Opuntia ficus-indica juice supplementation: what role it plays on diurnal variation of short-term maximal exercise?

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of natural Opuntia ficus-indica juice (OFIJ) supplementation on anaerobic performance at two times of day. Twenty-two healthy male subjects (20.91 ± 1.22; 21.00 ± 0.84 years) divided into two groups: Experimental group (EG: n = 11) and a control group (CG: n = 11) performed two tests-sessions (30-s of Wingate test (i.e. Peak power (PP), Mean power (MP)), Sargent jump test (SJT), sprint 10 m), before and after natural OFIJ supplementation at 07:00 h and 17:00 h. T-test showed that the OFIJ has a potent antioxidant capacity for capturing free radicals following the 22-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH^●) test (p < 0.05). Likewise, the ANOVA revealed that anaerobic performances were significantly higher at 17:00 h compared to 07:00 h around the peak of the temperature (p < 0.05) in both EG and CG before supplementation. Moreover, OFIJ lead an improvement of performances with (+2.09% at 07:00 h vs.+9.36% 17:00 h) for PP, (+11.29% at 07:00 h vs.+11.77% 17:00 h) for MP, (+9.42% at 07:00 h vs.+7.63% 17:00 h) for SJT in EG. The RPE scores on response to the Wingate test decrease after OFIJ supplementation (p < 0.01). For the sprint values, a significant improvement was after OFIJ (?7.10% at 07:00 h vs. ?6.45% 17:00 h). However, no change was observed for CG after supplementation. In conclusion, the natural OFIJ supplementation for two weeks appears to ameliorate the performance upon two times of day with great improvement observed in the evening during short-term maximal exercise given the higher muscle damage, inflammatory, and oxidative responses at this time of day. Thus, it’s necessary that athletes, coaches, and medical staff consider the positive effects of Opuntia ficus-indica to improve anaerobic performance.     

The Median Test and Inhomogeneity of Slopes

By some examples it is shown that the median test is not robust against deviations from homogeneity of slopes. It is also shown that it is not conservative if this assumption does not hold true.     

抗菌整理织物的抗菌效力测试

本文对大连印染厂试产的X—Si—4有机硅等抗菌整理布进行了抗菌效力检测,显示对细菌具100％的抑菌率,而且有较强皮肤癣菌和污染性霉菌的效力,同时具耐紫外线照射,耐高温高压,耐洗涤等优良性能。试验均达预期效果,表明方法简易,重复性好,结果可信。本文并从菌种的选择,试验方法的配合使用,抗菌整理布的优良性能测试等诸方面进行了探讨。     

蛇腐皮病的病原特性及其防治方法的研究

目的：对广西驯养珍稀蛇类腐皮病病原菌的特性进行研究,并对疾病有效的防治措施进行探索。方法：对蛇类腐皮病的5种主要病原菌进行药敏感试验,小白鼠接种试验、本动物回归试验,常用消毒剂的体外杀菌试验,以及对蛇场采场的综合性防治措施。结果：药敏试验表明：除绿脓杆菌外,其它蛇类腐皮病病原菌均对头孢唑啉有高度的敏感,对丁胺卡那霉素,10株菌均有不同程度的敏感,小白鼠接种试验表明：接种后24h内,变形杆菌、绿脓杆菌和腐败假单胞杆菌对小白鼠致死率为100％（各为4／4）,雷极普鲁威登斯菌致死率为25％（1／4）,金黄色葡萄球菌致死率为0％（0／4）;本动物回归试验表明：5种主要病原菌在皮肤创口接种后20天内,均可诱发腐皮病,从皮肤化脓灶及尾血均分别分离到接种菌;常用消毒剂体外抑菌试验表明,百毒杀、来苏儿、新洁尔灭对10株细菌的杀菌率均在99．9％以上,特别是百毒杀低浓度下杀菌效果尤为明显;蛇场采取综合性防治措施后,蛇腐皮病发病率由20％减少到10％以下,死亡率由10％减少到5％以下。结论：本研究的结果证明,蛇腐皮病的主要病原是变形杆菌、绿脓杆菌、腐败假单胞菌、协极普鲁威登斯菌、金黄色葡萄球菌;5种病原菌的抗药性均比较强,仅对丁胺卡那霉素、头孢唑啉有广泛的敏感性,丁胺卡那霉素、头孢唑啉为治疗蛇腐皮病的首选药物。百毒杀、来苏儿、新洁尔可作为防治蛇腐皮病的消毒剂。此外还需要采用取综合性措施才能有效地控制蛇腐皮病的发生及危害。     

Tables for Testing the Equality of Two Proportions when Prior Information on their Common Value May be Available

In testing the equality of two proportions, one may define a rejection point T? such that if the test statistic T (in this paper, the ordinary Pearsonian chi-squared) exceeds T? then the hypothesis may safely be rejected, whatever the common value p of the two proportions may be; and similarly define an acceptance point A? such that if T ≦ T? then one may safely accept. These points may be refined if prior information is available, for example that p must lie in the central interval (c, 1 – c) or one of the extremal intervals (v, w) and (1 – w, 1 – v). Smallsample tables are provided both for the unrestricted case and for situations where one has such prior information.     

Statistical Measures of Instability in Crop Output

Some aspects of methodological issues relating to statistical measures of instability in crop output has been discussed. Several existing techniques for detection and measurement of instability have been reviewed and some additions and modifications suggested. The application of distribution-free tests has been indicated to test the significance of variability in the crop output over space and time. Various procedures have been explained by numerical data on crop output.     

现用梅毒血清试验临床应用价值评估

通过检测梅毒患者正规治疗前、后血清抗体变化,评价梅毒实验室各种血清学试验方法对梅毒的诊断和随访的临床意义.本文采用梅毒螺旋体(TP)暗视野显微镜检查、快速血浆反应素(RPR)试验、TP明胶凝集试验(TPPA)和TP-IgM酶联免疫吸附试验(TP-IgM ELISA)等方法对135例梅毒患者正规治疗前、后的血清进行检测....     

Wald Tests of Location for Symmetric Nonnormal Data

For nonnormal data we suggest a test of location based on a broader family of distributions than normality. Such a test will in a sense fall between the standard parametric and non parametric tests. We see that the Wald tests based on this family of distributions have some advantages over the score tests and that they perform well in comparison to standard parametric and nonparametric tests in a variety of situations. We also consider when and how to apply such tests in practice.     

A mathematical model of lateral flow bioreactions applied to sandwich assays

Lateral flow (LF) biodetectors facilitate low-cost, rapid identification of various analytes at the point of care. The LF cell consists of a porous membrane containing immobilized ligands at various locations. Through the action of capillary forces, samples and reporter particles are transported to the ligand sites. The LF membrane is then scanned or probed, and the concentration of reporter particles is measured. A mathematical model for sandwich assays is constructed and used to study the performance of the LF device under various operating conditions. The model provides insights into certain experimental observations including the reduction in the level of the detected signal at high target analyte concentrations. Furthermore, the model can be used to test rapidly and inexpensively various operating conditions, assist in the device's design, and optimize the performance of the LF device.