Two stomacher accessories

Carotenoid-binding proteins; accessories to carotenoid function.

Understanding of the widespread biological importance of carotenoids is increasing. Accompanying this is the developing recognition that the interaction of carotenoids with other molecules, such as proteins, is also essential. Here the significance of carotenoid-protein interactions with respect to biological function is reviewed for three well characterised carotenoprotein complexes; crustacya...

Elliptic Curve Digital Signatures and Accessories

Digital signatures have been used in Internet applications to provide data authentication and non-repudiation services. Digital signatures will keep on playing an important role in future Internet applications. There are two most well-known public-key cryptosystems, the RSA scheme and the ElGamal scheme, which can provide both digital signature and data encryption. More recently, the...

Usefulness of the stomacher in a microbiological regulatory laboratory.

The relative efficiency of the Waring blender, the Stomacher 400, and the Stomacher 3500 for preparing food samples for microbiological analysis was studied. Comparative aerobic plate count (APC) values were determined on 671 samples, representing 30 categories of foods. Of the 26 categories of nonfatty foods, the blender gave significantly higher geometric mean APC values than those given by t...

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Playful Accessories. Design Process of Two Objects to Encourage Free-play Experiences

In this paper we describe the design process of two playful accessories for children to play anywhere and anytime. We explain ethnographic phase to define a General Design Concept to design objects to encouraging free-play. We describe the two interactive designs emerged from this concept and the preliminary results of user’s evaluation. The General Design Concept propose the use of playful acc...

Peroral endoscopic myotomy using tailored accessories