Secondary fermentation of sweet wine was prevented by the Delle stabilization procedure. For this procedure, advantage is taken of the inhibitory effects of high concentrations of sugar as well as of alcohol. Thus, relatively small amounts of wine spirits were added to fermenting musts to obtain stability, as compared to the conventional procedure in which larger amounts of alcohol are added an...

Defoliation is a commonly used viticultural technique to balance the ratio between grapevine vegetation and fruit. Defoliation is conducted around the fruit zone to reduce the leaf photosynthetic area, and to increase sunlight exposure of grape bunches. Apical leaf removal is not commonly practiced, and therefore its influence on canopy structure and resultant wine aroma is not well-studied. Th...

This article describes a simple and inexpensive modem intended to link end users at 76.8kBit/s to the high speed backbone network. The modem can be connected to standard PC’s using the Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) interface.

Wine quality can be significantly affected by tannin and polysaccharide composition, which can in turn be influenced by grape maturity and winemaking practices. This study explored the impact of three commercial wine additives, a maceration enzyme, an enotannin, and a mannoprotein, on the composition and sensory properties of red wine, in particular, in mimicking the mouthfeel associated with w...

This study presents the integrated control/structure design of a large flexible structure, the Extra Long Mast Observatory (ELMO). The integrated design is performed using structuredH∞ control tools, developing the Two-Input Two-Output Port (TITOP) model of the flexible multi-body structure and imposing integrated design specifications as H∞ constraints. The integrated control/structure design ...

Background: Birthmarks are common reasons for parents’ concern.Some of them may need further investigation to find out theunderlying systemic disorders or their potential for malignanttransformation. The purpose of this study was to determine thefrequency of vascular and pigmented birthmarks in infants fromthe Northeast of Iran.Method: This descriptive study was conducted on 1000 healthyinfants...

Sturge–Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare congenital developmental, disorder manifesting with a facial port-wine birthmark, and a vascular malformation of the brain. It affects the skin in the distribution of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve, abnormal capillary venous vessels in the leptomeninges of the brain and choroid, glaucoma, seizures, stroke, and intellectual disability. We repo...

A unique Monte Carlo program capable of accommodating an arbitrarily complex geometry was used to determine the energy deposition in a true port wine stain anatomy. Serial histologic sections taken from a biopsy of a dark red, laser therapy resistant stain were digitized and used to create the program input for simulation at wavelengths of 532 and 585 nm. At both wavelengths, the greatest energ...

BACKGROUND Sturge-Weber syndrome is a congenital neurocutaneous disorder characterized by facial port-wine stain, leptomeningeal angioma, and neurological disorders. Sturge-Weber syndrome can coexist with other disorders in a few patients; however, muscular abnormalities have not been reported in patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome. CASE PRESENTATION A Chinese girl presented with extensive po...