A software has been developed that is aimed at quantitative analysis of images acquired by isoelectric focusing and double blotting procedures used for recombinant erythropoietin doping control. It represents a unified and easy-to-use tool for Epo doping experts in WADA accredited laboratories. It is based on image segmentation philosophy that enables identification of individual bands whose ch...

a molecular imprinted polymer (mip) was computationally designed and synthesized for the selective extraction of metaproterenol (mtp), from human plasma. in this regards semi empirical mp3 and mechanical quantum (dft) calculations were used to find a suitable functional monomers. on the basis of computational and experimental results, acrylic acid (aa) and dmso:meoh (90:10 %v/v) were found to b...

Doping use is an ongoing problem in contemporary sports. Despite efforts to detect and control doping, research on its etiology is limited, especially among elite-level athletes. The present study used an integrated social cognition model to examine the predictors of doping intentions. Structured anonymous questionnaires were completed by 1075 Greek adult elite-level athletes (M age = 25 years,...

BACKGROUND Doping is a highly relevant problem in sport, even in adolescent athletes. Knowledge of the psychological factors that influence doping susceptibility in young elite athletes remains sparse. OBJECTIVES This study investigated the predictive potential of different health-psychological constructs and well-being on doping susceptibility. The main hypotheses to be tested were positive ...

nowadays, doping is an intricate dilemma for athletes. wrestling is the domestic, national and popular sport in iran. meanwhile, the prevalence of drug abuse in wrestling is high due to its power-demanding nature. so, we decided to evaluate the knowledge of club wrestlers of tehran about doping and their estimates of current prevalence in the country. in a cross sectional study, 426 wrestlers w...

We report on in situ doping of InAs nanowires grown by metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy without any catalyst particles. The effects of various dopant precursors (Si(2)H(6), H(2)S, DETe, CBr(4)) on the nanowire morphology and the axial and radial growth rates are investigated to select dopants that enable control of the conductivity in a broad range and that concomitantly lead to favorable nano...