The aim of the study was to determine the profile of isokinetic strength of elite young soccer players (n = 12, mean age 17.5 ± 1.5 years). Assessment was performed on the isokinetic dynamometer. We evaluated: maximum peak muscle torque of knee extensors (PTE) and flexors (PTF) in both legs, ipsilateral ratio of muscle torque for both preferred and non-preferred extremities (H:QP and H:QN, resp...

Resistance to insecticides has become a critical issue in pest management and it is particularly chronic in the control of human disease vectors. The gravity of this situation is being exacerbated since there has not been a new insecticide class produced for over twenty years. Reasoned strategies have been developed to limit resistance spread but have proven difficult to implement in the field....

STUDY OBJECTIVES Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with major inflammatory triggers that cause marked activation of the microcirculation. This inflammatory response is associated with significant organ dysfunction. How this response causes organ dysfunction is not well understood; consequently, few interventions exist to prevent or treat it. In other acute inflamma...

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary emphysema causes several electrocardiogram changes, and one of the most common and well known is on the frontal P-wave axis. P-axis verticalization (P-axis > 60°) serves as a quasidiagnostic indicator of emphysema. The correlation of P-axis verticalization with the radiological severity of emphysema and severity of chronic obstructive lung function have been previously in...

Ascertaining sustainable endogenous nutrients for long-term healthy skin from the nutritional perspective of changing consumers, is an interesting method to prevent photoaging symptoms which are main cause aging. This narrative literature review aims focus on potential phytoene (PT) and phytofluene (PTF) engage in biological actions with photoprotection, dietary intervention, nutrition, stabili...

Ranges or “classes” of probable saturated hydraulic conductivity values (Ksat) are listed for all soil series in USDA-NRCS Soil Survey reports. Listed not measured, but rather estimated from other properties using a pedotransfer function (PTF). To validate the PTF, we compared Ksat classes with measured various horizons nine major Puerto Rico. For each horizon, minimum 9 and usually 16 measurem...

Both ESPGHAN (2010) and AAP (2012), stated that “all preterm infants should receive human milk” for the many short-term and long termbenefits [1,2]. All kinds of breast milk (fresh by own mother or pastourized by donor) for preterm should be fortified, to gain the recommended requirements. In case of its absence the only alternative is represented by the formulas for preterm infants (PTF). It i...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS 1) To test whether alteration of the vocal fold medial surface contour can improve phonation and 2) to demonstrate that implant material properties affect vibration even when implantation is deep to the vocal fold lamina propria. STUDY DESIGN Induced phonation of excised human larynges. METHODS Thirteen larynges were harvested within 24 hours postmortem. Phonation thre...

Objective. To investigate the absorption property of the representative hydrolyzable tannin, namely corilagin, and its hydrolysates gallic acid (GA) and ellagic acid (EA) from the Fructus Phyllanthi tannin fraction (PTF) in vitro. Methods. Caco-2 cells monolayer model was established. Influences of PTF on Caco-2 cells viability were detected with MTT assay. The transport across monolayers was e...