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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Sauna"”.
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A Sauna house in Helsinki
… these thoughts on my mind, I start to imagine a sauna house in the city of Helsinki by means of designing certain moments constructed by the interreaction of physical elements and approach its design as stated above, in this case with clear and fair form, light, material and temperature. These …
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Sau̇-ne̳ [Finn] : a Finnish steam bath in which the steam is provided by water thrown on hot stones
A Finnish proverb says that the sauna is the most democratic space in the world . Here, we dismantle our vestments of social status and relax in a distinct social space where everyone shares the same basic needs of comfort and the refreshment of body and soul. This is the ideal condition of Finnish …
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Obscenities offstage: Melbourne’s gay saunas & the limits of representation
… erotic fields, especially so-called 'gay saunas', as objects of study, dangers that have dogged the scientific research, both qualitative and quantitative, undertaken in this field since the 1960s. The dangers arise precisely because the positing of the sauna as a coherent unitary object …
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The Effect of Hyperthermic Whole Body Heat Stimulus (Sauna) on Heat Shock Protein 70 and Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy in Young Males during Weight Training
<p>The traditional Finnish steam sauna is theorized to aid skeletal muscle hypertrophy by stimulating Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP70), which acts as a molecular chaperone to the folding of functional skeletal muscle. The aim of this study was to investigate if stimulating HSP70 by using a sauna (45 – …
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The impact of acute heat exposure on the heat shock response (HSR) between males and females
… (n=9) who underwent a 20-min far-infrared (IR) sauna session (57.2 ± 2.0ºC, 24.7 ± 5.6% relative humidity). Core temperature, skin temperature, heart rate, and thermal perception were recorded every 5 minutes. Plasma extracellular heat shock protein 70 (eHSP70) and peripheral blood mononuclear …
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The social organisation of sex work : implications for female prostitutes' health and safety
… estimates suggest that indoor prostitution (saunas and private flats) in particular is a growing area of commercial sex. This thesis aims to examine the social and economic organisation of commercial sex work in the UK across the three settings of street, sauna and private flats, paying …
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An investigation of the growth and feeding responses of oligotrich ciliates to food types and concentrations : an approach to assessing the potential of marine planktonic ciliate blooms
… the flagellates Isochrysis galbana, Chroomonas sauna, Rhodomonas lens, and the diatom 7halassiosira pseudonana, individually or in combinations. Numerical responses were obtained by keeping ciliates in semi-continuous culture, measuring growth rates and fitting them to a modified …
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CrossFit Viribus - viðskiptaáætlun : er næg eftirspurn fyrir uppbyggingu á nýrri CrossFit stöð á Suðurnesjum og er það fýsilegur kostur?
… iðkendur stöðvarinnar ásamt köldum pottum og sauna. Lokaritgerðin er viðskiptaáætlun og mótast hún af þeim viðurkenndu aðferðum og hugmyndafræði sem NMI, Nýsköpunarmiðstöð Íslands, hefur sett fram. Ritgerðin mun skera úr um hvort fýsilegt sé að stofna aðra CrossFit stöð á Suðurnesjum út frá …
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Mitigating the Effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder Through Architecture
… for light therapy; as well as an external sauna located on the water. These spaces will encourage interaction among people in the community year-round. A dynamic and unique exterior form incorporates both natural and artificial lighting, showcases tree and plant life that people this far …
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"Settle in the bare desert and cause it to bloom."
… a test kitchen, a medicinal lab, a dye works, a sauna, and a seed bank. The architecture defining the town's imagined future is dominated by images of the agricultural icons in California since the late 19th century. In a slow transformation of the local landscape by the ongoing expansion of the …
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Nutritional status and weight making practices of professional male South African mixed martial arts fighters
… intake and intentional fluid loss/sweating (e.g. sauna). However, a number of these weight-making practices can be detrimental to the performance, health and nutritional status of the fighters. MMA fighters are usually weighed-in 24 hours prior to competition, and then have a subsequent 24 hours …
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Římské lázně a saunový svět.
Architektonická studie nabízí řešení prostoru římských lázní a saunového světa v navrženém Aquacentru v lokalitě Brno - Rakovec. Umístění Aquacentra vychází z Územní studie Rekreační oblasti Brněnská přehrada. V dnešní době jsou welness prostory významnou součástí aquaparků . Navržené prostory …
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Fitness a Wellness centrum
Diplomová práce se zabývá návrhem a zpracováním projektové dokumentace fitness a wellness centra. Navrhovaný objekt se nachází v okrajové části Havlíčkova Brodu v klidovém prostředí s přímou návazností na městskou přehradu. Jedná se o třípodlažní částečně podsklepený objekt s plochou zelenou …