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Accumulation of Biogenic Amines in Wine: Role of Alcoholic and Malolactic Fermentation
No full textBiogenic amines (BAs) are detrimental to health and originate in foods mainly from
decarboxylation of the corresponding amino acid by the activity of exogenous enzymes released by
various microorganisms. BAs can be generated at different stages of the wine production. Some of
them are formed in the vineyard and are normal constituents of grapes with amounts varying with
variety, soil type and composition, fertilization and climatic conditions during growth and degree of
maturation. BAs can be also formed by the yeasts during the alcoholic fermentation (AF), as well as
by the action of bacteria involved in the malolactic fermentation (MLF). As aminogenesis is a complex
and multifactorial phenomenon, the studies carried out to identify the main vinification stage of
BAs production yielded contradictory results. In particular, there is not a general consensus yet on
which fermentation supports mostly the accumulation of BAs in wine. In this context, the aim of the
present paper deals with the most recent results related with the influence of alcoholic and malolactic
fermentation parameters on BAs-producer microorganism in wine
The role of omega 3 fatty acid and antioxidants in food[Il ruolo degli acidi grassi ω3 e degli antiossidanti negli alimenti]
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Quality and safety issues related with the presence of biogenic amines in coffee, tea, and cocoa-based beverages
No full textBiogenic amines (BAs) are detrimental to health and originate in foods from decarboxylation of the corresponding amino acid and transamination of aldehydes and ketones. In foods, the decarboxylation process can be related with the activity of decarboxylase enzymes, widely distributed in spoilage and other microorganisms involved in food fermentation. Moreover, the oxidative decarboxylation can be also obtained during thermal processing of foods. Tea, coffee, and cocoa, as well as their derivatives, have been considered as a source of BAs. Amines, can be present in raw materials, can take origin during the production process and/or they can be formed/accumulated during storage, although raw materials have been investigated much more in comparison with the corresponding beverages. In this context, the goal of this chapter is the evaluation of the studies present in the literature regarding the presence of BAs in tea, coffee, and cocoa and their derivatives as well as their analytical determination
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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