The aim of this study was to compare 2 different methodological assessments when analyzing the relationship between performance and heart-rate (HR) -derived indices (resting HR [RHR] and HR variability [HRV]) to evaluate positive adaptation to training. The relative change in estimated maximum aerobic speed (MAS) and 10-km-running performance was correlated to the relative change in RHR and the...

The Rat Island earthquake of February 4, 1965 (origin time 05h 01m 21.8s, h = 40 km), is one of the largest earthquakes recorded in recent years. On the basis of the radiation patterns and the amplitudes of the great circle Rayleigh and Love waves, the earthquake is found to have the following characteristics: fault plane dip, 18ø; fault plane dip direction, N19øE; rupture propagation direction...

Introduction: Gluten is a protein found in grains.  Research has shown that the gluten that is in grains of wheat, barley, rye, and oats (to a lesser degree) is toxic to many individuals.  While gluten is essential for the make-up of these 4 grains, our bodies do not need it. Is it healthful?  The protein in today’s wheat is poorly digested and can be harmful.  An estimated 95% of prepared fo...

The 17 December 2016 Solomon Islands earthquake (Mw 7.9) initiated ~103 km deep in the subducting Solomon Sea slab near the junction of the Solomon Islands and New Britain trenches. Most aftershocks are located near the Solomon Islands plate boundary megathrust west of Bougainville, where previous large interplate thrust faulting earthquakes occurred in 1995 (Mw 7.7) and 1971 (Mw 8.0). Teleseis...

Monkeys with lesions of perirhinal cortex (PR group) and monkeys with lesions of inferotemporal cortical area TE (TE group) were tested on a modified version of the delayed nonmatching to sample (DNMS) task that included very short delay intervals (0.5 sec) as well as longer delay intervals (1 min and 10 min). Lesions of the perirhinal cortex and lesions of area TE produced different patterns o...

We present maps of the topographic roughness of the northern circumpolar area of 30 Mercury at kilometer scales. The maps are derived from range profiles obtained by the 31 Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) instrument onboard the MErcury Surface, Space 32 ENvironment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission. As measures of 33 roughness, we used the interquartile range of profile curvature at ...

The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis bv. diacetylactis has a specific activity of 6.6 U/mg and a Km of 1 mM for pyruvate. The specific activities of E2 and E3 in the complex are 30 and 0.36 U/mg, respectively. The complex is very sensitive to NADH inhibition and consists of four subunits: E1 alpha (44 kDa), E1 beta (35 kDa), E2 (73 kDa), and E3 (60 kDa). The L....

The response of marine plankton to climate change is of critical importance to the oceanic food web and fish stocks. We use a 60-year ocean basin-wide data set comprising >148,000 samples to reveal huge differences in range changes associated with climate change across 35 plankton taxa. While the range of dinoflagellates and copepods tended to closely track the velocity of climate change (the r...

Light scattering measurements from a searchlight beam were carried out in New Mexico to determine the aerosol properties of the atmosphere. Although data were acquired to an altitude of about 70 km, the results show the aerosol attenuation parameters to be significant to about 35 km. The expression for the aerosol attenuation coefficient is derived based on the field geometry in conjunction wit...

To assess the thrombin specificity of tripeptide chromogenic substrates, we determined the Michaelis--Menten (Km), catalytic (kcat), and specificity (kcat/Km) constants for S-2238 (H-D-Phe-Pip-Arg-p-nitroanilide), Chromozym-TH (Tos-Gly-Pro-Arg-p-nitroanilide), and Spectrozyme-TH (H-D-hexahydrotyrosyl-Ala-Arg-p-nitroanilide) with high-purity thrombin preparations. Human and bovine alpha-thrombin...