Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
Pivot Concepts:   Target Concepts:
Query: UMLS:C0392674 (exhaustion)
 13,658 document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)

Taiwan's EPA has implemented a new guideline called the "Plastic Products Restriction Policy", prohibiting some industries to use plastics as packaging materials for the sake of sustainable use of resources. The significant effect resulting from this policy is the substitution of plastic products with paper products. Is this policy beneficial to achieve future sustainability? I attempt to analyze the resource choice between renewable resources and exhaustible resources for production of final products and services in case of exhaustion of natural resources. In this paper, I develop a framework to examine the dynamic responsiveness of a socio-economical system in facing a continual depletion of natural resources provided by an environmental system. In this framework, the status of an environmental system in terms of carrying capacity is affected by the cumulative impacts caused from human activities, including environmental pollution and resource exploitation. Conversely, it also affects the growth of renewable resources. This framework can serve as a guideline to construct indicators to measure the status of the environmental system and the socio-economical system in order to support a policy planner that formulates an appropriate environmental policy. Based on this framework, I also develop a mathematical model to determine the optimal ratio of resources choice between renewable resources and exhaustible resources.
 ...
PMID:Development of a framework for sustainable uses of resources: more paper and less plastics? 1638 Jan 63

Nutritional supplementation not only helps in improving and maintaining performance in sports and exercise, but also contributes in reducing exercise fatigue and in recovery from exhaustion. Fish oil contains large amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5 n-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6 n-3). It is widely known that omega-3 fatty acids are effective for improving cardiac function, depression, cognitive function, and blood as well as lowering blood pressure. In the relationship between omega-3 fatty acids and exercise performance, previous studies have been predicted improved endurance performance, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory responses, and effectivity against delayed-onset muscle soreness. However, the optimal dose, duration, and timing remain unclear. This review focuses on the effects of omega-3 fatty acid on muscle damage and function as evaluated by human and animal studies and summarizes its effects on muscle and nerve damage, and muscle mass and strength.
 ...
PMID:Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) and Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) in Muscle Damage and Function. 2971 Aug 35

The beneficial effects of nonpolar DHA/EPA in triacylglycerol (TG) and ethyl ester (EE) forms as well as terrestrial phospholipids on physical fatigue have been widely reported. However, the results involving the effects were inconsistent, and the reason might be that the differences in physical fatigue induced by aerobic and anaerobic exercises were usually ignored. In addition, it has been reported the significant improvement of DHA/EPA esterified to phospholipids (DHA/EPA-PLs) on many fields but not physical fatigue. Therefore, the effects of DHA/EPA-PLs on physical fatigue induced by aerobic and anaerobic exercises were evaluated and compared with those of l-carnitine and astaxanthin using swimming and running exhaustion tests in mice, respectively. The results indicated that DHA/EPA-PLs and l-carnitine have significant effects on the performance of aerobic exercise, while astaxanthin had remarkable effects on the performance of anaerobic exercise. The possible underlying mechanisms indicated that DHA/EPA-PLs significantly promoted the carbohydrate and lipid metabolism as well as the mitochondrial respiratory chain and tricarboxylic acid cycle in muscles. The study presented a potential novel candidate or targeted dietary patterns for alleviating physical fatigue.
 ...
PMID:A pilot study on the effects of DHA/EPA-enriched phospholipids on aerobic and anaerobic exercises in mice. 3197 32