13-05-2012 | Federica Ciamponi, Craig Duckham, Nicola Tirelli, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2012

Yeast cells can be used as biocompatible and biodegradable containers for the microencapsulation of a variety of actives. Despite the wide application of this process, e.g. in the food industry, mechanism and controlling factors are yet poorly known. In this study we have studied kinetics and ...

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01-05-2012 | Ogawa, Yoichi; Sakurai, Nozomu; Oikawa, Akira; Kai, Kosuke; Morishita, Yoshihiko; Mori, Kumiko; Moriya, Kanami; Fuji ..., Plant and Cell Physiology, 2012

Suspension-cultured cell lines from plant species are useful for genetic engineering. However, maintenance of these lines is laborious, involves routine subculturing and hampers wider use of transgenic lines, especially when many lines are required for a high-throughput functional genomics ...

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05-04-2012 | Yunpeng Wang et al., PLoS Computational Biology, 2012

by Yunpeng Wang, Arne B. Gjuvsland, Jon Olav Vik, Nicolas P. Smith, Peter J. Hunter, Stig W. Omholt Polymorphisms identified in genome-wide association studies of human traits rarely explain more than a small proportion of the heritable variation, and improving this situation ...

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02-03-2012 | WAYUA, FRANCIS OBUORO; OKOTH, MICHAEL W.; WANGOH, JOHN, Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 2012

ABSTRACT A solar milk pasteurizer consisting of flat‐plate water‐heating collector and a 1.5‐mm thick stainless steel cylindrical milk vat was designed and tested in an arid pastoral area of northern Kenya. The milk vat had a capacity of 80 L and a 50‐mm wide hot water jacket insulated ...

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27-01-2012 | I. Sasagawa, H. Yokosuka, M. Ishiyama, M. Mikami, H. Shimokawa, T. Uchida, Cell and Tissue Research, 2012

This is the first detailed report about the collar enamel of the teeth of Polypterus senegalus. We have examined the fine structure of the collar enamel and enamel organ of Polypterus during amelogenesis by light and transmission electron microscopy. An immunohistochemical analysis with an ...

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23-08-2011 | Bernard Goyette, Clément Vigneault, Vijaya Raghavan, Marie-Thérèse Charles, Food and Bioprocess Technology, 2011

An experimental hyperbaric system was designed and built to explore the effect of hyperbaric treatment on the respiration rate (RR) and respiratory quotient (RQ) of tomato. It consists of five containers that can be individually pressurized from 1 to 9 atmabs. The respirometer was equipped ...

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04-08-2011 | FUMIHIKO TANAKA; YOSHIHIRO KONISHI; YUZURU KUROKI; DAISUKE HAMANAKA; TOSHITAKA UCHINO, Journal of Food Process Engineering, 2011

ABSTRACT A transient three‐dimensional computational fluid dynamics model was developed to investigate the cooling performance of a partially loaded cold store in cooling process. The model accounted for turbulence by means of the standard k‐ε model with standard wall profiles. The model ...

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02-08-2011 | Jeong, Ji‐Kang; Kim, Young‐Wook; Choi, Hye‐Sun; Lee, Dong Sun; Kang, Soon‐Ah; Park, Kun& ..., International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 2011

Summary Kimchi was fermented in onggi and other containers at 4 °C for 4 weeks. Two types of onggi were used: glazed and nonglazed onggi. Other containers such as polyethylene plastic containers, polypropylene containers for use in a kimchi refrigerator, stainless steel and glass bottles ...

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25-07-2011 | Frauke Nees; Carsten Diener; Michael N. Smolka; Herta Flor, Addiction Biology, 2011

ABSTRACT In line with learning theories of drug addiction, drug‐related cues may be viewed as important motivators of continued drug use. They may be differentially effective depending on the context and motivational significance. The present study aimed to test the significance of ...

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12-07-2011 | LESPINARD, A.R.; MASCHERONI, R H., Journal of Food Process Engineering, 2011

ABSTRACT Natural convection heating of liquid food packed in glass jars of different sizes and volumes during sterilization is simulated by solving the governing equations for continuity, momentum and energy conservation, using the finite element method. The effect of the aspect ratio of ...

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