PURPOSE To validate two accelerometer-based activity monitors as measures of children's physical activity using energy expenditure as the criterion measure. METHODS Actiwatch (AW) and Actical (AC) activity monitors were validated against continuous 4-h measurements of energy expenditure (EE) in a respiratory room calorimeter and 1-h measurements in an exercise laboratory using a portable calo...

The anesthetic effects of clove-oil-derived eugenol were studied in the zebrafish, Danio rerio (Hamilton). Acute lethality and the effects of exposures to various dosages of eugenol were measured. The estimated 96-h LC50 for eugenol was 21 ppm. Times to induction and recovery from anesthesia were measured and compared with MS-222 under similar conditions. Eugenol induced anesthesia faster and a...

This paper presents the AEE project (Embedded Electronic Architecture), a French cooperative research and development program whose purpose is to specify new solutions for in-vehicle embedded system development. The Architecture Implementation Language (AIL_Transport) has been defined to specify and describe precisely any vehicle electronic architecture. This language supports the AEE design pr...

There is some evidence to suggest that ethnic differences in energy expenditure in adults may modulate different propensities for obesity. However, there is lack of data for the components of energy expenditure in young children of different ethnic backgrounds. In this study, we examined total energy expenditure (TEE), resting energy expenditure (REE), and physical activity-related energy expen...

Eugenol and carvacrol from clove and oregano, respectively, are agonists of the warmth-sensitive transient receptor potential channel TRPV3 and the irritant-sensitive transient receptor potential ankyrin (TRPA)-1. Eugenol and carvacrol induce oral irritation that rapidly desensitizes, accompanied by brief enhancement of innocuous warmth and heat pain in humans. We presently investigated if euge...

UNLABELLED Eugenol, a natural capsaicin congener, is widely used in dentistry. Eugenol inhibits voltage-activated Na(+) and Ca(2+) channels in a transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1)-independent manner. We hypothesized that eugenol also inhibits voltage-gated K(+) currents, and investigated this in rat trigeminal ganglion neurons and in a heterologous system using whole-cell patch cl...

14 Regulatory, safety, and environmental issues have prompted the development of aqueous 15 enzymatic extraction (AEE) for extracting components from oil-bearing materials. The 16 emulsion resulting from AEE requires de-emulsification to separate the oil; when enzymes 17 are used for this purpose, the method is known as aqueous enzymatic emulsion de18 emulsification (AEED). In general, enzyme a...

In cardiac and skeletal muscle, eugenol (μM range) blocks excitation-contraction coupling. In skeletal muscle, however, larger doses of eugenol (mM range) induce calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The effects of eugenol are therefore dependent on its concentration. In this study, we evaluated the effects of eugenol on the contractility of isolated, quiescent atrial trabeculae from...

Eugenol has been widely used in dental practice to relieve pain arising from a variety of sources. Several beneficial effects of eugenol such as its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anesthetic and vascular and muscle relaxant activity are recognized. It seems that there is no scientific study about eugenol effects on wound healing. The present study involved the clinical anesthetic effects of di...

The effect of essential oils, eugenol, thymol and menthol, on erythrocytes, hepatocytes, dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC)-liposomes and surface tension were studied at various concentrations. Maximal inhibition of eugenol, thymol and menthol on the hypotonic hemolysis in rat erythrocytes were observed at a concentration of 2 mM, 1 mM and 1 mM, respectively. Eugenol at 4 mM and thymol at 2...