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Effects of Body Composition on Insulin Sensitivity

Diabetes, 1983
We studied the effects of body composition and maximal aerobic power on insulin sensitivity in 23 normal-weight, healthy male subjects. Eight were weight lifters, eight were long-distance runners, and seven were untrained controls. In each subject, the percentage of body weight (BW) made up of muscle and fat tissue (% muscle and % fat, respectively ...
H, Yki-Järvinen, V A, Koivisto
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Effect of Leg-to-Body Ratio on Body Shape Attractiveness

Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2015
Recent studies have examined various aspects of human physical attractiveness. Attractiveness is considered an evolved psychological mechanism acquired via natural selection because an attractive body reflects an individual's health and fertility. The length of the legs is an often-emphasized aspect of attractiveness and has been investigated using the
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Many-Body Effects at Surfaces

1974
The lectures I will give here will be based in the first instance on the thesis of one of my Cambridge students, Dr. John C. Inkson [1], which has been the source of a number of articles in the literature [2]. John’s work in turn leans heavily as far as formalism is concerned on some papers by D.M.
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Perceptual Centering Effects in Body Orientation

Biological Cybernetics, 2006
This study mathematically characterizes the results of DiZio and Lackner (Percept Psychphys 39(1): 39-46) on the perception of self-orientation during circular vection induced by an optokinetic stimulus. Using the hypothesis of perceptual centering, it is shown that five basic centering transformations can logically account for the full range of ...
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THE EFFECTS OF BODY SIZE ON SOFT-BODIED BURROWERS

2015
Burrowing is a difficult form of locomotion due to the abrasive, heterogeneous, and dense nature of many substrates. Despite the challenges, many vertebrates and invertebrates spanning multitudes of taxa and body sizes burrow in a variety of terrestrial and aquatic substrates. Unlike terrestrial burrowers and modern digging equipment, many invertebrate
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The Effect of Nutrition on Body Composition

Nutrition Reviews, 2009
E W, Speckmann, M F, Brink, A A, Coolidge   +2 more
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Simulation methods for open quantum many-body systems

Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021
Augustine Kshetrimayum, Roman Orus, Hendrik Weimer   +2 more
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Body functionality: A review of the literature

Body Image, 2021
Tracy L Tylka, Jessica Alleva
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Global patterns in excess body weight and the associated cancer burden

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2019
Ahmedin Jemal, Susan Gapstur
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The impact of breast cancer on sexuality, body image, and intimate relationships

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 1991
Leslie Schover
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