Canine intestinal lactic acid bacterium (LAB) population in four fistulated dogs was cultured and enumerated using MRS agar. LAB levels ranging from 1.4x10(6) to 1.5x10(7) CFU ml(-1) were obtained in jejunal chyme. In the fecal samples 7.0x10(7) and 2.0x10(8) CFU g(-1) were detected. Thirty randomly selected isolates growing in the highest sample dilutions were identified to species level using...

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and their probio-active cellular substances exert many beneficial effects in the gastrointestinal tract. LAB prevent adherence, establishment, and replication of several enteric mucosal pathogens through several antimicrobial mechanisms. LAB also release various enzymes into the intestinal lumen and exert potential synergistic effects on digestion and alleviate sympto...

Using Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC (3.6–8μm) and MIPS (24μm) imaging, as well as Hubble Space Telescope optical observations, we identify the IRAC counterparts of the luminous power sources residing within the two largest and brightest Lyman-α emitting nebulae (LABs) in the SA 22 protocluster at z = 3.09 (LAB 1 and LAB 2). These sources are also both submillimeter galaxies (SMGs). From their re...

The VUB AI-lab team is mainly interested in the two loosely linked aspects of on-board control and heterogeneity. One major effort for forstering both aspects within RoboCup’s small robots league is our development of a so-to-say robot constructionkit, allowing to implement a wide range of players with onboard control. For the ’99 competition, the existing RoboCube controller-hardware has been ...

Service-orientierte Software-Architekturen wachsen gegenwärtig mit Architekturen für Cloud Computing zusammen. Neue Software-Architekturen sind die strukturelle Basis für zukunftsweisende IT-Unternehmensarchitekturen und zugehörige leistungsstarke Informationssysteme. Das ARL Architecture Reference Lab des SOA Innovation Lab und der Hochschule Reutlingen erforscht in einem deutschlandweit ausge...