The purpose of this study was to compare the thermoregulatory responses during exercise in the morning rise (0900 h) and evening fall phases (2000 h) in circadian variation of body temperature. Five healthy volunteers performed bicycle exercises at 30% and 60% of maximal aerobic power (VO2max) at 26 degrees C with a relative humidity of 50%. Whole-body sweat rate (SR), rectal (Tre), mean skin (...

This paper studies the security offered by E2 against truncated differential attack. At FSE’99, Matsui and Tokita presented a paper on this. They showed a possible attack on an 8round variant of E2 without IT and FT -Functions. To check their results and confirm that the full E2 is secure against this type of cryptanalysis, we developed a search algorithm to find all byte characteristics that l...

To assess whether the circadian rhythm of melatonin (MT) described in umbilical cord blood of term babies is due to an active pineal in the newborn, we analyzed 119 normal neonates during the first 72 h of life. Plasma MT was measured by RIA in different neonates at different hours of the day. Statistical analysis consisted of comparison of the means of MT values grouped in two time periods of ...

Menstrual irregularity is a common complaint at presentation in women with Cushing's syndrome, although the etiology has been little studied. We have assessed 45 female patients (median age, 32 yr; range, 16-41 yr) with newly diagnosed pituitary-dependent Cushing's syndrome. Patients were subdivided into 4 groups according to the duration of their menstrual cycle: normal cycles (NC; 26-30 days)...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the kynurenine and methoxyindole metabolic pathways of tryptophan in order to identify changes in premature neonates and in neonates suffering from fetal distress. METHODS One hundred and twelve neonates were assigned to three groups: normal neonates (control group), preterm neonates (neonates born before the 37th gestational week) and neonates suffering from fetal distre...

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that the variation of intraocular pressure (IOP) during the day follows the diurnal variation of serum cortisol. There is also a higher risk of ocular hypertension and glaucoma in patients taking excessive oral steroid treatment. We assessed whether different replacement doses of hydrocortisone (HC) influenced IOP. METHODS Seventeen patients (six Addison's dis...

Depmtment of Plant Pathology, Ohio Af51icultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, Ohio 44691 ; School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0900; Com and Soybean Virns Unit, USDA-ARS, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, Ohio 44691 ; and Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Mmyland, C...