Modulating α-amylase enzyme activity with bioactive peptides of protein hydrolysate is one of a viable strategy in the management of diabetes through the control of postprandial glucose level. In this study, four proteolytic enzymes (pepsin, neutrase, alcalase and trypsin) were used to investigate the in vitro α-amylase inhibition of dried laver seaweed (Porphyra species) protein hydrolysates. ...

Listeria monocytogenes can be found throughout the environment and in many foods. It is associated primarily with meat and animal products. Listeria monocytogenes has become increasingly important as a food-borne pathogen. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of microwave (MW) treatment of chicken meat samples which were inoculated with L. monocytogenes. D...

Background: Morphine and lidocaine are known to influence the perception of pain. The present study sought to determine the influence of local administration of morphine on lidocaine-induced analgesia in morphine non-dependent (MND), morphine dependent (MD) and morphine withdrawal (MW) animals. Methods: Adult male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: Control, MND, MD and MW rats. Lidocai...

Non-human primates often live in socially stable groups characterized by bonded relationships among individuals. Social organization can be used to evaluate living conditions and expansion potential. Bisexual group size, ratio of males to females and group composition are essential elements determining the type of social organization. Although the first report on Shortridge's capped langurs (Tr...

We demonstrate a large enhancement of the spin accumulation in monolayer graphene following electron-beam induced deposition of an amorphous carbon layer at the ferromagnet-graphene interface. The enhancement is 10-fold when graphene is deposited onto poly(methyl metacrylate) (PMMA) and exposed with sufficient electron-beam dose to cross-link the PMMA, and 10-fold when graphene is deposited dir...

BACKGROUND The Six-minute walk (6 MW) and Timed-Up-and-Go (TUG) are short walk tests commonly used to evaluate functional recovery after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, little is known about walking capacity of TKA recipients over extended periods typical of everyday living and whether these short walk tests actually predict longer, more functional distances. Further, short walk tests o...

Three Nordic National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) and one company participated in the Nordtest project no 1634-03 High Power Fibre Optic Calibration. The project was successful and the service of calibrating high power fibre optic detectors can now be offered by the three NMIs. Each of the NMIs has established traceability to their own national standards for optical power. The NMIs used the sam...

Research focusing on mind-wandering (MW) has consistently shown that this mental state is accompanied by variable, error-prone behavior and increased activity within the default mode network (DMN) and the frontoparietal control network (FPN) (1–6). Given that the DMN has been implicated in internal mentation such as future planning or self-referential processing, whereas the FPN has been linked...

Mind-wandering (MW) is among the most robust and permanent expressions of human conscious awareness, classically regarded by philosophers, clinicians, and scientists as a core element of an intact sense of self. Nevertheless, the scientific exploration of MW poses unique challenges; MW is by nature a spontaneous, off task, internal mental process which is often unaware and usually difficult to ...