In aquaculture, several criteria should be considered to select an appropriate probiotic, including the aquatic origin and safety of the strain and its ability to modulate the host immune response. The properties and effects of probiotics are strain-specific and some factors such as viability, dose and duration of diet supplementation may regulate their immunomodulatory activities. In this stud...

Spores of a number of clostridial species, and their resistance to thermal treatment is a major concern for the food industry. Spore resistance to wet heat is related to the level of spore hydration, which is inversely correlated with the content of calcium and dipicolinic acid (DPA) in the spore core. It is widely believed that the accumulation of DPA and calcium in the spore core is a fundame...

in this study, bio-based carbon nanotubes (cnts) have received considerable research attention due to their comparative advantages of high level stability, simplistic use, low toxicity and overall environmental friendliness. new potentials for improvement in heat transfer applications are presented due to their high aspect ratio, high thermal conductivity and special surface area. phonons have ...

Simulations of forced ignition of non-premixed laminar counterflow flames are used to study the effect of strain rate on ignition success. A one dimensional calculation is performed, using detailed methane chemical kinetics and treating the spark as an instantaneous heat release in an inert mixing layer. Ignition success depends on the mixture composition at the spark location, resulting in lea...

A heat-labile sonic extract of a nonleukotoxic strain of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans caused a dose-dependent inhibition of proliferation of human keratinocytes. Exposure of cells to heat-labile sonic extract for periods as brief as 10 min produced significant suppression of [3H]thymidine uptake 72 h later. I propose that alteration of epithelial barriers may be one pathogenic mechanism...

In this article effects of friction stir welding (FSW) tool rotational and traverse speeds were studied on heat generation and temperature distribution in welding zone of AA1100 aluminum alloy and A441 AISI joint. Computational fluid dynamics method was used to simulate the process with commercial CFD Fluent 6.4 package. To enhance the accuracy of simulation in this Study, the welding line that...

We present an asymptotic study of the effect of volumetric heat loss on the propagation of triple flames in a counterflow configuration at constant density. Analytical results for the speed, the local burning rate, the shape and the extent of the flame front are derived in the asymptotic limits of weak strain rates and large activation energies and for Lewis numbers that are near unity. The res...

OBJECTIVES Several beneficial effects have been attributed to the probiotic lactic acid bacteria. It was determined that lactobacilli can exert antiproliferative effects on the various cancer cell lines including colon cancer. Effects of lactic acid bacteria on colon cancer may vary from strain to strain and there is a need to find the new probiotic strains with tumor suppressing properties thr...

The purpose of this study was to develop a body characteristic index (BCI) based on the distribution of maximal oxygen uptake per body mass (VO2max/mass), body surface area per body mass (BSA/mass), and percentage of body fat (Fat%) to evaluate the relative level of individual physiological responses to heat strain in a group of workers. BCI was based upon the data obtained from 10 males and 10...