System efficiency of packed bed TES with radial flow vs. axial flow – Influence of aspect ratio

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Formation of crystalline lactose and impact on reconstitution of milk powders after long term storage

Dairy powders are an excellent source of high-quality protein, essential in the nutritional intake of children in the developing world. Challenging environmental conditions can result in detrimental quality losses. Lactose should be in the glassy state to ensure good functional properties. However, transportation and storage conditions can exceed critical relative humidity (RH) and temperature (T), resulting in the glassy amorphous lactose transforming into a rubbery amorphous and eventually crystalline state with detrimental effects on quality. There is currently a knowledge gap in understanding the nature of crystalline lactose formation - e.g. phase, size, and crystallization-kinetics – for (complex) dairy systems. We exposed a fat filled milk powder at five RHs, from 22.5% to 75.3%, and two Ts (25°C and 40°C) for 4 months. The functionality, i.e. reconstitution and suspension stability, was investigated. Surface morphology, chemistry and lactose crystallization were characterized using SEM, FTIR, XRD and DSC

Multivariate environment-fish biomass model informs sustainability and lost income in Indian Ocean coral reefs

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DEMAX CoA_2022_7GHU63B_Gradzielski

CoA for n-octyl acrylate-d15, n-dodecyl acrylate-d23 and n-hexadecyl acrylate-d31

Data and metadata of soil microbial community structure, enzyme activities, functional genes and earthworms derived from H2020 Diverfarming project

Soil data and metadata of soil microbial community structure, enzyme activities (dehydrogenase, β-glucosidase, leucine-aminopeptidase, alkaline phosphatase and arylsusfatase activities), N functional genes and earthworms from the different cases studies and long terms from WP4 "Impact of crop diversification on biodiversity", derived from H2020 Diverfarming project. The main objective of workpackage is to provide a scientific understanding of the link between diversified cropping systems, above- and belowground biodiversity, and the resulting ecosystem services provided by soil microorganisms, soil invertebrates and vegetation in agro-ecosystems. Soil organisms contribute to all biogeochemical cycles, Soil organic matter mineralization and stabilization, shape soil structure and have associations with plant species promoting growth and development. http://www.diverfarming.eu

Pangenomics reveals alternative environmental lifestyles among chlamydiae

Chlamydiae are highly successful strictly intracellular bacteria associated with diverse eukaryotic hosts. Here we analysed metagenome-assembled genomes of the “Genomes from Earth’s Microbiomes” initiative from diverse environmental samples, which almost double the known phylogenetic diversity of the phylum. Our data and analyses provide an extended perspective of the variability of chlamydial biology and the ecology of this phylum of intracellular microbes

Gender and Sexuality in Ashkenaz in the Middle Ages,

This book examines youth culture in Ashkenaz, mainly in northern France and Germany, during the eleventh to fifteenth centuries, within the context of mainstream Christian majority culture. By examining adolescence and youth culture in medieval Ashkenaz and the values that shaped the young Jewish men’s gendered identities, this book is a first attempt to fill a lacuna, the absence of critical studies on medieval Jewish masculinities. The book surveys sources from different genres, which allows for a complex and wide-ranging examination of Jewish adolescence, the social ideals that adults tried to impart to young people, the cultural images by which adults described the youth of their communities, and the daily lives of young men and women. These sources include responsa and halakhic literature, moral treatises, biblical and talmudic commentaries, custom books, folk tales and legends, Crusade chronicles, epitaphs, illustrations in medieval Hebrew books, archaeological findings, and frescoes. The vibrant youth culture of medieval Ashkenaz that this book brings to light, features young men and women who enjoyed drinking together in taverns, who loved dancing in mixed company at weddings, dressed in their finest clothes for the occasion. There were Ashkenazic young men who participated in pseudo–tournaments at weddings, some joined real tournaments, and many protected their cities alongside their Christian neighbors. The book argues that the lives of Jewish adolescents were not so different from those of their Christian peers. Jewish and Christian youth interacted with one another as part of their daily lives, shared values related to gender, dressed in similar fashions, danced to the same melodies, and knew the same stories and legends. Like their Christian neighbors, young Jewish men liked to run wild, behave violently, enjoyed competitions, and demonstrated their physical strength and fighting skills. And like their Christian neighbors, these young Jewish men held masculine knightly ideals and were influenced by chivalric culture, aesthetics, and values. Concurrently, these same men were shaped by halakhic norms and the values of rabbinic masculinity. All in all, this study allows a path to a better understanding of not only medieval Jewish culture and everyday life during this period, but also of medieval urban culture at large. Readers interested in the history of childhood, adolescence, sexualities, and the formation of gendered identities will also benefit from this study

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENE EXPRESSION AND LIPID COMPOSITION IN HEAT-STRESSED HeLa CELLS

The cellular stress response (CSR) is a highly conserved biological toolbox targeting abiotic and biotic threats to survival. A subset of the CSR is the heat-stress response (HSR), classically exemplified by molecular chaperone proteins in all living cells. The HSR has previously been characterized via the molecular arsenal of genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and proteomics; however, multi-omic integrative analyses are lacking. Furthermore, a leading model of the dynamic plasma membrane implies that its lipid-protein composition is a regulator of HSR activation. Given that the mammalian HSR involves differential expression of far more genes than solely the chaperones and their inducers, I hypothesize heat-shock (HS) induces the transcription of genes encoding lipid metabolizing enzymes, causing an increase in de novo lipogenesis in HeLa cells. To this end, HeLa cells were subjected to one of three experimental conditions: control, HS, or HS with eight hours of recovery at control conditions. Mass spectrometry was used to generate a lipidome for each condition and mRNA-Sequencing a transcriptome for each condition. The HS lipidome demonstrated evidence of significant increases in fatty acids (FA), glycerophospholipids, and sphingolipids with pathway level enrichment of biosynthesis of FA. In addition to over 1800 differentially expressed genes (DEG), the transcriptome demonstrated marginal but present evidence for lipid metabolism in both functional enrichment and GO analyses. Joint-pathway analyses determined that linolenic acid metabolism, sphingolipid metabolism, and FA metabolism pathways were significantly enriched. Network analyses identified cholesterol import genes of interest. Seven proposed DEG-based mechanisms evidence a successful multi-omics integration that enables future contributions to approximate a systems-level model of the relationship between transcriptome and lipidome in any stress context

Material and structural testing to improve composite tidal turbine blade reliability

Most tidal turbine blades are currently made from glass or carbon fibre reinforced epoxy composites. These represent a significant part of the turbine cost, but few data are available either to validate current safety factors or to propose alternative more environmentally-friendly materials. This study, performed within the EU H2020 RealTide project, aimed to provide these data. First, a detailed investigation of the static and fatigue behavior was performed at the coupon scale, including not only those materials currently used, but also alternative recyclable thermoplastic matrix composites and natural fibre reinforced materials. Tests were performed before and after seawater saturation, in order to quantify the change in design properties with water uptake. Then a first full scale 5 meter long composite blade was designed and tested to failure. A specific test frame was built, allowing loads up to 75 tons to be applied and simulating the applied moments corresponding to service loads. Static and cyclic loads were applied and extensive instrumentation was used to detect changes in behavior, inluding optical fibres implanted during manufacture, acoustic emission recording, and specific instrumentation developed within the project. The results have enabled numerical simulations to be verified, and this has provided confidence in the modelling tools. These were then employed in order to propose an improved design of a lower cost blade

Multi-vehicle interaction safety of connected automated vehicles in merging area: A real-time risk assessment approach

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