The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of calorie restriction (CR) on free-living physical activity levels among humans. Data were from three CALERIE phase I site-specific protocols. Participants were nonobese (body mass index = 23.5-29.9 kg/m² adults randomly assigned to 25% CR, low-calorie diet (LCD, 890 kcal/day supplement diet until 15% weight loss, then weight maintenanc...

Flexible electrofluorochromic devices were prepared from two electrochromic and AEE-active (AEE: aggregation-enhanced emission) cyanoarylamine-containing high-performance polymers, exhibiting the highest contrast ratio (If/If0) of 151.9 at a low working potential.

ESTIMATING ENERGY EXPENDITURE and the metabolic response to physical activity are complex areas of research, manifested by the increasingly sophisticated instruments and methodologies being proposed in the literature. Wearable motion sensors, such as accelerometers, are the most widely studied tools to assess activity-related energy expenditure (AEE) by quantifying body movement. These two fund...

OBJECTIVE To investigate how a change in VO2max induced through 6 weeks of high intensity aerobic interval training affects daily total energy expenditure (TEE), active energy expenditure (AEE) and mitochondrial function in people not previously exposed to structured high intensity aerobic interval training (AIT). METHODS Thirty healthy males (39±6 yrs) not exposed to structured exercise trai...

Methods Twenty recreationally active women (Mean ± SD; age 24.6 ± 3.9 yrs; height 164.4 ± 6.6 cm; weight 62.7 ± 6.6 kg; %fat 28.2 ± 4.8 %) participated in this randomized crossover, double-blind study. After preliminary body composition and maximal strength testing, each participant completed six exercise sessions, consisting of three exercise modalities: aerobic endurance exercise (AEE; 30 min...

OBJECTIVE To investigate energy balance in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) as the possible cause of impaired growth and undernutrition. STUDY DESIGN Growth, resting (REE), total (TEE), and activity-related (AEE) energy expenditure and dietary intake were examined in 36 African American children with SCD (20 girls and 16 boys) and 30 control subjects (15 girls and 15 boys) of similar a...

To provide individually adapted nutritional support to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), objective and reliable methods must be used to assess patient energy requirements. The aim of this study was to validate the use of SenseWear Armband (SWA) and ActiHeart (AH) monitors for assessing total daily energy expenditure (TEE) and activity energy expenditure (AEE) and compa...

We determined whether activity energy expenditure (AEE, from doubly labeled water and indirect calorimetry) or physical activity [7-day physical activity recall (PAR)] was more related to adiposity and the validity of PAR estimated total energy expenditure (TEE(PAR)) in prepubertal and pubertal boys (n = 14 and 15) and girls (n = 13 and 18). AEE, but not physical activity hours, was inversely r...

PURPOSE To clone and characterize the mouse aldose reductase (AR) gene and evaluate the functional promoter under basal and hypertonic conditions in mouse lens epithelial cells. METHODS The mouse AR gene structure was determined by DNA sequencing, and its chromosomal localization was determined by fluorescent in situ hybridization. A luciferase reporter gene was utilized to assess promoter ac...

BACKGROUND Aspirin eugenol ester (AEE) is a promising drug candidate for treatment of inflammation, pain and fever and prevention of cardiovascular diseases with less side effects. The experiment will be conducted to investigate the efficacy of AEE on curing hyperlipidemia in Wistar rats. The rats were fed with high fat diet (HFD) for 8 weeks to induce hyperlipidemia. RESULTS Compared with th...