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Ecologia delle popolazioni lattiche associate alle farine di frumento e studio delle attitudini tecnologiche per la produzione di impasti acidi

2013

Il presente lavoro ha previsto inizialmente l’isolamento, la tipizzazione e l’identificazione dei batteri lattici (BL) presenti in campioni di farine utilizzate per prodotti da forno a lievitazione naturale prelevati presso diversi panifici siciliani. Le conte in piastra dei BL sono state ottenute su tre differenti terreni colturali, generici e specifici. I risultati hanno evidenziato una concentrazione massima di BL di 4.75 Log UFC/g. Tutte le colonie diverse sono state isolate e purificate. Le colture sono state differenziate sulla base delle caratteristiche fenotipiche e dei profili generati mediante la tecnica randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR che ha permesso il riconoscimen…

Imprenditorialità e convergenza tra produzione di pensiero e produzione di cose

2013

Le più qualificate sedi internazionali (ONU, 26 giugno 2013, Thematic Debate on Entrepreneurship for Development) ed europee (Commissione Europea, 9 gennaio 2013, Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan) concordano sulla necessità di accrescere il dinamismo imprenditoriale dei territori attraverso incisive e continuative azioni di educazione all’imprenditorialità dei giovani per il contrasto alla disoccupazione giovanile, alla povertà e per stimolare la crescita economica. Su questo tema la nostra regione è in forte ritardo e finora non ha mai avviato alcuna incisiva azione di sistema a supporto della educazione imprenditoriale dei giovani siciliani. Negli anni recenti della nostra storia, mai co…

Densità, complementarietà e qualità imprenditoriali per lo sviluppo locale

2017

Ricordo che da ragazzo provavo meraviglia quando, unendo con una matita i punti distribuiti su una pagina della Settimana Enigmistica, prendevano forma oggetti o animali. Da una distribuzione di punti, apparentemente casuale, man mano che procedevo unendo i punti, potevo intravedere il risultato finale. Il processo però era guidato da un sistema di numerazione e, infatti, a ogni punto era associato un numero. Unendo i punti seguendo la numerazione in ordine crescente, si vedeva emergere una forma che, a poco a poco, ero in grado di riconoscere. In questi anni mi sono reso conto che l’avvio di un’impresa, e anche la costruzione della nostra vita, è un percorso simile, così ci ha anche detto …

Physico-chemical and mechanical characterization of in-situ forming xyloglucan gels incorporating a growth factor to promote cartilage reconstruction

2016

Abstract The development of growth factors is very promising in the field of tissue regeneration but specifically designed formulations have to be developed in order to enable such new biological entities (NBEs). In particular, the range of therapeutic concentrations is usually very low compared to other active proteins and the confinement in the target site can be of crucial importance. In-situ forming scaffolds are very promising solutions for minimally invasive intervention in cartilage reconstruction and targeting of NBEs. In this work injectable, in-situ forming gels of a temperature responsive partially degalactosylated xyloglucan (Deg-XG) incorporating the growth factor FGF-18 are fo…

Energy efficiency analysis in Incremental Sheet Forming operations

2012

In literature, manufacturing processes have been studied with different approaches, but a lack in terms of their environmental impact and energy required is still present. The aim of this paper is to compute some energy efficiency analysis on a specific manufacturing process. More in detail, the attention will be focused on the Incremental Sheet Forming process in order to evaluate the required energy and how it changes for changing process conditions. Accordingly, a wide experimental investigation has been executed taking into account different process parameters (i.e. tool depth step, punch diameter, wall inclination angle and sheet thickness). The total energy consumption has been monito…

Industrial application of selected lactic acid bacteria isolated from local semolinas for typical sourdough bread production

2016

Abstract Four obligate heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains (Weissella cibaria PON10030 and PON10032 and Leuconostoc citreum PON 10079 and PON10080) were tested as single strain starters, mono-species dual strain starters, and multiple strain starter for the preparation and propagation of sourdoughs for the production of a typical bread at industrial level. The kinetics of pH and TTA during the daily sourdough refreshments indicated a correct acidification process for all trials. The concentration of lactic and acetic acid increased consistently during fermentation. The resulting molar ratios between these two organic acids in the experimental trials were lower than those o…

Heteropolyacid‐Based Materials as Heterogeneous Photocatalysts

2013

Heteropolyacids (HPAs) that are often used as heteropolyanions are cheap and stable compounds that have been extensively used as acid and oxidation catalysts as a result of their strong Brønsted acidity and ability to undergo multielectron-transfer reactions. HPAs, which are very soluble in water and polar solvents, have been also used as homogeneous photocatalysts for the oxidation of organic substrates in the presence of oxygen, but their use in heterogeneous systems is by far desirable. Dispersing HPAs onto solid supports with high surface area is useful to increase their specific surface area and hence (photo)catalytic activity. Moreover, owing to the high energy gap between the HOMO an…

Local structure of the supported Keggin and Wells-Dawson heteropolyacids and its consequence on their (photo)catalytic activity

2018

Enhanced (photo)catalytic activity of Wells-Dawson (H6P2W18O62) in comparison to Keggin (H3PW12O40) heteropolyacids for 2-propanol dehydration in gas…

2016

Abstract Catalytic and photocatalytic 2-propanol dehydration to propene at atmospheric pressure and a temperature range of 60–120 °C were carried out in gas-solid regime by using bare and supported Keggin H 3 PW 12 O 40 (PW 12 ) and Wells-Dawson H 6 P 2 W 18 O 62 (P 2 W 18 ) heteropolyacids (HPAs). Binary materials were prepared by impregnation of the HPAs on commercial SiO 2 and TiO 2 . The Wells-Dawson was in any case more active than the Keggin heteropolyacid and the differences were enhanced when the supported samples were used. In particular, Wells-Dawson HPA supported on TiO 2 and under irradiation showed the highest activity. The HPA species played the key role both in the catalytic …

Influence of Adsorbed Water on the Activation Energy of Model Photocatalytic Reactions

2017

Two commercial (Merck and Sigma-Aldrich) and two home prepared (HP05 and HP05C) powdered TiO2 photocatalysts were investigated by fast field cycling nuclear magnetic resonance experiments in order to explore the nature of the interactions between water and the solid surfaces. The results were related to the activation energies determined at temperatures ranging from 303 to 353 K for the photocatalytic oxidation in water of three model molecules presenting different interactions with the solid surface (catechol, phenol, and metylbenzoate). The photoactivity results at different temperatures were comparable to each other because the runs were carried out while keeping constant the concentrati…