Microtremor recordings have become a useful tool for microzonation studies in countries with low ... more Microtremor recordings have become a useful tool for microzonation studies in countries with low to moderate seismicity and also in countries where there are few seismographs or the recurrence time for an earthquake is quite long. Microtremor recordings can be made at almost any time and any place without needing to wait for an earthquake. The measurements can be made
The ex vivo and in vivo imaging, and quantitative characterization of the degradation of surgical... more The ex vivo and in vivo imaging, and quantitative characterization of the degradation of surgical sutures (∼500 μm diameter) up to ∼1cm depth is demonstrated using a custom dark-field photo-acoustic microscope (PAM). A practical algorithm is developed to accurately measure the suture diameter during the degradation process. The results from tissue simulating phantoms and mice are compared to ex vivo measurements with an optical microscope demonstrating that PAM has a great deal of potential to characterize the degradation process of surgical sutures. The implications of this work for industrial applications are discussed.
ABSTRACT This work assesses the effect of different settings of the acquisition parameters (distr... more ABSTRACT This work assesses the effect of different settings of the acquisition parameters (distribution of mesh points, density of sources and detectors) of a parallel-plate non-contact fdoT, in order to achieve the best possible imaging performance, ie using the minimum number of singular values of W to maximize the information content in acquired measurements while minimizing the computational cost
International journal of food microbiology, Jan 27, 2015
Quantitative microbial risk assessment requires the knowledge of the effect of food preservation ... more Quantitative microbial risk assessment requires the knowledge of the effect of food preservation technologies on the growth parameters of the survivors of the treatment. This is of special interest in the case of the new non-thermal technologies that are being investigated for minimal processing of foods. This is a study on the effect of pulsed light technology (PL) on the lag phase of Bacillus cereus spores surviving the treatment and the maximum growth rate (μmax) of the survivors after germination. The D value was estimated as 0.35J/cm(2) and our findings showed that PL affected the kinetic parameters of the microorganism. A log linear relationship was observed between the lag phase and the intensity of the treatment. Increasing the lethality lengthened the mean lag phase and proportionally increased its variability. A polynomial regression was fitted between the μmax of the survivors and the inactivation achieved. The μmax decreased as intensity increased. From these data, and t...
International journal of food microbiology, Jan 3, 2013
Listeria innocua micropopulation lag phase and its variability have been modeled as a function of... more Listeria innocua micropopulation lag phase and its variability have been modeled as a function of growth temperature, intensity of heat stress, and the number of surviving cells initiating growth. Micropopulation lag phases were found to correlate negatively with inoculum size and growth temperature and positively with heat shock intensity. Validation of the models using experimental milk samples indicated that the average lag phase duration predicted is shorter and more variable than the observed, meaning that they should be considered safe for risk assessment. Our results suggest that the effect of inoculum size on the population lag phase has both stochastic and physiological components.
International journal of food microbiology, Jan 3, 2011
The effect of electron beam irradiation on microbial inactivation and duration of lag time of ind... more The effect of electron beam irradiation on microbial inactivation and duration of lag time of individual surviving cells of Listeria innocua, Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Salmonella Enteritidis has been studied. In addition, the data on variability in microbial inactivation and duration of lag phase for surviving microbes have been fitted by normal and gamma distributions, respectively. The standard deviations of survivor number and lag phase duration of individual cells were higher in irradiated batches than in non-irradiated ones. Furthermore, the more intense the irradiation treatment was, the higher the variability in both survivor number and duration of lag phase of survivors. These findings should be considered in predictive models of microbial inactivation, in risk assessment, and in adjusting preserving and/or storage conditions in the food industry.
Microtremor recordings have become a useful tool for microzonation studies in countries with low ... more Microtremor recordings have become a useful tool for microzonation studies in countries with low to moderate seismicity and also in countries where there are few seismographs or the recurrence time for an earthquake is quite long. Microtremor recordings can be made at almost any time and any place without needing to wait for an earthquake. The measurements can be made
The ex vivo and in vivo imaging, and quantitative characterization of the degradation of surgical... more The ex vivo and in vivo imaging, and quantitative characterization of the degradation of surgical sutures (∼500 μm diameter) up to ∼1cm depth is demonstrated using a custom dark-field photo-acoustic microscope (PAM). A practical algorithm is developed to accurately measure the suture diameter during the degradation process. The results from tissue simulating phantoms and mice are compared to ex vivo measurements with an optical microscope demonstrating that PAM has a great deal of potential to characterize the degradation process of surgical sutures. The implications of this work for industrial applications are discussed.
ABSTRACT This work assesses the effect of different settings of the acquisition parameters (distr... more ABSTRACT This work assesses the effect of different settings of the acquisition parameters (distribution of mesh points, density of sources and detectors) of a parallel-plate non-contact fdoT, in order to achieve the best possible imaging performance, ie using the minimum number of singular values of W to maximize the information content in acquired measurements while minimizing the computational cost
International journal of food microbiology, Jan 27, 2015
Quantitative microbial risk assessment requires the knowledge of the effect of food preservation ... more Quantitative microbial risk assessment requires the knowledge of the effect of food preservation technologies on the growth parameters of the survivors of the treatment. This is of special interest in the case of the new non-thermal technologies that are being investigated for minimal processing of foods. This is a study on the effect of pulsed light technology (PL) on the lag phase of Bacillus cereus spores surviving the treatment and the maximum growth rate (μmax) of the survivors after germination. The D value was estimated as 0.35J/cm(2) and our findings showed that PL affected the kinetic parameters of the microorganism. A log linear relationship was observed between the lag phase and the intensity of the treatment. Increasing the lethality lengthened the mean lag phase and proportionally increased its variability. A polynomial regression was fitted between the μmax of the survivors and the inactivation achieved. The μmax decreased as intensity increased. From these data, and t...
International journal of food microbiology, Jan 3, 2013
Listeria innocua micropopulation lag phase and its variability have been modeled as a function of... more Listeria innocua micropopulation lag phase and its variability have been modeled as a function of growth temperature, intensity of heat stress, and the number of surviving cells initiating growth. Micropopulation lag phases were found to correlate negatively with inoculum size and growth temperature and positively with heat shock intensity. Validation of the models using experimental milk samples indicated that the average lag phase duration predicted is shorter and more variable than the observed, meaning that they should be considered safe for risk assessment. Our results suggest that the effect of inoculum size on the population lag phase has both stochastic and physiological components.
International journal of food microbiology, Jan 3, 2011
The effect of electron beam irradiation on microbial inactivation and duration of lag time of ind... more The effect of electron beam irradiation on microbial inactivation and duration of lag time of individual surviving cells of Listeria innocua, Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Salmonella Enteritidis has been studied. In addition, the data on variability in microbial inactivation and duration of lag phase for surviving microbes have been fitted by normal and gamma distributions, respectively. The standard deviations of survivor number and lag phase duration of individual cells were higher in irradiated batches than in non-irradiated ones. Furthermore, the more intense the irradiation treatment was, the higher the variability in both survivor number and duration of lag phase of survivors. These findings should be considered in predictive models of microbial inactivation, in risk assessment, and in adjusting preserving and/or storage conditions in the food industry.
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