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Darries, Mouroodah Sulayman. "Surfacing fat : adiposity as adornment." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85811.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis provides a critical discussion of, and motivation for, my jewellery practice, in which fat from the human body is transformed into adornment. Drawing on Julia Kristeva’s theory of ‘abjection’, this research scrutinises the grotesque status of body substances in the modern media, with the intention of changing viewer reactions to these substances from repulsion to aesthetic enjoyment. I consider the influence of popular culture, where idealised bodies are promoted as ‘better’ than non-normative body types, and then consider how (or whether) the abject remainders of the ‘ideal body’ can successfully be refigured as adornment. In order to situate my practical Masters work in the wider field of contemporary avant-garde jewellery practice, I study the work of select jewellers, who also refer to, or use, body substances in critical ways in their work. Through this, I hope to scrutinise both normative notions of the body and of jewellery as adornment.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis dien as ’n kritiese bespreking van en motivering vir my praktiese juwelierswareontwerp, waarin vet afkomstig van die menslike liggaam verander word in versiering. Die navorsing gebruik Julia Kristeva se teorie van ‘abjection’ om die groteske status wat liggaamstowwe in die moderne media het, uit te pluis, met die doel om die toeskouer se reaksie op hierdie stowwe van afkeer in estetiese genot te verander. Ek oorweeg die invloed van populêre kultuur waarbinne geïdealiseerde liggame as ‘beter’ as nie-normatiewe liggaamstipes aangebied word. Ek kyk verder na hoe (en of) die vernederende (‘abject’) oorblyfsels van die ‘ideale liggaam’ suksesvol as versiering omvorm kan word. Om my praktiese werk vir die Meestersgraad binne die wyer veld van kontemporêre avant-garde juwelierswarepraktyk te vestig, ondersoek ek ook werk van sekere juweliers wat ook liggaamstowwe in hulle werk gebruik, of daarna verwys. Hierdeur hoop ek om die normatiewe idees van beide die liggaam en juweliersware as versiering uit te pluis.
Ul, Haq Zia. "Adiposity and subjective well-being." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5519/.
Full textClarke-Harris, Rebecca. "Predictive epigenetic biomarkers of adiposity." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2015. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/382960/.
Full textDugdale, Alex. "Aspects of adiposity in ponies." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2011. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3213/.
Full textLin, Shilin, and 林诗琳. "Modifiable risk factors for childhood adiposity." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193513.
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Karlas, Thomas, Arne Dietrich, Veronica Peter, Christian Wittekind, Ralf Lichtinghagen, Nikita Garnov, Nicolas Linder, et al. "Evaluation of transient elastography, acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI), and enhanced liver function (ELF) score for detection of fibrosis in morbidly obese patients." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-189067.
Full textWormser, David. "Adiposity measures and risk of cardiovascular disease." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/244967.
Full textKonan, Emma Roselyne Mrs. "Epidemiology of Adiposity in Childbearing Ghanaian Women." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2010. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/138.
Full textFisher, Claire. "Social perception of facial cues of adiposity." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2017. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/8334/.
Full textStigall, A. Nicole stigall. "Utilizing Sonographic Measurements to Assess Abdominal Adiposity." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu15433176681854.
Full textBykowski, Cathy A. "The inflammatory consequences of stress and adiposity." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002382.
Full textGlass, Natalie Ann. "The relationship between adiposity and bone development." Diss., University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5938.
Full textBurton, Anya J. G. "Prostate cancer biomarkers : adiposity, adipokines and lifestyle factors." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.618318.
Full textBenfield, Li. "Assessment of abdominal adiposity in children and adolescents." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.443688.
Full textDube, Masimba. "Neighbourhood deprivation and adult adiposity in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29249.
Full textKlavanian, Jeannie. "Investigating the Low Adiposity of Cystic Fibrosis Mice." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1401902536.
Full textSong, Mingyang. "Adiposity and Cancer Risk: A Life Course Approach." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:16121141.
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Lucas, Angela K. "Effects of pediatric adiposity on heart rate variability /." Available online. Click here, 2009. http://services.lib.mtu.edu/etd/THESIS/2009/BiologicalSci/lucas/thesis.pdf.
Full textMardinoglu, Adil, John T. Heiker, Daniel Gärtner, Elias Björnson, Michael R. Schön, Gesine Flehmig, Nora Klöting, et al. "Extensive weight loss reveals distinct gene expression changes in human subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-189025.
Full textJacota, Madalina. "Variations pondérales pré-conceptionelles et gestationnelles : étude de leurs relations avec le diabète gestationnel et le développement de l’adiposité des enfants à 5-6 ans à partir des cohortes mère-enfant françaises EDEN et ELFE." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLS329.
Full textContext. Maternal BMI at conception and weight gain during pregnancy were related in numerous studies with offspring’s birth weight and postnatal growth, as well as with mothers’ and children’s obesity and metabolic risk later on. Nevertheless, few studies addressed the weight trajectory of the mother before pregnancy and its association with children’s growth and adiposity.Objective: To study the associations between different parameters of maternal weight history before and during pregnancy and their relations with the risk of gestational diabetes and with children’s BMI and adiposity.Populations. We used data from two French mother-child cohorts: ELFE and EDEN. The ELFE study (Etude longitudinale française depuis l’enfance) included 18329 newborns in a random sample of 344 maternity wards in 2011 in mainland France. The EDEN cohort (study of pre- and early postnatal determinants of child development and health) recruited 2002 pregnant women in the maternity wards of Nancy and Poitiers between 2003 and 2006. We used data from obstetric files and from questionnaires filled-in by parents in both cohorts. In addition, the EDEN cohort had data from clinical examinations (of mothers during pregnancy and after delivery and of children at birth and at 5-6 years of age), including the estimation of children’s body composition by bio-impedancemetry at 5-6 years.Results. In the ELFE study, either maternal dieting to lose weight or an important weight gain or loss in the year before pregnancy were associated with a higher weight gain during pregnancy, independently of maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and socioeconomic status. The positive association between weight loss before pregnancy and weight gain during pregnancy was stronger in women who were obese or who had reported weight-reducing diets before pregnancy. Women who had gained an important amount of weight in the year before pregnancy had a higher risk of gestational diabetes, independently of the BMI reached at the beginning of pregnancy.Our analyses on the EDEN cohort showed that maternal pre-pregnancy BMI was positively related with children’s BMI, fat mass percent and central adiposity at 5-6 years of age. These associations were observed independently of women’s weight gain during pregnancy and socioeconomic status. A more thorough analysis of the shape of these relations showed associations essentially at the extremities of the maternal BMI range. Gestational weight gain was positively associated with children’s BMI Z-score at 5-6 years, after adjustment for maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, especially in women who were thin before pregnancy. Additional adjustment for children’s birth weight decreased the force of associations between children’s BMI Z-score and both maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain, but both associations remained statistically significant.Conclusion. Important weight loss before pregnancy, especially if intentional, seems to enhance a compensatory increase in gestational weight gain. Important weight gain before pregnancy, beyond its role in maternal BMI reached before pregnancy, might be considered as an independent risk factor of gestational diabetes. At 5-6 years, the persistent effect of the intra-uterine environment on children’s BMI and adiposity is only detected in women who were thin or severely obese before pregnancy. Additional studies on children are necessary in order to conclude on weight loss recommendations before pregnancy in overweight and obese women
Patenaude, Julie. "Implication de la leptine et du glucose maternel dans le développement de l’adiposité chez le nouveau-né." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/9481.
Full textAbstract: Worldwide, overweight and obesity in the pediatric population is a growing concern. Almost 21% of Canadian children aged 2 to 5 years are overweight and unfortunately, 6% of them are obese. Among those children, 80% will remain obese in adulthood leading to several health impacts. To prevent childhood obesity, we need to identify risk factors especially those occurring early in life. A particular importance was given to the fetal environment in establishing long-term metabolic health. Therefore, birth weight was often used as a marker of prenatal exposure. However, birth weight is a fairl y crude marker, and neonatal adiposity was previously identified as a stronger predictor of childhood adiposity. Two of the most important maternal determinants of fetal growth are maternal weight status and glycaemia during pregnancy. Recently, an adipoki ne have been suggested as a potential contributor to prenatal programming of obesity. Leptin is produced by adipocytes and plays an important role in energy balance and maybe on programming of postnatal obesity. During pregnancy, the placenta produces large amounts of leptin and 80% is secreted to the maternal side. Support ed by the fact that circulating maternal leptin levels reflects the placenta leptin production, our hypothesis was that maternal leptin levels are associated with neonatal adiposity, inde pendently of maternal glycaemia. We investigated levels of leptin over the course of an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in pregnant women at 2nd trimester. We showed that higher maternal leptinemia is associated with greater adiposity in newborns of mot hers who were overweight/obese when entering pregnancy. While in lean women, higher glycaemia is associated with greater adiposity in newborns. These associations are independent of parity, maternal smoking status, maternal gestational weight gain, maternal triglyceride levels, delivery mode, neonate sex and gestational age at delivery. Those results suggest a differential regulation two important maternal metabolic marker and neonatal adiposity, according to maternal weight status.
Reis, Jared Paul. "The influence of adiposity on morality and cardiovascular risk." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2007. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3272364.
Full textTitle from first page of PDF file (viewed October 3, 2007). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
彭思敏 and Simin Peng. "Anthropometric assessments of adiposity and oral health among children." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193429.
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Ahire, Shwetal. "Maternal adiposity and plasma concentrations of leptin and adiponectin." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1250701408.
Full textKnigge, Anja, Nora Klöting, Michael R. Schön, Arne Dietrich, Mathias Fasshauer, Daniel Gärtner, Tobias Lohmann, et al. "ADCY5 gene expression in adipose tissue is related to obesity in men and mice." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-169954.
Full textChung, Ki Yong. "Metabolic regulation of cattle adiposity in different breed types using two disparate diets." Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1092.
Full textVidimce, Josif. "Impact of Hyperbilirubinaemia on Cholesterol Metabolism and Bioenergetics." Thesis, Griffith University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/394687.
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Hay, Jacqueline. "Physical activity intensity and visceral adiposity: a randomized controlled trial." American Medical Association, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/16315.
Full textShaw, BS, I. Shaw, and GA Brown. "Effects of resistance training on total, central and abdominal adiposity." South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, 2009. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001733.
Full textEndrighi, R. "Physical activity, adiposity, stress-induced inflammation, and cardiovascular disease risk." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2012. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1348212/.
Full textJOUFLAS, ALEX CHRISTOPHER. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIET QUALITY AND ADIPOSITY IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613102.
Full textMeechan, Daniel William. "Complementary genetic and functional analyses of genes involved in adiposity." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2003. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20051/.
Full textBowman, Kirsty Holly. "Epidemiological studies of adiposity and health outcomes in later life." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/31223.
Full textOdoki, Katherine Helen. "Adiposity in British secondary school children : a population based study." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2008. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/67595/.
Full textHartzel, Christopher A. "The association between dietary energy density and adiposity in adolescents." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1406810269.
Full textMcCarthy, John P. J. "Phenotyping the dysregulation between BMI and adiposity in adult subjects." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/12256.
Full textKornides, Melanie. "Longitudinal, Time-Varying Behavioral Exposures and Changes in Childhood Adiposity." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27201736.
Full textByerly, Mardi S. "Identification of novel mechanisms in the hypothalamus linked to adiposity." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7690.
Full textThesis research directed by: Dept. of Animal and Avian Sciences. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
Ahire, Shwetal V. "Maternal adiposity and the plasma concentration of leptin and adiponectin." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1250701408.
Full textAdvisor: Debra Krummel. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Oct. 20, 2009). Includes abstract. Keywords: pregnancy; skinfold; leptin; adiponectin; obesity. Includes bibliographical references.
Glastonbury, Craig Anthony. "The genetics of gene expression and its relationship with adiposity." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2017. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-genetics-of-gene-expression-and-its-relationship-with-adiposity(8803da2d-9684-4fa5-8e46-40e94088538b).html.
Full textMéndez, Lara Karen Alejandra. "Nicotinamide effects on adiposity, energy metabolism, inflammation and atherosclerosis in mice." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669348.
Full textBackground and hypothesis Adipose tissue dysfunction is a hallmark of obesity and is frequently associated with distorted metabolic homeostasis, cardiovascular and chronic, low-grade inflammatory diseases. Several recent studies point to pharmacological and/or nutritional health initiatives targeting adipose tissue being a promising approach to obesity prevention. In this regard, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)+ precursors, such as nicotinamide riboside and mononucleotide nicotinamide has been proven beneficial in increasing energy metabolism and preventing body weight gain in vivo. However, neither their favorable anti-obesity impact on disturbed white adipose tissue (WAT) physiology and plasticity nor in alleviating chronic inflammation, which frequently accompanies obesity, was not eventually pursued in any of these studies. In addition to the above-mentioned NAD precursors, nicotinamide (NAM) is also a physiological precursor of NAD+. However, its contribution in boosting energy metabolism and body weight gain still remains elusive. Although a growing body of evidences also supports a role for NAM as an anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory agent both in vitro and in vivo, its potential contribution in preventing atherosclerosis, which is one of the main mechanisms involved in cardiovascular disease in vivo, has not previously been proven yet. Aims The aim of this study was twofold: to investigate the effect of NAM supplementation in (1) preventing weight gain and adiposity; (2) improving features of chronic inflammation in appropriate mouse models of obesity (diet-induced obesity -DIO- mice) and atherosclerosis (i.e., ApoE-deficient mice). Results NAM administration to mice was provided orally via tap water at libitum. Its administration was shown palatable, safe and well tolerated at doses below 1%. NAM supplementation, at the highest dose used (1%) (NAM HD-treated mice), prevented body weight gain, with the latter being mainly and repeatedly accompanied by reduction in fat accumulation in different regional depots, and hepatic steatosis. Mechanistically, such anti-adiposity effect by NAM was mainly accompanied by an [i] increased global energy expenditure, [ii] enhanced promotion of browning in subcutaneous (sc)WAT, as revealed by elevations in the relative mRNA and protein abundance of the uncoupling protein (Ucp)-1, and [iii] elevation of the de novo synthesis of NAD+ and NAD/NADH ratio in scWAT of NAM HD-treated, DIO mice. Notably, the AMP content was significantly elevated in scWAT of NAM HD-treated, DIO mice. Also, the NAD+/NADH ratio was directly related to the AMP/ATP ratio. Overall these data suggested a situation of energy demand in scWAT from NAM HD-treated mice. Concomitantly, the protein abundance of the active (phosphorylated) form of AMP-activated kinase was also elevated in this tissue of NAM HD-treated mice. NAM supplementation also improved the global inflammatory condition and prevented atherosclerosis development in mice. This was revealed by [i] elevations in the circulating concentrations of interleukin (IL-)10 and [ii] up-regulation of relative mRNA of Il10 in both adipose and aortic tissues, which potentially suggested a switch to anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages. This phenotype was accompanied by a commensurate reduction in atherosclerosis development in NAM-treated, ApoE-deficient mice. In addition to improved inflammation, non-HDL of NAM-treated, ApoE-deficient mice were less prone to oxidation than those from untreated mice, being this effect at least partly provided by the intrinsic anti-oxidant action of NAM. Conclusions Dietary supplementation with NAM to mice prevented body weight gain and adiposity by boosting energy expenditure, with this being mainly attributed to induction of browning and energy demand in scWAT. NAM also promoted anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant actions. Its administration increased gene expression Il10 in target tissues, including aorta, and protected against development of atherosclerosis.
Ip, P. M., and 葉沛汶. "Perinatal nutrition affects adiposity and skeletal muscle fat metabolism in rats." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30253111.
Full textLi, Wenyuan. "Ambient Air Pollution, Adiposity, and Hepatic Steatosis: The Framingham Heart Study." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27201747.
Full textSmith, Andrea Dominica. "The aetiology of food and drink preferences, and relationships with adiposity." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10050776/.
Full textMahaffey, Ryan. "Biomechanics of the paediatric foot and lower limb : associations with adiposity." Thesis, University of East London, 2013. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3507/.
Full textWhite, Kristi E. "Adiposity, Stress, and Stigmatization: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Cardiovascular Disease Prediction." Scholar Commons, 2009. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/81.
Full textBatres, Julia Carlota. "At face value : how internet access, pubertal timing, environmental harshness, and population familiarity influence facial preferences." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/12849.
Full textПриступа, Людмила Никодимівна, Людмила Никодимовна Приступа, Liudmyla Nykodymivna Prystupa, Олександр Іванович Опімах, Александр Иванович Опимах, Oleksandr Ivanovych Opimakh, and І. П. Гученко. "Клінічна ефективність комбінованого застосування хондропротекторів у хворих на остеоартроз із ожирінням." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2012. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/27049.
Full textЛішневська, А. Г. "Залежність ступеня фіброзу від особливостей метаболізму у хворих на хронічний вірусний гепатит С." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/61010.
Full textПриступа, Людмила Никодимівна, Людмила Никодимовна Приступа, Liudmyla Nykodymivna Prystupa, Олександр Іванович Опімах, Александр Иванович Опимах, Oleksandr Ivanovych Opimakh, and Т. С. Єрмоленко. "Протизапальна ефективність комбінованої терапії хондропротекторами у хворих на остеоартроз із ожирінням." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2012. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/27056.
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