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Showing 1 to 20 of 594 for “"Lifestyles."”.
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Healthier lifestyles app
People with Down Syndrome compared to their peers without Down Syndromes are more likely to be obese, which can result to untreated hypothyroidism, but it can also be due to uncontrolled or lack information in regard to the number of calories in their daily intake as well as the level of physical …
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Investigating Extreme Lifestyles Through Mangrove Transcriptomics
I have characterized phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), chalcone synthase (CHS), and dihydroflavonol reductase (DFR) gene families in R. mangle , which are at major regulatpry points in the phenylpropanoid pathway. I have identified one DFR, two CHS, and ten PAL genes in R. mangle . Differential …
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Volunteers' Lifestyles: A Market Segmentation Study
Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 71113 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs
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A room in the city : housing itinerant lifestyles
… architecture has not yet adapted to transient lifestyles. Developers have cultivated an entire lifestyle around the notion that hotel and home can be one in the same if accompanied by a standard set of amenities. The thesis takes this idea further; it proposes a model for circulation that …
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Modeling human dynamics and lifestyles using digital traces
… using credit card transactions, we identify lifestyles in urban regions and add temporal context to behavioral patterns. We find that these lifestyles not only correspond to demographics, but also have a clear signal with one's social network. Third, we analyze household load profiles for …
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Women's contemporary yoga lifestyles: An embodied ethnography of becomings
Within this thesis, I offer insight into the lifestyles of contemporary women Yoga practitioners. Delving into complex and nuanced experiences of women embodying Yoga lifestyles offers multiple opportunities to extend upon current understandings. In examining the various ways that the women of this …
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Predictors of Health Promoting Lifestyles in Baccalaureate Nursing Students
… a significant role in modeling health promoting lifestyles and educating patients regarding healthy lifestyle choices.</p><p> Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the predictors of health promoting lifestyles in baccalaureate nursing students.</p><p> Methods: A descriptive, …
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Evaluation of Health 200 - Wellness Lifestyles: Can a University General Education Course in Wellness Lifestyles Enhance Students' Behaviors, Attitudes and Knowledge Regarding Their Health?
… who were enrolled in Health 200 Wellness Lifestyles in the 1997 spring semester at Radford University. Forty-five responses were returned for a return rate of 41%. An analysis of self-reported data discloses that student behaviors improved from before taking Health 200 to six months after …
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Health Promotion Lifestyles of Mid-life Women Who Regularly Exercise
… this study was to examine the health promoting lifestyles of mid life women who regularly exercise. The Health Promotion Model (HPM) is the organizing theoretical framework for this study. Pender (1987) developed the HPM to assist research efforts and to identify and explain characteristics of …
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Evaluating the Co-commensal Lifestyles of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis
Staphylococcus epidermidis is a ubiquitous skin commensal, and produces a serine protease Esp that can eradicate nasal carriage of the opportunistic pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus. We evaluated the ability of S. epidermidis and S. aureus to express serine protease and compete with one another in …
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The influence of culture and lifestyles on receptivity to direct mail
This study is an analysis of the differences in Receptivity toward Direct Mail between Anglophones (English Canadians) and Francophones (French Canadians). A Receptivity toward Direct Mail model is proposed and demonstrated. This model integrates the Pay Attention To, Cognitive, …
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Consuming Lifestyles: Transforming the Body and the Self in Postfeminist America
My inquiry revolves around three case studies of American celebrity-fitness and celebrity-feminist icons constituted during 1980s and 1990s America: actress Jane Fonda, infomercial queen Susan Powter, and talk show host Oprah Winfrey. I point to the troubling effects of the articulations between …
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Self-directed learning to promote healthy lifestyles for adults with chronic illness
For adults living with type 2 diabetes, accessing self-directed learning opportunities to help manage and reduce their illness can be challenging due to many perceived barriers. Often, these struggles can limit access to medications, quality healthcare, and the resources needed for self-directed …
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E-health reference framework for personalised information provision to promote sound lifestyles
In the present context of increased healthcare demand and costs, health maintenance by prevention is a major strategic objective of public health systems. Western societies increasingly suffer from lifestyle-related diseases triggered by an unbalanced diet, physical inactivity, smoking or alcohol …
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A Descriptive Study of the Impact of Migraine Headaches on Children's Lifestyles
… the impact of migraine headaches on children's lifestyles. A convenience sample of children between the ages of six and thirteen who have acute recurrent debilitating headaches, with or without a neurological evaluation, was selected from an urban midwestern area. The sample consisted of twenty …
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Prevalence and risk factors of chronic diseases of lifestyles in endurance runners
… CDL through education and promotion of healthy lifestyles. A stronger emphasis on the prevention of risk factors for CDL in South African endurance runners is needed.
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Rethinking Consumption & Production: Systems Design for Sustainable Lifestyles in the Global North
… is to investigate the drivers of unsustainable lifestyles in the Global North by drawing upon scholarship in the field of Sustainable Consumption & Production. The research methods include qualitative secondary research and the application of systems thinking in the social sciences to represent …
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Determining Relationships Among Perceived Health Status and Health Promoting Lifestyles of Frontier Elderly
… demographic variables to health-promoting lifestyles.
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