The lag times (lambda) of Geobacillus stearothermophilus single spores were studied at different storage temperatures ranging from 45 to 59 degrees C using the Bioscreen C method. A significant variability of lambda was ...

Research has paid little attention to how overconfidence evolves over time. We examined how task experience (experience within a task using a sequence of items) and outcome feedback affected accuracy, confidence and ...

Background: There is evidence of the effects of air pollution on hospital admissions due to cardiovascular diseases, including myocardial infarction. Objective: To estimate the association between exposure to air pollutants ...

A commercial drinkable yogurt with and without 4% of added trehalose (as cell protectant) was spray-dried obtaining a powder with low water activity (aw). Total bacterial count in the powder was between 8.48–8.90 log cfu/g. ...

Faced with a scenario of discretionary accounting choices and timely and reliable reporting requirements, the role of independent auditors becomes very important for companies and for the market. In this sense an important ...

The assembly of regional biotas and organismal responses to anthropogenic climate change both depend on the capacity of organisms to adapt to novel ecological conditions. Here we demonstrate the concept of evolutionary ...

During its lifetime, a hydraulic fracture is known to traverse a trajectory in a region of a parametric space of non-dimensional evolutionary parameters. The topology of this diagram depends upon the phenomena considered. ...