Phytochemical Studies of Momordica Charantia Fruit: Seed Extraction via Aqueous Enzymatic Extraction and Pulp Maceration

The edible fruits of Momordica charantia or bitter melons have been used for over a decade in folk medicine for treatment of diabetes and malaria. The seeds usually have been discarded without any further use, however, it’s can be a good source of biomass. Hence, this research aimed to isolate active constituents from Momordica charantia seeds after aqueous enzymatic extraction and pulp after maceration

MADES FP7 EU project: Effective high level SysML/MARTE methodology for real-time and embedded avionics systems

The paper presents the EU funded MADES FP7 project, that aims to develop an effective model driven methodology to evolve current practices for the development of real time embedded systems for avionics and surveillance industries. In MADES, we propose an effective SysML/MARTE language subset and have developed new tools and technologies that support high level design specifications, validation, simulation and automatic code generation, while integrating aspects such as component re-use. The paper first illustrates the MADES methodology by means of a car collision avoidance system case study, followed by the underlying MADES language design phases and tool set which enable verification and automatic code generation aspects, hence enabling implementation in execution platforms such as state of the art FPGAs

MADES FP7 EU Project: Effective High Level SysML/MARTE Methodology for Real-Time and Embedded Avionics Systems

This chapter presents the EU-funded MADES FP7 project that aims to develop an effective model-driven methodology to improve the current practices in the development of real-time embedded systems for avionics and surveillance industries. MADES developed an effective SysML/MARTE language subset, and a set of new tools and technologies that support high-level design specifications, validation, simulation, and automatic code generation, while integrating aspects such as component re-use. This chapter illustrates the MADES methodology by means of a car collision avoidance system case study; it presents the underlying MADES language, the design phases, and the set of tools supporting on one hand model verification and validation and, on the other hand, automatic code generation, which enables the implementation on execution platforms such as state-of-the-art FPGAs. </jats:p

Material Performance in Lead and Lead-Bismuth Alloy

The Heavy Liquid Metal (HLM) deeply affects the behaviour of the steels with which it comes in contact, not just in terms of corrosion, but also in terms of Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME). This phenomenon, still nowadays not fully understood, is known to be deeply affected by microstructure, surface conditions, temperature and strain rate. Even if the occurrence of LME is mainly related to a range of low temperatures (the so called \u201cductility through\u201d ), some literature references also report detrimental effects of the HLM contact on creep resistance

Neotropical freshwater fisheries : A dataset of occurrence and abundance of freshwater fishes in the Neotropics

The Neotropical region hosts 4225 freshwater fish species, ranking first among the world's most diverse regions for freshwater fishes. Our NEOTROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES data set is the first to produce a large-scale Neotropical freshwater fish inventory, covering the entire Neotropical region from Mexico and the Caribbean in the north to the southern limits in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay. We compiled 185,787 distribution records, with unique georeferenced coordinates, for the 4225 species, represented by occurrence and abundance data. The number of species for the most numerous orders are as follows: Characiformes (1289), Siluriformes (1384), Cichliformes (354), Cyprinodontiformes (245), and Gymnotiformes (135). The most recorded species was the characid Astyanax fasciatus (4696 records). We registered 116,802 distribution records for native species, compared to 1802 distribution records for nonnative species. The main aim of the NEOTROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES data set was to make these occurrence and abundance data accessible for international researchers to develop ecological and macroecological studies, from local to regional scales, with focal fish species, families, or orders. We anticipate that the NEOTROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES data set will be valuable for studies on a wide range of ecological processes, such as trophic cascades, fishery pressure, the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation, and the impacts of species invasion and climate change. There are no copyright restrictions on the data, and please cite this data paper when using the data in publications