This study attempted to examine the influence of strongman/publisher Bernarr Macfadden on the prevailing attitudes regarding the feminine physique at the turn of the century and to trace the development of his concept of feminine beauty. Macfadden, whose career as a health reformer blossomed with the birth of Physical Culture magazine in 1899, argued vociferously for a new, athletic feminine id...

Det råder konsensus mellan forskare och politiker om att tidiga insatser reformer, riktade mot de yngre barnen i utbildningssystemet, är bland viktigaste interventioner som ett samhälle kan vidta. Inriktningen på konkretisering av insatserna problematiseras emellertid sällan policy. Utvecklingen karakteriseras en pågående skolarisering utbildning för barnen, det vill säga närmande till grundsko...

OBJECTIVE To assess activity of transversus abdominis (TrA) and obliquus internus abdominis (OI) muscles during classical Pilates exercises performed correctly and incorrectly, and with or without equipment. DESIGN Repeated-measures descriptive study. SETTING Pilates studio. PARTICIPANTS A volunteer sample of women (n=18) and men (n=8), mean age +/- SD (43+/-14y), with more than 6 months ...

This paper is one of a series of papers evaluating the performance of plasmatron methane reformers. An accompanying paper describes the steady state performance of a plasmaassisted reformer operating with methane under partial oxidation conditions. In this paper, the startup performance of plasmatron methane reformers is described.

This paper deals with two main topics. The first part provides data on the life of Andreas Vesalius, a scholar and anatomist of the 16th century, and describes the environment in which he lived and worked. It highlights his personality of a great doctor and teacher and points out the importance of his scientific methods and techniques as opposed to speculative methods that were prevalent in the...