Rapid component of excess post-exercise oxygen consumption of children of different weight status after playing active video games.

Background: Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) of children could indicate the potential of an exercise therapy to treat or prevent obesity. However, EPOC as a result of playing active video games (AVG) has been poorly investigated. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the rapid component of EPOC of children with healthy weight and overweight/obesity (according to their BMI percentile) after playing AVGs that feature predominately upper body (UB) and whole-body (WB) movement.

The impact of narratives and active video games on long-term moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: A randomized controlled trial protocol.

Background: Although physical activity (PA) has been shown in helping prevent and treat obesity, current PA interventions are still not effective in ameliorating the obesity epidemic. Additional forms of PA need to be investigated to improve PA engagement and outcomes. We hypothesize that pairing a narrative (i.

[Detection of enterovirus in cerebrospinal fluid by real-time nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.].

Background: Enterovirus is a common cause of aseptic meningitis, respiratory disease and nonspecific febrile illness. The conventional methods for laboratory diagnosis of enterovirus infections have been virus culture and serotyping by an immunofluorecent test. We studied a new and more rapid approach for enterovirus detection in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by real-time nested PCR.

Gene expression profiles during the activation of rat hepatic stellate cells evaluated by cDNA microarray.

Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are activated by producing potentially injurious connective tissue components during hepatic fibrosis, thereby exerting a pivotal action in the development of liver fibrogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in gene expression patterns during the activation of HSCs using complementary cDNA microarrays. HSCs were isolated from normal rat livers and cultured for 0 (3 h), 3, 5 and 7 d.