Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) of lignocellulosic biomass offers an alternative route to renewable energy. The crop pathogen Fusarium oxysporum is a promising fungal biocatalyst because of its broad host range and innate ability to co-saccharify and ferment lignocellulose to bioethanol. A major challenge for cellulolytic CBP-enabling microbes is alcohol inhibition. This research tested the hy...

The purpose of this document is to identify key policy recommendations to relevant settings that impact on the availability, marketing price, and knowledge of SSBs and ultimately the consumption of SSBs in New Zealand, particularly in youth. These recommendations will provide achievable goals to various stakeholders and settings of influence, aiming to reduce SSBs intake. The ideal outcome is t...

Ru/C catalysts are active for the conversion of cellulose using 2-propanol or H(2) of 0.8 MPa as sources of hydrogen, whereas the Ru/Al(2)O(3) catalyst is inactive in both reactions, indicating that the Ru/C catalysts are remarkably effective for the cellulose conversion.

The secondary kinetic isotope effects for the hydride transfer reactions from aliphatic alcohols to two carbocations (NAD(+) models) in acetonitrile were determined. The results suggest that the hydride transfer takes place by tunneling and that the rehybridizations of both donor and acceptor carbons lag behind the H-tunneling. This is quite contrary to the observations in alcohol dehydrogenase...

AbstracL A selective and efficient protocol for the catalytic asymmetric cyclopropanation of allylic alcohols has been developed. The reaction involves preformation of the ethylzinc alkoxide of the alcohol and reaction with the FurukawdSimmons-Smith reagent. Zinc iodide has been shown to have a beneficial effect on the rate and enantioselectivity of the reaction. The structural variability in t...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake during infancy predicts obesity at age 6 years. METHODS We included 1189 children who participated in the Infant Feeding Practices Study II in 2005-2007 and were followed up at 6 years in 2012. Children's weight and height were measured by mothers. Obesity was defined as gender-specific BMI-for-age ≥95th percentile. We used lo...

This paper investigates the impact of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) taxes on consumption, bodyweight and tax burden for low-income, middle-income and high-income groups using an Almost Ideal Demand System and 2011 Household level scanner data. A significant contribution of our paper is that we compare two types of SSB taxes recently advocated by policy makers: A 20% flat rate sales (valoric) ...

The amide linkage being shorter than the natural phosphate linkage, an additional atom is introduced into oligodeoxyribonucleosides (ODNs) with sugar-thioacetamide backbone that show very good RNA recognition properties.