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Associations of muscular fitness and body composition in children

2021

Purpose: To examine the associations between muscular fitness (MF) and body composition. Method: MF was assessed with three tests of FitnessGram test battery. Total body fat percentage (BF%), abdominal fat percentage (AF%) and fat-free mass (FFM) were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The IOTF body mass index (BMI) cut-offs were used to define healthy weight, overweight, and obesity. Results: MF was inversely associated with BF% and AF%. The children in the moderate and high MF groups had significantly lower BF% and AF% compared with the children in the low MF group within the same BMI category. After adjusting for cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), BMI and sex, the differen…

Modulation of H-reflex and V-wave responses during dynamic balance perturbations

2023

AbstractMotoneuron excitability is possible to measure using H-reflex and V-wave responses. However, it is not known how the motor control is organized, how the H-reflex and V-wave responses modulate and how repeatable these are during dynamic balance perturbations. To assess the repeatability, 16 participants (8 men, 8 women) went through two, identical measurement sessions with ~ 48 h intervals, where maximal isometric plantar flexion (IMVC) and dynamic balance perturbations in horizontal, anterior–posterior direction were performed. Soleus muscle (SOL) neural modulation during balance perturbations were measured at 40, 70, 100 and 130 ms after ankle movement by using both H-reflex and V-…

Die nonverbale Kommunikation im Video der Markenkampagne ‚Partner fürs Leben' von Volkswagen

2018

Tämä kandidaatintutkielma käsittelee nonverbaalista viestintää Volkswagenin mainoskampanjan ‚Partner fürs Leben’ videossa. Kampanja on peräisin vuodelta 2016 ja sen taustana on vuoden 2015 päästöskandaali, jonka vuoksi Volkswagenin maine laski hurjasti. Pelastaakseen maineensa, Volkswagen-konserni aloitti suuren mainoskampanjan, jossa huomion keskipisteenä ensimmäistä kertaa Volkswagenin mainoshistoriassa on ihminen, eikä auto. Kampanjan tarkoituksena on kertoa, että Volkswagenin autot ovat ikään kuin perheenjäseniä, jotka tukevat kuluttajaa hänen koko elämänsä ajan, ja tärkeimpänä vaikutuskeinona tässä yhteydessä käytetään nonverbaalista viestintää. Tutkielmassa keskitytään mainoskampanjan…

Televisiomainos poliittisena tekona : Keskustan John Wayne -mainonnan aikomukset ja vastaanotto

1998

Characteristics of the polymer transport in ratchet systems

2010

Molecules with complex internal structure in time-dependent periodic potentials are studied by using short Rubinstein-Duke model polymers as an example. We extend our earlier work on transport in stochastically varying potentials to cover also deterministic potential switching mechanisms, energetic efficiency and non-uniform charge distributions. We also use currents in the non-equilibrium steady state to identify the dominating mechanisms that lead to polymer transportation and analyze the evolution of the macroscopic state (e.g., total and head-to-head lengths) of the polymers. Several numerical methods are used to solve the master equations and nonlinear optimization problems. The domina…

Hyvää elämää ja tietoista painonhallintaa : hyväksymis-ja omistautumisterapiaan pohjautuvan painonhallintaohjelman toimivuus ja hyväksyttävyys

2017

Tausta: Ylipainon hoidossa käytetään useimmiten kognitiiviseen rajoittamiseen pohjautuvia menetelmiä, joilla kuitenkin saavutetaan vain harvoin pysyviä tuloksia. On havaittu, että painonhallinnan onnistumista voivat selittää syömiskäyttäytymisen taustalla olevat psykologiset tekijät, kuten psykologinen joustavuus, jota hyväksymis- ja omistautumisterapiassa pyritään lisäämään. Alustavat tutkimukset ovat antaneet kannustavia tuloksia hyväksymis- ja omistautumisterapiaa ja elintapaohjausta yhdistävien interventioiden toimivuudesta ainakin keskipitkän välin painonhallinnassa. Tavoitteet: Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli tutkia hyväksymis- ja omistautumisterapiaa ja elintapaohjausta yhdistävän lyhyti…

Analyse des adjectifs qualificatifs renvoyant aux femmes dans les annonces publicitaires de six magazines féminins franco- et italophones

2013

Birth weight, adult weight, and cardiovascular biomarkers : Evidence from the Cardiovascular Young Finns Study

2021

This study quantifies the causal effect of birth weight on cardiovascular biomarkers in adulthood using the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (YFS). We apply a multivariable Mendelian randomization (MVMR) method that provides a novel approach to improve inference in causal analysis based on a mediation framework. The results show that birth weight is linked to triglyceride levels (β = −0.294; 95% CI [−0.591, 0.003]) but not to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels (β = 0.007; 95% CI [−0.168, 0.183]). The total effect of birth weight on triglyceride levels is partly offset by a mediation pathway linking birth weight to adult BMI (β = 0.111; 95% CI [−0.013, 0.234]). The nega…

Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolic health in overweight and obese adults

2022

BACKGROUND: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) has been inversely associated with insulin resistance and clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors among overweight and obese individuals. However, most previous studies have scaled CRF by body mass (BM) possibly inflating the association between CRF and cardiometabolic health. We investigated the associations of peak oxygen uptake (V̇ O2peak) and peak power output (Wpeak) scaled either by BM-1, fat free mass (FFM-1), or by allometric methods with individual cardiometabolic risk factors and clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors in 55 overweight or obese adults with metabolic syndrome. METHODS: V̇ O2peak and Wpeak were assessed by a maximal …

Prestroke Weight Loss Is Associated With Poststroke Mortality Among Men in the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

2014

Objective To examine baseline prestroke weight loss and poststroke mortality among men. Design Longitudinal study of late-life prestroke body mass index (BMI), weight loss, and BMI change (midlife to late life) with up to 8-year incident stroke and mortality follow-up. Setting Community-based aging study data. Participants Japanese-American men (N=3581; age range, 71–93y) who were stroke free at baseline. Interventions Not applicable. Main Outcome Measure Poststroke mortality: 30 days poststroke, analyzed with stepwise multivariable logistic regression; and long-term poststroke (up to 8y), analyzed with stepwise multivariable Cox regression. Results Weight loss (4.5kg decrements) was associ…