The primary purpose of this investigation was to provide a descriptive analysis of lower-body strength and vertical jump performance in overweight male (n = 8) and female (n = 13) adolescents. Maximal strength was tested in the leg press and isometric squat. Kinetic and kinematic variables were assessed in vertical jumps at various loads. When compared with females, males demonstrated significa...

This paper draws on the thought of historian science, Georges Canguilhem, to explore how practice making medical knowledge brings into question accepted understandings (ill)health and contagious disease. Drawing out lively materialities both humans viruses shape human experience viral infection, analysis focuses written oral histories UK’s Common Cold research Unit (CCU), associated scientific ...

The purpose of this study was to compare single and multiple sets of weight training for strength gains in recreationally trained individuals. Sixteen men (age = 21 +/- 2.0) were randomly assigned to 1 set (S-1; n = 8) or 3 set (S-3; n = 8) groups and trained 3 days per week for 12 weeks. One repetition maximum (1RM) was recorded for bench press and leg press at pre-, mid-, and posttest. Subjec...

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of different rest intervals (RI) between sets on number of repetitions, sustainability of repetitions, and total volume during a leg press exercise. Seventeen resistance-trained older women (68.0 ± 5.9 years, 71. 2 ± 11.7 kg, 1.58 ± 0.07 m) participated in the study. All participants performed three sets to voluntary exhaustion, with loads that...

Social policy matters have long been considered women's issues. Extant research has documented a strong link between gender and the policies of the welfare state in the legislative, executive and electoral arenas. Yet what determines the strength of this association has largely been left unexplored. Drawing on tokenism theory, this article proposes gender diversity at the group level as a key e...

575 from the Society’s archives some 300 years ago and discovered in 2005 in a private house—was about to be auctioned when the Society and the vendors reached an agreement for a UK£1 million transaction. “We are keen that as wide an audience as possible, including scholars and the general public, should now be able to appreciate these documents,” commented the Royal Society’s President, Lord R...

In this study, the effects of pulps obtained after cold press oil production was tested as edible fish coating material. It determined by PV and TBARS values that waste pulp prevented undesirable quality changes due to lipid oxidation. While process with black cumin, pumpkin seed poppy stopped YM development, lowest TVC were observed in groups. Sensory results showed use plant extended shelf li...

poor stand establishment of canola (brassica napus l.) under flatland mechanized planting and crust-forming soil is a major problem for farmers in central iran. previous research there showed that irrigated cotton emergence on crust-forming soils under flatland planting can be significantly improved using a double-disk planter with zero-pressure press wheel tires and no crust-breaking. in that ...