MP58-18 LARGER THAN LIFE: MOTIVATIONS FOR BODYBUILDING AND ANABOLIC STEROID USAGE

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Larger than Life: Humans' Nonverbal Status Cues Alter Perceived Size

BACKGROUND Social dominance and physical size are closely linked. Nonverbal dominance displays in many non-human species are known to increase the displayer's apparent size. Humans also employ a variety of nonverbal cues that increase apparent status, but it is not yet known whether these cues function via a similar mechanism: by increasing the displayer's apparent size. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL...

RealLife: The continuum limit of Larger than Life cellular automata

Let A := {0, 1}. A cellular automaton (CA) is a shift-commuting transformation of AZD determined by a local rule. Likewise, a Euclidean automaton (EA) is a shiftcommuting transformation of ARD determined by a local rule. Larger than Life (LtL) CA are long-range generalizations of J.H. Conway’s Game of Life CA, proposed by K.M. Evans. We prove a conjecture of Evans: as their radius grows to infi...

Illicit anabolic-androgenic steroid use.

The anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are a family of hormones that includes testosterone and its derivatives. These substances have been used by elite athletes since the 1950s, but they did not become widespread drugs of abuse in the general population until the 1980s. Thus, knowledge of the medical and behavioral effects of illicit AAS use is still evolving. Surveys suggest that many million...

Anabolic androgenic steroid-induced hepatotoxicity.

Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) have been abused for decades by both professional and amateur athletes in order to improve physical performance or muscle mass. AAS abuse can cause adverse effects, among which are hepatotoxic effects. These effects include cholestatic icterus and possibly peliosis hepatis and hepatocellular carcinoma or adenoma. In particular, 17α-alkylated AAS appear to be h...