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Open AccessPhenolic and colour characteristics of must and wine obtained from red grapes treated by pulsed electric fields. Efficacy of PEF to reduce maceration time in elaboration of red wines
Pulsed electric fields effect was studied on the physico-chemical and general phenolic composition as colour characteristics and stilbene content in must and wine. For this purpose, a continuous pulsed electri...
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Analysis of grapes and the first stages of the vinification process in wine contamination with Brettanomyces bruxellensis
Brettanomyces bruxellensis is a major cause of wine spoilage due to the production of ethyl phenols, and it has become a major worldwide oenological concern in recent years. The most critical fac...
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Thermal and mechanical behaviour of self-curable waterborne hybrid polyurethanes functionalized with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES)
Two series of self curable polyurethanes were synthesized using an aliphatic diisocyanate (isophorone diisocyanate), an anionic diol (2-bis(hydroxymethyl) propionic acid) and two different soft segments poly(1...
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Presence of enological microorganisms in the grapes and the air of a vineyard during the ripening period
This study looks at the presence and evolution of yeast and lactic bacteria in the air of a vineyard during the 4 weeks up to harvesting. The work was conducted in two successive harvests (2008 and 2009) in a ...
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Quantitative and qualitative analysis of non-Saccharomyces yeasts in spontaneous alcoholic fermentations
In this study, we looked at the yeast population present in four spontaneous alcoholic fermentations in the Rioja appellation (D.O.Ca. Rioja, Spain). The study was conducted through the identification of the y...
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The target cell response to cytokines governs the autoreactive T cell repertoire in the pancreas of NOD mice
The pancreatic beta cell response to cytokines is crucial for the development of type 1 diabetes in the NOD mouse. For example, beta cell production of suppressor of cytokine signalling-1 (SOCS-1) protects aga...
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Integrative biology in the discovery of relevant biomarkers monitoring cognitive disorders pathogenesis and progression
Cognitive disorders are highly heterogeneous in terms of symptoms, clinical aetiologies, disease progression and therapeutic responses. Furthermore, their potential biological causes remain largely unknown. Pr...
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Chimaeras of Drosophila melanogaster obtained by injection of haploid nuclei
Since the observation by Bridges1,2 of a few mosaics containing haploid tissue in Drosophila, specimens supposedly haploid have rarely been found3–5. A technique for the easy production of haploid animals or tiss...
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Transplantation of nuclei between eggs of different species ofDrosophila
Interspecific chimeras have been produced by nuclear transplantation inDrosophila. The following species were used:Drosophila melanogaster, D. simulans, D. mauritiana, D. teissieri, D. yakuba, D. erecta andD. ana...