BACKGROUND & AIMS Amino acid (AA) availability is critical to maintain protein homeostasis and reduced protein intake causes a decline in protein synthesis. Citrulline, an amino acid metabolite, has been reported to stimulate muscle protein synthesis in malnourished rats. METHODS To determine whether citrulline stimulates muscle protein synthesis in healthy adults while on a low-protein diet,...

OBJECTIVE To compare the calorie, fat, saturated fat, and sodium content of available children's meal combinations in leading restaurants with national recommendations. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Children's menu offerings and corresponding nutrition information were collected (May, 2014) from Web sites of the top 10 quick-service (QSR) and top 10 full-service (FSR) restaurant chains th...

Our objective was to determine the minimum enteral intake level necessary to increase the protein accretion rate (PAR) in the neonatal small intestine. Seven-day-old piglets received an equal total daily intake of an elemental diet, with different proportions given enterally (0, 10%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100%). After 7 days, piglets were infused intravenously with [(2)H(3)]leucine for 6 h, a...

Wool growth is derived directly from protein synthesis in the skin of sheep, and is affected by the nutritional status of the animals. The present experiment examined both protein synthesis in the skin and muscle and wool growth in Merino lambs differing in live weight, intake and dietary protein source. The experiment was a 2(3) factorial design: twenty-four 5-month-old lambs initially weighin...

BACKGROUND Decreased ability of muscles to respond to anabolic stimuli is part of the underlying mechanism for muscle loss with aging. Previous studies suggest that substantial amounts of essential amino acids (EAA), whey protein and leucine are beneficial for stimulation of acute muscle protein synthesis in older adults. However, these studies supplied only proteins, and no bolus studies have ...

Development of a planar biped robot is currently underway at Yeditepe University. The robot consists of lower extremities with a torso that are designed at anthropomorphic dimensions. This study describes the design and testing of a foot contact sensor for the biped robot. Dynamic stability of a biped robot is commonly measured by the zero moment point (ZMP) method. Experimentally, ZMP is measu...

We present a Tungsten thermo-opti using standard CMOS back-end fabrication p efficiency of 35.2mW/FSR was achieved on rin 10%-90% heating time of 2.8μs.

GPS telemetry markedly enhances the temporal and spatial resolution of animal location data, and recent advances in micro-GPS receivers permit their deployment on small mammals. One such technological advance, snapshot technology, allows for improved battery life by reducing the time to first fix via postponing recovery of satellite ephemeris (satellite location) data and processing of location...

BACKGROUND Rapeseed is an emerging and promising source of dietary protein for human nutrition and health. We previously found that rapeseed protein displayed atypical nutritional properties in humans, characterized by low bioavailability and a high postprandial biological value. The objective of the present study was to investigate the metabolic fate of rapeseed protein isolate (RPI) and its e...

Tang JE, Perco JG, Moore DR, Wilkinson SB, Phillips SM. Resistance training alters the response of fed state mixed muscle protein synthesis in young men. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 294: R172–R178, 2008. First published November 21, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00636.2007.—Ten healthy young men (21.0 1.5 yr, 1.79 0.1 m, 82.7 14.7 kg, means SD) participated in 8 wk of intense unilateral ...