I. Force transducers designed for chronic implantation were placed on the individual tendons of the medial gastrocnemius (MG) and soleus (SOL) muscles in the same hindlimb of adult cats. Electromyographic (EMG) and kinesiological data were also recorded. Force, EMG, and movement data obtained from intact, freely moving cats illustrate the division of labor between the mixed MG and its slow-twit...

This study investigated the effects of voluntary wheel running on the myosin heavy chain (MHC) composition of the soleus (Sol) and plantaris muscles (Pla) in rats developing under hypobaric choronic hypoxia (CH) conditions during 4 wk in comparison with those of control rats maintained under local barometric pressure conditions (C) or rats pair-fed an equivalent quantity of food to that consume...

We hypothesized that a shift in muscle fiber type induced by clenbuterol would change monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) content and activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and isoform pattern and shift myosin heavy chain (MHC) pattern in soleus (Sol) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) of male rats. In the clenbuterol-administered rats (2.0 mg x kg(-1) x day(-1) subcutaneously for 4 wk), the...

BACKGROUND Women with thermal discomfort from cold extremities (hands and feet; TDCE) often suffer from prolonged sleep onset latency (SOL). Suppressed anger could contribute to the genesis of both TDCE and prolonged SOL. The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis whether stereotypic feminine gender socialization (SFGS) is related to anger suppression (experienced anger inwards, Anger-In),...

Controlled nuclear fusion is the most promising candidate for being an inexhaustible, clean and intrinsically safe energy source. Research in the last 60 years has focused on the fusion reactor concept called tokamak, in which a high temperature plasma is confined using magnetic fields, producing fusion reactions. Because of turbulence, the confined plasma diffuses to the outermost region of th...

Novel copolymers containing both anionic and cationic pH-sensitive moieties were reported. These amphoteric copolymers exhibited special closed-loop reversible sol-gel-sol phase transitions in response to both pH and temperature.

Le sol est un écosystème complexe et précieux, qu’il faut veiller à économiser, préserver valoriser. Or, notre activité de concepteur, paysagiste d’architecte, témoigne d’une vraie difficulté, pour les différents acteurs la fabrique ville des territoires, faire du une préoccupation fondamentale. Cet article s’appuie sur pratique projets d’urbanisme paysage aux côtés maîtrises d’ouvrage publique...

Sunn hemp (SH), Crotolaria juncea, is known to suppress Rotylenchulus reniformis and weeds while enhancing free-living nematodes involved in nutrient cycling. Field trials were conducted in 2009 (Trial I) and 2010 (Trial II) to examine if SH cover cropping could suppress R. reniformis and weeds while enhancing free-living nematodes if integrated with soil solarization (SOL). Cover cropping of S...

A conductometric urea biosensor based on sol–gel-immobilized urease on a screen-printed inter-digitated array (IDA) electrode has been developed. The screen-printed thick-film IDA electrode has proven to be an excellent conductometric transducer in which the admittance signal was dominated by the conductance signal and the resulting dynamic range was wide enough to be employed for the construct...

NADPH oxidases (NOX) are important sources of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in skeletal muscle, being involved in excitation-contraction coupling. Thus, we aimed to investigate if NOX activity and expression in skeletal muscle are fiber type specific and the possible contribution of this difference to cellular oxidative stress. Oxygen consumption rate, NOX activity and mRNA levels, and the acti...