scholarly journals Women Walk in High Heels: Lumbar Curvature, Dynamic Motion Stimuli and Attractiveness

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
Norbert Meskó ◽  
Fanni Őry ◽  
Edit Csányi ◽  
Lea Juhász ◽  
Gréta Szilágyi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Optimal Angle ◽  
Dynamic Stimuli ◽  
Dynamic Motion ◽  
Online Setting ◽  
High Heels ◽  
Natural Difference ◽  
Positive Effect

Previous studies have demonstrated that the angle of women’s lumbar curvature affects men’s attractiveness judgments of them. The theoretically optimal angle of lumbar curvature provides better resistance against both hyperlordosis and hypolordosis as biomechanical costs of a bipedal fetal load that could impair a woman’s fertility. Since men find this attribute attractive, women aim to emphasize it by wearing high-heeled shoes. The primary objective of the present study was to test this evolutionary hypothesis using short videos presenting women walking by the camera. In line with previous findings based on static stimuli (photographs), dynamic stimuli (videos) presenting women walking in high-heeled shoes were expected to elicit increased attractiveness ratings as compared to women wearing flat shoes, which would be associated with the angle of lumbar curvature. Videos were taken of 52 female models walking in two conditions (i.e., wearing either high-heeled or flat shoes). A total of 108 participants (61 males, 47 females) rated the walking models’ physical attractiveness in an online setting. Each model’s lumbar curvature was measured both in high heels and in flat shoes using photographs taken of them prior to each video recording. The results showed that wearing high heels consistently increased the models’ attractiveness, regardless of whether or not it decreased their natural difference from the theoretically optimal angle of lumbar curvature. Both male and female observers showed this positive effect. Furthermore, a negative correlation was found between the models’ body mass index (BMI) and their perceived attractiveness scores in both conditions.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FLASHCARDS ON THE MOTIVATION TO INCREASE ENGLISH VOCABULARY AMONG THE FOURTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Helda Lisa
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
Positive Effect

The primary objective of this study is to find out whether the illustrated flashcards have positive effect on the motivation to increase English vocabulary among elementary school fourth grade students. The problem of this study is why students of elementary school fourth-grade still find difficulties in understanding and comprehending the English material and especially that for vocabulary. The result of the analysis shows that there is a significance difference between the motivation to learn English vocabulary among the elementary school fourth-grade students before the implementation of flashcards and that after the implementation (76,6%), and there is a significant difference between English vocabulary mastery of elementary school fourth-grade students taught by using flashcards and that of those taught without using flashcards(t=7,74).

scholarly journals Prioritizing Safety Training for a More Personal Compliance of a Safe and Healthy Work Environment among Students and Staff of Higher Education Institutions of Selangor

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.30) ◽  
pp. 388
Author(s):  
Mokana Muthu Kumarasamy ◽  
Mazni Saad ◽  
Reeny Karlina Abdul Rauf ◽  
Noor Malinda Mohamed Mohan ◽  
Mohd Hanafi Azman Ong
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Safe Work ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Positive Effect

Safety is an important element in an organization. A safe work space makes safety a priority throughout the organization. Improved safety will minimize job accidents, injuries, medical illnesses and death. Occupational safety and health (OSH) training that is provided by the top management of universities will create a safe and comfortable environment for both the staff and students. It also guarantees that every employee is safe in the workplace. Thus, the primary objective of this study is to investigate the effect of safety training towards personal compliance. A total of 234 questionnaires were distributed to 20 higher educational institutions in Selangor, Malaysia. A conclusion was reached once the data were analyzed using SPSS; that safety training (B = 0.364, t = 11.90, p <.01) significantly has a positive effect on Personal Compliance.  

scholarly journals Physical Disability Affects Women’s but Not Men’s Perception of Opposite-Sex Attractiveness

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farid Pazhoohi ◽  
Francesca Capozzi ◽  
Alan Kingstone
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Physical Disability ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Social Desirability Bias ◽  
Physically Disabled ◽  
Disabled Women ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
People With Physical Disabilities ◽  
Positive Effect

Physical appearance influences our perceptions, judgments, and decision making about others. While the current literature with regard to the perceptions and judgments of nondisabled people’s attractiveness is robust, the research investigating the perceived physical attractiveness and judgments of physically disabled individuals is scarce. Therefore, in the current study, we investigated whether people with physical disabilities are perceived by the opposite sex as more or less attractive relative to nondisabled individuals. Our results, based on over 675 participants, showed a positive effect for women’s attractiveness ratings of men with physical disabilities, but not men’s attractiveness ratings of physically disabled women. Moreover, social desirability bias was positively associated with attractiveness ratings of physically disabled individuals, meaning those with higher tendency to be viewed favorably by others rated physically disabled individuals more attractive. Finally, our results revealed that attractiveness ratings of individuals with physical disabilities are positively associated with extroversion and empathy in both men and women, and positively with agreeableness and negatively with neuroticism in women. In conclusion, our study showed women rate men with physical disabilities as higher on attractiveness than nondisabled men, which is also influenced by their social desirability bias.

Physical attractiveness, voter heuristics and electoral systems: The role of candidate attractiveness under different institutional designs

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 336-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Stockemer ◽  
Rodrigo Praino
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Statistics ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Electoral Systems ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
Proportional Representation ◽  
Formal Institutions ◽  
Federal Election ◽  
Proportional Systems ◽  
Positive Effect

While existing studies have shown that more attractive candidates running for office have an electoral advantage, very little has been written on how this advantage relates to different institutions. We theorise that formal institutions mediate the positive effect from which attractive candidates benefit. More in detail, we focus on the type of electoral system, hypothesising that physical attractiveness plays a more important role in majoritarian, first-past-the-post systems than in list proportional systems. We test this stipulation using the German federal elections’ two-tier electoral system, together with data collected in Australia on the physical attractiveness of German federal election candidates in 2013. A series of bivariate and multivariate statistics show that physical attractiveness is a significant factor explaining a candidate’s likelihood to win in the FPTP tier, but not in the list proportional representation (PR) tier.

scholarly journals Sitting and low back pain: the positive effect of rotatory dynamic stimuli during prolonged sitting

1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo L. van Deursen ◽  
Jaap Patijn ◽  
John R. Durinck ◽  
Ruud Brouwer ◽  
Jeanne R. van Erven-Sommers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Dynamic Stimuli ◽  
Prolonged Sitting ◽  
Positive Effect

MIDBLOCK U–TURN FACILITIES ON MULTILANE DIVIDED HIGHWAYS: AN ASSESSMENT OF DRIVER’S MERGING GAP AND STOP DELAYS

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Othman Che Puan ◽  
Che Ros Ismail ◽  
Mohd Rosli Hainin ◽  
Anil Minhans ◽  
Nur Syahriza Muhamad Nor
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Major Road ◽  
Highway Capacity ◽  
Highway Capacity Manual ◽  
Critical Gap ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Traffic Delays ◽  
Traffic Volumes

This paper discusses the results of a study which was carried out with a primary objective to evaluate the merging gaps and traffic delays at midblock U–turn facilities installed on multilane divided highways. A total of more than 2,000 U–turn drivers at a midblock U–turn facility on an urban multilane highway were observed using a camera–video recording technique. The data pertaining to the analysis of gap acceptance and rejection was abstracted from the video–playbacks using a computer event recording program. The analysis found that the critical gap of the drivers at a midblock U–turn facility is in the range of 4.0 – 4.5 seconds, which is different from the values reported for studies carried out in other countries. The effect of major road traffic volumes on the stop delays to the U–turn drivers could not be established because the data did not exhibit any specific trend. The drivers were observed to make forced merging maneuvers when traffic volumes in the main traffic stream are relatively heavy. Such maneuvers lead to flow breakdown in the major road to occur at a faster rate. The findings suggest that there is a need for a thorough study to be carried out to evaluate the current practice of U–turn facility design and assessment methods since traffic operations at such a facility is different from those at on–ramp facilities where their planning and design are generally based on the American Highway Capacity Manual. 

scholarly journals CEO Cash Compensation and Firm Performance: An Empirical Study from Emerging Markets

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nana Osei-Bonsu ◽  
Joseph George M. Lutta
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Cash Compensation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Positive Effect

The primary objective of this study is to examine whether the CEO's cash compensation is influenced by the firm’s performance or whether the inverse relationship exists, where the CEO's bonus rather has a positive effect on company performance. The study includes an examination of firms listed on six emerging countries financial markets, and includes separate statistical tests on firms of different sizes and different industry sector. The findings of the study demonstrate that there is no relationship between CEO cash compensation and performance among the firms included in this study. Notwithstanding, some other incentive variables have been found as important performance boosters among companies in certain sectors. This study has been able to establish that some theories of incentive contracts hold true among firms of certain sizes as well as among firms from certain industries.

scholarly journals Naphthaleneacetic Acid, Ethephon, and Gibberellin A4 + A7 Have Variable Effects on Flesh Firmness and Return Bloom of Apple

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven McArtney ◽  
Dick Unrath ◽  
J.D. Obermiller ◽  
Ann Green
Keyword(s):  
Primary Objective ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Naphthaleneacetic Acid ◽  
Biennial Bearing ◽  
Natural Tendency ◽  
Golden Delicious ◽  
Cluster Density ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Return Bloom ◽  
Positive Effect

Experiments were conducted in commercial apple (Malus ×domestica) orchards in the southeastern U.S. between 1998 and 2006 with the primary objective of evaluating the effects of naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and ethephon on return bloom. NAA increased return bloom in six of 10 experiments, whereas ethephon increased return bloom in four of seven experiments. Four biweekly applications of 5 ppm NAA during June and July (early summer NAA) increased return bloom more consistently than fewer applications. Four weekly preharvest applications of 5 ppm NAA increased return bloom of ‘Delicious’ and ‘Golden Delicious’ as effectively as early summer applications. Combining NAA and ethephon in early summer sprays did not consistently increase return bloom compared with either material alone. The flower cluster density of ‘Golden Delicious’ in the year of treatment had a negative effect on return bloom that was more pronounced on control trees than trees sprayed 5 weeks after bloom with 444 ppm ethephon (48 fl oz/acre Ethrel). Combining four early summer sprays of 316 ppm ethephon (24 fl oz/acre Ethrel) with 15 ppm gibberellin A4 + A7 (GA4+7) increased return bloom of ‘Cameo’ but had no effect on return bloom of ‘Mutsu’ or ‘Golden Delicious’. Growth regulator treatments did not have a consistent effect on fruit firmness in the year of treatment. Naphthaleneacetic acid or ethephon treatments in the on year of a biennial bearing cycle can promote return bloom of apple spurs. However, the positive effect on return bloom may be minimal in cultivars with a strong natural tendency toward biennial bearing or when bloom or initial fruit set are heavy in the year of treatment.

scholarly journals ANTECENDENTS OF CONSUMERS PERCEPTION AND ITS INFLUENCE TOWARDS PURCHASE INTENTION ON COSMETICS PRODUCT

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 480-494
Author(s):  
Pramono Hari Adi
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Consumer Perception ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Celebrity Endorsement ◽  
Celebrity Endorser ◽  
Positive Effect

The aim of this research is to analyze the effects of celebrity endorsement on consumer perception and purchase intention of cosmetic product. The populations in this study were cosmetic users in Purwokerto region. By employing cluster sampling, 120 females who have ever watched cosmetic advertisement were chosen as the sample. The variables of this research were analyzed by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). From the analysis results, it was revealed that Trustworthiness had no effect on consumer perception whilePhysical attractiveness and Expertise had positive effect on consumer perception and also consumer perception had positive effect on purchase intention. Those results imply that the company should choose a celebrity endorser who are possesing several aspects such as honesty, trustworthiness, and sincerity in advertising. Beside that, the company should give priority on physical attractiveness of celebrity endorser. Moreover, the company should create promotion through advertising with a celebrity endorser who has various expertises such as knowledgeabout the productsand experience to become a star of cosmetics product

scholarly journals Assessment and comparison of student engagement in a variety of physiology courses

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari K. Hopper
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
First Year ◽  
Baseline Measure ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
Animal Physiology ◽  
Physiology Students ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Question Survey

Calls for reform in science education have promoted active learning as a means to improve student engagement (SENG). SENG is generally acknowledged to have a positive effect on student learning, satisfaction, and retention. A validated 14-question survey was used to assess SENG in a variety of upper- and lower-level physiology courses, including 100-level Anatomy and Physiology 1, 300-level Animal Physiology, 400-level Advanced Physiology, and 500-level Medical Physiology courses. The results indicated that SENG did not vary consistently by course level, format, or curriculum. The highest levels of SENG were found in the Advanced Physiology course, which included SENG as a primary objective of the course. Physiology student SENG scores were compared with National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) scores. The results demonstrated that physiology students enrolled in the Anatomy and Physiology 1 course reported lower levels of SENG than first-year students that completed the NSSE. Students enrolled in the Advanced Physiology course reported higher levels of SENG than fourth-year students that completed the NSSE. Assessment of SENG offers insights as to how engaged students are, identifies where efforts may best be applied to enhance SENG, and provides a baseline measure for future comparisons after targeted course modifications.

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