Indirect protocols for determination of cardiorespiratory fitness in terms of VO2max have been developed to avoid the complicated experimental protocol of direct VO2max estimation especially in clinical setting. 20-meter multi stage shuttle run test (SRT) is one of such indirect protocols developed in Western population. Eighty eight (88) sedentary young healthy female university students (Age ...

Spectral entropy, which was generated by applying the Shannon entropy concept to the power distribution of the Fourier-transformed electroencephalograph (EEG), was utilized to measure the uniformity of power spectral density underlying EEG when subjects performed the working memory tasks twice, i.e., before and after training. According to Signed Residual Time (SRT) scores based on response spe...

There is no unambiguous report so far on whether short reinforcing training could establish stable spatial long-term memory and how the NMDA/NR1 expression in the hippocampal formation changes after establishment of short- and long-term memory. In the present study, three spatial memory training modes of Morris water maze were used: spatial long-term memory training mode (LT group), spatial sho...

Simple reaction time (SRT) in response to visual stimuli can be influenced by many stimulus features. The speed and accuracy with which observers respond to a visual stimulus may be improved by prior knowledge about the stimulus location, which can be obtained by manipulating the spatial probability of the stimulus. However, when higher spatial probability is achieved by holding constant the st...

Smaller Ca2+ transients and systolic dysfunction in heart failure (HF) can be largely explained by reduced total sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ content ([Ca]SRT). However, it is unknown whether low [Ca]SRT is manifest as reduced: (1) intra-SR free [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]SR), (2) intra-SR Ca2+ buffering, or (3) SR volume (as percentage of cell volume). Here we assess these possibilities in a well-chara...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In men with adverse pathology at the time of radical prostatectomy (RP), the most appropriate timing to administer radiotherapy (RT) remains a subject for debate. To determine whether salvage radiotherapy (SRT) upon early prostate-specific antigen (PSA) relapse is equivalent to immediate adjuvant radiotherapy (ART) post RP. MATERIAL AND METHODS 130 patients receiving AR...

There is a need to develop and refine psychosocial interventions improve functioning in First Episode Psychosis (FEP). Social cognition neurocognition are closely linked psychosis; examinations of pre- post- intervention may provide insights into the mechanisms these interventions, identify which individuals most likely benefit. Cognition was assessed within multi-site trial Recovery Therapy (S...

background: the interaction between serum neuron-specific enolase (nse), biogenic amino-acids and neurobehavioral function with blood lead levels in workers exposed to lead form lead-acid battery manufacturing process was not studied. objective: to evaluate serum nse and biogenic amino-acids (dopamine and serotonin) levels, and neurobehavioral performance among workers exposed to lead from lead...

Abstract Biological wastewater treatment is linked to direct and indirect greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions, thus new approaches on design operation of plants (WWTPs) must be adopted aiming towards GHGs emissions’ mitigation. This study evaluates the impact solids retention time (SRT) (CO 2 N O) emissions activated sludge (AS) processes with nutrients removal operating at 10, 30 180 days SRT. T...