PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the session-RPE method for quantifying internal training load (TL) with various HR-based TL quantification methods in a variety of training modes with women soccer players. METHODS Fifteen elite women soccer players took part in the study (age: 19.3 +/- 2.0 y and VO2max: 50.8 +/- 2.7 mL x kg(-1) x min(-1)). Session-RPE, heart rate, and duration...

Of the lipid extracts of the defense secretion from the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, on high-performance thin-layer chromatography analysis, no glycolipids or phospholipids were detected, but free fatty acids and three novel ceramides were found (termed TL-1, TL-2, and TL-3). Free fatty acids were confirmed to be lignoceric acid (C24:0) and hexacosanoic acid (C...

BACKGROUND Telomeres are essential for chromosomal integrity and stability. Shortened telomere length (TL) has been associated with risk of cancers and aging-related diseases. Several studies have explored associations between TL and cancer prognosis, but the results are conflicting. METHODS Prospective studies on the relationship between TL and cancer survival were identified by a search of ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the neuropsychological effects of temporal lobectomy (TL) and amygdalohippocampectomy (AH), depending on whether the patients had passed or failed the Wada test. METHODS We compared changes in neuropsychological scores in patients who underwent TL (n = 91) or AH (n = 15), and had passed or failed the Wada test. Comparisons were carried out in all 106 patients and among th...

Telomere length (TL) has been proposed as a marker of mitotic cell age and as a general index of human organismic aging. Short absolute leukocyte telomere length has been linked to cardiovascular-related morbidity and mortality. Our aim was to test whether the rate of change in leukocyte TL is related to mortality in a healthy elderly cohort. We examined a subsample of 236 randomly selected Cau...

Lifetimes are reported for the 6s6p P1, 6s6d D2 and 6s7s S0 levels in Hg-like Tl II, measured using beam-foil excitation. The values obtained were τ(P1) = 0.59 ± 0.02 ns, τ(P1) = 39 ± 2 ns, τ(D2) = 6.5 ± 0.5 ns, and τ(S0) = 3.0 ± 0.4 ns. Isoelectronic trends for line strengths of the resonance and intercombination transitions are studied through comparisons with earlier measurements for Hg I–Bi...

Introduction: As a primary refractory condensate, forsterite represents an important constituent of many primitive solar system materials such as nebular dust, dust associated with galaxies, and cometary dust [1-11]. Preliminary studies on micrometeorites and the finegrained matrix of Semarkona, a primitive ordinary chondrite, indicate that forsterite is an important component of these material...

We have investigated the significance of telomerase activity (TA) and telomere length (TL) in multiple myeloma (MM). The analyses were undertaken on CD138+ MM cells isolated from the marrow of 183 patients either at diagnosis or in relapse. There was heterogeneity in telomerase expression; 36% of the patients had TA levels comparable to those detected in normal plasma cells, and 13% of patients...

INTRODUCTION The influence of physical activity (PA) and physical fitness (PF) at older ages on changes in telomere length (TL)--repetitive DNA sequences that may mark biologic aging--is not well-established. Few prior studies (mainly cross-sectional) have been conducted in older adults, and few studies have evaluated PF. METHODS We investigated cross-sectional and prospective associations of...

The TL region of the major histocompatibility complex of the mouse contains dozens of tandemly arranged class I genes, including those encoding the thymus leukemia (TL) antigens. TL antigens have been thought to be expressed only on the surface of some T lineage cells, namely immature thymocytes of some mouse strains (TL+ strains), some leukemia cells, and activated T cells. While the function ...