Raw earth is one of the oldest building materials mankind. Almost a third world’s population living in an earth-based house. However, their use remains low compared to conventional such as concrete, steel, and wood. Although these geosourced are abundant, recyclable, have environmental footprint, very limited construction sector. This can be explained by lack data regarding hygrothermal behavio...

This research aimed to evaluate the viability, survivability, and release process of encapsulated Lactobacillus plantarum SU-LS36 in simulated gastric juice (SGJ), intestinal (SIJ), colon (SCJ). We tested four types encapsulations: native taro starch (NTS), modified (MTS) by heat moisture treatment (HMT), autoclaving-cooling-2 cycles (AC-2C), maltodextrin (commercial encapsulant). found that L....

We examined the hypothesis that the increase in inactive leg vascular resistance during forearm metaboreflex activation is dissociated from muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA). MSNA (microneurography), femoral artery mean blood velocity (FAMBV, Doppler), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and heart rate (HR) were assessed during fatiguing static handgrip exercise (SHG, 2 min) followed by postha...

Abstract A transmission trial was carried out using 420 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L., parr stage) to simultaneously test the impact of vaccination and selective breeding on Infectious anemia virus (ISAV). Genetic difference in disease resistance based mortality differences across 15 families (defined by a genomic value (GEBV)) organised into three groups (low GEBV (LBV), mid (MBV) high (HBV)...

Despite a remarkable reduction in the past decades, cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients remains a feared complication, still associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Today, first line treatment of CMV infection/reactivation is still based on dated antiviral compounds Ganciclovir (GCV), Foscarnet (FOS) and Cidofovir (CDF) w...

Introduction Competitive advantage is obtained when an organisation develops or acquires a set of attributes (or executes actions) that allow it to outperform its competitors. The development of theories that help explain competitive advantage has occupied the attention of the management community for the better part of half a century. This chapter aims to provide an overview of the key theorie...