background: the present study was conducted to investigate the possible effects of l-carnitine and glutamine and their synergistic effects on male soccer athletes. methods: 28 male soccer players (21.1 ± 0.7 y) were enrolled in a randomized pre and post intervention, double-blind design. before the intervention, their performances were assessed by bruce protocol, and their body composition was ...

A performance slam is a competition among a xed set of performances whereby pairs of performances are judged by audience participants. When performances are recorded on electronic media, performance slams become amenable to audiences that watch online and judge asynchronously ( crowdsourced ). In order to better entertain the audience, we want to show the better performances ( exploitation ). I...

An experiment was conducted to determine the impact of pre-mating body condition score of gilts on performance of their litters. Eighteen (18), seven-month old Large White x Landrace crossbred gilts were selected and randomly assigned to three body condition scores; 1 (thin; <15mm backfat), 3 (normal; 15 to 18mm backfat) and 5 (fat; >18mm backfat) respectively. The gilts were mated and their pr...

HE mutagenic nature of ionizing radiations and the effects and heritability radiation-induced mutations are subjects of general, as well as academic, interest and concern. Populations exposed to radiation may experience a significant increase in incidence of mutations (above the natural mutation rate) which, i€ detrimental, will be eliminated at a rate consistent with the magnitude of the mutan...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the accuracy of prediction of birth weights from body weights of newborns till six days after birth. DESIGN Prospective follow-up. SETTING Four villages near Hyderabad. METHODS Weights of 47 newborns were recorded daily from the day of birth for seven days. The birth weights were regressed on the weights of the babies taken on the 2nd day to the 7th day. Specificity ...

To investigate the performance of bonding on the interface between ZChSnSb/Sn and steel body, the interfacial bonding energy on the interface of a ZChSnSb/Sn alloy layer and the steel body with or without Sn as an intermediate layer was calculated under the same loadcase using the molecular dynamics simulation software Materials Studio by ACCELRYS, and the interfacial bonding energy under diffe...