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O HAI GUYZ: between personal style bloggers, their readers, and modern fashion.
Published 2014-01-01Personal style blogs sit at the nexus of a range of oppositional concepts that become fluid, that enmesh or are realised in tension on the style blogosphere: public/private, amateur/professional, individual/corporate, ...Thesis -
O, G designs and applications
Published 1987This thesis, which is divided into four parts, addresses the question of the existence of designs which are based on balanced incomplete block designs and which also obey a certain orthogonality property over finite groups G.Thesis -
OAM generation, tunable metamaterials and sensors with highly deformable fibers
Published 2018A flexible fiber-drawn material, i.e. polyurethane, allows for novel applications from THz to the visible. We exploit its elastic properties to generate orbital angular momentum modes, to make pressure sensors and to ...Conference paper -
Oats for horses : selection and processing
Published 2003This study was conducted to investigate the effect that different levels of lignin in oats (Avena sativa L.) and the method that oat presentation to horses has on digestion. A survey was used to define the common oat ...Thesis -
Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London (front matter)
Published 2019-01-01'Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London' is the story of Obaysch the hippopotamus, the first ‘star’ animal to be exhibited in the London Zoo. In 1850, a baby hippopotamus arrived on English shores, allegedly the first ...Book -
Obesity and chronic disease prevention among old adults (55-74 years): An evidence overview and framework to inform policy and practice
Published 2014-03-28This document is an expansive report detailing the research evidence (to mid-2012) on the rationale, determinants and effective approaches to reduce the prevalence of obesity and chronic disease among community-dwelling ...Other -
Obesity and Cognitive Function
Published 2018-01-25The increasing prevalence of both obesity and dementia is a significant public health concern. Furthermore, obesity is a risk factor for dementia and will contribute to the estimated predictions for dementia causing an ...Thesis -
Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Adolescents
Published 2014-04-16The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the evidence base of knowledge regarding the management of obesity and insulin resistance in adolescents, with a special focus on cardio-metabolic risk factors and vascular health. ...Thesis -
Obesity and Vascular Health
Published 2016-06-20Background: Obesity is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms by which obesity confers increased cardiovascular risk have not been fully elucidated but may involve arterial endothelial ...Thesis -
Obesity as a risk factor for COVID-19 mortality in women and men in the UK biobank: Comparisons with influenza/pneumonia and coronary heart disease
Published 2021Obesity is associated with severe COVID-19 outcomes, yet, it is unclear whether the risk of COVID-19 mortality associated with obesity is similar between the sexes. We used data from the UK Biobank to assess the risk of ...Article -
Obesity in children and adolescents: epidemiology, causes, assessment, and management
Published 2022This Review describes current knowledge on the epidemiology and causes of child and adolescent obesity, considerations for assessment, and current management approaches. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, obesity prevalence in ...Article -
The Obesity Paradigm and the Role of Health Services in Obesity Prevention: a systems view
Published 2020-01-01Aim The aim of this research was to examine the role of health services in obesity prevention and to examine how perspectives, relationships and system boundaries may enable or hinder the ability of health services to ...Thesis -
Obesity treatment for adults, adolescents and children
Published 2012-01-01Book chapter -
Obesity, Iron and Young Women: Studies Investigating the Nutritional Implications of Excess Adiposity on Iron Status in Young Women
Published 2014-01-24THESIS TITLE: Obesity, iron and young women: studies investigating the nutritional implications of excess adiposity on iron status in young women. Recent evidence suggests a link between obesity, inflammation and disrupted ...Thesis