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This mixed-methods study investigates the use of wearable technology in embodied psychology research and explores the potential of incorporating bio-signals to focus on the bodily impact of the social experience. The study relies on scientifically established psychological methods of studying social issues, collective relationships and emotional overloads, such as sociodrama, in combination with participant observation to qualitatively detect and observe verbal and nonverbal aspects of social behavior. We evaluate the proposed method through a pilot sociodrama session and reflect on the outcomes. By utilizing an experimental setting that combines video cameras, microphones, and wearable sensors measuring physiological signals, specifically, heart rate, we explore how the synchronization and analysis of the different signals and annotations enables a mixed-method that combines qualitative and quantitative instruments in studying embodied expressiveness and social interaction., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests exist., (© The Author(s) 2022.)

This study investigated the relationship between the role of the surviving parent in the child's grieving process, the continuing bond with the deceased parent and biopsychosocial functioning and active grief in adulthood. A survey of 135 adults, parentally bereaved in childhood, indicated that the surviving parent's role in facilitating the grieving process promoted a positive continuing bond with the deceased in childhood as well as general functioning in adulthood. The continuing bond with the deceased had a weak association with both better general functioning and relational active grief.

Background: The expression of adhesion molecules is important for the interaction of myeloma cells with the bone marrow microenvironment. In the current study, serum soluble adhesion molecules (sICAM-1 and sE-selectin) were measured in untreated multiple myeloma (MM) patients in relation with other markers of disease activity., Materials and Methods: The study group consisted of 67 patients with MM (classified according to the Durie-Salmon classification) and 15 controls. Interleukin-6 (IL-6), sICAM-1 and sE-selectin concentrations were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In addition, the monoclonal protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and hemoglobin (Hb) concentration were also determined., Results: Serum sICAM-1 level increased significantly at advanced stages of MM and was higher in comparison to controls (p<0.01). sE-selectin increased significantly with advancing stage of the disease, but did not differ from controls. IL-6, ESR and M-component were significantly higher and Hb concentrations lower with advancing stage of disease. There was a positive correlation of IL-6 with sICAM-1 and sE-selectin., Conclusions: We conclude that serum sICAM-1 differs in multiple myeloma patients from normals and together with sE-selectin increase in parallel to increasing stage of disease, which may reflect a dysregulation and possible involvement of these adhesion molecules in myeloma progression.