Microwave radiation in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis cell suspensions resulted in a dramatic reduction of the viable counts as well as increases in the amounts of DNA and protein released from the cells according to the increase of the final temperature of the cell suspensions. However, no significant reduction of cell density was observed in either cell suspension. It is believed that...

The significance of compressive thermal stresses generated during microwave heating on concrete surface delamination is investigated analytically in this paper. Microwave energy acts as an internal heating source that causes concrete to heat up. The amount of microwave energy dissipated in concrete depends on microwave frequency, microwave power and the electromagnetic properties of the concret...

It is common nursing practice to apply warm soaks to an area where extravasation of intravenous (IV) fluid has occurred. Here we report an adverse outcome due to the use of a microwave-heated, commercially available hot-cold cryogel pack to treat an extravasation of IV fluid in a patient.

espanolEl almidon de sagu es infrautilizado debido asu baja funcionalidad para la formulacion alimentos. Su modificacion puede resultar eficaz mejorar sus propiedades funcionales. El presente estudio modifico el lograr este objetivo. Para ello, fue calentado por microondas, realizandose tratamientos diferentes duraciones, 5, 10, 15 o20 minutos, separado, lo que dio lugar aalmidones calentados m...

A non-chemical technique for surface sterilizing plant-parasitic nematodes for aseptic cultures is described. The method is most applicable to nematodes with active migratory infective stages and requires only a few starting specimens. Rate of achieving a primary aseptic culture with the technique ranged from 60%-100% depending on the conditions of the specimens collected for culturing. Aseptic...

In a continuous-flow system equipped with a nonresonant microwave applicator we have investigated how to best assess the actual temperature of microwave heated organic solvents with different characteristics. This is non-trivial as the electromagnetic field will influence most traditional methods of temperature measurement. Thus, we used a microwave transparent fiber optic probe, capable of mea...