in this study thin layer drying of corn in a convective dryer was investigated at air temperatures of 50, 60 and 70ºc and air flow rates of 1, 1.4 and 1.8 kg min-1. experiments were performed in completely randomized design (crd). the effect of air temperature and flow rate on drying time, drying rate, effective diffusivity coefficient and activation energy were studied. results showed that the...

Lower body positive pressure (LBPP) treadmill running is used more frequently in clinical and athletic settings. Accurate caloric expenditure is required for proper exercise prescription, especially for obese patients performing LBPP exercise. It is unclear if running on LBPP changes running economy (RE) in proportion to the changes in body weight. The purpose of the study was to measure the ox...

Objective(s): Oxidative stress and apoptosis are the major side effects of doxorubicin (DOX) and the advantages accruing fromexercise and some medicinal herbs in mitigation of these toxic side effects is well documented. But so far, the effects of exercise in combination with medicinal nanoparticles on oxidative stress and apoptosis signaling simultaneously, in liver tissue are unknown. Hence, ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the influence of caffeine supplementation on knee flexor and knee extensor strength before, during and after intermittent running exercise in female team-sport players taking oral contraceptive steroids (OCS). METHOD Ten healthy females (24 ± 4 years; 59.7 ± 3.5 kg; undertaking 2-6 training sessions per week) taking low-dose monophasic oral cont...

the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of endurance training on inflammatory markers of cardiovascular diseases in old men. for this purpose, 20 male subjects voluntarily participated in this study. subjects were randomly assigned to two groups: endurance training (age=66.60+3.77 years, weight=76.20+4.07 kg, bmi=25.60+1.78 kg/m2, bf=24.65+2.88%) and control group (age=64.50+4.06...

OBJECTIVES To assess whether a 12-week supervised exercise-programme with an additional 30 min of moderate self-imposed physical activity on the non-supervised weekdays prevents excessive weight gain in pregnancy, as well as postpartum weight retention. METHODS One hundred and five sedentary, nulliparous pregnant women with a mean age of 30.7 ± 4.0 years and a pre-pregnancy body mass index of...

In order to compare the metabolic responses to exercise in 2 similarly managed breeds of horses, 5 Arabian (AR) and 5 Thoroughbred (TB) horses, fed an identical diet with a similar diet and exercise training programme for the 2 preceding months, undertook 3 treadmill (3 degree incline) trials with a minimum of 7 days between tests: 1) an incremental test (MAX) for determination of aerobic capac...

OBJECTIVE To compare aerobic capacity of young and adult elite soccer players using appropriate scaling procedures. METHODS Twenty four male adult (mean (SD) age 24 (2) years, weight 75.7 (7.2) kg, VO2max 66.6 (5.2) ml/lbm/min, where lbm is lean body mass in kg) and 21 youth (14 (0.4) years, 60.2 (7.3) kg, 66.5 (5.9) ml/lbm/min) elite soccer players took part in the study. Allometric equation...