The researchers found that the amino acid mixture may have stimulated the athletes' pituitary glands, increasing secretions of certain stress-and sex-related hormones, including growth hormone. They believe the mixture of amino acids, or possibly a single amino acid, could be responsible for increases in cortisol and testosterone in the blood of the athletes.
Edwards Engineering. Valance heating/cooling is a totally hydronic (forced water) system that uses no fans of blowers to furnish heating/cooling comfort. Edwards valance units, installed near the ceiling, operate by convection and radiation to heat or cool individual rooms or entire buildings.
Heating Values of Natural Gas. The heating value of a substance is the energy released upon combustion of a substance at standard conditions. The heating value can be measured as energy released per unit mass, unit volume or unit mole of a substance. For mixtures, the heating value can be estimated as a weighted sum. The following table gives heating values of various hydrocarbons and some other gases in Btu/Scf (energy released per unit volume). BTU : British Thermal Unit for energy. SCF : Standard Cubic Feet of gas. (Standard conditions correspond to 1.013 bara and 200C{adinserter 2}.