Endurance training increases fatty acid oxidation (FAO) and skeletal muscle oxidative capacity. However, the source of the additional fat and the mechanisms for increasing FAO capacity in muscle are not clear. We measured whole body and regional lipolytic activity and whole body and plasma FAO in six lean women during 90 min of bicycling exercise (50% pretraining peak O(2) consumption) before a...

Knowing the rate of evapotranspiration (ET) from surface water resources such as lakes and reservoirs is essential for the precise management of water balance. Ardestan city with hot and dry climate is in Isfahan province (center of Iran), so in this region, water is very important. In this study, monthly ET was determined by several methods and equations for Ardestan city from 1993-2006. Month...

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) maintains energy homeostasis by suppressing cellular ATP-consuming processes and activating catabolic, ATP-producing pathways such as fatty acid oxidation (FAO). The transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor δ (PPARδ) also affects fatty acid metabolism, stimulating the expression of genes involved in FAO. To question the interplay of AMP...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the need for the use of a foot abduction orthosis (FAO) in the treatment of idiopathic clubfeet using the Ponseti technique. Forty-four idiopathic clubfeet were treated with casting using the Ponseti method followed by FAO application. Compliance was defined as full-time FAO use for 3 months and part-time use subsequently. Noncompliance was failure to f...

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Polyamines (PAs) are low molecular weight metabolites involved in various physiological and developmental processes in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. The cellular PA level is regulated in part by the action of amine oxidases (AOs) including copper diamine oxidases (DAOs) and flavoprotein polyamine oxidases (PAOs). In this study, the isolation and characterization of flavin amine oxidases (FA...

FAO maintains endothelial permeability 3 Abbreviations: EC endothelial cell FAO fatty acid oxidation TCAc tricarboxylic acid cycle FA fatty acid iMAT integrative metabolic analysis tool GSMM genome-scale metabolic network model SILAC stable-isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture HUVEC human umbilical vein endothelial cells ECM extracellular matrix TEER trans-endothelial electrical re...

In this study, the performance of three empirical methods for estimating reference evapotranspiration (ET0): Makkink (Mak) and PriestleyeTaylor (PT) (radiation-based) and HargreaveseSamani (HARG) (temperature-based) were assessed in semi-arid regions. The values of ET0 derived using these three methods were compared to those estimated using the reference FAO PenmaneMonteith (FAO-PM) method unde...

223 Food Irradiation is a process in which food products are exposed to ionizing radiation in form of gamma radiation, X-rays and electron beams in controlled amount to destroy pathogenic microorganisms in order to increase its safety and shelf life (WHO, 1991). Irradiation as a food preservation technology has been studied in various parts of the world for more than five decades. Acceptance an...

15 Fatty acid oxidation (FAO) is essential for oocyte maturation in mice. The objective of this 16 experiment was to determine the effect of etomoxir (a FAO inhibitor; 100 μM), carnitine (1 17 mM), and palmitic acid (1 or 100 μM) during maturation on metabolism and gene expression of 18 the oocyte and cumulus cells, and subsequent embryo development in the mouse. Carnitine 19 significantly incr...