The sugar dehydration products, furfural and 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF), are commonly formed during high-temperature processing of lignocellulose, most often in thermochemical pretreatment, liquefaction, or pyrolysis.Typically, these two aldehydes are considered major inhibitors in microbial conversion processes.Many microbes can convert these
Food is an effective symbol capable of strongly evoking a cultural identity.In the case of Sicily, this role is mainly played salamander chameleon by pastry, and in particular by two sweets: cannolo (the singular of cannoli) and cassata.But how does it happen that just these two preparations, rather than others, take on this value? What are their m
Abstract Background There is a growing body of literature linking GIS-based measures of traffic density to asthma and other respiratory outcomes.However, no consensus exists on which traffic indicators best capture variability in different pollutants or within different settings.As part of a study on childhood asthma etiology, we examined variabili
The pervasive acceptability of a revolution from monodirectional push-based media broadcasting to a bidirectional interactive pull-based internet protocol television (IPTV) has spotted significant development in recent years.The pervasive acceptability is because of the mammoth number of exhilarating television (TV) channels that IPTV offers.Howeve
Abstract My interest is in the relationship between the contemporary account of the epistemology of religious belief, known as quasi-fideism, and the mighty vapors smash berry sceptical fideism that has been so important, historically, in motivating fideistic ideas.I argue that we can profitably construe quasi-fideism along sceptical fideist lines,