ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate the production of acid-coagulated fresh cheese by using slightly acid diafiltered (DF) microfiltered (MF) casein concentrates (8% protein). Three different acidifying agents were tested during DF: carbon dioxide, lactic acid, and citric acid. Fresh was manufactured acid-DF concentrates, or DF with just water, compared MF without DF. The cheeses ...

For f(X) ∈ Z[X], let Df (n) be the least positive integer k for which f(1), . . . , f(n) are distinct modulo k. Several results have been proven about the function Df in recent years, culminating in Moree’s characterization of Df (n) whenever f lies in a certain (large) subset of Z[X] and n is sufficiently large. We give several improvements of Moree’s result, as well as further results on the ...

We propose two novel cooperative detection schemes based on the AF (Amplify and Forward) and DF (Decode and Forward) protocols to achieve spatial diversity gains for cognitive radio networks, which are referred to as the AF-CDS, (AF-based Cooperative Detection Scheme) and DF-CDS (DF-based Cooperative Detection Scheme), respectively. Closed-form expressions of detection probabilities for the non...

Dengue fever (DF) is endemic in Medellín, the second largest Colombian city, and surrounding municipalities. We used DF case and satellite environmental data to investigate conditions associated with suitable areas for DF occurrence in 2008 in three municipalities (Bello, Medellín and Itagüí). We develop spatially stratified tests of ecological niche models, and found generally good predictive ...

Background—The identification of sites of dominant activation frequency during atrial fibrillation (AF) in humans and the effect of ablation at these sites have not been reported. Methods and Results—Thirty-two patients undergoing AF ablation (19 paroxysmal, 13 permanent) during ongoing arrhythmia were studied. Electroanatomic mapping was performed, acquiring 126 13 points per patient throughou...

Central sensory neurons often respond selectively to particular combinations of stimulus attributes, but we know little about the underlying cellular mechanisms. The weakly electric fish Gymnarchus discriminates the sign of the frequency difference (Df) between a neighbor's electric organ discharge (EOD) and its own EOD by comparing temporal patterns of amplitude modulation (AM) and phase modul...