... reveals the presence of certain defects which may cause off-flavours and indicates the degree of fermentation ofthe beans which has a bearing on the flavour and qualityofthe beans The International ... rule, the closer to 50oC, that fermentations reach, the better thequalityofthe dried cocoa is Typical temperatures forthe different types of fermentation are presented in figures 5, & For all ... fermentation box Because of their beneficial effect on cocoa fermentation and the resultant dried cocoa quality, the practices of pod storage for 7-9 days and spreading of beans in the sun for two hours,...
... water formed during the reaction The fraction ofthe various forms of hydrogen can be determined from the ratios ofthe areas ofthe corresponding peaks The technique, implying measurement ofthe ... ofthe basic form ofthe indicator represents the measure ofthe quantity of acid centers present on the catalyst surface Obviously only the centers whose strength is higher than the pK, ofthe ... site is given by the slope ofthe linear portion ofthe curves ofthe type reported in Fig 20, while each point ofthe curve of Fig 21 corresponds to the specific activity ofthe various partially...
... of 95 ml) The A280 to A260 ratio ofthe UV-absorbing peak indicated it was composed mainly of nucleic acid In the profile ofthe NaOH-extracted polymer (B), the elution volume (80 ml) of saccharide ... compared to the other methodsThe SDS-extracted polymer included a small amount of material other than protein Furthermore, the steaming- and washing-extracted polymers contained large amounts of phosphorus ... buffer at a flow rate of ml/h and ml fractions were collected The void volume ofthecolumn was determined by the elution of Blue Dextran (Pharmacia) Other analyses - 147 - Journal of Water and Environment...
... inuences the uorescence intensity Therefore, the inuence ofthe volume of buffer was measured Because the volume of buffer added (1.003.00 mL) had little effect on the uorescence intensity, 2.00 mL of ... concentration of increased, the uorescence intensity ofthe system also increased slightly We therefore used 2.00 mL of 2.00 ã 10)4 molặL)1 metallobridged bis(bCD)s Inuence of reaction time The effect of ... constant for at least h Hence, the reaction was left to proceed for 10 min, and the uorescence was then measured at room temperature Inuence of interference The inuence ofthe main constituents of...
... forthe issue of land suitable forthe cultivation of plantation crop was formulated? The liberal rules formulated in Travancore during 1860s and subsequently in Cochin forthe distribution of ... K) ofthe insulating medium and (iii) the reciprocal ofthe separation, t, between the plates The relation is given by'·' C = Kfj 1.3 t If the area ofthe plates and the separation between them ... has set in, is therefore an extremely difficult task" Numerous methods have been cited in literature forthe measurement ofthe DRC of latex, of which the hydrometer":" is probably the most rapid...
... scrutinized the German version of this text Prof Nirschl suggested the idea of this book Prof Reimert organized the continuation ofthe research unit after the DFG funding as well as Prof Kasper, Prof ... derivation due to the time-dependence ofthe unit vectors Using the product rule forthe derivation and the fact that the time derivative ofthe unit vector is the cross product of !rf with this ... the scaling ofthe argument on index k ofthe measured data in reciprocal space As the sum is finite, it only represents an approximation ofthe delta function The position ofthe origin and the...
... University of California [5,6] provided a tremendous resource of knowledge related to the mechanics of human movement The work at the University of California formed the basis for many ofthe fundamental ... improving the efficiency of troop movement During the 1950s there was a need for an improved understanding of locomotion forthe treatment of World War II veterans The classic work at the University of ... patterns of locomotion requires new methods that would limit the risk of producing artifact due to markers or the constraints ofthe testing methodsFor example, the constraints ofthe laboratory...
... in the sera of patient 313 had large deletions of a part ofthe 5'UTR These deletions are described in a separate report [21] The comparisons ofthe sera and isolates presented here were performed ... sequenced The dates of transmission indicate the date that HCV was added to the cells Forthe T1 through T7 isolates, the exact date of transmission sometimes wasn't known, but the first date of isolation ... (Figure 5) The change at position 204 was a reversion to the sequence found in the patient's sera For all three of these changes, one ofthe two isolates had the same base in that position as the patient...
... chromatograph The sample merges with the eluent stream and is pumped through the ion chromatographic system Anions are separated on the basis of their affinity forthe active sites ofthecolumn packing ... nonconductive, they severely distort the signal in the detector; therefore, many systems remove the bubbles before the optical light path However, if the system removes the bubbles at any point within the ... depends on the size and range ofthe scales With practice, the recommended nomographs can be read with a precision of 1% However, the overall bias ofthe results depends on the bias ofthe analytical...
... Federation Standard Methodsforthe Examination of Water and Wastewater Organism Plate 10900 E Selected Taxonomic References The most useful references forthe nonspecialist are listed below These references ... D.J REISH & J.W ANDERSON, eds 1994 Ecology ofthe Southern California Bight Univ California Press, Berkeley REISH, D.J 1995 Marine Life of Southern California, 2nd ed Kendall/ Hunt Publ Co., Dubuque, ... Water Environment Federation Standard Methodsforthe Examination of Water and Wastewater Algae General TAYLOR, W.R 1957 Marine Algae ofthe Northeastern Coast of North America, 2nd ed Univ Michigan...
... Comparison of Diagnostic Methodsforthe Detection of Parasites in Fish and disadvantages, depending on the purpose and target of study For parasitological investigation, the classical methods (the ... normal PCR reaction of 50 µl volume (25µl of master mix, Comparison of Diagnostic Methodsforthe Detection of Parasites in Fish 2µl of each primer, or µl of template and 18 or 20 µl of water) - Polymerase ... containing PBS The objectives ofthe present study were to investigate the use of different methodologies in fish parasite studies Thus, the aim is to compare classical and molecular methodsforthe diagnosis...
... volume of PBS The homogenized egg yolk was then mixed with two volumes of chloroform and incubated for hrs at room temperature After this incubation, the supernatant was collected To compare the ... respectively, after the first injection (Fig and 2) The titers ofthe vaccinated groups were three times higher than those ofthe control group Antibody profiles against OMP and DNT of B bronchiseptica ... Co., Germany) for 30 seconds After centrifugation ofthe sonicated bacterial culture broth at 8,000 rpm for 30 min, the supernatant was centrifuged at 20,000 rpm for hr at 40C and the pellet was...
... 35% ofthe dispersion alone The logs’ length might already reflect a part ofthe timber quality, since the higher the log quality, the longer it will be formed One may argue that the comparison of ... preferences themselves are often directly or indirectly controlled by the properties ofthe goods Solving the problem was therefore divided into two steps; the analysis ofthe buyers’ preference and the ... means of three indicator variables The knobs Similar to the scars, knobs also indicate the former presence of a branch They, however, are the more serious constraints forthe timber quality, as they...
... functioning of each method was not deteriorated by the other The relationship obtained with the comparison ofthe two methods over the whole period (n 589) is presented in figure The slope ofthe regression ... transpiration The combination ofthe two methods seems possible in the same experiment The heat balance forthe small trunks, and transpiration calculation for small periods and Granier’s method forthe ... Pairs of thermocouples inserted above and below the heater allow the measurement ofthe conduction flux (Qv) The radial outward flow (Qr) is calculated from thermopile meathermopile was composed of...
... Q9cannot RESULTS Power ofthemethods Table II shows the power ofthemethodsof estimation for all simulated variants For a QTL effect of 40, the power is low for both methods and all variants ... linkage of markers with a QTL and then use Method I forthe estimation Unfortunately, Fulker and Cardon (1994) give little information about thequalityof their estimator ofthe QTL variance The ... results The power ofthemethods was defined as the percentage of replications where the null hypothesis was rejected at the 5% level For Method II this approach is unambiguous while this is not the...
... precipitates The spectrum ofthe material reveals peaks for Ca and Sb The strong decrease ofthe Ca2+ pool in the pistil at the last stages of pistil development coincides with the degradation ofthe ... factors Furthermore, at this stage, the main task ofthe flower bud is to complete the growth and maturation of anthers and the pistil Consequently, the intensity ofthe signalling events in the stigma ... reproductive organs The presence ofthe dye inside the cells ofthe olive pistil indicates the following: (1) The amount of dye solution used was sufficient to penetrate the tissues ofthe inflorescence...
... [2] Furthermore, the performance of these scores may be affected by the therapy used to support the cerebral circulation The MOD cardiovascular component score is calculated based on the pressure-adjusted ... total values for both SOFA and MOD scores were manually checked by one ofthe investigators (CD) for their accuracy by comparing them with the laboratory or physiologic data recorded in the QS system ... mortality SOFA and MOD 33 56% SOFA and MOD 49 41% SOFA not MOD 86 49% SOFA not MOD 40 35% MOD not SOFA 0% MOD not SOFA 85 7% Neither 120 Neither 28% MOD, Multiple Organ Dysfunction; SOFA, sequential...
... in the evaluation ofthe performance of a classification algorithm The SN is the proportion of correct positive classifications out ofthe number of true positives The SP is the proportion of ... negative classifications out ofthe number of true negatives The accuracy is the total number of correct classifications out ofthe total number of samples The PPV is the probability that a patient ... level of accuracy shows the real potential for confident clinical assignment of therapies on an individual patient basis Then the prediction accuracy ofthe ensemble can be obtained using the standard...