Background Despite increasing interest in investigating sedentary behaviour (SB) in the general population and in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there is little documentation of the subjective experiences of SB in patients with RA. This study aimed to examine how patients with RA describe their daily SB. Methods Fifteen patients with RA (10 women and 5 men) from 23 to 73 years of age ...

Using an RNase protection assay, globin mRNA species expressed in clones derived from Ba/F3 and B6SUtA cells transfected with the erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) and selected with erythropoietin (Epo) were compared with globin mRNA species induced in corresponding parental cells by sodium butyrate (SB) and trichostatin A (TSA). betaMajor/betaminor- and -1/-2-globin mRNAs were the major species, ...

Introduction: Subchondral bone (SB) micro-fracture due to high-impact loading is a key factor leading to post traumatic knee osteoarthritis [1]. The apparent-level impact mechanics of SB has been previously investigated using mechanical tests [2]. However, to investigate the osteochondral injuries, the tissue-level impact mechanics, especifically, the mechanical parameters associated with SB mi...

PURPOSE To determine the effects of ingesting caffeine (CAFF) and sodium bicarbonate (SB), taken individually and simultaneously, on 3-km cycling time-trial (TT) performance. METHOD Ten well-trained cyclists, age 24.2 ± 5.4 yr, participated in this acute-treatment, double-blind, crossover study that involved four 3-km cycling TTs performed on separate days. Before each TT, participants ingest...

This paper presents the mathematical framework involved in the determination of an upper bound of the maximum spread value of a D-dimensional Turbo-Code of frame size N. This bound is named Sphere Bound (SB). It is obtained using some simple properties of Euclidian space (sphere packing in a finite volume). The SB obtained for dimension 2 is equal to N. 2. This result has already been conjectur...