The first purpose of this study was to investigate whether a GLU+FRUC beverage would result in a higher exogenous CHO oxidation rate and a higher fluid availability during exercise in the heat compared with an isoenergetic GLU beverage. A second aim of the study was to examine whether ingestion of GLU at a rate of 1.5 g/min during exercise in the heat would lead to a reduced muscle glycogen oxi...

The first purpose of this study was to investigate whether a glucose (GLU)+fructose (FRUC) beverage would result in a higher exogenous carbohydrate (CHO) oxidation rate and a higher fluid availability during exercise in the heat compared with an isoenergetic GLU beverage. A second aim of the study was to examine whether ingestion of GLU at a rate of 1.5 g/min during exercise in the heat would l...

In this paper, we propose a fast motion estimation algorithm to be used for motion-compensated frame rate up conversion (FRUC). The FRUC techniques are used to enhance the visual quality of the low frame rate video on display. By using the motion vectors obtained from motion estimation process, the new frames can be interpolated. The motion estimation is the key part of the FRUC process but it ...

A hardware architecture for motion compensated, video frame rate up-conversion (MC-FRUC) applications is presented in this paper. The MC-FRUC architecture has been designed based on an advanced motion estimation (ME) and motion compensated frame interpolation (MCFI) algorithm to achieve interpolated frames with high level of quality. The proposed architecture is a flexible and highly parallel M...

Postheparin plasma hepatic lipase (HL) activity has been shown to correlate with features of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in humans. We examined HL postheparin plasma enzyme activity, hepatocyte mRNA, and protein mass in the insulin-resistant, fructose-fed Syrian golden hamster, and the response of the insulin-sensitizing peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonist ro...

Fructose-enriched diets cause salt-sensitive hypertension. Proximal tubules (PTs) reabsorb 70% of the water and salt filtered through the glomerulus. Angiotensin II (Ang II) regulates this process. Normally, dietary salt reduces Ang II allowing the kidney to excrete more salt, thereby preventing hypertension. We hypothesized that fructose-enriched diets enhance the ability of low concentrations...

We have solved the crystal structure of a predicted fructose-specific enzyme IIB(fruc) from Escherichia coli (EcEIIB(fruc)) involved in the phosphoenolpyruvate-carbohydrate phosphotransferase system transferring carbohydrates across the cytoplasmic membrane. EcEIIB(fruc) belongs to a sequence family with more than 5,000 sequence homologues with 25-99% amino-acid sequence identity. It reveals a ...

This paper presents a novel frame rate up-conversion (FRUC) framework using regulations matching criterion. Motion estimation is one of the key elements in FRUC, and the regularization matching criterion using the difference of Gaussians (DOG) is proposed to improve the motion estimation accuracy. The proposed FRUC framework has three steps. First, the initial motion vector field is calculated ...

Frame Rate Up Conversion (FRUC) is a technique that makes natural video playback possible by increasing the frame rates of video streams at the decoder side. Previous FRUC methods estimated the motions of the all blocks between nearby decoded frames to generate an interpolated frame, and hence, required a lot of computational resources. This paper proposes a new frame interpolation method that ...

The purpose of the present study was to examine whether combined ingestion of a large amount of fructose and glucose during cycling exercise would lead to exogenous carbohydrate oxidation rates >1 g/min. Eight trained cyclists (maximal O(2) consumption: 62 +/- 3 ml x kg(-1) x min(-1)) performed four exercise trials in random order. Each trial consisted of 120 min of cycling at 50% maximum power...