Variation in ability to detect, recognize, and perceive sweetness may influence food consumption, and eventually chronic nutrition-related conditions such as overweight and obesity. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between sweet taste function, anthropometry, and dietary intake in adults. Participants' (n = 60; mean age in years = 26, SD = ±7.8) sweet taste function for...

Background People often state that they are "sensitive" or "insensitive" to pain. However, the accuracy and clinical relevance of such statements is unclear. Objective The aim of this study was to search for associations between self-perception of sensitivity to pain and experimental pain measures, including known psychophysical inhibitory or excitatory pain paradigms. Subjects and methods ...

This report is concerned primarily with the effect of sound intensity on the respiratory response in newborn infants. Each of 9 infants between the ages of 2 and 5 days was presented repeatedly with a 5-sec. duration white noise stimulus varying in intensity from 55 to 100 db., while cardiac and respiratory activities were continuously recorded. In general, the response to a sound stimulus cons...

BACKGROUND With accumulating evidence suggesting that CVD has its origins in childhood, the purpose of this study was to examine whether a high intensity training (HIT) intervention could enhance the CVD risk profile of secondary school aged adolescents in a time efficient manner. METHODS Participants in the study were adolescent school children (64 boys, 25 girls, 16.7 ± 0.6 years). The inte...

AIM Previous research documented a positive effect of physical activity on subjective well-being (SWB). Yet, mainly broad activity measures (e.g. resulting from yes-no questions) were used and the effect of different participation intensities and durations has been largely neglected. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of physical activity on SWB by focusing on participation intensit...

PURPOSE Runners use uphill running as a movement-specific form of resistance training to enhance performance. However, the optimal parameters for prescribing intervals are unknown. The authors adopted a dose-response design to investigate the effects of various uphill interval-training programs on physiological and performance measures. METHODS Twenty well-trained runners performed an increme...

The purpose of this study was to measure the salivary cortisol response to different intensities of resistance exercise. In addition, we wanted to determine the reliability of the session rating of perceived exertion (RPE) scale to monitor resistance exercise intensity. Subjects (8 men, 9 women) completed 2 trials of acute resistance training bouts in a counterbalanced design. The high intensit...

in this research using gis effect of land management and soil criteria with eight indicators to study the sensitivity to the desert lands of the region of sistan jazinak creation is evaluated. vote based on the model parameters wilderness - the latest creation esas evaluation method wilderness creation and in most european countries and the middle east is used, took place. using the above metho...

background: primary dysmenorrhea is the most common cyclic pelvic pain and is also the most common gynecological problem worldwide and affects quality of life. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of isometric exercises on intensity and duration of pain and level of anxiety in the students with primary dysmenorrhea. materials and methods : in this randomized controlled clinical tri...