Essays about: "Visceral"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the word Visceral.
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1. Association of Height, Weight, and Hand Grip Strength with Body Composition in Individuals with Spondylarthritis
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhetAbstract : Abstract Background: Body composition is an important health parameter in several disease conditions, e.g., the inflammatory back disease spondylarthritis (SpA). Body mass index (BMI) is the most common anthropometric body composition assessment but has several limitations. READ MORE
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2. Pursuits of the body: Sensory realities in Clive Barker’s The Hellbound Heart
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : This thesis explores how corporeality is represented within horror literature, and if the depicted corporeality can be read in a more material way rather than in a metaphorical way. By using the character of Frank from Clive Barker’s novel The Hellbound Heart, the relation between representations of corporeality and physical materiality is examined. READ MORE
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3. Kattägares förmåga att bedöma katters smärta utifrån videomaterial
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical SciencesAbstract : Majoriteten av de katter som lever i Sverige har eller kommer någon gång under sin livstid att uppleva smärta. En av de grundläggande förutsättningarna för att katter ska ha en god livskvalitet och bra välfärd är att smärta minimeras och att katterna får den vård de är i behov av. READ MORE
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4. Body composition and physical fitness in healthy university students : The relationship between body composition, cardiovascular capacity and muscle strength
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhetAbstract : Background: Physical activity is an established factor to promote health benefits. Despite this, more than 25% of the adult population in the world is insufficiently active. Inactivity has a strong relationship to worldwide obesity and other health risks. READ MORE
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5. “It’s a visceral connection” : young farmers processes of engagement in animal farming with autochthonous breeds
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Agroecosystems are valued by the provision of utilitarian services that satisfy human needs and by their non-utilitarian ascribed ecological, sociocultural or intrinsic values. Nowadays, a delicate situation of decrease of population and the fragile generational renewal comprises the risk of loss of cultural landscapes in many European rural communities. READ MORE