MAURICE B. RAPPAPORT, WILLIAM R. SCARBOROUGH and JOHN E. SMITH ISAAC STARRISAAC STARR Search for more papers by this author , JOHN R. BRAUNSTEINJOHN R. BRAUNSTEIN Search for more papers by this author , WILLIAM DOCKWILLIAM DOCK Search for more papers by this author , RICHARD GURNERRICHARD GURNER Search for more papers by this author , W. F. HAMILTONW. F. HAMILTON Search for more papers by this author , JOHN L. NICKERSONJOHN L. NICKERSON Search for more papers by this author , MAURICE B. RAPPAPORTMAURICE B. RAPPAPORT Search for more papers by this author , WILLIAM R. SCARBOROUGHWILLIAM R. SCARBOROUGH Search for more papers by this author and JOHN E. SMITHJOHN E. SMITH Search for more papers by this author Originally published1 Jun 1953https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.7.6.929Circulation. 1953;7:929–931 Previous Back to top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited By Albukhari A, Lima F and Mescheder U (2019) Bed-Embedded Heart and Respiration Rates Detection by Longitudinal Ballistocardiography and Pattern Recognition, Sensors, 10.3390/s19061451, 19:6, (1451) Pinheiro E, Postolache O and Girao P (2016) Ballistocardiogram: Model and sensing systems 2016 10th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST), 10.1109/ICSensT.2016.7796262, 978-1-5090-0796-7, (1-6) Ozturk N and Yildiz M (2014) Development of computer based ballistocardiography system 2014 18th National Biomedical Engineering Meeting (BIYOMUT), 10.1109/BIYOMUT.2014.7026370, 978-1-4799-7572-3, (1-4) Pinheiro E, Postolache O and Girão P Theory and Developments in an Unobtrusive Cardiovascular System Representation: Ballistocardiography, The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal, 10.2174/1874120701004010201, 4:1, (201-216) MOSS A (1961) Ballistocardiographic Evaluation of the Cardiovascular Aging Process, Circulation, 23:3, (434-451), Online publication date: 1-Mar-1961.SCARBOROUGH W, TALBOT S, BRAUNSTEIN J, RAPPAPORT M, DOCK W, SCARBOROUGH W, HAMILTON W, SMITH J, NICKERSON J, TALBOT S and STARR I (1956) Proposals for Ballistocardiographic Nomenclature and Conventions: Revised and Extended , Circulation, 14:3, (435-450), Online publication date: 1-Sep-1956. van Lingen B, Lister M, Robinson J and Elzas B (1956) A method for the study of the form of the high frequency undamped ballistocardiogram, American Heart Journal, 10.1016/0002-8703(56)90226-5, 51:6, (829-838), Online publication date: 1-Jun-1956. June 1, 1953Vol 7, Issue 6 Advertisement Article InformationMetrics © 1953 American Heart Association, Inc.https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.7.6.929 Originally publishedJune 1, 1953 PDF download Advertisement