Atlas of pacific sand lance (Ammodytes personatus) benthic habitat - Application of multibeam acoustics and directed sampling to identify viable subtidal substrates.

Defining and delineating species distribution and habitat is critical to informed management and conservation. This process is complicated in marine environments, where detection of marine taxa and characterization of marine habitat is more difficult. Small pelagic fishes and forage fishes are particularly challenging, though insights may be more accessible in species highly dependent on particular habitat.

Effect of Microwaves on the Rapid Curing of Metakaolin- and Aluminum Orthophosphate-Based Geopolymers.

This paper deals with the influence of microwaves on the hardening and curing of geopolymer binders synthesized from metakaolin or aluminum orthophosphate with sodium silicate solution as the activator. Pure geopolymer pastes as well as geopolymer mortars were considered. The variable parameters were the modulus of the sodium silicate solutions (molar ratio of SiO to NaO: 1.

Flavor of fava bean (Vicia faba L.) ingredients: Effect of processing and application conditions on odor-perception and headspace volatile chemistry.

Application of plant-based sources for food, e.g. fava bean, is challenged by consumer acceptance.

Two Statistical Tools for Assessing Functionality and Protein Characteristics of Different Fava Bean ( L.) Ingredients.

Fava bean ( L.) is a promising source of proteins that can be potentially used as nutritional and/or functional agents for industrial food applications. Fava ingredients are industrially produced, modified, and utilized for food applications.

Fava bean (Vicia faba L.) for food applications: From seed to ingredient processing and its effect on functional properties, antinutritional factors, flavor, and color.

The food industry, along with the consumers, is interested in plant-based diet because of its health benefits and environmental sustainability. Vicia faba L. (V.

The vitamin D receptor and the etiology of RANTES/CCL-expressive fatty-degenerative osteolysis of the jawbone: an interface between osteoimmunology and bone metabolism.

Background: Recent research on vitamin D indicates that our current understanding of the factors leading to chronic inflammation should be revised. One of the key mechanisms by which microbial immunosuppression occurs is the suppression of one of the most common endogenous cell nucleus receptors: the vitamin D receptor (VDR). Autoimmune diseases may be correlated with VDR deactivation (VDR-deac) which occurs when the receptor is no longer able to transcribe antimicrobial agents.

High orange juice consumption with or in-between three meals a day differently affects energy balance in healthy subjects.

Sugar-containing beverages like orange juice can be a risk factor for obesity and type 2 diabetes although the underlying mechanisms are less clear. We aimed to investigate if intake of orange juice with or in-between meals differently affects energy balance or metabolic risk. Twenty-six healthy adults (24.

High intake of orange juice and cola differently affects metabolic risk in healthy subjects.

Background: Higher consumption of sugar-containing beverages has been associated with an elevated risk of type 2 diabetes and gout. Whether this equally applies to cola with an unhealthy image and orange juice (OJ) having a healthy image remains unknown.

Methods: In order to investigate whether OJ and cola differently affect metabolic risk 26 healthy adults (24.

Jagua blue derived from Genipa americana L. fruit: A natural alternative to commonly used blue food colorants?

Due to consumers' increasing health awareness, food industry aims at replacing synthetic dyes by natural counterparts. The substitution of blue synthetic dyes is particularly challenging since current natural alternatives such as phycocyanin (Spirulina) suffer from poor stability. Jagua blue (produced from Genipa americana L.

A scalable software framework for data integration in bioprocess development.

Effectiveness in lab workflows-despite progresses made in automation and lab informatics-is often hindered by insufficient integration of devices and data. The iLAB software framework, a middleware connecting and integrating devices and data, provides a plugin architecture that can be adapted to individual lab environments. Integration of devices is preferably based on standardized data and communication protocols.

Urinary excretion of Citrus flavanones and their major catabolites after consumption of fresh oranges and pasteurized orange juice: A randomized cross-over study.

Scope: Orange juice contains flavanones including hesperidin and narirutin, albeit at lower concentrations as compared to orange fruit. Therefore, we compared bioavailability and colonic catabolism of flavanones from orange juice to a 2.4-fold higher dose from fresh oranges.

Bioavailability of β-cryptoxanthin is greater from pasteurized orange juice than from fresh oranges - a randomized cross-over study.

Scope: Orange fruits and products thereof represent important dietary sources of carotenoids, particularly β-cryptoxanthin. Since previous studies reported a positive effect of vegetable processing on carotenoid absorption, our objective was to compare the bioavailability of β-cryptoxanthin from either fresh navel oranges (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) or pasteurized orange juice.

In vitro bioaccessibility of carotenoids, flavonoids, and vitamin C from differently processed oranges and orange juices [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck].

Carotenoid, flavonoid, and vitamin C concentrations were determined in fresh orange segments and a puree-like homogenate derived thereof, as well as freshly squeezed, flash-pasteurized, and pasteurized juices. Lutein and β-cryptoxanthin were slightly degraded during dejuicing, whereas β-carotene levels were retained. Vitamin C levels remained unaffected, whereas flavonoid levels decreased 8-fold upon juice extraction, most likely due to the removal of flavonoid-rich albedo and juice vesicles.

Highly sensitive troponin T assay in normotensive patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Aims: To assess the role of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) levels on admission using a new, highly sensitive assay (hsTnT) in the risk assessment of normotensive patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE).

Methods And Results: We prospectively studied 156 consecutive normotensive patients with confirmed PE. The prognostic value of hsTnT at baseline was compared with the conventional cTnT troponin assay and with N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide concentrations.

Treatment satisfaction with zolmitriptan nasal spray for migraine in a real life setting: results from phase two of the REALIZE study.

In phase one of the REALIZE study, zolmitriptan nasal spray demonstrated a significant headache response from 10 min post-dose and total symptom relief from 30 min post-dose. The objective of phase two was to investigate patients' dosing patterns, satisfaction and preference following open-label treatment with the nasal spray. Up to 3 attacks were treated.

Zolmitriptan 5 mg nasal spray: efficacy and onset of action in the acute treatment of migraine--results from phase 1 of the REALIZE Study.

Objectives: The objective of phase 1 (reported here) of this two-phase study was to assess the efficacy of zolmitriptan 5 mg nasal spray, in terms of ability to provide relief from all migraine symptoms, in a controlled setting, designed to replicate clinical practice.

Background: Zolmitriptan nasal spray has been shown to be fast acting and highly effective in the treatment of migraine, as assessed using standard endpoints, such as headache response and pain-free rates.

Methods: In the double-blind first phase of the study, patients with migraine were randomized to receive zolmitriptan 5 mg nasal spray or placebo to treat a single migraine attack.

Point mutations in the avian sarcoma/leukosis virus 3' untranslated region result in a packaging defect.

The 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) between the 3' end of env and the long terminal repeat is well conserved among avian retroviruses and is essential for efficient replication. Deletion of the dr1 element within the 3' UTR has been reported to have various effects, including reduced levels of unspliced RNA in the cytoplasm, decreased stability of unspliced RNA, decreased particle production, and decreased genomic RNA packaging. To probe the role of specific sequences within dr1 in virus replication, site-directed mutagenesis was utilized to perturb parts of the predicted secondary structure of dr1.

Masking and parametric effects of high-frequency light-dark cycles.

Light seems to be the only zeitgeber signal that reaches the pacemaker via specific pathways. For all nonphotic entraining agents, there might be a common mechanism that operates by feedback processes via "arousal." When entrained, the circadian system keeps a distinct phase relationship to the zeitgeber.

Human perception of short and long time intervals: its correlation with body temperature and the duration of wake time.

Time estimation was studied in seven human subjects during prolonged sojourn is isolation from time cues. They wore rectal temperature probes throughout the experiments, and during wakefulness recorded each time they thought one hour had passed. At the end of each of these subjective hours they produced a subjective 5 or 10 sec interval.

Circadian parameters as individual characteristics.

Human circadian rhythms that are free running in temporal isolation can show an extreme variability of the sleep-wake cycle without the subject being aware of it. This is due mainly to a systematic adjustment of certain circadian time structures to the varying length of the "day": the perception of long time intervals in the range of 1 h and the intervals between meals have a strong positive correlation with the duration of wake time alpha, in contrast to the amount of hourly locomotor activity that is negatively correlated with alpha. So far, the dependence of locomotor activity, of the "1-h" intervals, and of the intermeal intervals on alpha is well documented for the data sets of single subjects.

Human time perception in temporal isolation: effects of illumination intensity.

Living in isolation from time cues under relatively high and low light intensities for a total (on average) of 24 days, 18 subjects estimated the passage of time by "producing" short (10 to 120 seconds) and long (1h) intervals throughout the experiments. The 1h productions were independent of light intensity and highly positively correlated with the duration of wake times. The short-interval productions were markedly increased under high light intensity.