Behavior study of Bifidobacterium longum using solid state fermentation from commercial soybean meal

The development of alternatives to dairy products has gained great importance using plant-based foods. In this study, efforts have been made to develop vegetable alternatives from soybean paste without any supplement using single potential probiotic culture. Commercial soybean meal was inoculated with Bifidobacterium (B.) longum under previously fitted fermentation conditions by experimental design. Carbohydrates, organic acids, isoflavones, and amino acids profiles were studied in nine conditions of moisture and temperature, and also at several times in optimized conditions. Kinetics and technological parameters, effect of simulated gastric conditions on bacterium survival in optimized soybean paste, and their relationship with soybean matrix using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were also evaluated. B. longum was able to use the main carbohydrates in soybean producing organic acids as was expected (acetic/lactic ∼ 1.5) and to enhance bioactive isoflavones (maximum concentration: 32.6 mg/50 g of soybean paste). Furthermore, B. longum showed high tolerance at simulated saliva solution and gastric juice, but the pancreatic solution deeply affected its viability in MRSs and also in soybean paste. Soybean paste represents an excellent vegetable candidate to be used as potential probiotic carrier food for B. longum and an attractive alternative to develop new functional foods.Fil: Rodríguez de Olmos, Antonieta. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Centro de Referencia para Lactobacilos; ArgentinaFil: Garro, Oscar Alfredo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Investigaciones En Procesos Tecnologicos Avanzados. - Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral. Instituto de Investigaciones En Procesos Tecnologicos Avanzados.; ArgentinaFil: Garro, Marisa Selva. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Centro de Referencia para Lactobacilos; Argentin

SISO Space Reference FOM - Tools and Testing

The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Space Reference Federation Object Model (SpaceFOM) version 1.0 is nearing completion. Earlier papers have described the use of the High Level Architecture (HLA) in Space simulation as well as technical aspects of the SpaceFOM. This paper takes a look at different SpaceFOM tools and how they were used during the development and testing of the standard.The first organizations to develop SpaceFOM-compliant federates for SpaceFOM development and testing were NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), the University of Calabria (UNICAL), and Pitch Technologies.JSC is one of NASA's lead centers for human space flight. Much of the core distributed simulation technology development, specifically associated with the SpaceFOM, is done by the NASA Exploration Systems Simulations (NExSyS) team. One of NASA's principal simulation development tools is the Trick Simulation Environment. NASA's NExSyS team has been modifying and using Trick and TrickHLA to help develop and test the SpaceFOM.The System Modeling And Simulation Hub Laboratory (SMASH-Lab) at UNICAL has developed the Simulation Exploration Experience (SEE) HLA Starter kit, that has been used by most SEE teams involved in the distributed simulation of a Moon base. It is particularly useful for the development of federates that are compatible with the SpaceFOM. The HLA Starter Kit is a Java based tool that provides a well-structured framework to simplify the formulation, generation, and execution of SpaceFOM-compliant federates.Pitch Technologies, a company specializing in distributed simulation, is utilizing a number of their existing HLA tools to support development and testing of the SpaceFOM. In addition to the existing tools, Pitch has developed a few SpaceFOM specific federates: Space Master for managing the initialization, execution and pacing of any SpaceFOM federation; EarthEnvironment, a simple Root Reference Publisher; and Space Monitor, a graphical tool for monitoring reference frames and physical entities.Early testing of the SpaceFOM was carried out in the SEE university outreach program, initiated in SISO. Students were given a subset of the FOM, that was later extended. Sample federates were developed and frameworks were developed or adapted to the early FOM versions.As drafts of the standard matured, testing was performed using federates from government, industry, and academia. By mixing federates developed by different teams the standard could be tested with respect to functional correctness, robustness and clarity.These frameworks and federates have been useful when testing and verifying the design of the standard. In addition to this, they have since formed a starting point for developing SpaceFOM-compliant federations in several projects, for example for NASA, ESA as well as SEE

Observability of Turing Machines: a refinement of the theory of computation

The Turing machine is one of the simple abstract computational devices that can be used to investigate the limits of computability. In this paper, they are considered from several points of view that emphasize the importance and the relativity of mathematical languages used to describe the Turing machines. A deep investigation is performed on the interrelations between mechanical computations and their mathematical descriptions emerging when a human (the researcher) starts to describe a Turing machine (the object of the study) by different mathematical languages (the instruments of investigation). Together with traditional mathematical languages using such concepts as ‘enumerable sets’ and ‘continuum’ a new computational methodology allowing one to measure the number of elements of different infinite sets is used in this paper. It is shown how mathematical languages used to describe the machines limit our possibilities to observe them. In particular, notions of observable deterministic and non-deterministic Turing machines are introduced and conditions ensuring that the latter can be simulated by the former are established

Assessment of the Quality and Shelf-Life in Enriched n3 PUFA Raw Beef Patties Using Dry Soybean Sprouts as Antioxidant

The appearance of fresh meat is a major determinant of its appeal to consumers. Ground beef in retail display oxidizes at a faster rate than whole muscle products; the use of antioxidants to break the radical chain reaction in the oxidation process is an effective method for slowing oxidation. Soybean is a complex matrix with several bioactive compounds, including peptides and proteins, isoflavones, saponins, and other compounds with antioxidant properties. This study was conducted for 1) to evaluate the antioxidant properties of dry soybeans sprouts (DSS) from Glycine max (L.) Merr., MUNASQA®; 2) to evaluate quality characteristics of raw beef patties added with dried soybean sprouts at different levels (0.5%, 1% and 2%) and soybean oil as replacer of fat; and 3) to estimate color changes and lipid oxidation of n3 fortified raw beef under frozen storage. Results showed that dry soybean sprouts had a high level of superoxide dismutase enzyme, high total phenolics and flavonoids content and appreciable vitamin c content. Although reduction power was low, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2?-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6- sulphonic acid) (ABTS) radicals scavenging activity were elevated. When different concentrations of DSS were incorporated to enriched beef patties with soybean oil, the nutritional value was slightly affected, while that n3 and n6 fatty acid content were increased around three twice. The beef patties formulated with 1% of natural antioxidant showed significantly (p < 0.05) better color stability than those without antioxidants. The lipid oxidation was inhibited in all cases, and was strongly effective at 1% concentration of DSS being the reduced percent of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) comparable to butilated hydroxianisole (BHA). The results shown in this research suggest that dry soybeans sprouts could also be used as a cheap natural antioxidant source for meat products.Fil: Romero, Mara Cristina. Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral. Departamento de Ciencias Basicas y Aplicadas. Laboratorio de Industrias Alimentarias Ii; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Garro, Oscar Alfredo. Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral. Departamento de Ciencias Basicas y Aplicadas. Laboratorio de Microbiología de Alimentos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Romero, Ana María. Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral. Departamento de Ciencias Basicas y Aplicadas. Laboratorio de Industrias Alimentarias Ii; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Michaluk, Ariel German. Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral. Departamento de Ciencias Basicas y Aplicadas. Laboratorio de Industrias Alimentarias Ii; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Doval, Mirtha Marina. Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral. Departamento de Ciencias Basicas y Aplicadas. Laboratorio de Industrias Alimentarias Ii; ArgentinaFil: Judis, Maria Alicia. Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral. Departamento de Ciencias Basicas y Aplicadas. Laboratorio de Industrias Alimentarias Ii; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Effect of temperature, pH and NaCl on nisin activity against <i>Lactobacillus fructivorans</i>

The aim of this work was to determine the influence of pH, sodium chloride concentration and the combination of different temperatures and periods of exposure on the antimicrobial activity against Lactobacillus fructivorans. Turbidity of the different system conditions was monitored in order to establish the microorganism growth. The effect of temperatures ranging from 60 to 120ºC during periods of 10 to 60 minutes was evaluated. Nisin activity was only changed by temperatures ranging from 100 to 120ºC, in several exposure times. A pH range between 3.5 and 7 was tested. The highest inhibitory effect was recorded for neutral pH and lightly acidic conditions. Sodium chloride concentrations studied were 1 and 2 % w/v. The latter value helped to enhance the inhibitory effect of the bacteriocin. These results show the influence that the studied factors exert on nisin activity against L. fructivorans and suggest that they have to be taken into account when nisin is to be used as a biopreservative in food.El presente trabajo tuvo como objetivo determinar la influencia del pH, concentración de cloruro de sodio y la combinación de diferentes temperaturas y períodos de exposición sobre la actividad antimicrobiana de nisina s obre una bacteria alterante Lactobacillus fructivorans. El crecimiento del microorganismo bajo diferentes condiciones fue determinado por la presencia de turbidez. Se evaluó el efecto de la temperatura en un rango de 60 a 120ºC durante períodos de 10 a 60 minutos. La actividad de la nisina fue afectada solamente por temperaturas de 100 y 120ºC, a cualquier tiempo de exposición considerado. Los ensayos se realizaron con un rango de pH entre 3,5 y 7. El mayor efecto inhibitorio fue a pH neutro y levemente ácido. Las concentraciones de cloruro de sodio fueron de 1 y 2% p/v. Sólo a la mayor concentración se ve un incremento en la actividad inhibitoria de la bacteriocina. Estos resultados muestran la influencia que los factores estudiados ejercen sobre la actividad de la bacteriocina frente a L. fructivorans e indican que tales factores deben ser tenidos en cuenta cuando la nisina sea usada en la preservación de alimentos.Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicada

Increasing the Resilience of Cyber Physical Systems in Smart Grid Environments using Dynamic Cells

Resilience is an important system property that relies on the ability of a system to automatically recover from a degraded state so as to continue providing its services. Resilient systems have the means of detecting faults and failures with the added capability of automatically restoring their normal operations. Mastering resilience in the domain of Cyber-Physical Systems is challenging due to the interdependence of hybrid hardware and software components, along with physical limitations, laws, regulations and standards, among others. In order to overcome these challenges, this paper presents a modeling approach, based on the concept of Dynamic Cells, tailored to the management of Smart Grids. Additionally, a heuristic algorithm that works on top of the proposed modeling approach, to find resilient configurations, has been defined and implemented. More specifically, the model supports a flexible representation of Smart Grids and the algorithm is able to manage, at different abstraction levels, the resource consumption of individual grid elements on the presence of failures and faults. Finally, the proposal is evaluated in a test scenario where the effectiveness of such approach, when dealing with complex scenarios where adequate solutions are difficult to find, is shown

Production of Pectinolytic Enzymes by the Yeast Wickerhanomyces anomalus Isolated from Citrus Fruits Peels

Wickerhamomyces anomalus is pectinolytic yeast isolated from citrus fruits peels in the province of Misiones, Argentine. In the present work, enzymes produced by this yeast strain were characterized, and polygalacturonase physicochemical properties were determined in order to evaluate the application of the supernatant in the maceration of potato tissues. W. anomalus was able to produce PGin liquid mediumcontaining glucose and citrus pectin,whosemode of actionwas mainly of endo type.The supernatant did not exhibit esterase or lyase activity. No others enzymes, capable of hydrolyzing cell wall polymers, such as cellulases and xylanases,were detected. PGshowedmaximal activity atpH4.5 and at temperature range between 40∘Cand50∘C. It was stable in the pH range from3.0 to 6.0 and up to 50∘Cat optimumpH.The enzymatic extractmacerated potato tissues efficiently.Volume of single cells increased with the agitation speed.The results observed make the enzymatic extract produced by W. anomalus appropriate for future application in food industry, mainly for the production of fruit nectars or mashed of vegetables such as potato or cassava, of regional interest in the province of Misiones, Argentine.Fil: Martos, María Alicia. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales; ArgentinaFil: Zubreski, Emilce R.. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales; ArgentinaFil: Garro, Oscar Alfredo. Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral. Departamento de Ciencias Basicas y Aplicadas. Laboratorio de Microbiologia de Alimentos; ArgentinaFil: Hours, Roque Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico la Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo En Fermentaciones Industriales (i); Argentin

Partial characterization of enzymatic activities produced by a wild strain of <i>A. niger</i>

Aspergillus niger, isolated from decay citrus peels in the province of Misiones, was able to produce pectinases by submerged fermentation. The enzymatic extract exhibited polygalacturonase, pectinesterase and lyase activities. Others enzymes capable of degrading cell wall polymers were also detected in the enzymatic extract such as cellulases and xylanases. Polygalacturonase was an endo-polygalacturonase. The enzyme exhibited a maximal activity at pH range between 4.5 to 5.0, was stable in the pH range from 2.5 to 5.5 and remained unchanged when was incubated at temperatures lower than 50 ºC. The fungi produced three PG isoenzymes. The enzymatic extract was able to clarify apple juice. The results observed make the pectinolytic enzymes produced by A. niger appropriate for future application in fruit juice processing industries.Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriale

Design and Principles Enabling the Space Reference FOM

A first complete draft of the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Space Reference Federation Object Model (FOM) has now been produced. This paper provides some insights into its capabilities and discusses the opportunity for reuse in other domains. The focus of this first version of the standard is execution control, time management and coordinate systems, well-known reference frames, as well as some basic support for physical entities. The biggest part of the execution control is the coordinated start-up process. This process contains a number of steps, including checking of required federates, handling of early versus late joiners, sharing of federation wide configuration data and multi-phase initialization. An additional part of Execution Control is the coordinated and synchronized transition between Run mode, Freeze mode and Shutdown. For time management, several time lines are defined, including real-time, scenario time, High Level Architecture (HLA) logical time and physical time. A strategy for mixing simulations that use different time steps is introduced, as well as an approach for finding common boundaries for fully synchronized freeze. For describing spatial information, a mechanism with a set of reference frames is specified. Each reference frame has a position and orientation related to a parent reference frame. This makes it possible for federates to perform calculations in reference frames that are convenient to them. An operation on the Moon can be performed using lunar coordinates whereas an operation on Earth can be performed using Earth coordinates. At the same time, coordinates in one reference frame have an unambiguous relationship to a coordinate in another reference frame. While the Space Reference FOM is originally being developed for Space operations, the authors believe that many parts of it can be reused for any simulation that has a focus on physical processes with one or more coordinate systems, and require high fidelity and repeatability