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It is used globally as a common umami and flavor enhancer. However, consumers have observed that YE imparts a certain yeasty flavor that influences the overall flavor negatively. Hence, the yeasty flavor-imparting substances from 23 YE samples were investigated in this study, and the observations (including strains, processing techniques, etc.) were integrated to explain the relationship between the yeasty flavor of the YE products with strain (different yeast strain for production) or processing of YE products (enzymes used, enzymatic hydrolysis conditions, composition of products, concentration conditions of YE, etc.), or storage conditions (temperature, humidity, duration, package, etc.), providing a scientific basis for removal/lowering or masking of yeasty flavor and the improvement of flavor quality of YE products. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.INTRODUCTION Over the last 20 years, the number of individuals affected by obesity in Australia has increased by 56%. The impact of excessive weight gain results in a wide range of physical, psychological and social difficulties, with resultant changes to occupational performance and engagement. For some people within this population, a further consequence of this increasing weight gain contributes to additional difficulties, with the individual being considered to be "bariatric". For these people, resultant changes include decreased capacity to engage in self-care activities, leisure occupations and productive roles, creating significant difficulties in undertaking important life roles. This phenomenological study aimed to understand the occupational engagement of individuals with bariatric needs, and to identify potential opportunities to support the engagement and participation of these individuals from the perspectives of Australian occupational therapists. METHODS Qualitative data were collected from 11 ces targeted towards the increased engagement and participation of these individuals, with resultant improvements to health and well-being. © 2020 Occupational Therapy Australia.AIM To establish if irrigant activation techniques, namely manual-dynamic-activation (MDA), passive-ultrasonic-irrigation (PUI) and sonic-irrigation (SI), improve the tubular penetration of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) into root dentine when compared with conventional-needle-irrigation (CNI). Secondly, investigate if increasing NaOCl concentration and/or contact-time improves the performance of these techniques. METHODOLOGY A total of 83 extracted human maxillary permanent canines were decoronated to 15 mm and root canals prepared to a size 40,.10 taper. Root dentine was stained with crystal violet for 72 h and embedded in silicone. Eighty specimens were randomly distributed into 16 groups (n = 5) according to the irrigant activation technique, NaOCl concentration (2%; 5.25%) and irrigant contact-time (10 min; 20 min). All activation techniques were used for 60 s in the last minute of irrigation. Additionally, 3 teeth were not exposed to NaOCl to confirm adequate dentine staining had occurred (i.e. negative coen these two independent variables was observed on overall NaOCl penetration (P  less then  0.05). CONCLUSIONS Agitating irrigants with MDA, PUI or SI, as well as using greater irrigant concentrations or contact-times, potentiated NaOCl penetration into root dentine. However, longer durations of NaOCl exposure at lower concentrations resulted in similar depths of tubular penetration as those achieved at higher concentrations. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.All living organisms are unavoidably exposed to various endogenous and environmental stresses that trigger potentially fatal DNA damage, including double-strand breaks (DSBs). Although a growing body of evidence indicates that DNA damage is one of the prime drivers of aging in animals, little is known regarding the importance of DNA damage and its repair on lifespan control in plants. • We found that the level of DSBs increases but DNA repair efficiency decreases as Arabidopsis leaf ages. Generation of DSBs by inducible expression of I-PpoI leads to premature senescence phenotypes. • We examined the senescence phenotypes in the loss-of-function mutants for 13 key components of the DNA repair pathway, and found that the deficiency in ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA MUTATED (ATM), the chief transducer of the DSB signal, results in premature senescence in Arabidopsis. ATM represses DSB-induced expression of senescence-associated genes, including the genes encoding the WRKY and NAC transcription factors, central components of the leaf senescence process, via modulation of histone lysine methylation. • Our work highlights the significance of ATM in the control of leaf senescence, and has significant implications for the conservation of aging mechanisms in animals and plants. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (ARC) is one of the commonest chronic diseases worldwide with increasing prevalence (1). Allergen Immunotherapy (AIT) has been thoroughly established as the only disease-modifying treatment option in patients with IgE-mediated allergic diseases such as AR with/without concomitant allergic asthma (2) (3). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Chitin displays a highly rigid structure due to the vast intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonding, thus hindering its dissolution and deacetylation using most solvents. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are special and environmentally friendly solvents composed of a hydrogen bond acceptor and a hydrogen bond donor. This allows them to dissolve chitin by disturbing its natural hydrogen bonding while establishing new bonds, hence turning the polymer more susceptible to solvents. PI3K activator Therefore, four distinct DESs (choline chloride-lactic acid ([Ch]ClLA), choline chlorideoxalic acid ([Ch]ClOA), choline chlorideurea ([Ch]ClU) and betaine-glycerol (BetG)) were applied in chitin dissolution, being the most performant ones further applied in its homogenous N-deacetylation with NaOH. In this work, a milder and more biocompatible approach was carried out by using 30 wt% NaOH at 80°C, instead of the typical ≥40 wt% NaOH at temperatures ≥100°C. Herein, the reaction process took up to 18 hours, being the results analyzed through ATR-FTIR.