Previous studies have reported women to have a greater resistance to fatigue than men during sustained handgrip exercise, however, observed gender differences in fatigue has been shown to be a function of contraction type. The purpose of the present study was to determine if gender differences exist in forearm muscle fatigue during intermittent handgrip contractions. Women [n = 11, 23.5 ± 1.5 (...

The crystal structure of the redox protein pseudoazurin (123 amino acid residues; molecular weight 13,000 daltons) from Alcaligenes faecalis has been refined by fast Fourier restrained least-squares minimization. Cycles of rebuilding were carried out to escape from local minima. Individual isotropic temperature factor values were refined separately for all atoms. The R factor was reduced from 0...

Recent laboratory studies have shown that men display more risk-taking behavior in decision-making tasks following stress, whilst women are more risk-aversive or become more task-focused. In addition, these studies have shown that sex differences are related to levels of the stress hormone cortisol (indicative of activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenocortical-axis): the higher the leve...

nasal mupirocin is found to eradicate effectively methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) from colonized patients, but there are concerns about resistant strains. the aim of this study was to detect the mupirocin resistance and nasal carriage of methicillin resistant s. aureus among healthcare workers (hcws) at the university hospitals of tehran.totally 270 nasal swabs were collected...

Lepidopteran sex pheromones are aliphatic compounds with limited functional groups, and are synthesized de novo in the pheromone gland from acetyl-CoA through the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway. A neurohormone termed pheromone-biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide (PBAN) regulates sex pheromone production in a number of lepidopteran species. With the aim of promoting general understanding, we r...

The aim of this study was to report the size structure of finescale razorbelly minnow, Salmostoma phulo in the Payra River, Southern Bangladesh, based on length-frequency distribution (LFD), sex ratio (SR), length-weight relationships (LWR), length-length relationships (LLR), condition factors (allometric KA; Fulton’s, KF; relative, KR and relative weight, WR) and form factor (a3.0). A to...

This article is part of a Special Issue "SBN 2014". Discerning the biologic origins of neuroanatomical sex differences has been of interest since they were first reported in the late 60's and early 70's. The centrality of gonadal hormone exposure during a developmental critical window cannot be denied but hormones are indirect agents of change, acting to induce gene transcription or modulate me...