Salmonella has been associated with a number of recent outbreaks of foodborne illness involving sprouted seeds. In this research, we addressed the design of sensor components intended for use in a fully automated detection system. A real−time PCR assay was developed to detect Salmonella in sprout irrigation water. Specific detection was achieved by targeting a region of the invasion gene, invA....

In eSTREAM project, a few lightweight stream cipher for hardware was introduced (2008) and then in FSE 2015 Sprout was proposed. Sprout introduced a new idea, design of stream cipher with shorter internal state by using key not only in initialization but also in keystream generation, but it was insecure. Grain-v1 is almost the lightest secure cipher in world. Fruit stream cipher is successor of...

Recent outbreaks of Salmonella and Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with raw seed sprouts have occurred in several countries. Subjective evaluations indicate that pathogens can exceed 107 per gram of sprouts produced from inoculated seeds during sprout production without adversely affecting appearance. Treating seeds and sprouts with chlorinated water or other disinfectants fails ...

Sulforaphane (SF) is a chemopreventive isothiocyanate (ITC) derived from glucoraphanin (GRP) hydrolysis by myrosinase, a thioglucoside present in broccoli. The ability of broccoli powders sold as supplements to provide dietary SF is often of concern as many supplements contain GRP, but lack myrosinase. In a previous study, biomarkers of SF bioavailability from a powder rich in GRP, but lacking ...

Understanding the physiology of epicormic sprout initiation and growth is economically important for arboricultural management. In this experiment, factors influencing the initiation and growth of epicormic sprouts, including light exposure, temperature, trunk growth, date of green pruning, and tissue concentrations of non-structural carbohydrate, were investigated in Prunus persica. Field tria...

The extracellular matrix plays a critical role in orchestrating the events necessary for wound healing, muscle repair, morphogenesis, new blood vessel growth, and cancer invasion. In this study, we investigate the influence of extracellular matrix topography on the coordination of multi-cellular interactions in the context of angiogenesis. To do this, we validate our spatio-temporal mathematica...

We examined the effects of different types of buckwheat sprouts on the plasma cholesterol concentration, fecal steroid excretion and hepatic mRNA expression related to cholesterol metabolism in rats. Rats were fed a cholesterol-free diet with 5 g of Kitawasesoba common buckwheat sprout powder (KS)/100 g, 5 g of Hokkai T no. 8 tartary buckwheat sprout powder (HS-8)/100 g or 5 g of Hokkai T no. 9...

BACKGROUND Angiogenesis initiated by cancerous cells is the process by which new blood vessels are formed to enhance oxygenation and growth of tumor. OBJECTIVE In this paper, we present a new multiscale mathematical model for the formation of a vascular network in tumor angiogenesis process. METHODS Our model couples an improved sprout spacing model as a stochastic mathematical model of spr...

The insertion of axonally transported fucosyl glycoproteins into the axolemma of regenerating nerve sprouts was examined in rat sciatic motor axons at intervals after nerve crush. [(3)H]Fucose was injected into the lumbar ventral horns and the nerves were removed at intervals between 1 and 14 d after labeling. To follow the fate of the "pulse- labeled" glycoproteins, we examined the nerves by c...