The purpose of this study was to follow-up the variation of pro-/antioxidant status throughout a whole season in elite professional soccer players from the French league (n=19, 18.3±0.6 years) and to examine a possible link between these variations and training load. 5 time points (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) were proposed to surround crucial periods of training during the whole season: the pre-season ...

Zinc (Zn) deficiency caused by inadequate dietary intake is a global nutritional problem, particularly in developing countries. Therefore, zinc biofortification of wheat and other cereal crops is being urgently addressed and highly prioritized as a research topic. A field study was planned to evaluate the influence of zinc application on grain yield, grain zinc content, and grain phytic acid co...

OBJECTIVE A longitudinal comparison of adolescent girls with and without spina bifida (SB), regarding the effects of early pubertal timing on girls' depressive symptoms, mother-daughter conflict, and emotional distancing. METHODS 62 mother-daughter dyads (31 with SB and 31 without) reported on psychosocial outcomes at 5 time points (ages 8/9 to 16/17 years). RESULTS A pubertal timing × SB s...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate treatment results and long-term stability of anterior open bite malocclusion and to identify predictive factors for both treatment results and their stability. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING AND SAMPLE POPULATION The Department of Orthodontics and Oral Biology at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands. Fifty-two patients with an anterior ...

The ground cover produced by green manures has a direct influence on weed suppression and, in addition, the biomass these same plants influences crop growth. This study was carried out to compare effect of manure species incidence weeds, sequence, order evaluate effects use productive characteristics maize plants. A completely randomised experimental design used, with 11 treatments and 4 replic...

BACKGROUND Several animal studies support the contention that thoracic spinal cord stimulation (SCS) might decrease arterial blood pressure. OBJECTIVE To determine if electrical stimulation of the dorsal spinal cord in humans will lower mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR). DESIGN Case Series METHODS Ten normotensive subjects that were clinically indicated for SCS testing were...

An experiment has been conducted to know the efficiency of some promising pyrethroids and bio-rational insecticides for controlling major sucking pests country beans under field conditions during winter season September 2020 – March 2021. The different treatments were Cypermethrin 10 EC (T1), Lambda-Cyhalothrin 2.5 (T2), Emamectin benzoate 5 SG (T3), Abamectin 1.8 (T4), Spinosad 45 SC (T5), unt...

INTRODUCTION: Vertebral rotation is an important component of scoliosis. Whereas the typical curves and their associated rotation in AIS have been well described, little is known of possible patterns of rotation in the normal, non-scoliotic spine. Rotation in the normal spine is relevant to the curve patterns seen in AIS. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a pre-existent pat...

We studied the effects of five thinning treatments (T1 = 5.5, T2 = 11, T3 = 16.5, T4 = 22.5 and T5 = 28.5 m(2) ha(-1) basal area under bark) x two fertilizer treatments (F0 = unfertilized and F1 = fertilized with 400 kg ha(-1) N plus 229 kg ha(-1) P) on growth and water relations of pole-sized Eucalyptus marginata J. Donn ex Sm. trees growing in southwestern Australia. Thinning reduced leaf are...