The main aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different coating materials (i.e. Na-alginate and chitosan) on the viability and release behavior of Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum G4 in the simulated gastric fluid (SGF) and simulated intestinal fluid (SIF). This study reports the viability of encapsulated B. pseudocatenulatum G4 coated using different alginate (2-4 g/100mL) and c...

A novel adaptive algorithm is presented for on-line estimation of variable parameters of a synchronous machine (SM) as a function of the operating conditions. The concept of Synthesized Information Factor (SIF) is proposed as the core of the novel adaptive algorithm. For continuous process, SIF optimally combines information from the past with that at the present. Adaptive principles based on S...

and Applied Analysis 3 Example 1.4. Let X, ‖ · ‖ be a normed space, a ∗ b ab, and a b min{a b, 1} for all a, b ∈ 0, 1 . For all x ∈ X and every t > 0, consider μ x, t ⎧ ⎪⎨ ⎪⎩ t t ‖x‖ if t > 0, 0 if t ≤ 0; ν x, t ⎧ ⎪⎨ ⎪⎩ ‖x‖ t |x| if t > 0, 1 if t ≤ 0. 1.1 Then X, μ, ν, ∗, is an IFNS. Remark 1.5 see 3 . Let X, μ, ν, ∗, be an IFNS with the condition μ x, t > 0, ν x, t < 1 implies x 0 ∀t ∈ . 1.2 L...

Background Research predicting the public health and fiscal impact of Supervised Injection Facilities (SIFs), across different cities in Canada, has reported positive results on the reduction of HIV cases among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID). Most of the existing studies have focused on the outcomes of Insite, located in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES). Previous attention has not been af...

The parameterization of key photosynthesis parameters is one the uncertain sources in modeling ecosystem gross primary productivity (GPP). Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) offers a good proxy for GPP since it marks actual process photosynthesis; while machine learning (ML) provides robust approach to model GPP-SIF relationship. Here, we trained boosted regressing tree (BRT) and Rand...

UNLABELLED The aims of this study were to determine whether body weight or body surface area (BSA) should be used for noninvasive measurement of the cerebral metabolic rate of glucose (CMRGlc) by FDG PET with a standardized input function (SIF) and an autoradiographic method and to validate the procedure in a large population from different PET centers. METHODS Plasma input functions measured...

Yersinia enterocolitica is one of three pathogenic Yersinia species that share a tropism for lymphoid tissues. However, infection of an immunocompromised host is likely to result in a systemic infection, which is often fatal. Little is known about the bacterial proteins needed to establish such an infection. The genes that encode these virulence factors are likely to be active only during syste...

Verhofstad et al. (Verhofstad, A. A. J., H. W. M. Steinbusch, B. Penke J. Varga, and H. W. J. Joosten (1981) Brain Res. 212: 39-49) have reported that serotonin of the rat superior cervical ganglion is contained in a distinct and separate population of small intensely fluorescent (SIF) cells. We provide evidence that the serotonin-containing SIF cells are modulated, in part, by preganglionic ch...