This study examines the rise of the Body Positive Movement on TikTok and its role as a form of online content activism influencing the fashion design and industry. Through a combination of literature review and case study methodology, the study explores the expression techniques and thematic types of Body Positive Movement on TikTok. Reviews of literature, previous studies, online articles, fashion journals, and relevant search terms on TikTok informed a definition of Body Positive Movement and an analysis of its formation and rise. The research findings confirm the impact TikTok content on Body Positive Movement has on the fashion industry in addressing external factors (i.e., ‘Appearance’, ‘Race’, ‘Aging’, ‘Physical Disability’) and intrinsic factors (i.e., ‘Acceptance of Diversity’, ‘Self-Esteem’, ‘Rejection of Stereotypes’, ‘Appropriate Representation’, ‘Information Provision’). The key external factor , ‘Appearance’, includes subcategories such as ‘Body Shape’, ‘Body Hair’, ‘Skin’, and ‘Facial Features’. TikTok content creators on fashion creatively combine music, emojis, and visual storytelling to exhibit positive self-perception concerning these factors. A significant finding of the study is that short clips predominantly manifesting external factors differentiate into informative or enlightening videos associated with intrinsic factors. The study underscores Body Positive Movement's important influence on the fashion industry from design to presentation.

Activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), a calcium permeable channel expressed in primary sensory neurons, induces the release of glutamate from their central and peripheral afferents during normal acute and pathological pain. However, little information is available regarding the glutamate release mechanism associated with TRPV1 activation in primary sensory neurons. To address this issue, we investigated the expression of vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT) in TRPV1-immunopositive (+) neurons in the rat trigeminal ganglion (TG) under normal and complete Freund’s adjuvant (CFA)-induced inflammatory pain conditions using behavioral testing as well as double immunofluorescence staining with antisera against TRPV1 and VGLUT1 or VGLUT2. TRPV1 was primarily expressed in small and medium-sized TG neurons. TRPV1+ neurons constituted approximately 27% of all TG neurons. Among all TRPV1+ neurons, the proportion of TRPV1+ neurons coexpressing VGLUT1 (VGLUT1+/ TRPV1+ neurons) and VGLUT2 (VGLUT2+/TRPV1+ neurons) was 0.4% ± 0.2% and 22.4% ± 2.8%, respectively. The proportion of TRPV1+ and VGLUT2+ neurons was higher in the CFA group than in the control group (TRPV1+ neurons: 31.5% ± 2.5% vs. 26.5% ± 1.2%, VGLUT2+ neurons: 31.8% ± 1.1% vs. 24.6% ± 1.5%, p < 0.05), whereas the proportion of VGLUT1+, VGLUT1+/TRPV1+, and VGLUT2+/TRPV1+ neurons did not differ significantly between the CFA and control groups. These findings together suggest that VGLUT2, a major isoform of VGLUTs, is involved in TRPV1 activation-associated glutamate release during normal acute and inflammatory pain.

본 연구는 시각작업기억에 저장이 요구되는 얼굴 자극이 보유한 긍정적, 부정적 그리고 중립적 정서가 기억 정확성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 참가자들은 유쾌, 불쾌 및 무표정의 세 가지 표정 유형 중 하나가 무선적으로 부여된 얼굴들의 표정을 기억한 후 잠시 후 제시된 검사 얼굴들에 대한 대조를 통해 기억항목과 검사항목 간 얼굴 표정의 변화 유무를 보고하였다. 얼굴 표정의 변화에 대한 탐지정확도를 측정한 결과 기억항목의 노출시간이 500ms이었을 경우, 긍정적 표정을 보유한 기억항목에 대한 변화탐지는 부정 및 중립 표정에 비해 상대적으로 정확했다. 반면에 노출시간이 1000ms로 연장되자 이러한 차이는 관찰되지 않았다. 이러한 결과는 긍정적 정서가 시각작업기억의 정확성을 향상시킬 수 있음을 의미하며, 특히 긍정적 정서에 의한 기억 촉진 효과는 기억 표상 형성에 있어서 요구되는 시간이 상대적으로 촉박한 경우에 나타남을 의미한다. 따라서 본 연구는 작업기억과 정서간의 관계를 규명하기 위하여 비교적 단순한 과제인 변화탐지과제를 사용하여 긍정적 정서가 시각작업기억 표상 형성의 효율성을 향상시킨다는 것을 발견했다는 점에서 중요한 시사점을 제공한다.