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Music Preferences and Uses Related to Psychosocial Functioning Among Adolescents and Young Adults
USE IT OR LOSE IT Music preferences and uses related to psychosocial functioning among adolescents and young adults Published by: Ponsen & Looijen b.v. Tel.: + 31 (0)317 423 107 Fax: +31 (0)317 423 556 [email protected] http://www.p-l.nl Cover design: Matthea Wolthers Copyright © 2008: Juul Mulder. All rights reserved USE IT OR LOSE IT Music preferences and uses related to psychosocial functioning among adolescents and young adults Gebruik het of verlies het Muziekvoorkeuren en gebruiksvormen gerelateerd aan het psychosociale functioneren onder adolescenten en jongvolwassenen (met een samenvatting in het Nederlands) PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Utrecht, op gezag van rector magnificus prof.dr. J.C. Stoof, ingevolge het besluit van het college voor promoties in het openbaar te verdedigen op woensdag 19 november 2008 des middags te 12.45 uur door Juul Mulder geboren op 25 augustus 1976 te Stadskanaal Promotoren: Prof. dr. T.F.M. ter Bogt Prof. dr. E.A. van Zoonen Co-promotor: Dr. Q.A.W. Raaijmakers CONTENTS General introduction p. 6 Studies: 1 From Deicide to Usher? Consistency of music taste p. 23 2 The soundtrack of adolescent substance use p. 45 3 Is it the music? Peer use mediates the link between music preferences and adolescent substance use p. 65 4 Music taste groups and psychosocial functioning among adolescents p. 83 5 Thank you for the music! A typology of music users and their characteristics in terms of music taste, emotions during listening and level of internalising problems p. 109 General discussion p. -
Feeding Your Baby 6 Months to 1 Year
Feeding Your Baby 6 months to 1 year 1 Feeding your baby is about many things: • It’s about nutrition. • It’s about forming a close bond with your baby. • It’s about helping your baby feel secure and loved. • It’s about your baby’s growth and development. • It’s about developing life-long healthy eating habits. Health Canada recommends that breastmilk is the only food your baby needs until your baby is 6 months old. Infants should start iron-rich foods at 6 months with continued breastfeeding for 2 years or longer. • Breastfeeding is healthy, natural, convenient, and free. • Breastmilk contains antibodies that lower the chance of your baby getting sick. 2 Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Fluoride Fluoride helps children develop strong teeth. Do not give fluoride supplements to your baby before 6 months of age. It can harm your baby’s developing teeth. At 6 months of age, your baby may need fluoride drops if your water supply does not contain fluoride. Some communities do not put fluoride in the water. Check with your local public health office or dentist to see if the water in your community is fluoridated. Talk to your health care provider for more information. Vitamin D Vitamin D is needed for bone growth. Most babies, no matter the season or where they live, need a supplement of vitamin D starting at birth. Currently, Health Canada recommends that all breastfed, healthy term babies receive 400 IU (International Units) of liquid vitamin D supplement each day. Infant formula contains added vitamin D. Babies who are formula fed but are drinking less than 1000 ml or 32 ounces a day, would benefit from 400 IU vitamin D supplement each day. -
12 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook Make Bold, Fresh Food the Milk Street Way
12 Recipes that Will Change the Way You Cook Make bold, fresh food the Milk Street way CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL’S ◆ THE NEW HOME COOKING SPECIAL EDITION ◆ ◆ Special Edition Christopher Kimball’s MILK STREET Magazine The New Home Cooking ◆ RECIPE INDEX No-Sear Lamb or Beef and Chickpea Stew Page 2 Fluffy Olive Oil Scrambled Eggs Page 4 Chinese Chili and Scallion Noodles Page 5 Chinese White-Cooked Chicken Page 6 Cacio e Pepe, Gricia and Carbonara Page 8 Pinchos Morunos Page 12 Roasted Cauliflower With Tahini Page 13 Charred Brussels Sprouts Page 14 Red Lentil Soup with Spinach Page 15 Tahini Swirl Brownies Page 16 Israeli Hummus Page 17 Stovetop Chocolate Cake Page 21 Front Cover Photo: Joyelle West; Styling: Christine Tobin Back Cover Photo: Noam Moskowitz Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street in downtown Boston—at 177 Milk Street—is home how we cook by searching the world for bold, simple recipes and techniques that to our editorial offices and cooking school. It is also where we recordChristopher are adapted and tested for home cooks everywhere. For more information, go to Kimball’s Milk Street television and radio shows. Milk Street is devoted to changing 177MilkStreet.com. 12 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook [ EDITOR’S NOTE] C hristopher K imball One for Life, One for Love, President and Founder One for Death Christopher Kimball Media Director and Co-Founder Melissa Baldino Editorial Director - J.M. Hirsch recently dined at Sichuan peppercorns and the Food Editor - Matthew Card Art Director - Jennifer Baldino Cox la Grenouille in spicy white pepper so popular Managing Editor - Jenn Ladd Books & Special Editions Editor - Michelle Locke New York—the last of in Asian cooking. -
'An Aquired Taste'
The ninth annual short story competition The Mogford Prize for Food & Drink Writing 2021 ‘An Aquired Taste’ by Emma Teichmann Short List Runner Up ‘An Acquired Taste’ It usually falls under cosmetic surgery, in which case the Public Health Service won’t cover it and you have to fork out for private care, but as I’d lost mine in a road accident they said the procedure would be free – or, rather, at the expense of the tax payer. It seemed like a no-brainer. This was almost a year after the collision. When I was thrown from my motorbike, having clipped the side of a dairy truck as I came round a corner just a little too fast and wide, my immediate worries were the shattered pelvis, ruptured spleen and brain bleed, my skull partially caving in when my helmet cracked like an egg against the concrete. It was, I was told, a miracle I survived, though it didn’t feel that way as I lay in my hospital bed. I was nil by mouth the first week as I went in and out of theatre. My jaw and nose were also broken, and even when I was finally able to – slowly, cautiously – imbibe a liquid meal, it was only a sludge-green smoothie. It didn’t look like it should taste of anything, so I wasn’t surprised when it didn’t. ‘An Aquired Taste’ 1 As I got stronger and began to feel a semblance of my At first, I tried to make light of it. Dining with friends, I normal self, I would stop a passing nurse to ask, “What’s for raised my glass of water and said, “Hey, now I can turn water dinner?” When she said, “Still smoothies, I’m afraid” I’d into wine.” They laughed a little too loudly at my feeble groan, “Not again! Let me have a proper meal,” singing after attempt at a joke. -
Features of the Formation of Taste Sensations
─── Food Technology ─── Features of the formation of taste sensations Vladimir Litvyak1, Alexey Sysa2, Anatoly Batyan2, Vyacheslav Kravchenko2 1 – Scientific and Practical Centre for Foodstuffs of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus 2 – Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute, Minsk, Belarus Abstract Keywords: Introduction. An important characteristic that reflects the quality and forms the price of any food product is its organoleptic properties, Taste for example, taste sensations arising from the use of the product. Chemoreception Currently, there is not enough data that reliably describes the Carbohydrate mechanism of occurrence of taste sensations. Protein Materials and Methods. The subject of research was carbohydrates, proteins, and sodium chloride. The phase structure was Fractal studied by x-ray diffraction. Diffraction curves were recorded on an Complementarity HZG 4A X-ray diffractometer (Carl Zeiss, Jena) using radiation of copper (CuKα) filtered by nickel. Scanning electron micrographs of native starch granules were obtained using a LEO 1420 scanning Article history: (scanning) electron microscope. Results and discussion. The phase and morphological structure of Received carbohydrates (monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides) 21.01.2019 and sodium chloride were studied, as well as the morphological Received in revised structure of milk proteins. Among carbohydrates, glucose, fructose, form 26.03.2019 sucrose, maltose, lactose, and rhamnose have been found to have a Accepted crystalline structure, native starches have an amorphous-crystalline 30.09.2019 (transitional or intermediate) structure, and maltodextrins have an amorphous structure. Salt has a crystalline structure. Corresponding It is shown that in the formation of taste sensations, the geometry author: of the taste buds of the tongue and the geometry of the analyzed taste objects, which are created in accordance with the principle of Vladimir Litvyak complementarity (for example, a lock), are of great importance. -
Taste Processing: Insights from Animal Models
molecules Review Taste Processing: Insights from Animal Models Andrés Molero-Chamizo 1,* and Guadalupe Nathzidy Rivera-Urbina 2 1 Department of Psychology, Psychobiology Area, University of Huelva, Campus El Carmen, 21071 Huelva, Spain 2 Faculty of administrative and social sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana 22890, Mexico; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +34-959-21-84-78 Academic Editors: Encarna Gómez-Plaza and Rocio Gil-Muñoz Received: 17 June 2020; Accepted: 7 July 2020; Published: 8 July 2020 Abstract: Taste processing is an adaptive mechanism involving complex physiological, motivational and cognitive processes. Animal models have provided relevant data about the neuroanatomical and neurobiological components of taste processing. From these models, two important domains of taste responses are described in this review. The first part focuses on the neuroanatomical and neurophysiological bases of olfactory and taste processing. The second part describes the biological and behavioral characteristics of taste learning, with an emphasis on conditioned taste aversion as a key process for the survival and health of many species, including humans. Keywords: flavour; molecular signalling; olfactory processing; receptors; taste learning; taste processing 1. Introduction Three important sensory systems depend on physical stimuli to initiate their processing. The somatosensory system recognises touch, pain and temperature; the auditory system recognises sound waves and the visual system recognises visual waves, as specific physical modalities. There are two other sensory systems which, however, depend on the stimulation produced by different chemical molecules. Olfactory and taste systems are activated by small particles stimulating specific receptor cells located in the respective membranes of the nose and tongue. -
A Peck of Pickled Peppers | News | Presspubs.Com
3/17/2018 A peck of pickled peppers | News | presspubs.com http://www.presspubs.com/st_croix/news/article_f1b5a869-133f-50b5-b458-0eaf4d6ded69.html A peck of pickled peppers by Debra Neutkens Staff Writer Sep 9, 2010 Hugo Feed Mill manager Steve Marier grows 68 potted exotic pepper plants in his driveway. - Photo by Debra Neutkens HUGO — His friends call Steve Marier “Dr. Pepper.” The Feed Mill manager hesitates to call it an obsession, but Marier does admit to a fondness that borders on addiction for exotic peppers. Sixty-eight potted pepper plants line his driveway near City Hall. They originate from all over the world: Japan, Vietnam, India, Brazil, Columbia, Peru and Mexico. With the exception of one sweet variety, all are hot. Really hot. http://www.presspubs.com/st_croix/newsarticle_f1b5a869-133f-50b5-b458-0eaf4d6ded69.html 1/4 3/17/2018 A peck of pickled peppers | News | presspubs.com Marier explained that chili peppers are rated on a hotness scale called Scoville units, named after the American chemist who invented the test. The hottest pepper in the world has over one million Scoville units. Called Bhut Jolokia, Marier has three pots of it. A toothpick dipped in a powdered piece left one of his friends gasping. The pepper is so hot in fact, it’s used in India in non-lethal hand grenades and pepper spray for self defense. The potted pepper hobby started about 15 years ago with some Caribbean seeds and a half-dozen pots. Many of the foreign varieties take 100 or more days to mature so Marier must start them indoors, moving pots outside as weather permits. -
Frammenti Di Massificazione: Le Neoavanguardie Anglo-Germanofone, Il Cut-Up Di Burroughs E La Pop Art Negli Anni Sessanta E Settanta
Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna Gabriele Bacherini Frammenti di massificazione: le neoavanguardie anglo-germanofone, il cut-up di Burroughs e la pop art negli anni Sessanta e Settanta FIRENZE PRESSUNIVERSITY BIBLIOTECA DI STUDI DI FILOLOGIA MODERNA ISSN 2420-8361 (ONLINE) – 54 – DIPARTIMENTO DI FORMAZIONE, LINGUE, INTERCULTURA, LETTERATURE E PSICOLOGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, LANGUAGES, INTERCULTURES, LITERATURES AND PSYCHOLOGY (FORLILPSI) Università degli Studi di Firenze / University of Florence BIBLIOTECA DI STUDI DI FILOLOGIA MODERNA (BSFM) Collana Open Access “diamante” fondata nel 2004 “Diamond” Open Access Series founded in 2004 Direttore / Editor-in-Chief Beatrice Töttössy Coordinatore tecnico-editoriale / Managing Editor Arianna Antonielli Comitato scientifico internazionale / International Scientific Board (http://www.fupress.com/comitatoscientifico/biblioteca-di-studi-di-filologia-moderna/23) Enza Biagini (Professore Emerito), Nicholas Brownlees, Martha Canfield, Richard Allen Cave (Emeritus Professor, Royal Holloway, University of London), Massimo Ciaravolo (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia), Anna Dolfi (Professore Emerito), Mario Domenichelli (Professore Emerito), Maria Teresa Fancelli (Professore Emerito), Massimo Fanfani, Paul Geyer (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn), Sergej Akimovich Kibal’nik (Institute of Russian Literature [the Pushkin House], Russian Academy of Sciences; Saint-Petersburg State University), Ferenc Kiefer (Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; -
1 TRY IT… YOU'll LIKE IT! Training Your Taste Buds to Enjoy Real
TRY IT… YOU’LL LIKE IT! Training Your Taste Buds to Enjoy Real Food If you currently find vegetables and many other healthy types of foods distasteful – chances are your taste buds are accustomed to the unnatural faire of the standard, American diet. Because of their extreme nature, these highly-refined foods with their artificial flavors and excessive amounts of sugar, refined salts and bad fats literally have burned out your taste buds. If this is the case for you as it is for most individuals, don’t despair. While you may never develop a taste for brussel sprouts you can develop a taste for healthier foods and actually come to prefer them with time. It is extremely important to understand that taste is an acquired phenomenon and it can be un-acquired as well. Given the right amount of time, your taste buds will acclimate to the taste of new foods and once you start eating more natural foods on a regular basis; you will not feel deprived for having given up the unhealthy refined junk foods. Actually, you’ll discover there are new foods that you’ll come to love even more and you’ll feel good about eating them! I’ve seen this happen with almost all of my patients. Patients who give up poor-quality, albeit tasty food, do typically tell me they enjoy the new and healthy foods they have tried. They don’t feel deprived or miss the junk foods they used to die for… and possibly from, literally! In fact, most individuals don’t even have an acquired taste for those foods anymore because when their taste buds are not bombarded and numbed by the many chemicals, sugars and salts that are in the majority of highly processed, pseudo-type foods; their taste buds changed. -
Jack Rabbits[1]
Care and Release of Black Tailed Jackrabbits (by: Ann Mizoguchi) Revised March, 2015 General Information Black tailed Jackrabbits are hares of the Lagomorpha order. In this manual, I use the terms, “jackrabbit”, “rabbit” and “hare” interchangeable. Black tailed jackrabbits are different than white tailed jackrabbits, but can be treated the same way with one exception: white tailed jackrabbits need longer care and are released one to two days later than black tailed jackrabbits. Jackrabbits are different than cottontail rabbits or other wild rabbits so identifying a jackrabbit correctly is the first step for proper rehabilitation. Young jackrabbits are called leverets. Jackrabbits are nocturnal, sleeping during the day and active from dusk to dawn. Personalities will fall into introvert or extrovert with different extremes. Introverts are timid. Extroverts are more outgoing and assertive. Jackrabbits do not imprint but can become more docile and used to humans when in captivity. They do have a strong, natural, “wild” instinct that kicks in when released. They recognize their own species and will create communities among themselves. Jackrabbits also tend to appreciate the company of another. In the wild, fights can also occur between male jackrabbits over female jackrabbits for mating purposes. Gestation and Life Span Breeding in warm climates continues year-round with most births starting in February then tapering off in September. Their gestation period ranges from 41 to 47 days and there are usually 1 to 4 in a litter. The birth is in a grassy hollow or shallow depression scratched into the ground. There is no nest like cottontails rabbits make for their newborn. -
Whiskey & Spirits
01_117699 ffirs.qxp 10/2/07 12:41 PM Page i Whiskey & Spirits FOR DUMmIES‰ 01_117699 ffirs.qxp 10/2/07 12:41 PM Page ii 01_117699 ffirs.qxp 10/2/07 12:41 PM Page iii Whiskey & Spirits FOR DUMmIES‰ by Perry Luntz 01_117699 ffirs.qxp 10/2/07 12:41 PM Page iv Whiskey & Spirits For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax 978-646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Legal Department, Wiley Publishing, Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46256, 317-572-3447, fax 317-572-4355, or online at http:// www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies.com and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries, and may not be used without written permission. -
Ep #171: Why Alcohol Is an Acquired Taste
Ep #171: Why Alcohol Is an Acquired Taste Full Episode Transcript With Your Host Rachel Hart Take a Break from Drinking with Rachel Hart Ep #171: Why Alcohol Is an Acquired Taste You are listening to the Take A Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 171. Welcome to the Take A Break podcast with Rachel Hart. If you're an alcoholic or an addict, this is not the show for you. But if you are someone who has a highly functioning life, doing very well, but just drinking a bit too much and wants to take a break, then welcome to the show. Let's get started. Well hello everyone. I want to tell you a little bit about something that occurred to me as I was walking the other morning. I think this is one of the best things about going for a morning walk is that my brain just gets to think. I’m not looking at my phone. I’m not doing anything. I’m just taking a morning stroll and it gets to kind of connect pieces of a puzzle and put things together that it wouldn’t otherwise. And on this walk, I was thinking about why alcohol is an acquired taste. We’ve never really talked about it before on the podcast, but I do talk about it a lot in the Take A Break program. And I think understanding why it is that you acquire a taste for alcohol, why you don’t just immediately like it, I think that’s really, really fascinating because so often, I talk to you guys about how alcohol creates a reward in the brain.