Designing Identities

2021 ◽  
pp. 185-202
Author(s):  
Ken McLeod
Keyword(s):  
Sound Sources ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Warning Indicators ◽  
Target Markets

This chapter examines the ways in which the automotive and appliance industries approach concepts of sound branding to delineate both product and consumer identities. The chapter elucidates how sonic aspects of the car-driver experiences—whether it is the sound of doors closing, distinctive engine sounds, or the variety of interior warning indicators and chimes—are carefully designed to appeal to and identify with various target markets. The growing complexity of built-in or “intentional” sound sources and of the sonic experience of operating cars and appliances also calls into question the relationship between machines and people. Marketers and sound designers attempt to inculcate the “emotional values” they want consumers to associate with a product. As such, people inhabit a world of commodities that are increasingly marketed to them as anthropomorphic, sentient entities that give the appearance of sharing their values and enabling their lifestyle choices.

Role of macronutrient intake in the epigenetics of obesity

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyadarshni Patel ◽  
Jeganathan Ramesh Babu ◽  
Xu Wang ◽  
Thangiah Geetha
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Extensive Study ◽  
Epigenetic Alterations ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Obesity Genes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Diet And Lifestyle

Obesity is caused by a combination of hereditary and environmental factors. Despite extensive study, contemporary through diet, exercise, education, surgery, and pharmacological treatments, no effective long-term solution has been found to this epidemic. Over the last decade, there has been a tremendous advancement in understanding the science of epigenetics, as well as a rise in public interest in learning more about the influence of diet and lifestyle choices on the health of an individual. Without affecting the underlying DNA sequence, epigenetic alterations impact gene expression. Previous animal studies have shown a link between the type of diet and expression or suppression of obesity genes, but there are very few human studies that demonstrate the relationship between dietary intake and obesity gene expression. This review highlights the effects of carbohydrates, lipids, and protein intake from the diet on obesity-related genes.

scholarly journals ‘I feel I'm Giving Something Back to Society’: Constructing the ‘Active Citizen’ and Responsibilising Foodbank Use

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayleigh Garthwaite
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Active Citizenship ◽  
North East ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Policy Narratives ◽  
Ethnographic Observation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Active Citizen

Foodbanks and other forms of charitable welfare provision are fast becoming an established feature of the UK social security system. Drawing on over two years of ethnographic observation in a Trussell Trust foodbank in North East England, this paper explores the relationship between the construction of the ‘active citizen’ and lived experiences of foodbank users and volunteers. Findings show how participants’ experiences and behaviour challenges popular political and policy narratives that individuals are using foodbanks because of poor lifestyle choices. The internalisation or rejection of this narrative is then examined, contrasting the different forms of citizenship that arise. Through the significant work that goes into living on a low income, people both aligned with and challenged the ideas underpinning ‘active citizenship’.

Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment and Firm Volatility

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
April Knill ◽  
Nathan Mauck
Keyword(s):  
Idiosyncratic Risk ◽  
Investment Horizon ◽  
Popular Press ◽  
Sovereign Wealth Funds ◽  
Sovereign Wealth Fund ◽  
Target Firms ◽  
Fund Investment ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Target Markets

The popular press and politicians have expressed concerns regarding the potential destabilizing force of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). This chapter addresses these concerns by presenting results from the literature on the volatility and compensation of risk of SWF target firms and target markets. SWF investments (sales) are associated with a reduction (increase) in the compensation of risk for a three-year (five-year) term. Firm volatility decomposition suggests that it is mainly idiosyncratic risk that drives these impacts. The chapter reviews evidence and data that show the relationship between SWF investment and firm volatility depends on the investment horizon examined. It explains that the evidence is consistent with the view that the relationship between SWF investment and firm volatility is mainly attributable to idiosyncratic risk.

Physical Health—Te Taha Tinana

2021 ◽  
pp. 111-120
Author(s):  
David Beaumont
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Western Medicine ◽  
Heart Attack ◽  
Intermittent Fasting ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Nutrition And Diet ◽  
The Relationship

The Māori model of health considers physical health as the cornerstone of Western medicine. Maslow’s understanding of homeostasis. Seligman’s PERMA model and vitality. The relationship between vitality and ageing, and the author’s experience after a heart attack: ‘You look like an old man.’ Telomeres, stress, and ageing—‘you are only as old as you feel’. Professor Elizabeth Blackburn (and her PhD student Carol Greider)’s Nobel Prize-winning research on telomerase. The concept of healthspan. Lifestyle choices and optimum health and wellbeing. Epigenetics and Dr David Sinclair’s book, Lifespan: Why We Age – and Why We Don’t Have To. Sir Harry Burns on the role of the environment and Glasgow effect. Tertiary prevention and the author’s experience. The science of nutrition and diet. The work of Professor Grant Schofield, author of What the Fat? and What the Fast?, who promotes a healthy fat, Mediterranean diet, with low carbohydrates and intermittent fasting. The science of sleep and its role in obesity.

scholarly journals A Parent-Focused Pilot Intervention to Increase Parent Health Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Choices for Young Children and Families

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasha Fleary ◽  
Robert W. Heffer ◽  
E. Lisako McKyer ◽  
Aaron Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Preventive Health Care ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Choices ◽  
The Relationship

Health literacy affects caregivers’ ability to engage in preventive health care behaviors for themselves and their children. Studies suggest that health literacy among low-income families needs improvement, and this possibly contributes to disparities in preventive health care rates. Additionally, parents and caregivers may not be able to provide or seek preventive health care for their children because of lack of knowledge and skills to do so effectively. This study designed and piloted an intervention that delivered to parents of young children (1) health literacy information in an experiential manner and (2) practical skills to engage their families in healthy lifestyle choices. Specifically, the intervention focused on diet/nutrition, physical activity, sleep hygiene, parenting, and mental wellness. Postintervention improvements were noted for factual knowledge for diet/nutrition, physical activity, and sleep, beliefs about diet/nutrition, and the relationship between mental health and stress. Additionally, postintervention improvements were noted for general knowledge and beliefs about sleep, knowledge about the relationship between sleep and health, knowledge about common childhood sleep problems, and parents’ bedtime interactions with children. The efficacy of the intervention should be evaluated on a larger, more diverse sample in the future with considerations for multiple health behavior change in the evaluation.

scholarly journals Noise of Motor Vehicles at from of Baiturrahman Great Mosque Semarang City

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-149
Author(s):  
Syaiful Syaiful ◽  
Sri Wiwoho Mudjanarko
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Noise Level ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
Sound Sources ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Good Number

Research done by the field survey data collection a good number of motor vehicles, the number of motorcycles, the number of general passenger cars and goods by measuring the level of noise generated by the modes of transport. The relationship between the noise generated by the distance of sound sources can be displayed as follows: y = 46,286+0,0483x2+0,00065x3+0,00180x4 means a distance of 56,35 meters of 53,26 dBA noise level.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIABETES MELLITUS AND TUBERCULOSIS IN REVIEW OF PREVALENCE, DIAGNOSTICS AND PREVENTION

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tan Celine ◽  
Chai Jia Yee ◽  
Muhammad Shahzad Aslam
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Duration Of Treatment ◽  
Treatment Side Effects ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Bidirectional Relationship ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Choices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection caused by M. tuberculosis, also known as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. There is a bidirectional relationship between TB and diabetes, and they both impact the presentation of each other. Diabetes is being increasingly recognized as a risk factor for TB. The expected rise in diabetes cases in developing countries having the brunt of tuberculosis would increase the influence of diabetes on TB in the coming future. The impact and relationship between TB and diabetes will vary across different regions of the world depending on the incidence and prevalence of each condition. Patient education is so important in understanding the disease nature (both TB and diabetes), duration of treatment, side effects of drugs, and complications of disease as well as the promotion of healthy lifestyle choices. The objective of this review is to determine the prevalence, diagnostic and prevention strategy between diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis. The selected studies were identified using Pub Med database. The identified studies define lifestyle as important risk factor that may worsen the progression of the disease. This article also discussed about the prevalence of tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus over a span of 8 years.

scholarly journals Youth Knowledge of Physical Activity Health Benefits: A Brazilian Case Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1713-1721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Gail Zieff ◽  
Claudia Maria Guedes ◽  
James Wiley
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Physical Activity Intervention ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study presents the findings of a questionnaire-based investigation of knowledge about the relationship of physical activity to health among adolescent participants of a community-based physical activity intervention program in São Paulo, Brazil. Qualitative (inductive content analysis) and quantitative methods were applied to examine the participants’ responses to two open-ended questions concerning the health benefits of physical activity and the educational goals of the intervention. More than 75% of all participants stated that health benefits (of some type) are attained through participation in physical activity. More than 50% of participants reported that the goal of the intervention was to educate people about the importance of a healthy, active lifestyle. Adolescents understand the relationship of physical activity to health as reflected in their knowledge assessments; their lifestyle choices support these beliefs. These findings offer encouragement for the development and implementation of educationally oriented interventions aimed at providing physical activity information and programming.

Evaluation of Sound Environment in the Waiting Halls of Railway Stations

2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 3809-3813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Meng ◽  
Tian Ze Gong ◽  
Yi Shan Du
Keyword(s):  
Sound Sources ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Comfort Evaluation ◽  
Subjective Loudness ◽  
Acoustic Comfort ◽  
Sound Environment ◽  
Acoustic Evaluation ◽  
The Relationship

Nowadays, the users’ evaluation of sound environment in the railway stations is focused by all kinds of experts. Comparing with other spaces, the waiting hall is usually recognized as the most important space in the railway station. In this study, more than 600 questionnaire survey has been undertaken at 4 waiting halls of railway stations in capital cities of China, to determine how the sound sources and sound pressure level influence acoustic evaluation. More details of acoustic evaluation in the waiting hall of Harbin railway station are given in this paper. Based on the analysis of the investigation results, it has been found that in the waiting halls of railway stations, PA system is generally noticeable and ‘masking’ other less preferred sound sources, while sound from mobiles is preferred by passengers. The relationship between the measured LAeq and the subjective loudness, acoustic comfort evaluation as well as subjective loudness and acoustic comfort are all of a linear shape, and the acoustic comfort is general better when LAeq is lower than 75dBA.

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