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Aggarwal N.K. Niga P. Singh D. Yadav B.S. 《World journal of microbiology & biotechnology》2001,17(8):783-787
A commercial preparation of -amylase, Biotempase, obtained from Biocon India Pvt. Ltd., and crude glucoamylase produced from Aspergillus sp. NA21 were used to hydrolyse tapioca powder, a non-conventional starchy substrate. Among various concentrations of starch (15–35%, dry weight/volume) tried for maximum liquefaction; slurry made with 25% substrate concentration proved optimal. An economical process of liquefaction was carried out using steam under pressure (0.2–0.3 bar, 104–105 °C) to liquefy a 25% slurry in just 45 min, contrary to a slower process carried out at 95 °C in a water bath. For liquefaction of starch a pH of 5.0 proved to be optimum. The dose of Biotempase as prescribed by the supplier could be reduced by 33% achieving the same degree of liquefaction, by addition of CaCl2 to the starch slurry at the concentration of 120 mg/l. The conditions for the saccharification of liquefied starch were optimized to be 60 °C and pH 5.0, producing 90% saccharification in 24 h. Supplementation of divalent ions Ca2+, Mg2+ and Zn2+ in the process of saccharification showed no effect. Finally glucose was found to be the main hydrolysis product in the saccharification of tapioca starch. 相似文献
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Denise Campbell-Scherer Yvonne Chiu Nicole Naadu Ofosu Thea Luig Karen Heather Hunter Badi Jabbour Sauleha Farooq Ali Mahdi Aline Gayawira Fransiska Awasis Funke Olokude Hannah Goa Hina Syed Judy Sillito Lydia Yip Lyn Belle Mawien Akot Monique Nutter Nadia Farhat Yan Wang Niga Jalal Saida Khalif Shiva Chapagain Stephanie Fernandez Susan Azarcon Zhewar Hama 《CMAJ》2021,193(31):E1203
BACKGROUND:The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated disparities in poverty and illness for people in vulnerable circumstances in ethnocultural communities. We sought to understand the evolving impacts of COVID-19 on ethnocultural communities to inform intersectoral advocacy and community action.METHODS:The Illuminate Project used participatory action research, with cultural health brokers as peer researchers, from Sept. 21 to Dec. 31, 2020, in Edmonton, Alberta. Twenty-one peer researchers collected narratives from members of ethnocultural communities and self-interpreted them as they entered the narratives into the SenseMaker platform, a mixed-method data collection tool. The entire research team analyzed real-time, aggregate, quantitative and qualitative data to identify emerging thematic domains, then visualized these domains with social network analysis.RESULTS:Brokers serving diverse communities collected 773 narratives. Identified domains illuminate the evolving and entangled impacts of COVID-19 including the following: COVID-19 prevention and management; care of acute, chronic and serious illnesses other than COVID-19; maternal care; mental health and triggers of past trauma; financial insecurity; impact on children and youth and seniors; and legal concerns. We identified that community social capital and cultural brokering are key assets that facilitate access to formal health and social system supports.INTERPRETATION:The Illuminate Project has illustrated the entangled, systemic issues that result in poor health among vulnerable members of ethnocultural communities, and the exacerbating effects of COVID-19, which also increased barriers to mitigation. Cultural brokering and community social capital are key supports for people during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings can inform policy to reduce harm and support community resiliency.Mahatma Gandhi observed that “the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” Ethnocultural communities, defined by their unique shared characteristics (e.g., cultural traditions, language, country of origin),1 face greater challenges and have higher rates of poverty and illness than the general Canadian population. Migration results in conditions that affect all social determinants of health and disproportionally affect health outcomes, herein referred to as vulnerable circumstances.2,3 The emergence of major outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 infections in ethnocultural communities highlights both the vulnerable circumstances of these communities and the disparities they face in accessing high-quality, culturally appropriate information and support.4–7 Studies have shown substantial variation in deaths attributed to COVID-19 based on factors such as age, sex, ethnicity, length of time in Canada, income and education.8–11 However, given the well-known gap in reporting comprehensive COVID-19 data in relation to race and ethnicity, efforts to measure its impact are hampered.8–12 There is an urgent need to understand the evolving challenges of COVID-19 to inform action and public policy that can mitigate these challenges.To understand evolving situations of complexity and crisis, sensemaking, defined as “a continuous process to establish situational awareness,”13 is a crucial undertaking.14 Using participatory action research,15–18 we sought to understand the evolving impacts of COVID-19 on ethnocultural communities to inform broader national efforts to migitate the impacts of COVID-19. Particularly, we sought to understand how the challenges of COVID-19 are entangled with contextual factors at multiple levels, how families and communities are leveraging strengths and social capital to adapt, and the role of cultural brokers in managing the crisis. 相似文献
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Niga T Ito H Oyamada Y Yamagishi J Kadono M Nishino T Gotoh N Inoue M 《Microbiology and immunology》2005,49(5):443-446
Clinical isolates of highly fluoroquinolone-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa had a mutation in either A or B subunit of DNA gyrase and over-expressed MexB and MexX, the efflux system proteins. Introduction of wild-type gyrase genes of Escherichia coli into the isolates made them as fluoroquinolonesusceptible as the moderately fluoroquinolone-resistant strains that only over-expressed efflux system proteins. These findings demonstrate that high fluoroquinolone-resistance in P. aeruginosa is attributed to cooperation between alteration in DNA gyrase genes and over-expression of efflux systems proteins. 相似文献
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Wang H Peters N Laza-Stanca V Nawroly N Johnston SL Schwarze J 《Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)》2006,177(4):2536-2542
Increases in numbers of lung dendritic cells (DC) observed during respiratory viral infections are assumed to be due to recruitment from bone marrow precursors. No local production has been demonstrated. In this study, we isolated defined populations of murine lung cells based on CD11c and MHC class II (MHC II) expression. After culture for 12 days with GM-CSF, we analyzed cell numbers, DC surface markers, and Ag-presenting capacity. Only CD11c+ MHC II- cells from naive mice proliferated, yielding myeloid DC, which induced Ag-specific proliferation of naive T cells. After respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, numbers of pulmonary CD11c+ MHC II- precursor cells were significantly reduced and DC could not be generated. Moreover, RSV infection prevented subsequent in vivo expansion of pulmonary DC in response to influenza infection or LPS treatment. These results provide direct evidence of local generation of fully functional myeloid DC in the lung from CD11c+ MHC II(-) precursor cells that are depleted by RSV infection, leading to an inability to expand lung DC numbers in response to subsequent viral infection or exposure to bacterial products. This depletion of local DC precursors in respiratory viral infections may be important in explaining complex interactions between multiple and intercurrent pulmonary infections. 相似文献
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