Purpose: The use of power meters allows the assessment of cycling performance according to the record power profile [1]. Some power meters allow the measurement of power output (PO) in the pedals such as Look Keo Power (Look, Cedex, France) [2] and Garmin Vector (Olathe, USA) [3]. However, the results about these two systems [2, 3] should be treated with some caution given the presence of mean ...

The myelin Po protein is believed to hold myelin together via interactions of both its extracellular and cytoplasmic domains. We have already shown that the extracellular domains of Po can interact in a homophilic manner (Filbin, M.T., F.S. Walsh, B.D. Trapp, J.A. Pizzey, and G.I. Tennekoon. 1990. Nature (Lond.). 344:871-872). In addition, we have shown that for this homophilic adhesion to take...

The effects of intravenous infusion of vasopressin on the circulation of the fetus were studied in lambs in utero with chronically maintained intravascular catheters. Vasopressin infused in doses of 0.91-2.26 mU/min per kg fetal weight resulted in plasma levels of arginine vasopressin of 6.836.4 /iU/ml; these levels are similar to those achieved during fetal hypoxia. Petal mean arterial blood p...

The maximal accumulated oxygen deficit (MAOD) method has been extensively, but unfortunately not very methodically, used; the procedure used to determine the MAOD varies considerably. Therefore, this review evaluates the effect of different numbers and durations of submaximal exercise bouts on the linear power output (PO)-oxygen uptake ((.)VO2) relationship and thus the MAOD. Changing the numbe...

T he ventilatory responses to hypoxia and to hyper-capnia can be depressed, and resting levels of PaCO, and PaO, may be significantly abnormal in the presence of minimal lung disease.' It has been suggested that the chemical drive to respiration has adapted, but using the ventilatory response to measure chemosensitivity or the "chemical drive" is complicated by the negative effect on ventilatio...

background cisplatin is an effective antineoplastic drug used extensively in the treatment of malignancies. it induces painful peripheral neuropathy at high doses. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of carbamazepine (cbz) on cisplatin-induced peripheral neuropathic pain by using the tail-flick test. materials and methods the study was performed using male wistar rats...

This paper analyzes relationships among money, barter, and inflation in Russia during the transition period. Following the development of a theoretical framework that introduces barter into a standard macroeconomic model for a small, open economy, we estimate the model using structural cointegration and vector error-correction methods. Our findings suggest that Russian barter resulted partly fr...

Y-shape formation increased the immunostimulatory activity of phosphodiester (PO) oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) containing CpG motif. In this study, PO CpG ODN or CpG ODN containing nuclease-resistant phosphorothioate (PS) linkages, i.e., PS CpG ODN or PO CpG ODN with three PS linkages at the both ends (PS3), was mixed with two PO- or PS ODNs to prepare Y-shaped DNA (Y-DNA) containing a potent C...