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Background Although the transposition of the aberrant left vertebral artery (ALVA) in 1-debranching thoracic endovascular aortic repair requiring zone 2 coverage for thoracic aneurysm with ALVA is reported to be an effective option, there are few reports of complications associated with the transposition of the ALVA. Case presentation An 87-year-old man underwent 1-debranching thoracic endovascular repair for a saccular thoracic aortic aneurysm with the aberrant left vertebral artery. Simultaneously, the transposition of the ALVA was performed to prevent cerebral complications because the left vertebral artery was dominant. Postoperative computed tomography revealed the reconstructed vertebral artery and no endoleak. However, a postoperative chyle leak occurred and was treated with lymphangiography. Conclusion Although the ALVA transposition is one of the better options, a chyle leak should be considered a serious complication of the procedure.

Starch was extracted from purple (Ayamurasaki and Kyushu No. 109) and orange (Kyushu No. 120 and Kyushu No. 122) fleshed sweet potato roots at two levels of NPK-fertilizer. The physicochemical properties of the isolated starches were compared. Differences in the starch properties, namely average granule size, amylose content, phosphorus content, digestibility by glucoamylase, X-ray diffraction pattern, amylopecin chain distributions, and gelatinization properties by rapid visco analyzer and differential scanning calorimetry, were observed among these cultivars. On the other hand, higher application of NPK-fertilizer had little impact on the starch properties. Thus, it was demonstrated that a key factor in altering starch characteristics in the case of sweet potato roots was the difference in cultivars, not the level of fertilizer. Physikalisch-chemische Eigenschaften der Starken aus purpur-und orangefleischigen Suskartoffelwurzeln, aufgewachsen mit zwei Mengen an Dungemittel.Aus purpur- (Ayamurasaki und Kyushu No. 109) sowie orange- (Kyushu No. 120 und Kyushu No. 120) fleischigen Suskartoffelwurzeln, aufgezogen mit zwei Mengen an NPK-Dunger, wurde Starke extrahiert. Die physikalisch-chemischen Eigenschaften der isolierten Starken wurden verglichen. Bei diesen Aufwuchsen wurden Unterschiede zwischen den Starken, namlich durchschnittliche Korngrose, Amylosegehalt, Phosphorgehalt, Abbaubarkeit durch Glucoamylase, Rontgenbeugungs-Muster, Amylopektinketten-Verteilung und Verkleisterungsverhalten mittels Rapid-Visco-Analyzer sowie Differential-Raster-Kalorimetrie beobachtet. Andererseits zeigte die hohere Anwendung von NPK-Dunger nur wenig Einflus auf die Starkeeigenschaften. Somit wurde festgestellt, das ein Schlusselfaktor fur die Veranderung der Starkecharakteristika im Falle von Suskartoffelwurzeln der Unterschied in den Aufwuchsen und nicht in der Dungemittelmenge liegt.

Determination of the fatty acid composition of sunflower (Helianthus annua L.) seeds by near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy was examined. Sunflower seeds were husked (removed from their hulls by a husking machine or manually with a knife). NIR spectra of these seeds were scanned from 1100 to 2500 nm at 2-nm intervals in a whole-grain cell with a wideangle moving drawer for machine-husked seeds or in a single-grain cup for a manually husked single-grain seed. The extracted oils from machine-husked seeds also were scanned by sandwiching them between a pair of slide glasses to create a thin layer and by placing them on a syrup cup. For extracted oil, the absorption band around 1720 nm filled out to the shorter wavelength region in the NIR second-derivative spectra as the percentage of the linoleic acid moiety increased, because linoleic acid absorbs in this region. On the other hand, for husked seeds and for a single-grain seed, as the percentage of linoleic acid increased, the trough at 1724 nm where oleic and saturated acids absorb decreased in the second-derivative NIR spectra. Determination of the fatty acid composition of sunflower seeds could be carried out successfully according to the NIR spectral pattern for both extracted oil (r=−0.989) and kernel seed (r=−0.993). This is important, especially for a manually husked single-grain seed (r=−0.971), because it can still be germinated after such nondestructive analysis.

Effect of preservatives was investigated on semi-continuous digestion of sweet potato raw starch by Chalara paradoxa glucoamylase which digests both raw and gelatinized starch. Potassium metabisulfite strongly inhibited raw starch digesting activity (RDA) although gelatinized starch digesting activity was only slightly inhibited. Potassium sorbate, among the preservatives examined, showed the weakest inhibition (below 10%) on RDA. In the presence of potassium sorbate, semi-continuous digestion of sweet potato raw starch in a 20L scale hollow fiber UF membrane pilot reactor proceeded efficiently at 30% (w/v) initial concentration of raw starch at pH 5.0 and 40 degrees C. Glucose production was 5.7 to 6.0 g/hr/L.

Sweet potato starches prepared from the peel (P), cambium (C), and inner-tissue (IT) were tested for physicochemical properties. The average granule sizes of the IT starches were tended to be larger than those of the P and C starches. Amylose contents of starches from the different tissue zones did not differ significantly. The onset and peak temperatures (To, Tp) of the P starches determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were somewhat high. The C starches were readily digested by the four glucoamylases. Eigenschaften von Suskartoffelstarken aus verschiedenen Gewebebereichen. Aus der Schale (P), dem Cambium (C) und dem inneren Gewebe (IT) gewonnene Suskartoffelstarken wurden auf ihre physikalisch-chemischen Eigenschaften untersucht. Die durchschnittlichen Korngrosen IT zeigten die Tendenz groser zu sein als die der P- und C-Starken. Die Amylosegehalte der Starken aus den verschiedenen Gewebebereichen unterschieden sich nicht merklich voneinander. Die mittels Differential-Rasterkalorimetrie bestimmten Anfangs- und Peak-Verkleisterungstemperaturen (To), Tp) der P-Starken waren ziemlich hoch. Die C-Starken wurden ohne Schwierigkeiten durch die vier Glucoamylasen abgebaut.