Several recent studies of vertebrate adaptation to environmental stress have suggested roles for microRNAs (miRNAs) in regulating global suppression of protein synthesis and/or restructuring protein expression patterns. The present study is the first to characterize stress-responsive alterations in the expression of miRNAs during natural freezing or anoxia exposures in an invertebrate species, ...

This study optimized the formulation of protein-enriched vegetable purees designed for people with swallowing difficulties and investigated effect different storage conditions (freezing refrigeration) on their nutritional, rheological textural properties. Two proteins (casein pea protein) four hydrocolloids (guar gum, tara xanthan gum carboxymehtylcellulose) were combined behavior analyzed. The...

Freezing can severely damage plants, limiting geographical distribution of natural populations and leading to major agronomical losses. Plants native to cold climates acquire increased freezing tolerance during exposure to low nonfreezing temperatures in a process termed cold acclimation. This involves many adaptative responses, including global changes in metabolite content and gene expression...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects different freezing and thawing methods on physical, chemical, sensory characteristics red shrimp (Aristaeomorpha foliacea). Shell-on shell-off shrimps were subjected three (blast freezing, still cryogenic freezing) (on air, in refrigerator microwave oven) stored for 30 days at -18ºC. Quality control analyses carried out samples after thawing....

Fourteen data loggers were packed with vaccine vials at the national vaccine store, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG), and sent to peripheral locations in the health system. The temperatures that the data loggers recorded during their passage along the cold chain indicated that heat damage was unlikely, but that all vials were exposed to freezing temperatures at some time. The commonest plac...

Artificial ground freezing (AGF) systems are susceptible to uncertain parameters highly affecting their performance. Particularly, selective artificial (S-AGF) involve several operational conditions. In this study, uncertainty analysis is conducted investigate four parameters: 1) coolant inlet temperature, 2) flow rate, 3) pipes emissivity, and 4) eccentricity. A reduced-order model developed v...