This study was conducted to determine the effects of argon plasma on the growth of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] sprouts and investigate the regulation mechanism of energy metabolism. The germination and growth characteristics were modified by argon plasma at different potentials and exposure durations. Upon investigation, plasma treatment at 22.1 kV for 12 s maximized the germination and se...

Ground reaction force (GRF) parameters have been used to predict tibial shock in rearfoot strike patterns (Hennig & Lafortune, 1991). However, forefoot strike (FFS) runners have significantly different GRF parameters when compared to rearfoot strike (RFS) runners (Williams, D.S., et al., in press). A typical FFS running pattern results in significantly lower vertical GRF loading rates (ZLR) and...

Materials and methods Seventeen subjects with flat feet and 17 normal subjects completed the test. Three vertical GRF measures (F1; the first peak force, F2; minimum force; and F3; the second peak force) were extracted before and after a functional fatigue protocol. To check the homogeneity of the velocity among conditions, the average velocity of the anteroposterior center of pressure (COPy) e...

Gelatin-resorcin-formalin (GRF) glue was developed by Braunwald and Tatooles in 1964. Initially, it was mainly used as a hemostatic agent by gastrointestinal surgeons and urologists. In 1977, Bachet et al. used GRF glue as an adhesive and hemostatic material for aortic surgery and reported that it was very useful. The use of GRF glue dramatically improved the outcomes of surgery for Stanford ty...

In rodents, the Ras-specific guanine-nucleotide exchange factor (Ras-GRF) is expressed in different areas of the brain and, at a reduced level, also in the spinal cord. No expression of the 140 kDa Ras-GRF was detected in dorsal root ganglia and all other tissues tested. Analysis of primary cultures derived from brain reveals that this exchange factor is only present in neurons of the central n...

A case is presented of 14 year old female with hypothalamic obesity due to hydrocephalus caused by aqueductal stenosis. Evidence of hypothalamic obesity included 1) acute hyperphagia and weight gain, 2) neuroradiology showed hydrocephalus with focal enlargement of the third ventricle, 3) endocrinological studies revealed hyperinsulinaemia and impaired growth hormone (GH) response to arginine, b...

Recent literature supports the importance of horizontal ground reaction force (GRF) production for sprint acceleration performance. Modeling and clinical studies have shown that the hip extensors are very likely contributors to sprint acceleration performance. We experimentally tested the role of the hip extensors in horizontal GRF production during short, maximal, treadmill sprint acceleration...