... DiPietro L, Stachenfeld NS: The myth of thefemaleathletetriad Br J Sport Med 2006, 40:490-493 Loucks AB, Strachenfeld NS, DiPetro L: Thefemaleathlete triad: female athletes need to take special ... essential in the evaluation of theTriad [26] It is therefore important to stress that this study examined 'at risk' behaviour of theTriad rather than the occurrence of the disorders themselves ... = 011) Triad for athletes (neach component of (n = 32) Number2of cases in A = 59) and controlstheCFemale Athlete Figure Number of cases in each component of theFemaleAthleteTriad for athletes...
... approximatephysical longevity in the sense that thethe patternof senescence roughly approximates pattern of survival Indeed, if theories about the evolution of senescence are correct,then the are inextricablylinked ... OM)is the parameterset for the cdf describing the age-specific probabilityof litter production in young-agedanimals,and (4p, Op)and (4o, 0o) are the parametersets for the cdfs describing the age-specific ... prior to observation The consequence of this would depend on the rate of loss among age classes If loss is independent of age, then the general shape of the curve is correctbut the asymptote, m,...
... 117 SEVEN The Mature Female Brain 135 EPILOGUE The Future of theFemale Brain 159 vii C o n t e n ts APPENDIX ONE: TheFemale Brain and Hormone Therapy 165 APPENDIX T WO: TheFemale Brain and Postpartum ... in the hormonal flood to their brains on certain days left them feeling that the future looked bleak, and that they hated themselves and their lives These thoughts felt real and solid, and these ... TheFemale Brain is one of the most-talked-about books of the year “I’ve found I can change the conversation at any social gathering by mentioning Louann Brizendine’s book, The Female...
... 1988-2001, the size of the tumor has first been taken from the pathology report and then from radiology reports if there was no path or no size information on path If there was no size given on either ... (1) (The AJCC TNM schemes are the same as those published by the International Union Against Cancer.) The following were excluded from the analysis: male breast cancers, cases in which the breast ... The survival analysis was based on 5-year relative survival rates calculated by the life-table method The relative survival rate was used to estimate the effect of cancer on the survival of the...
... where the athletes’ attorneys contended that the Bromantan merely strengthened the athletes’ immune systems and helped them deal with the heat of summer in Atlanta The argument swayed the court ... like the abusing athlete s ace in the hole: the adjudication process Suppose an athlete wins an Olympic medal but then tests positive for a banned substance If the IOC decides to strip theathlete ... substances The spectrometer then weighs the fragments to identify the specific molecule they came from The instrument, known as a GCMS, is the workhorse technology that testers rely on to this day THEATHLETE S...
... ORIGIN OF THEFEMALE EXTERNAL GENITALIA The external genitalia are pericloacal in origin, with the genital tubercle becoming the mons pubis and clitoris The hymen represents the merge of the upper ... from the mesonephric CHAPTER THEFEMALE PATIENT 19 duct slightly cephalad to the cloaca to become the ureter and the metanephros or permanent kidney During the fifth through sixth weeks, the ureter ... GYNECOLOGY The development of thefemale urogenital system is well under way by the fourth week after implantation, following the sequence shown in Figures 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, and 1-4 The external female...
... assistance in editing the manuscript Authors’ contributions TH was responsible for the conception and design for the manuscript, the clinical work, the search for the literature, and the editing work ... doubt as to the adequacy of the excision, because the presence of a flap may prevent detection of the local recurrence In general, the reconstructive challenge in DFSP such as in the trunk, extremities, ... literature, and the editing work JK helped in the clinical work as well as the design for the manuscript SW edited the manuscript and helped on the clinical work CH provided overall supervision...
... anesthesia was performed under supervision of an attending anesthesiologist Fentanyl was the only analgesic to be used during surgery, with the final dose being given ≥30 before the end of the ... designed the study and provided statistical analysis; ESS coordinated the study and drafted the manuscripts References A possible explanation for these observations may be found in the details of the ... used to deliver another ml of solution between the internal oblique and transversus abdominis muscles The second component of the IINB was administered by injecting ml of the same solution after...
... also expressed in the sporophyte, the second class of genes are grouped for their enriched expression in the male (pollen) and female gametophyte, but not in the sporophyte The embryo sac enriched ... linked to the gene disruption either Although not conclusively shown, it is likely that these mutants carry a similar translocation and, therefore, we did not analyze them further These findings ... integration of the T-DNA through the ovule, and the chromosomes of thefemale gametophyte are the main target for T-DNA insertion [70] Based on our results from this study, and other independent...
... rates due to mobilization of the I-element These traits are not seen in thefemale progeny of the reciprocal cross (termed RSF) (Figure 1) To elucidate the nature of the maternally transmitted ... R ovarian libraries [5] In the RSF females, the number of I-specific piRNAs is just half that of their I mother as a result of ‘dilution’ of the inducer genome by the R genome lacking functional ... P-element in the subtelomeric region of the X chromosome The numbers in the rectangles beneath each cross are the P-element copy number per haploid genome The P-specific piRNA density across the P-element...
... other mother” (14) In my study of female bonding in the Caribbean, “othermothers” share the mothering responsibilities to nurture children They can be a female bridge between the biological mother ... as “othermothers” and help the biological mother to nurture children More often than not, grandmothers or aunts will play the mothering role to help the biological mother In the Caribbean, the ... primary identification with the mother, because the mother is the early caregiver (246) However, the mother identifies more with the daughter than with the son, which leads to the daughter’s dependency...
... women worked in the communications sector Twenty years later, though the number of men remained unchanged, the number of women rose to 550 000 A similar situation was seen in the wholesale and ... to 450 000 by 1995 The number of men grew only marginally from 425 000 to 480 000 over the same period In defence, the number of men declined from 225 000 to 200 000, while the number of women ... retail trade sector, where the number of women rose from about 550 000 in 1975 to almost 800 000 two decades later The number of men in this sector remained stable over the period, at around 700...
... In 85% of the operations, efforts were made to reduce the pain, although the question did not specify whether this was pain at the time of the operation or the period after In 83% of the operations ... farming and working in the household as their main occupation (Walraven et al 2001) There has been no active campaign against FGC at the community level in the study area The results described ... daughters were asked about the details of the operation for the most recently circumcised daughter After the interviews, the women's height and weight were measured and then a gynaecologist conducted...
... Interestingly, we found that gene changes in thefemale heart were abolished with the onset of obesity ⁄ type diabetes Together, these data suggest that murine female hearts, unlike male hearts, may ... glucose utilization) in the murine female heart Moreover, our data suggest that these changes occur in an Akt-independent manner Further studies are therefore required to identify the precise signaling ... The reaction of the luciferin ⁄ luciferase mixture, energy donor (ATP) and oxygen results in the emission of light The intensity of the bioluminescence was detected using a luminometer, and the...
... significantly to the generation of ROS On the other hand, metallic ion chelators, such as ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA), and transferrin can bind these metal cations, and thereby inhibit their ... by the enzyme GST The addition of H2O2 to this cascade can disrupt the complex and promote phosphorylation [52,53] The presence of ROS can also dissociate the ASK1–Trx complex by activating the ... thus impairing their capacity to fertilize [62] The contribution of OS to male infertility has been well documented and extensively studied On the other hand, the role of OS in female infertility...
... experts, the athletes themselves The book outlines potential dietetic and therapeutic strategies which may be employed to promote these aims Our aim is that if applied, the evidence will equip the ... strategies These are now strongly supported by the growth in the clinical research knowledge base of the effects of diabetes on the physiological response to exercise, on the effect of exercise on the ... training and racing In the early days of my diabetes, it was the consistency that had gone The main issue was not actually the controlling of the diabetes; it had more to with the refueling of my...
... nutrients from the mother to the fetus During the first months of pregnancy (first trimester), the major fetal organs are formed During the remainder of the pregnancy, these organs mature and the fetus ... in the mother’s blood, pass through the placenta, and reach the developing fetus Other hazardous agents can affect the overall health of the woman and reduce the delivery of nutrients to the ... produced by the brain and the pituitary gland Hormones are chemicals that are formed in the body and circulate in the blood These hormones regulate the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and the production...
... Infirmary, the Leeds Library, and the town’s first theatre between 1767 and 1771; in Sheffield the same period witnessed the opening of the Assembly Rooms and Theatre, the town library, and three new ... complained that the town was ‘completely dirty, and strewed with Nutshells from one end to the other, as if all the inhabitants had been eating them the whole day’.¹²⁷ Around the same period, ... seems more convincing in the nineteenth century the ‘locus classicus of class conflict’⁷—and it is only at the very end of the period described in this book that either the sort of associational...
... reactions with PNPA as the acetyl donor, the transacetylation of arylamine substrate (k4), rather than the acetylation of NAT2 (k2), is the rate-limiting step [27] Therefore, the kcat values for ... regression of the data resulted in the line with the slope bnuc = 0.6 0.1 and r2 = 0.93 for the ve substrates (C) Y190I Linear regression of the data resulted in the line with the slope bnuc ... between the Tyr hydroxyl group and the aspartyl carbonyl group (Table 1) Therefore, the modest decrease in the kcat values for transacetylation of PNPA PABA suggests that the role of the hydroxyl...