INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to investigate the construct validity and test-retest reliability of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ; long form) and the Short QUestionnaire to Assess Health-enhancing physical activity (SQUASH) and to investigate the relation between daily physical activity and clinical assessments in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). ME...

Consumption of staminate (male) flowers squash and pumpkin ( Cucurbita sp.) has generally been limited to summer pepo ), a species temperate regions or highland tropical environments. In the lowland tropics Caribbean Basin, moschata ) is better adapted more widely grown. We evaluated flower production in Lajas, Puerto Rico, postharvest attributes (shelf life, chemical nutritional properties, se...

A system for plant regeneration from individual cells or explants is essential for the application of genetic engineering. In Cucurbitaceae, in vitro regeneration has been reported across a wide spectrum of crops, including summer squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) (7), winter squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch.) (9), bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria Standl.) (6) and, recently, figleaf gourd (Cuburbita fic...

The capacity of intact cells of roots excised from summer squash plants (Cucurbita pepo L. cv Early Prolific Straightneck) to synthesize purine nucleotides de novo was investigated. Evidence that purine nucleotides are synthesized de novo included: (a) demonstration of the incorporation of [1-(14)C]glycine, [2-(14)C]glycine, NaH(14)CO(3), and H(14)COONa into total adenine nucleotides; (b) obser...

Abstract. The player of squash has a choice between two options when his/her opponent changes the score from 8:7 to 8:8. The player to receive has to decide whether to play until 9th or until 10th point. We observe in this paper that the score of the squash game can be modelled as a Markov chain. Thus using standard techniques of Markov processes, we can derive the optimal strategy for the squa...

OBJECTIVE To determine factors associated with adult squash players' protective eyewear behaviours. METHODS A survey of 303 players (aged >or =18 years) was conducted at three squash venues in Melbourne, Australia over a three week period in June 2000 to obtain information about protective eyewear use. RESULTS Of 303 participants the response rate was 98.1%; 66.1% were males, with a mean ag...

The present study focused on evaluating the influence of ultrasonic-assisted pasteurization (UAP) quality and shelf stability jambul squash. Squash was analyzed for physicochemical characteristics during a storage period 4 months. There significant effect (p < .05) acidity, DPPH radical scavenging activity, flavonoids squash with increase in acidity activity decrease corresponding increases son...