We determined the maximum pH that allows growth (pHmax) for 34 strains of lactobacilli. High alkali tolerance was exhibited by strains of Lactobacillus casei, L. paracasei subsp. tolerans, L. paracasei subsp. paracasei, L. curvatus, L. pentosus, and L. plantarum that originated from plant material, with pHmax values between 8.5 and 8.9. Among these, L. casei NRIC 1917 and L. paracasei subsp. to...

UNLABELLED Aims/Introduction:  The computed tomography (CT) value of the pancreas was examined across the range of glucose tolerance, and the relationships between pancreatic CT values and factors responsible for glucose intolerance were analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS   A total of 167 health-check examinees were classified into normal glucose tolerance (NGT), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)...

This study aims at investigating the impacts of Pb on freshwater biofilms with a pollution-induced community tolerance (PICT) approach using a recently developed short-term toxicity test based on β-glucosidase activity to measure biofilms' tolerance to Pb. We first investigated more closely the influence of the total suspended solids (TSS) concentrations of biofilm suspensions used for short-te...

Determining the correct threshold values for probabilistic rough set models has been a heated issue among the community. This article will formulate a game-theoretic approach to calculating these thresholds to ensure correct approximation region size. By finding equilibrium within payoff tables created from approximation measures and modified conditional risk strategies, we provide the user wit...

Humans have the ability to immerse into different levels of society. Due importance tolerance values ​​in this life, character education embodying ​​should be taught as early possible. Home is first school for children understand values. However, how teach ​​of certainly requires an in-depth study. Related this, there educational model that develops values, namely unschooling model. This a type...

ABSTRACT The use of water with different salinity values in the production vegetable seedlings is an issue global concern; therefore, selecting tomato cultivars tolerance to saline essential improve fruit quality and production. This study aimed estimate maximum electrical conductivity irrigation that does not harm find effects this phase. In first experiment, treatments were arranged a 3 × 8 f...

— Observers have asserted that India’s economic rise coincides with moral change. This study assesses some notable aspects of this claim by using public attitudes toward tax evasion and bribery as indicators of moral values. Using repeated cross-sectional data from the World Values Surveys, I find that tolerance for tax evasion and bribery grew relatively slightly from 1991 to 1996, and then in...

Given a sequence of n elements, the All Nearest Smaller Values (ANSV) problem is to nd, for each element in the sequence, the nearest element to the left (right) that is smaller, or to report that no such element exists. Time and work optimal algorithms for this problem are known on all the PRAM models 3], 5], but the running time of the best previous hypercube algorithm 6] is optimal only when...

BACKGROUND The RD(50) (exposure concentration producing a 50% respiratory rate decrease) test evaluates airborne chemicals for sensory irritation and has become an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard method. Past studies reported good correlations (R(2)) between RD(50)s and the occupational exposure limits, particularly threshold limit values (TLVs). OBJECTIVE The main ...