Review
Food Science & Technology
Grzegorz Dabrowski, Iwona Konopka
Summary: This review synthesizes recent data on the food sources and physiological properties of odd-, branched-chain, and cyclic fatty acids, highlighting their impact on human health. The estimated daily intake of these fatty acids from typical Western diets is approximately 1.5g, mainly derived from ruminant fat. In Asian countries, significant sources come from spirulina and fish. For vegans and vegetarians, algae, selected plants, mushrooms, and fermented plants are the best sources. However, there are inconsistencies in specific fatty acid data from different sources.
TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Tengfei Zhan, Xin Guo, Lu Ma, Shengyong Mao, Dengpan Bu
Summary: This study evaluated the effect of biotin and leucine on the synthesis of odd- and branched-chain fatty acids (OBCFA) in ruminants. The results showed that biotin promoted dry matter degradation, while leucine increased the concentration of branched-chain volatile fatty acids and valerate. In conclusion, biotin and leucine can be effective nutrition strategies to promote OBCFA synthesis.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Nadia Musco, Raffaella Tudisco, Giulia Esposito, Piera Iommelli, Pajaree Totakul, Biagio D'Aniello, Pietro Lombardi, Ruggero Amato, Metha Wanapat, Federico Infascelli
Summary: Linseed supplementation can increase milk production and fat content, but does not improve the concentration of odd- and branched-chain fatty acids (OBCFA) in milk. It also has no negative effects on the health of goats, suggesting it can be safely used in their diet. Further studies are needed to explore the effects of different fat sources on animal nutrition.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Pilar Gomez-Cortes, Francisco Requena Domenech, Marta Correro Rueda, Miguel angel de la Fuente, Achille Schiavone, Andres L. Martinez Marin
Summary: Researchers are interested in meat authentication based on the animals' geographical and dietary background, with a focus on the odd- and branched-chain fatty acid profile in intramuscular fat. Different feeding regimes for lambs were studied, with results suggesting that a high NDF to starch ratio in the concentrate negatively impacts the odd/anteiso ratio and positively impacts the iso/(anteiso+odd) FA ratio in IMF. Monitoring the OBCFA profile in lamb meat can be useful for determining the feeding regime of lambs entering the food chain supply.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Iris Trefflich, Stefan Dietrich, Annett Braune, Klaus Abraham, Cornelia Weikert
Summary: This study compared concentrations of SCFA, BCFA, ammonia, and fecal pH between vegans and omnivores, finding no significant differences in SCFA and BCFA concentrations but lower fecal pH and ammonia concentration in vegans. The results suggest that bacterial functionality may be adapted to varying nutrient availability in these diets.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Yiwei Wu, Joram M. Posma, Elaine Holmes, Gary Frost, Edward S. Chambers, Isabel Garcia-Perez
Summary: Two independent studies found that dietary fiber intake did not increase circulating levels of OCFAs, and dose and temporal relations were not observed.
MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Hangshu Xin, Nazir Ahmad Khan, Xin Liu, Xin Jiang, Fang Sun, Shuzhi Zhang, Yukun Sun, Yonggen Zhang, Xiang Li
Summary: This study evaluated changes in odd- and branched-chain fatty acids during fermentation of pure carbohydrate mixtures and identified potential markers for volatile fatty acids and microbial crude protein synthesis. Cellulolytic bacteria showed stronger correlations with OBCFA concentrations, providing insights into ruminal microbial metabolism.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2021)
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Siqing Mao, Ziling Liu, Yuan Tian, Dan Li, Xin Gao, Yanqiong Wen, Tao Peng, Weijun Shen, Dingfu Xiao, Fachun Wan, Lei Liu
Summary: Branched-long-chain monomethyl fatty acids (BLCFA) are consumed daily by humans and have versatile beneficial bioactivities. However, compared to other fatty acids, BLCFA has received less attention, indicating a need for increased research on BLCFA.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Laura Oliver, Laura Fernandez-de-Castro, Thomas Dietrich, Maria Carmen Villaran, Ramon J. Barrio
Summary: This study demonstrates the potential of using industrial waste-derived volatile fatty acids as a sustainable carbon source for the cultivation of Schizochytrium limacinum. The results showed that acetic and butyric acid resulted in good biomass productivity, while valeric and propionic acid led to higher content of odd-chain fatty acids. The utilization of biowaste derived effluents further validated the use of waste-derived volatile fatty acids as a potential carbon source for industrial applications.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Review
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Sidi Ka Amar Abdoul-Aziz, Yangdong Zhang, Jiaqi Wang
Summary: Odd and branched chain fatty acids are important for health, primarily sourced from ruminal bacteria and influenced by dietary fatty acids, lipid mobilization in the body, and fatty acids metabolism in mammary glands. Manipulating the diet of dairy cows to produce milk enriched with these fatty acids has significant scientific and industrial implications.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Kasper D. de Leeuw, Theresa Ahrens, Cees J. N. Buisman, David P. B. T. B. Strik
Summary: Chain elongation fermentation allows for the synthesis of biobased chemicals from complex organic residue streams. Investigation into increasing selectivity towards branched chain elongation showed that increasing CO2 load led to more in situ acetate formation, which increased overall chain elongation rate but decreased the selectivity of branched chain elongation. This work demonstrates the potential for adapting chain elongation microbiomes with branched-electron acceptors to form longer chain products like iso-caproate and iso-heptanoate.
FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Isaac Ampong, O. John Ikwuobe, James E. P. Brown, Clifford J. Bailey, Dan Gao, Jorge Gutierrez-Merino, Helen R. Griffiths
Summary: High dietary fat intake reduces the levels of odd chain saturated fatty acids, affects gut microbiota and liver lipid metabolism, and is associated with increased risk of metabolic diseases.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Ray A. Matulka, Lauren A. Howell, B. Pratyusha Chennupati, J. Teresa Bock
Summary: The study showed that algal oil containing saturated odd-chain fatty acids did not exhibit toxicity or genotoxicity in animals, indicating its safety for use in the food industry.
FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marina Ushio, Toshiki Ishikawa, Takakazu Matsuura, Izumi C. Mori, Maki Kawai-Yamada, Yoichiro Fukao, Minoru Nagano
Summary: In this study, the functions of MHP1 and MHL in Arabidopsis were investigated. The results showed that MHP1 and MHL are involved in synthesizing OCFAs and regulating immune responses in plants.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jean-Sebastien Guez, Francoise Coucheney, Joany Guy, Max Bechet, Pierre Fontanille, Nour-Eddine Chihib, Joachim Niehren, Francois Coutte, Philippe Jacques
Summary: This study investigated the antifungal activities of different isoforms of Mycosubtilin against Aspergillus niger. It also explored the modification of isoform patterns through amino acid feeding experiments and gene predictions. The results showed the feasibility of selectively enhancing the synthesis of specific isoforms through metabolic engineering, indicating the potential for future development of lipopeptide-producing strains.
Article
Remote Sensing
Amna Qayyum, Bernard De Baets, Laure De Cock, Frank Witlox, Guy De Tre, Nico Van de Weghe
Summary: This paper explores the micro-scale traffic interactions at intersections and presents a novel approach to detect and represent the micro-scale traffic movement interactions at a non-signalized T-junction. The study shows that this approach allows for more detailed tracking of vehicle movements and plays an important role in traffic safety assessment.
GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Statistics & Probability
Matthys Lucas Steyn, Tertius de Wet, Bernard De Baets, Stijn Luca
Summary: This article proposes an open-set recognition model based on extreme value statistics, which introduces a distance ratio to express the dissimilarity between a target point and known classes, and uses the class of generalized Pareto distributions to model the peaks of the distance ratio, providing a probabilistic framework for open-set recognition.
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND GRAPHICAL STATISTICS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Arne Deloose, Glenn Gysels, Bernard De Baets, Jan Verwaeren
Summary: This paper explores the use of natural language processing techniques to predict structured metadata in failure notifications. It highlights the challenges posed by the technical nature of the texts and the use of sentence fragments and abbreviations. The authors demonstrate that considering the dependencies between different components of the metadata and treating the prediction problem as a multidimensional classification problem can improve label prediction reliability.
COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Yi Shi, Bin Pang, Bernard De Baets
Summary: In this article, the relationships between the fuzzy betweenness relations and three important mathematical notions, such as fuzzy interval operators, fuzzy partial orders, and fuzzy Peano-Pasch spaces, are explored in the setting of complete residuated lattices. The resulting category of fuzzy betweenness relations with respect to a fuzzy equivalence relation is shown to be isomorphic to that of geometric fuzzy interval spaces. A fuzzy partial order is constructed from a fuzzy betweenness relation, and its relationships are analyzed in depth. Furthermore, the concept of a fuzzy betweenness field is introduced, and it is shown that a vector space over a fuzzy betweenness field can yield a fuzzy Peano-Pasch space in the setting of completely distributive lattices.
FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Lemnaouar Zedam, Bernard De Baets
Summary: In this paper, the concept of a t-norm on bounded pseudo-ordered sets and bounded trellises is introduced, along with some basic examples. The impact of abandoning transitivity is discussed, highlighting that the meet operation is not a t-norm on a proper bounded trellis, and there may be no or multiple maximal t-norms. A generic construction method is provided to extend a t-norm on an interior range of a given perpendicular to-semi-trellis to the entire trellis, with a specific instantiation based on a finite sub-trellis of right-transitive elements. The focus is also on bounded pseudo-chains and modular trellises. (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Water Resources
Jorn van de Velde, Matthias Demuzere, Bernard De Baets, Niko Verhoest
Summary: This study presents a weather generator combining Bartlett-Lewis models and vine copulas, which can generate time series with statistics similar to those of the input. The generator shows adequate performance in terms of statistical moments and correlation, making it useful for characterizing future extremes.
HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
S. Heirbaut, X. P. Jing, B. Stefanska, E. Pruszynska-Oszmalek, L. Buysse, P. Lutakome, M. Q. Zhang, M. Thys, L. Vandaele, V. Fievez
Summary: This study used blood metabolic data to cluster lactating cows into imbalanced and balanced metabolic states. Predictive models based on milk composition were developed to determine the metabolic status of cows during early lactation. The combination of specific parameters improved the predictive performance of the models.
JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Alicia Robles-Velasco, Pablo Cortes, Jesus Munuzuri, Bernard De Baets
Summary: This study proposes the use of multi-label classification techniques to predict pipe failures in water supply systems for multiple years. Various models and prediction time periods are analyzed, showing successful results in avoiding pipe failures over time.
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Barbara Wolnik, Anna Nenca, Bernard De Baets
Summary: This paper discusses two-dimensional cellular automata on a triangular grid that maintain the sum of all cell states. To investigate such automata, the split-and-perturb decomposition method is applied to triangular grids, which was originally developed for square grids. This results in a new mathematical tool that can enumerate k-ary number-conserving cellular automata on a triangular grid, regardless of the value of k.
THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Sara Voelkel, Thomas S. Tarawneh, Laura Sacher, Aditya M. Bhagwat, Ihab Karim, Hildegard I. D. Mack, Thomas Wiesmann, Bjoern Beutel, Joachim Hoyer, Christian Keller, Harald Renz, Andreas Burchert, Andreas Neubauer, Johannes Graumann, Chrysanthi Skevaki, Elisabeth K. M. Mack
Summary: This study found that COVID-19-ARDS patients who received Ruxolitinib treatment showed significant changes in the serum proteome, involving biological processes such as T-cell response, humoral immune response, and complement activation. In addition, Ruxolitinib regulates the NRF2 pathway and SARS-CoV-2 signaling.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Einar Artiles-Ortega, Veronica Andrade-Yucailla, Beatriz Medina-Lopez, Pedro Yoelvys de la Fe-Rodriguez, Nestor Acosta-Lozano, Veerle Fievez, Raciel Lima-Orozco
Summary: The effect of mixed silage on various factors such as chemical composition, ensilability, in vitro cellulase digestibility, and plant secondary metabolites were assessed. The results showed that the fermentation quality of mixed silage made from sugarcane and Mucuna pruriens beans was better than that made from sugarcane and Canavalia ensiformis beans. The ensiling process also decreased the content of plant secondary metabolites.
FERMENTATION-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Waldemar Baldoquin Rodriguez, Mayelin Mirabal, Patrick Van der Stuyft, Tania Gomez Padron, Viviana Fonseca, Rosa Maria Castillo, Sonia Monteagudo Diaz, Jan M. Baetens, Bernard De Baets, Maria Eugenia Toledo Romani, Veerle Vanlerberghe
Summary: In order to improve dengue prevention and control efforts, the use of routinely collected data to develop risk maps is recommended. By using data from two municipalities in Cuba, dengue experts identified indicators representative of entomological, epidemiological, and demographic risks to construct risk maps. However, there was low agreement between vulnerability and incidence-based risk maps in areas with a prolonged history of dengue transmission, suggesting that an incidence-based approach may not fully capture the complexity of vulnerability.
TROPICAL MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Barbara Wolnik, Maciej Dziemianczuk, Bernard De Baets
Summary: In this paper, non-uniform elementary cellular automata on the infinite grid in the context of number conservation are studied. The study provides a comprehensive description of these automata. Previous research only focused on finite grids and derived hypotheses based on computer experiments. It is found that when considering number conservation for non-uniform cellular automata, the infinite grid cannot be treated as a limiting case of finite grids.
INFORMATION SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Wissam Barhdadi, Aisling J. Daly, Jan M. Baetens, Bernard De Baets
Summary: Individual biology influences population dynamics dependent on the environment through life history. Recent research has integrated metabolic theory with individual-based models to explore the link between individual physiology and demography. However, current population models do not consider individual behaviors, relying instead on imposed population-level relationships. This study proposes extending the model to include individual-scale behaviors and demonstrates its effectiveness in simulating consumer dynamics in a heterogeneous environment.
Article
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Barbara Wolnik, Anna Nenca, Adam Dzedzej, Bernard De Baets
Summary: This paper discusses two-dimensional cellular automata with rotation symmetry and number conservation. It is shown that if the number of states k is smaller than or equal to six, then each rotation-symmetric number-conserving cellular automaton is isomorphic to some k-ary one. However, an example of a seven-state rotation-symmetric number-conserving cellular automaton is provided in this paper, which demonstrates the importance of not only focusing on cellular automata with {0, 1, ..., k-1} as state sets.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Telisson Ribeiro Goncalves, Jose Renaldo Vilar da Silva Filho, Gilmar Amaro Pereira, Tarcisio Martins Meira, Moema Kelly Nogueira de Sa, Glayciane Costa Gois, Crislane de Souza Silva, Fleming Sena Campos, Sandra Mari Yamamoto, Gherman Garcia Leal de Araujo
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of diets containing vitiviniculture waste on intake, digestibility, water balance, nitrogen balance, ingestive behavior, performance, and carcass traits of lambs. The results showed that feeding lambs with diets containing 216 g/kg cactus pear and 144 g/kg vitiviniculture waste resulted in higher intake and digestibility.
ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Q. Zhang, C. L. Walk, A. J. Cowieson, K. Stamatopoulos, J. L. Wu, J. O. B. Sorbara
Summary: This study evaluated the efficacy of a novel phytase in terms of phytate hydrolysis and the digestibility of phosphorus and calcium in broiler chickens fed low and high phytate diets. The results showed that the phytase effectively hydrolyzed phytate and increased digestible phosphorus and calcium. The response to dietary phytate varied in terms of age and the specific nutrient being evaluated.
ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
J. Song, D. M. Holanda, C. H. Heuer, C. M. Nyachoti
Summary: This study determined the energy contents of hybrid rye fed to growing pigs, and investigated the effects of particle size on energy values. Results showed that finely ground hybrid rye had higher digestible energy and metabolizable energy compared to coarsely ground hybrid rye, while net energy only showed a slight improvement.
ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Mohamed Salah Ayyat, Ahmed Mohamed Nabil Ayyat, Mohamed S. Abdel-Rahman, Adham A. Al-Sagheer
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of replacing fish meal with sugar beet and carrot leaf protein concentrate in Nile tilapia. The results showed that replacing 75% of fish meal with leaf protein concentrate had no adverse effects on growth and health, and it was more efficient in terms of economic benefits.
ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)