Anthropometry

developed further into a strategic surveillance system for NCDs. The South African Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS) included information on self-reported chronic conditions as well as their risk factors. Importantly it measured blood pressure, anthropometry and lung function, providing reliable information about population health. The survey was designed to use hypertension and lung disease as sentinel conditions for assessing chronic diseases and their management.  The South African…

1. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it) program. 2. The study was set up as a randomized control trial. There were a total of 117 participants recruited, of which – 116 were randomized. Of the randomized participants, 60 were recruited into the intervention trial, while 56 were placed into the control group. 3. The MEND intervention program focuses on cultivating healthy nutrition, behavior, and exercise habits within…

Handedness is dominance of one hand over the other , or the unequal distribution of fine motor skills between right and left hands. It refers to the tendency of humans to be more dextrous or skilled with one hand over the other. By self report the rates of right , left and mixed handedness are 56.1%,26.3% and 17.5% respectively. The rate of handedness conversion is 2.7% to 11.8% in prior studies based on the total population including innately right handed people. The rate of conversion of…

measurements including: body height, length of the forearms, thickness of the head, etc. Each measurement was taken three different times, then averaged together to classify the criminal as small, medium, or large. Bertillon called this system, anthropometry, which had three assumptions: after 20-years-old the bone measurements do not change, the chance of two adults having the same value for two measurements was sixteen to one, and two adults having the same for all eleven measurements was four…

ABSTRACT Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum), is used widely in numerous parts of the world as herb, food, spice, and traditional medicine. Different preprations of fenugreek have been reported as an effective remedy against polycystic ovarian disease. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most widespread hormonal disorders among women of reproductive age causing irregular menstrual cycles, histurism, miscarriage and infertility. The study will be conducted to determine…

is an “ancestral form” of human being; it obvious that his “anthropological features and physiological reactions” would be different from those of the “normal nineteenth century man” (Paolo Mazzarello). For this reason Lombroso quickly applied anthropometry to the criminal man and woman. He then published these ideas in 1876, in his most influential book The Criminal Man. The Criminal Man is also the first published book that is about criminality traits and his theories. His general theory of…

METHODS Experimental Approach to the Problem This study was aimed to statistically analyze multiple 1RM strength qualities of Division-I offensive and defensive American Football linemen. The 1RM strength tests for the back squat and power clean, and vertical jump test will be analyzed in relation to the linear twenty-yard sprint time of Division-I American football offensive and defensive line athletes. The 1RM squat was used for absolute strength testing, as it is the suggested and widely…

Post modern society has long been asking what makes an influential artist. And who is the most influential artist of the 20th century. The following is a case for Marcel Duchamp. The Duchampian ideals laid out in the beginning of the 20th century changed what it meant to be an artist for the rest of time, influencing artists of different styles and movements. In 1917, Marcel Duchamp submitted a porcelain urinal turned 90 degrees with the name “R. Mutt” signed on it to the exhibition of the New…

Quantitative Article Critique Quantitative Article Critique This study consisted of quantitative research because it used precise measurements to obtain data that were statistically analyzed. The purpose of the study, Model of functional performance in obese elderly people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Dr. Jochebed Bosede Ade-Oshifogun (2012), was to test the relationships among percent truncal obesity; disease severity; dyspnea; functional capacity;…

Although homosexuality’s existence no doubt preceded scientific or academic scrutiny, its study and differentiation from heterosexuality emerged at the same time as boundaries of black and white bodies were being studied. In the Jim Crow segregation era, relationships between two people of the same sex would already be troublesome, but two women of different races, would be especially alarming. The existence of race within sexuality, and vice versa, amplified the other’s presence more. Through…