Submerged fermentation of lentil protein isolate and its impact on protein functionality, nutrition, and volatile profiles.

Fermentation of pulses as a clean processing technique has been reported to have a favorable impact on the functional and nutritional quality of the starting materials. Compared to commonly fermented pulses such as peas and chickpeas, limited information is available on the effect of fermentation on lentils, especially when using a high protein isolate (>80% protein) as compared to seeds or flours. Therefore, in the present work, lentil protein isolate was used as a feedstock for submerged fermentation with Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus oryzae, or Lactobacillus plantarum.

Parental recovered acute kidney injury causes prenatal renal dysfunction and fetal growth restriction with sexually dimorphic implications for adult offspring.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is rapidly increasing in global incidence and a healthcare burden. Prior maternal AKI diagnosis correlates with later pregnancy complications. As pregnancy influences developmental programming, we hypothesized that recovered parental AKI results in poor pregnancy outcomes, impaired fetal growth, and adult offspring disease.

Canonical Wnt activator Chir99021 prevents epileptogenesis in the intrahippocampal kainate mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy.

The Wnt signaling pathway mediates the development of dentate granule cell neurons in the hippocampus. These neurons are central to the development of temporal lobe epilepsy and undergo structural and physiological remodeling during epileptogenesis, which results in the formation of epileptic circuits. The pathways responsible for granule cell remodeling during epileptogenesis have yet to be well defined, and represent therapeutic targets for the prevention of epilepsy.

Effects of extrusion screw speed, feed moisture content, and barrel temperature on the physical, techno-functional, and microstructural quality of texturized lentil protein.

Utilizing lentil protein as a novel ingredient for producing texturized vegetable proteins (TVPs) can provide new opportunities for the production of next-generation hybrid meat products. TVPs from lentil protein isolate were manufactured using low-moisture extrusion cooking at different combinations of screw speed (SS), feed moisture content (MC), and barrel temperature (BT) profile. In total, seven different combinations of processing treatments were tested, and the resulting TVPs were characterized for their physical (rehydration ratio, texture profile analysis, color, and bulk density), techno-functional (oil and water holding capacities), and microstructural properties.

Legal Performance-enhancing Drugs Alter Course and Treatment of Rhabdomyolysis-induced Acute Kidney Injury.

Introduction: Rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury (RIAKI) can interrupt physical training and increase mortality in injured warfighters. The legal performance-enhancing drugs caffeine and ibuprofen, which can cause renal injury, are widely used by service members. Whether caffeine or ibuprofen affects RIAKI is unknown.

Expanded Utility of Human Acellular Vessel in Hemodialysis Access Surgery and Arterial Aneurysm Repair.

Vascular access is essential for hemodialysis (HD) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). When the standard of care arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is limited, secondary to aneurysmal degeneration, trauma, and thrombus, interposition grafting is a reasonable reconstruction approach. As these grafts and comorbidities place ESRD patients at sustained risk of complications, reconstructions with regenerative medicine biologic conduits hold promise in improving safety and efficacy.

Valorization of wastes and by-products of nuts, seeds, cereals and legumes processing.

Wastes and by-products of nuts, seeds, cereals and legumes carry a unique potential for valorization into value-added ingredients due to their protein, dietary fiber, antioxidant, vitamin and mineral contents. The most crucial factor in the recovery of value-added ingredients and bioactives from the wastes and by-products is the utilization of the most efficient extraction technique. This work is an overview of the classification of wastes and by-products of nuts, seeds, cereals and legumes processing, the methods used in the extraction of valuable compounds such as proteins, dietary fibers, phenolics, flavonoids and other bioactives.

Gallium arsenide optical phased array photonic integrated circuit.

A 16-channel optical phased array is fabricated on a gallium arsenide photonic integrated circuit platform with a low-complexity process. Tested with a 1064 nm external laser, the array demonstrates 0.92° beamwidth, 15.

What's Up Wednesday: Optimizing Educational Rounding to Improve Outcomes.

The role of the nursing professional development practitioner is to identify gaps in practice and determine opportunities for learning. Scanning the environment is one of the crucial inputs of the nursing professional development practice model. However, owing to the complexities of today's patient care environment, engaging staff at the point of care presents formidable challenges.

Contribution of home garden vegetables on reducing stunting among 6- to 23-month-old children in South Tigray, northern Ethiopia.

The study was conducted to analyze the contribution of home garden vegetables in reducing stunting among 6- to 23-month-old children from South Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. The quasi-experimental study design was used. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the districts and study communities.

Bioengineered Enzymes and Precision Fermentation in the Food Industry.

Enzymes have been used in the food processing industry for many years. However, the use of native enzymes is not conducive to high activity, efficiency, range of substrates, and adaptability to harsh food processing conditions. The advent of enzyme engineering approaches such as rational design, directed evolution, and semi-rational design provided much-needed impetus for tailor-made enzymes with improved or novel catalytic properties.

Quantitative trait loci associated with amino acid concentration and protein digestibility in pea ( L.).

With the expanding interest in plant-based proteins in the food industry, increasing emphasis is being placed on breeding for protein concentration and quality. Two protein quality traits i.e.

Snapshot of proteomic changes in during various stages of fermentative processing of pea protein isolate.

Pea () is one of the most abundant and sustainable alternate source of protein. Although pea proteins have good quantities of most of the essential amino acids, they have a limited supply of tryptophan, methionine and cysteine. Moreover, pea proteins have poor techno-functional properties compared to proteins from animal sources, limiting their use in certain food applications.

Plant leaf proteins for food applications: Opportunities and challenges.

Plant-based proteins are gaining a lot of attention for their health benefits and are considered as an alternative to animal proteins for developing sustainable food systems. Against the backdrop, ensuring a healthy diet supplemented with good quality protein will be a massive responsibility of governments across the globe. Increasing the yield of food crops has its limitations, including low acceptance of genetically modified crops, land availability for cultivation, and the need for large quantities of agrochemicals.

Educational intervention and livestock ownership successfully improved the intake of animal source foods in 6-23 months old children in rural communities of Northern Ethiopia: Quasi-experimental study.

Background: Animal source foods (ASFs) are rich in high-quality proteins, including essential amino acids and highly bioavailable micronutrients vital for child growth and cognitive development. But, the daily consumption of ASFs among 6-23 months old children is very low in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia.

Objective: The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of nutrition education intervention to improve the consumption of ASFs among 6-23 months old children from rural communities with strict religious fasting traditions of avoiding intake of ASFs in Northern Ethiopia.

Conversion of Pulse Protein Foam-Templated Oleogels into Oleofoams for Improved Baking Application.

The food industry has long been searching for an efficient replacement for saturated-fatty-acid-rich fats for baking applications. Although oleogels have been considered a potential alternative for saturated and trans fats, their success in food application has been poor. The present study explored the use of oleofoams obtained by whipping the pulse protein foam-templated oleogels for cake baking.

Endovascular approach to thrombosed limb of aortoiliac endoprosthetic stent graft following abdominal endovascular aneurysm repair.

The increasing use of endovascular aneurysm repair to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms has mandated solutions to the limitations of this operation, including the requirement for additional procedures. A 64-year-old man had presented with symptomatic thrombosis of the left iliac limb after endovascular aneurysm repair. We have reported the use of an innovative endovascular repair for our patient.

Improvement of the nutritional quality of lentil flours by infrared heating of seeds varying in size.

The present study aimed to tackle research gaps regarding how infrared heating affected macro- and micronutrients of lentil flours from seeds varying in size. Infrared treatments reduced resistant starch contents of lentil flours from 26.1-33.

Triboelectrostatic charging behavior of pulse particles in a vortex flow tribocharger.

Triboelectrostatic separation (TES) has shown its great potential in dry fractionation of food ingredients. The principle of the TES technique is straightforward, i.e.

Developing Value-Added Protein Ingredients from Wastes and Byproducts of Pulses: Challenges and Opportunities.

Wastes and byproducts of pulse processing carry a potential for utilization as raw materials for extraction of protein ingredients. This work is an overview of the extraction and fractionation techniques used for obtaining protein ingredients from wastes and byproducts of pulse processing, and it presents several characteristics of proteins extracted in terms of composition, nutritional properties, and functional properties. Several extraction methods have been applied to obtain protein ingredients from pulse processing wastes and byproducts.

Microencapsulation of Flaxseed Oil by Lentil Protein Isolate-κ-Carrageenan and -ι-Carrageenan Based Wall Materials through Spray and Freeze Drying.

Lentil protein isolate (LPI)-κ-carrageenan (κ-C) and -ι-carrageenan (ι-C) based microcapsules were prepared through spray-drying and freeze-drying to encapsulate flaxseed oil in order to reach final oil levels of 20% and 30%. Characteristics of the corresponding emulsions and their dried microcapsules were determined. For emulsion properties, all LPI-κ-C and LPI-ι-C emulsions remained 100% stable after 48 h, while the LPI emulsions destabilized quickly (p < 0.