1 Centro Nacional Patagónico (CONICET), Boulevard Brown 2825, (9120) Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina. 2 Rufford Small Grants Foundation. Fifth Floor, Babmaes House, 2 Babmaes Street London SW1Y 6RF, United Kingdom. 3 Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York, New York 10460, U.S.A. 4 University of Washington, Department of Biology, Box 351800, Seattle WA 981951800...

Background: Electroretinography (ERG) is known as a diagnostic test for evaluating the performance of different layers of the retina. Its normal values maybe different in different populations. Objectives: Determining the normal values of ERG parameters in patients presenting to an ophthalmologic center in Guilan in northern Iran. Materials and Methods: Fifty-five people presenting to a teach...

The general working hypothesis of this study was that muscle fatigue and force recovery depend on passive and active fluxes of Na(+) and K(+). This is tested by examining the time-course of excitation-induced fluxes of Na(+) and K(+) during 5-300 sec of 10-60 Hz continuous electrical stimulation in rat extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles in vitro and in vivo using (22)Na and flame photometr...

The aim of present study was to investigate the sedentary healthy men’s ultra-short heart rate variability (HRV) during Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT) (30-sec) and parasympathetic reactivation in first 60-sec after WAnT. final sample comprised 101 individuals (Mean±SD; Age=28.9±4.8 years, Height=176.5±5.5 cm, Weight=89.8±8.8 kg). powers were measured by Heart then recorded as before test for 30-...

C. Bosco, R. Colli, E. Introini, M. Cardinale, O. Tsarpela, A. Madella, J. Tihanyi and A. Viru University of Rome ± Tor Vergata, Fondazione `Don Gnocchi', Rome, Italy Department of Biology of Physical Activity, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Department of Biomechanics, Hungarian University of Physical Education, Budapest, Hungary Research and Study Center, Italian Cycling Federation Research ...

This study is aimed to perform and compare maximal concentric isokinetic trunk extension and flexion torques and powers between high-level athletes and a control population. In addition, the ratio of isokinetic trunk extension and flexion torques was measured, and compared between groups. Eighteen high-level male athletes and 15 male nonathletes without low back pain were recruited. Subjects pe...

Listeria monocytogenes can be found throughout the environment and in many foods. It is associated primarily with meat and animal products. Listeria monocytogenes has become increasingly important as a food-borne pathogen. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of microwave (MW) treatment of chicken meat samples which were inoculated with L. monocytogenes. D...

Optokinetic afternystagmus, or OKAN, was investigated in 147 normal subjects (69 males and 78 females aged 20-78) for the purpose of obtaining the normal duration range and total number of beats in OKAN of the 1st phase. OKAN was recorded nystagmographically with the eyes open in darkness immediately after the sudden cessation of horizontal optokinetic stimulation with a constant speed of 60 de...

1 Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 413 19 Gothenburg, Sweden 2 Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 3 Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Center, Gothenburg, Sweden 4 CONICET, Centro Nacional Patagonico, Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, 9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina. 5 Facultad de Ciencias Natural...