scholarly journals Facial attractiveness and lip morphology of Caucasian women

2018 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 404-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdzisław Lewandowski ◽  
Dariusz P. Danel
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Facial Attractiveness ◽  
Facial Features ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Repeated Measures Anova ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Caucasian Women

Abstract Human lips are one of the most sexually dimorphic facial features. Although lip morphology is considered particularly important for female facial attractiveness no systematic empirical study has been conducted in this respect. This study aimed to investigate a relationship between female Caucasian facial attractiveness and their lip morphology. Two series of morphologically average composite portraits with digitally increased and decreased lip width and height measurements were assessed by adult men and women. Results were analysed using repeated measures ANOVA. When compared to the average lip shape both a decrease and an increase in lip width were associated with lower female facial attractiveness. A systematic increase in lip height from the lowest values to the highest, was associated with an increase in attractiveness scores. Attractiveness assessments of men and women did not differ significantly. The results show that perception of lip attractiveness may be intersexually congruent and that a variation in lip morphology may significantly affect female facial attractiveness.

scholarly journals Ventilatory decline after hypoxia and hypercapnia is not different between healthy young men and women

2000 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Jordan ◽  
P. G. Catcheside ◽  
R. S. Orr ◽  
F. J. O'Donoghue ◽  
N. A. Saunders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Premenopausal Women ◽  
Follicular Phase ◽  
Menstrual Phase ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Repeated Measures Anova ◽  
Male Predominance ◽  
Breathing Disorders ◽  
Obstructive Sleep ◽  
Gradual Decay

The gradual decay in ventilation after removal of a respiratory stimulus has been proposed to protect against cyclic breathing disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The male predominance of OSA, and the increased incidence of OSA in women after menopause, indicates that the respiratory-stimulating effect of progesterone may provide protection against OSA by altering the rate of poststimulus ventilatory decline (PSVD). It was therefore hypothesized that PSVD is longer in premenopausal women than in men and is longer in the luteal menstrual phase compared with the follicular phase. PSVD was measured in 12 men and in 11 women at both their luteal and follicular phases, after cessation of isocapnic hypoxia and normoxic hypercapnia. PSVD was compared between genders and between women in the luteal and follicular phases by repeated-measures ANOVA. There were no significant differences in PSVD between any of the groups after either respiratory stimulus. This suggests that the higher occurrence of OSA in men does not reflect an underlying gender difference in PSVD and implies the increased prevalence of OSA in women after menopause is not representative of an effect of progesterone on PSVD.

Evolutionary Psychology of Facial Attractiveness

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 154-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Fink ◽  
Ian Penton-Voak
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Psychology ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Facial Attractiveness ◽  
Visual Signals ◽  
Facial Features ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Mate Quality ◽  
Considerable Controversy

The human face communicates an impressive number of visual signals. Although adults' ratings of facial attractiveness are consistent across studies, even cross-culturally, there has been considerable controversy surrounding attempts to identify the facial features that cause faces to be judged attractive or unattractive. Studies of physical attractiveness have attempted to identify the features that contribute to attractiveness by studying the relationships between attractiveness and (a) symmetry, (b) averageness, and (c) nonaverage sexually dimorphic features (hormone markers). Evolutionary psychology proposes that these characteristics all pertain to health, suggesting that humans have evolved to view certain features as attractive because they were displayed by healthy individuals. However, the question remains how single features that are considered attractive relate to each other, and if they form a single ornament that signals mate quality. Moreover, some researchers have recently explained attractiveness preferences in terms of individual differences that are predictable. This article briefly describes what is currently known from attractiveness research, reviews some recent advances, and suggests areas for future researchers' attention.

scholarly journals The Effects of the Barbell Hip Thrust on Post-Activation Performance Enhancement of Change of Direction Speed in College-Aged Men and Women

Sports ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Ashley J. Orjalo ◽  
Samuel J. Callaghan ◽  
Robert G. Lockie
Keyword(s):  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Relative Strength ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Repeated Measures Anova ◽  
Change Of Direction ◽  
Speed Test ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Partial Correlations ◽  
And Performance

This study investigated whether the barbell hip thrust (BHT) enhanced change-of-direction (COD) speed measured by the 505 COD speed test. Forty recreationally trained individuals completed three sessions. Session 1 included one-repetition maximum (1RM) BHT testing to measure absolute and relative strength. Sessions 2 and 3 involved two counter-balanced conditioning activities (CAs): 3 sets × 5 repetitions of the BHT at 85% 1RM and a control condition (CC; 6 min rest). The 505 COD speed test was performed 5 and 2.5 min pre-CA, and 4, 8, 12, and 16 min post-CA in each session. A 2 × 5 repeated-measures ANOVA (p < 0.05) calculated performance changes across time post-CA. A 2 × 2 repeated-measures ANOVA analyzed best potentiated performance. Partial correlations controlling for sex calculated relationships between the 1RM BHT and 505 COD speed test percent potentiation. There was a significant main effect for time (p < 0.001), but not for condition (p = 0.271) or condition × time (p = 0.295). There were no significant correlations between 1RM BHT and potentiation. The 85% 1RM BHT did potentiate the 505 4–16 min post-CA but no more than the CC. Nonetheless, a heavy BHT could be programmed prior to COD drills as COD speed could be potentiated and performance improved in men and women.

879: Sensitivity Mapping of Adult Men and Women Based on Sagasf Survey

2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 233-233
Author(s):  
Justine M. Schober ◽  
Heino F.L. Meyer-Bahlburg ◽  
Philip G. Ransley
Keyword(s):  
Men And Women ◽  
Adult Men

One Size Fits All?

Methodology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel C. Voelkle ◽  
Patrick E. McKnight
Keyword(s):  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Type I Error ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Type I ◽  
Finite Sample ◽  
Traditional Methods ◽  
Repeated Measures Anova ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Latent Curve

The use of latent curve models (LCMs) has increased almost exponentially during the last decade. Oftentimes, researchers regard LCM as a “new” method to analyze change with little attention paid to the fact that the technique was originally introduced as an “alternative to standard repeated measures ANOVA and first-order auto-regressive methods” (Meredith & Tisak, 1990, p. 107). In the first part of the paper, this close relationship is reviewed, and it is demonstrated how “traditional” methods, such as the repeated measures ANOVA, and MANOVA, can be formulated as LCMs. Given that latent curve modeling is essentially a large-sample technique, compared to “traditional” finite-sample approaches, the second part of the paper addresses the question to what degree the more flexible LCMs can actually replace some of the older tests by means of a Monte-Carlo simulation. In addition, a structural equation modeling alternative to Mauchly’s (1940) test of sphericity is explored. Although “traditional” methods may be expressed as special cases of more general LCMs, we found the equivalence holds only asymptotically. For practical purposes, however, no approach always outperformed the other alternatives in terms of power and type I error, so the best method to be used depends on the situation. We provide detailed recommendations of when to use which method.

Alcohol use and aggressive behavior among adult men and women

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Leonard ◽  
B. Quigley ◽  
M. Testa ◽  
R. Houston
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Adult Men

scholarly journals Dietary Fat Chain Length, Saturation, and PUFA Source Acutely Affect Diet-Induced Thermogenesis but Not Satiety in Adults in a Randomized, Crossover Trial

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2615
Author(s):  
Bret M. Rust ◽  
Susan K. Raatz ◽  
Shanon L. Casperson ◽  
Sara E. Duke ◽  
Matthew J. Picklo
Keyword(s):  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Dietary Fatty Acids ◽  
Degree Of Saturation ◽  
Postprandial Period ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Randomized Crossover Trial ◽  
Structural Differences ◽  
Diet Induced Thermogenesis ◽  
Postprandial Energy Expenditure

Structural differences in dietary fatty acids modify their rate of oxidation and effect on satiety, endpoints that may influence the development of obesity. This study tests the hypothesis that meals containing fat sources with elevated unsaturated fats will result in greater postprandial energy expenditure, fat oxidation, and satiety than meals containing fats with greater saturation. In a randomized, 5-way crossover design, healthy men and women (n = 23; age: 25.7 ± 6.6 years; BMI: 27.7 ± 3.8 kg/m2) consumed liquid meals containing 30 g of fat from heavy cream (HC), olive oil (OO), sunflower oil (SFO), flaxseed oil (FSO), and fish oil (FO). Energy expenditure and diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT) were determined by metabolic rate over a 240 min postprandial period. Serum concentrations of ghrelin, glucose, insulin, and triacylglycerol (TAG) were assessed. DIT induced by SFO was 5% lower than HC and FO (p = 0.04). Energy expenditure and substrate oxidation did not differ between fat sources. Postprandial TAG concentrations were significantly affected by fat source (p = 0.0001). Varying fat sources by the degree of saturation and PUFA type modified DIT but not satiety responses in normal to obese adult men and women.

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