We analyzed human postural responses to muscle vibration applied at four different frequencies to lower leg muscles, the lateral gastrocnemius (GA) or tibialis anterior (TA) muscles. The muscle vibrations induced changes in postural orientation characterized by the center of pressure (CoP) on the force platform surface on which the subjects were standing. Unilateral vibratory stimulation of TA induced body leaning forward and in the direction of the stimulated leg. Unilateral vibration of GA muscles induced body tilting backwards and in the opposite direction of the stimulated leg. The time course of postural responses was similar and started within 1 s after the onset of vibration by a gradual body tilt. When a new slope of the body position was reached, oscillations of body alignment occurred. When the vibrations were discontinued, this was followed by rapid recovery of the initial body position. The relationship between the magnitude of the postural response and frequency of vibration differed between TA and GA. While the magnitude of postural responses to TA vibration increased approximately linearly in the 60-100 Hz range of vibration frequency, the magnitude of response to GA vibration increased linearly only at lower frequencies of 40-60 Hz. The direction of body tilt induced by muscle vibration did not depend on the vibration frequency., A. Polónyová, F. Hlavačka., and Obsahuje bibliografii
This is the title of a lecture by Professor Jaroslav Panek, Vice President of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, to be delivered during International Conference Humanities and the Contemporary World. The symposium was hosted by the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts and was held from 7 to 9 June, 2012 at Podgorica, Montenegro. and Jaroslav Pánek.
Chemical composition and structure of humic acids isolated from Cambisols forming on gneiss and amphibolite were studied. Cambisols differ in pH, cation exchange ca pacity, mineralogy composition, organic carbon input, plant residue and type of management. 13 C NMR and FTIR spectroscopy were used to show the main differences in humic substances quality. Humic acids isolated from soils developed on gneiss and amphibolite had wide variety of functional groups and different content of aromatic and aliphatic groups. Humic acids (HA) in arable soils contained more aromatic compounds and carbon in their molecule to compare with HA isolated from grassland. Forming of higher stability aggregates was connected with higher content of aliphatic groups in HA isolated from the grassland. Generally, humic acids in Cambisols represent young humic acids, with lower carbon content and high tendency to oxidation pr ocesses. Their chemical activity was mainly influenced by chemical composition and functional groups content., Ľubica Pospíšilová, Anna Žigová, Martin Šťastný and Tibor Liptaj., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy
We analyzed the immune response to gliadin in suckling rats and rats hand-fed with an artificial milk formula, an animal model of gluten enteropathy. Animals of both groups were intragastrically given either gliadin or albumin (control animals) or gliadin from birth till day 55. When compared to the controls, spleen lymphocytes from both groups of gliadin-treated rats cultivated in vitro exhibited a significant increase of spontaneous 3H-thymidine incorporation. Moreover, the proliferation of spleen and mesenteric lymph node (MLN) lymhocytes from both groups of gliadin-treated suckling and hand-fed rats was specifically increased by the in vitro gliadin challenge. Spleen B cells from gliadin-treated rats spontaneously produced higher amounts of gliadin-specific antibodies than those from the controls, however, in vitro stimulation by gliadin caused no further increase in antibody production. Apoptotic DNA fragmentation in MLN cells was higher in gliadin-treated rats than in albumin-treated ones, independently of the milk diet during the suckling period., H. Kozáková, R. Štěpánková, L. Tučková, M. Šinkora, L. Jelínková, H. Tlaskalová-Hogenová., and Obsahuje bibliografii