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Flinders University
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About: Flinders University is a education organization based out in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 12033 authors who have published 32831 publications receiving 973172 citations. The organization is also known as: Flinders University of South Australia.
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TL;DR: The study demonstrated that the content of television programming can have negative consequences for women's body image and offered social comparison processing as both a theoretic mechanism and a practical target for intervention.
Abstract: Objective
The study investigated the impact of thin idealized images of women as presented in music television, a popular form of entertainment for young people.
Methods
A sample of 84 women viewed a videotape containing either appearance music videos (which emphasized appearance and featured thin and attractive women) or nonappearance music videos. The instructional set was also manipulated to encourage or discourage social comparison.
Results
Viewing the appearance music videos featuring thin women led to increased social comparison and body dissatisfaction. Regression analyses showed that the effect of video condition on body dissatisfaction was mediated by the level of comparison processing.
Discussion
The study demonstrated that the content of television programming can have negative consequences for women's body image. In addition, it offered social comparison processing as both a theoretic mechanism and a practical target for intervention. © 2003 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 35: 48–58, 2004.
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TL;DR: Survival time may be enhanced by strong social networks among older Australians, and these may be important in lengthening survival.
Abstract: Study objectives: To examine if social networks with children, relatives, friends, and confidants predict survival in older Australians over 10 years after controlling for a range of demographic, health, and lifestyle variables.
Design: Prospective longitudinal cohort study (the Australian longitudinal study of aging)
Setting: Adelaide, South Australia.
Participants: 1477 persons aged 70 years or more living in the community and residential care facilities.
Main results: After controlling for a range of demographic, health, and lifestyle variables, greater networks with friends were protective against mortality in the 10 year follow up period. The hazard ratio for participants in the highest tertile of friends networks compared with participants in the lowest group was 0.78 (95%CI 0.65 to 0.92). A smaller effect of greater networks with confidants (hazard ratio = 0.84; 95%CI = 0.71 to 0.98) was seen. The effects of social networks with children and relatives were not significant with respect to survival over the following decade.
Conclusions: Survival time may be enhanced by strong social networks. Among older Australians, these may be important in lengthening survival.
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Hanoi University1, University of Melbourne2, Institute of Fundamental Studies3, University of Tasmania4, Alfred Hospital5, Monash University, Clayton campus6, Flinders University7, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital8, University of New South Wales9, National Institutes of Health10, Imperial College London11, University of Bergen12, Haukeland University Hospital13, University of Queensland14, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital15, Gold Coast Hospital16, Royal Children's Hospital17, Cancer Council Victoria18, Monash University19
TL;DR: It is postulate that reducing maternal smoking, encouraging immunisation, and avoiding personal smoking, especially in those with smoking parents or low childhood lung function, might minimise COPD risk.
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TL;DR: This study provides a content analysis of fitspiration imagery on the social networking site Instagram, showing that the majority of images of women contained only one body type: thin and toned.
Abstract: 'Fitspiration' is an online trend designed to inspire viewers towards a healthier lifestyle by promoting exercise and healthy food. This study provides a content analysis of fitspiration imagery on the social networking site Instagram. A set of 600 images were coded for body type, activity, objectification and textual elements. Results showed that the majority of images of women contained only one body type: thin and toned. In addition, most images contained objectifying elements. Accordingly, while fitspiration images may be inspirational for viewers, they also contain a number of elements likely to have negative effects on the viewer's body image.
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TL;DR: The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a quasi autonomous part of the nervous system and includes a number of neural circuits that control motor functions, local blood flow, mucosal transport and secretions, and modulates immune and endocrine functions.
Abstract: The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a quasi autonomous part of the nervous system and includes a number of neural circuits that control motor functions, local blood flow, mucosal transport and secretions, and modulates immune and endocrine functions. Although these functions operate in concert and are functionally interlinked, it is useful to consider the neural circuits involved in each separately.1 This short summary will concentrate mainly on the neural circuits involved in motor control.2 The enteric neural circuits are composed of enteric neurones arranged in networks of enteric ganglia connected by interganglionic strands. Most enteric neurones involved in motor functions are located in the myenteric plexus with some primary afferent neurones located in the submucous plexus. As in all nervous systems involved in sensory-motor control, the ENS comprises primary afferent neurones, sensitive to chemical and mechanical stimuli, interneurones and motorneurones that act on the different effector cells including smooth muscle, pacemaker cells, blood vessels, mucosal glands, and epithelia, and the distributed system of intestinal cells involved in immune responses and endocrine and paracrine functions.
The digestive tract is unique among internal organs because it is exposed to a large variety of physicochemical stimuli from the external world in the form of ingested food. As a consequence, the intestine has developed a rich repertoire of coordinated movements of its muscular apparatus to ensure the appropriate mixing and propulsion of contents during digestion, absorption, and excretion. The oro-aboral transit of the intestinal contents can be regarded as a form of adaptive locomotion that occurs over a wide range of spatial and temporal domains.3 The movements of the intestine are the result of interaction of the neural apparatus and the muscular apparatus.4
The muscular apparatus is organised in muscle layers made up of large collections of smooth muscle cells …
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Matthew Jones | 125 | 1161 | 96909 |
Robert Edwards | 121 | 775 | 74552 |
Justin C. McArthur | 113 | 433 | 47346 |
Peter Somogyi | 112 | 232 | 42450 |
Glenda M. Halliday | 111 | 676 | 53684 |
Jonathan C. Craig | 108 | 872 | 59401 |
Bruce Neal | 108 | 561 | 87213 |
Alan Cooper | 108 | 746 | 45772 |
Robert J. Norman | 103 | 755 | 45147 |
John B. Furness | 103 | 597 | 37668 |
Richard J. Miller | 103 | 419 | 35669 |
Michael J. Brownstein | 102 | 274 | 47929 |
Craig S. Anderson | 101 | 650 | 49331 |
John Chalmers | 99 | 831 | 55005 |
Kevin D. Hyde | 99 | 1382 | 46113 |