Chitin is the second most abundant natural polysaccharide consisting of β(1→ 4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) units in a linear form. Chitin is insoluble in water and mainly exists in two crystalline (α- and β-) forms. The α-chitin consists of sheets of tightly packed alternating parallel and antiparallel chains (1) and is abundant in the exoskeleton of arthropods, insects, fungi, and yeast cell walls. The chains are arranged in parallel orientation in β-chitin (2), which occurs less…
Development and evaluation of an antimicrobial formulation containing the essential oil of Thymus fontanesii Boiss. & Reut . Mebarki Noudjoub , Nabiev Mohamed2, Chader Henni3, Ziane Henifa4, Fazouane Fethia1 1 Food Technology Research Laboratory, FSI, M’hamed Bougara University, Boumerdès 35000, Algeria 2 Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Process Engineering, FHC, M’hamed Bougara University, Boumerdès 35000, Algeria 3 National Laboratory of Control of Pharmaceuticals Products (NLCPP)…
Erythritol – Your New Favorite (Antioxidant-Rich, Diabetic-Friendly) Sugar Substitute! The verdict is in: Sugar is BAD for our health! But, does this mean we’ll never again be able to enjoy a decadent piece of chocolate cake, a plate of warm, chewy cookies, or a heavenly handful of candy ever again? Absolutely not! Thankfully, there is a sweetener out there that tastes like sugar, bakes like sugar, and can even improve your health (unlike sugar). It’s called erythritol (pronounced Air…
1. Introduction L-Ornithine is an important chemical ingredient for its applications in food and pharmaceutical industries as a dietary supplement, as it is known to be efficacious in the treatment of liver diseases and wound healing [11]. It can also be used as a precursor for the synthesis of other amino acids, such as arginine and citrulline, and putrescine, an important diamine used as a nylon precursor [28]. L-Ornithine could be produced by fermentation using auxotrophic mutants, for…
The people today are using the internet more than ever. They view the internet and even more so the mobile phones as positive aspects of our society. The internet and mobile phones systems are the two biggest systems of communication which play a crucial role in our daily activities and development of identities. On the other hand, these same technologies are also often used negatively. Many children are the targets of bullying via the internet or mobile phones resulting in total confusion on…
These agencies and their “varying rules and standards led to certain entities not being regulated at all, with others subject to less oversight than their peer financial firms organized under different charters” (Morrison & Foerster, 2010, p. 6). After the financial crisis, analysts pointed to the “many regulatory failures” and gaps in oversight as the reason unethical and illegal practices were overlooked or ignored (Madrick, 2010, para. 3). As a result, the provisions set out by…
Section A A1. a. It is also defined as the activity, set of institutions and processes for creating, delivering and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, and society at large. Marketing is used to create, and satisfy the customer. With the customer as the focus of its activities, it can be concluded that it is one of the premier components of business management. The term developed from the original meaning which referred literally to going to a market to buy or sell goods or…
MENTORED PRACTICUM: PROGRESS REPORT 1 (15% of practicum grade) NOTE: All information in all sections of this report obtained from outside sources must be appropriately cited in APA format. Student name: Manasseh Eric Muvandimwe Supervisor name: Catherine Kirk Project title: Examining the root causes of poor recovery from moderate acute malnutrition among children enrolled in a supplemental food program in a rural health center of Rwanda. PART 1. INTRODUCTION Background (provide a short…
loss, availability and uptime of routers, switches and other Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) -enabled devices. Intelligent notifications - alerts that can be configure so that there is a response to a specific network scenarios through a page, e-mail, call or text in a network administrator. 2.4 PROTOCOLS AND STANDARDS A network protocol is a set of formats and conventions for data transmission or in other words a standardized set of rules and conventions which all devices have to…
Introduction The hotel industry’s ability to distinguish future trends and the outlook of the market changes has become a factor in determining the competitiveness of hotels. This is fundamental because of the critical issues involved with uncertainties, adapting through innovation, constantly evolving customer desires and demands, taking advantages of opportunities and staying ahead of competition in this dynamic global economy. Market led strategic change that involves going into the market…