scholarly journals Changes in the agrochemical and biological properties of the soil when applying various types and ratios of organic and mineral

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (45) ◽  
pp. 19-19
Author(s):  
Alexander Saakian ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Properties ◽  
Soil Stability ◽  
Loamy Soil ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Basic Model ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Integral Stability

The article analyzes the main approaches to assessing the stability of agrocenosis soils. It is revealed that the mechanisms of soil stability are embedded in the structure and nature of the connections between the biota and the abiotic parts of the system, as well as the intra-component and inter-component connections between them. It is established that the structure of the soil is the most important aspect of the stability of any agroecosystem, which persists when its conditions change. A basic model of integral stability of sod-podzolic light loamy soil and agricultural technologies for its provision are proposed. Keywords: SOIL, AGROCENOSIS, AGROECOSYSTEM, STABILITY, STABILITY, ELASTICITY, RECOVERABILITY, INERTIA, PLASTICITY

scholarly journals Anthocyanins Recovered from Agri-Food By-Products Using Innovative Processes: Trends, Challenges, and Perspectives for Their Application in Food Systems

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 2632
Author(s):  
Henrique Silvano Arruda ◽  
Eric Keven Silva ◽  
Nayara Macêdo Peixoto Araujo ◽  
Gustavo Araujo Pereira ◽  
Glaucia Maria Pastore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Extraction Techniques ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Current Review ◽  
Natural Colorants ◽  
Conventional Extraction ◽  
The Stability ◽  
By Products

Anthocyanins are naturally occurring phytochemicals that have attracted growing interest from consumers and the food industry due to their multiple biological properties and technological applications. Nevertheless, conventional extraction techniques based on thermal technologies can compromise both the recovery and stability of anthocyanins, reducing their global yield and/or limiting their application in food systems. The current review provides an overview of the main innovative processes (e.g., pulsed electric field, microwave, and ultrasound) used to recover anthocyanins from agri-food waste/by-products and the mechanisms involved in anthocyanin extraction and their impacts on the stability of these compounds. Moreover, trends and perspectives of anthocyanins’ applications in food systems, such as antioxidants, natural colorants, preservatives, and active and smart packaging components, are addressed. Challenges behind anthocyanin implementation in food systems are displayed and potential solutions to overcome these drawbacks are proposed.

scholarly journals Proteome Integral Stability Alteration assay dramatically increases throughput and sensitivity in profiling factor-induced proteome changes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Gaetani ◽  
Pierre Sabatier ◽  
Amir Ata Saei ◽  
Christian Beusch ◽  
Zhe Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Biology ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Parameter Variation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Factor Intensity ◽  
Unusual Behavior ◽  
Analysis Scheme ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Proteome Changes ◽  
Integral Stability

Various factors, including drugs as well as non-molecular influences, induce alterations in the stability of proteins in cell lysates, living cells and organisms. These alterations can be probed by applying a stability-modifying agent, such as elevated temperature, to a varying degree. As a second dimension of variation, drug concentration or factor intensity can be used. However, the corresponding analysis scheme has a low throughput and high cost. Additionally, since traditional data analysis employs curve fitting, proteins with unusual behavior are frequently ignored. The novel Proteome Integral Stability Alteration (PISA) assay avoids these issues altogether, increasing the analysis throughput by one to two orders of magnitude for unlimited number of parameter variation points. The consumption of the compound and biological material decreases by the same factor. We envision widespread use of the PISA approach in chemical biology and drug development.

Processing, secretion, and biological properties of a novel growth factor of the fibroblast growth factor family with oncogenic potential

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 2933-2941
Author(s):  
P Delli-Bovi ◽  
A M Curatola ◽  
K M Newman ◽  
Y Sato ◽  
D Moscatelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activity ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Kaposi Sarcoma ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Fibroblast Growth ◽  
Serum Free Medium ◽  
Free Medium ◽  
Serum Free ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Nih 3T3

We recently reported that the protein encoded in a novel human oncogene isolated from Kaposi sarcoma DNA was a growth factor with significant homology to basic and acidic fibroblast growth factors (FGFs). To study the properties of this growth factor (referred to as K-FGF) and the mechanism by which the K-fgf oncogene transforms cells, we have studied the production and processing of K-FGF in COS-1 cells transfected with a plasmid encoding the K-fgf cDNA. The results show that, unlike basic and acidic FGFs, the K-FGF protein is cleaved after a signal peptide, glycosylated, and efficiently secreted as a mature protein of 176 or 175 amino acids. Inhibition of glycosylation impaired secretion, and the stability of the secreted K-FGF was greatly enhanced by the presence of heparin in the cultured medium. We have used the conditioned medium from transfected COS-1 cells to test K-FGF biological activity. Similar to basic FGF, the K-FGF protein was mitogenic for fibroblasts and endothelial cells and induced the growth of NIH 3T3 mouse cells in serum-free medium. Accordingly, K-fgf-transformed NIH 3T3 cells grew in serum-free medium, consistent with an autocrine mechanism of growth. We have also expressed the protein encoded in the K-fgf protooncogene in COS-1 cells, and it was indistinguishable in its molecular weight, glycosylation, secretion, and biological activity from K-FGF. Taken together, these results suggest that the mechanism of activation of this oncogene is due to overexpression rather than to mutations in the coding sequences.

Profits and GDP in the basic model

2019 ◽  
pp. 32-53
Author(s):  
Kazimierz Łaski
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Total Output ◽  
Capitalist Economy ◽  
Basic Model ◽  
Consumption Goods ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Two Sectors ◽  
Investment Multiplier ◽  
Multiplier Process

In the basic model it is assumed that the economy is closed and there is no government. In this situation, with two sectors producing respectively investment and consumption goods, total output and employment are determined by investment through the Keynesian investment multiplier. This result obtains because the capitalist economy is demand-constrained. By contrast, the centrally planned socialist economies were supply-constrained. In the capitalist economy the multiplier process ensures that investment finances itself through providing exactly the same amount of saving as investment in any given period. However, the condition for the stability of this result is the rise in wages with labor productivity.

Chitosan-Stabilized Oil-in-Water Nanoemulsions

2022 ◽  
pp. 44-58
Author(s):  
Viktoria Milkova
Keyword(s):  
Physicochemical Characteristics ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Precise Control ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Natural Polysaccharide ◽  
Oil In Water ◽  
Degree Of Acetylation ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
The Stability

Chitosan is a natural polysaccharide and emulsifier that can ensure a significant emulsion stability at suitable pH, ionic strength, composition, concentration, or thermal processing. The evaluation of the electrokinetic properties is a key factor in investigation of the stability of the nanoemulsions with a view to their potential applications in bionanotechnology. Consequently, the precise control over the physicochemical characteristics of chitosan (degree of acetylation, DA and molecular weight, Mw) can provide a high stability and specific biological properties of the developed functional structures. The chapter is focused on the interpretation of the electrokinetic response from nanoemulsion stabilized by adsorption of chitosan (as a polyelectrolyte or uncharged polymer) by using appropriate theoretical approaches.

Correlation of tissue plasminogen regulators expressed by esophageal adenocarcinoma with VEGF family members.

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 37-37
Author(s):  
Evgeniy N. Kolesnikov ◽  
Oleg Ivanovich Kit ◽  
Elena Frantsiyants ◽  
Valeria A. Bandovkina ◽  
Larisa S. Kozlova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Esophageal Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Strong Correlations ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Vegf Family Members ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Microsoft Office ◽  
Pai 1

37 Background: Esophageal cancer is known for its high potential of early lymphogenous metastases. The biological activity of plasminogen (PG) regulators, VEGFs and their receptors controls the growth and differentiation of cells, including malignant ones, the stability of the extracellular matrix, as well as processes of destruction of membranes and extracellular matrix, invasion of malignant cells, angio- and lymphangiogenesis. Our purpose was to study the role of PG regulators in the activation of VEGFs and their receptors in esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) and its perifocal zone (PZ). Methods: Levels of uPA-Ag, uPA-act; tPA-Ag, tPA-act; PAI-1-Ag and PAI-1-act, VEGF-А, VEGF-R1, VEGF-С and VEGF-R3 were determined by ELISA in surgical specimens of EA (n = 28, st II, G2, T2-3N0-1M0). Statistical analysis was performed using Microsoft Office Excel 2010. Results: Levels of all proteins, except tPA, were higher in tumor (T) tissues than in the resection line (RL, p < 0.01). Protein levels, except uPA-Ag and tPA, in PZ were between levels in T and RL (p < 0.01); uPA-Ag, tPA-Ag and tPA-act were decreased in T and PZ compared with RL (p < 0.01); PAI-1-Ag in T and PZ was higher than in RL by 9.4 and 6.3 times, and PAI-1-act – by 10.7 and 1.9 times. Levels of VEGF-А, VEGF-R1, VEGF-С and VEGF-R3 were increased in T (p < 0.001), and in PZ they were between levels in T and RL (p < 0.001). Strong correlations were registered in EA T between uPA and VEGF-А (r = 86), uPA and VEGF-R1 (r = 81), uPA and VEGF-С (r = 79), uPA and VEGF-R3 (r = 76). A strong correlation between uPA and PAI-1 in T (r = 88) did not exclude PAI-1 biological effects in EA T and its PZ. PZ showed strong correlations between uPA and PAI-1 (r = 87), uPA and VEGF-А (r = 84), uPA and VEGF-С (r = 78). Conclusions: The strong correlations between the activation of uPA, PAI-1, VEGF-А, VEGF-С and their receptors in EA indicate interactions between them, realized both directly and through plasmin. The expression of the studied proteins in T and its PZ, compared to RL, demonstrates the effect of T on the content and activity of uPA, PAI-1, VEGF-A, VEGF-C and their receptors, with the following realization of biological properties that promote the progression of EA.

Synthesis, physico-chemical and biological properties of DNA and RNA oligonucleotides containing short alkylamino internucleotide bond

2011 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
pp. 1471-1486
Author(s):  
Milena Sobczak ◽  
Katarzyna Kubiak ◽  
Magdalena Janicka ◽  
Malgorzata Sierant ◽  
Barbara Mikolajczyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Properties ◽  
Protecting Group ◽  
Dna And Rna ◽  
Double Stranded Dna ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Rna Oligomers ◽  
Phosphate Linkage ◽  
Sirna Molecule ◽  
Fetal Bovine ◽  
The Stability

The condensation of the 5′-O-DMT-3′-deoxy-3′-aminothymidine with 3′-O-TBDMS-thymidine- 5′-aldehyde, followed by reduction of the resultant imine derivative and removal of tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) protecting group, provided a dimer (denoted as TNHT), which is a congener of dithymidine phosphate with the phosphate linkage 3′-O-P(O)(OH)-O-5′ replaced with an amino group (–NH–). After phosphitylation of the 3′-OH group, the dimer TNHT was introduced (by the standard phosphoramidite approach) into a central part of the nonadecathymidylate. This oligomer exhibited lower affinity to the complementary single and double stranded DNA complements as compared to unmodified T19 oligonucleotide. The cleavage of modified oligomer with the snake venom and calf spleen phosphodiesterases was completely suppressed at the site of modification. RNA oligomers containing the TNHT dimer were used for preparation of siRNA molecules directed towards mRNA of BACE1 (beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme). The presence of the TNHT units at the 3′-ends of the RNA strands of the siRNA molecule (the siRNA itself is an effective gene expression inhibitor for BACE1) preserved the gene silencing activity and improved the stability of the modified siRNA in 10% fetal bovine serum.

scholarly journals Fucoxanthin: A Promising Medicinal and Nutritional Ingredient

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Yibo Tang ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Shuofeng Zhang ◽  
Jing Qu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Structural Properties ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Protective Effects ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Brown Seaweeds ◽  
Physiological Functions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Nutritional Qualities ◽  
The Stability

Fucoxanthin, an allenic carotenoid, can be isolated from edible brown seaweeds. Recent studies have reported that fucoxanthin has many physiological functions and biological properties, such as antiobesity, antitumor, antidiabetes, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective activities, as well as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular protective effects. Therefore, fucoxanthin can be used as both medicinal and nutritional ingredient to prevent and treat chronic diseases. Although fucoxanthin possesses many medicinal ingredient and nutritional qualities, studies indicated that its structure was unstable. In this paper, we consulted the current documents and reviewed structural properties and factors affecting the stability of fucoxanthin. We also reported the metabolism, safety, pharmacological activities, and the methods of improving the bioavailability of fucoxanthin. Based on these studies providing essential background knowledge, fucoxanthin can be developed into marine drugs and nutritional products.

Linear and Nonlinear Electrical Models of Neurons for Hopfield Neural Network

2016 ◽  
Vol 71 (11) ◽  
pp. 995-1002
Author(s):  
Farah Sarwar ◽  
Shaukat Iqbal ◽  
Muhammad Waqar Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Neuron Model ◽  
Deterministic Model ◽  
Hopfield Neural Network ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Operational Amplifiers ◽  
Nonlinear Input ◽  
Stochastic Neuron ◽  
Output Characteristics ◽  
The Stability

AbstractA novel electrical model of neuron is proposed in this presentation. The suggested neural network model has linear/nonlinear input-output characteristics. This new deterministic model has joint biological properties in excellent agreement with the earlier deterministic neuron model of Hopfield and Tank and to the stochastic neuron model of McCulloch and Pitts. It is an accurate portrayal of differential equation presented by Hopfield and Tank to mimic neurons. Operational amplifiers, resistances, capacitor, and diodes are used to design this system. The presented biological model of neurons remains to be advantageous for simulations. Impulse response is studied and conferred to certify the stability and strength of this innovative model. A simple illustration is mapped to demonstrate the exactness of the intended system. Precisely mapped illustration exhibits 100 % accurate results.

scholarly journals Application of Multiblock Analysis on Small Metabolomic Multi-Tissue Dataset

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frida Torell ◽  
Tomas Skotare ◽  
Johan Trygg
Keyword(s):  
Data Integration ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Single Model ◽  
Integration Methods ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Stability

Data integration has been proven to provide valuable information. The information extracted using data integration in the form of multiblock analysis can pinpoint both common and unique trends in the different blocks. When working with small multiblock datasets the number of possible integration methods is drastically reduced. To investigate the application of multiblock analysis in cases where one has few number of samples, we studied a small metabolomic multiblock dataset containing six blocks (i.e. tissue types), only including common metabolites. We used a single model multiblock analysis method called Joint and unique multiblock analysis (JUMBA) and compare it to a commonly used method, concatenated PCA. These methods were used to detect trends in the dataset and identify underlying factors responsible for metabolic variations. Using JUMBA, we were able to interpret the extracted components and link them to relevant biological properties. JUMBA shows how the observations are related to one another, the stability of these relationships and to what extent each of the blocks contribute to the components. These results indicate that multiblock methods can be useful even with a small number of samples.

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