Pediococcus cerevisiae, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus plantarum,
Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Lactococcus diacetylactis Bifidobacterium
bifidum, Leuconostoc oenos, and mixed cultures of Propionibacterium
shermanii and P. cerevisiae were used to ferment cucumber juice brine
(CJB) at 22-26°C for 1.5 months. Sugar utilization ranged from 14.6 to 86.1%.
pH of the fermented CJB ranged from...
Falls in older adults are an important concern due to the potential injuries associated with falling. Decreases in muscle strength as a result of natural aging could impair the ability of older adults to prevent either a backward or forward fall. Two musculoskeletal models were used to predict the effect...
Photoacclimation is the process by which plants and phytoplankton adjust the concentration and composition of their photosynthetic machinery (i.e. their photoacclimation state) in response to changes in their light or nutrient environment. The purpose of photoacclimation is to balance the rate at which light energy is absorbed with the energetic...
Lidar (LIght Detection And Ranging) is a remote sensing technology using light in the form of a pulsed laser, which enables efficient, accurate, 3-D data acquisition of a scene. Depending on the mounting platform, lidar data acquisition can be categorized into Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS, or airborne lidar), Terrestrial Laser...
The capabilities of modern three-dimensional (3D) capture technology such as laser scanning and image-based 3D reconstruction are well suited to enhance the practice and research of civil engineering. However, given the often-overwhelming focus placed on the incredible capabilities of these tools and techniques, it is important to investigate the limitations...
This research explores several novel approaches to improve visualization and segmentation
of point clouds acquired with 3D laser scanning. 3D laser scanning is used
in a wide variety of applications including surveying and mapping, transportation asset
management, facilities management, building information modeling, crime scene investigations,
cultural heritage and geologic instigations....
Landslides are a pervasive hazard that can result in substantial damage to properties and loss of life throughout the world. To understand the nature and scope of the hazard, landslide hazard mapping has been an area of intense research by identifying areas most susceptible to landslides in order to mitigate...
Realistic (ideally photorealistic) real-time rendering has remained an elusive goal in computer graphics. While photorealistic rendering has certainly been achieved at the expense of tremendous computational resources and corresponding rendering times; real-time rendering typically must accept a great number of compromises to achieve adequate performance, such as aliasing artifacts, the...
Protein-protein interactions underlie all biological processes and are a field of study that has wide implications throughout many other fields including medicine, genetics, biology, and ecology. Proteins are the building blocks and primary actors of life. They work together to accomplish virtually every task within a cell, including, metabolism, signal...