This Study was carried out on 40 random samples of cooked chicken products represented by chicken luncheon and Shawerma (20 of each). Samples were collected from different markets at Al-Taif governorate, KSA. and subjected to some microbiological investigations; including determination of total aerobic plate, Enterobacteriacae spp, E.coli, Staph.spp., Staph.aureus bacterial count, mould and yea...

The internal quality of apple is impossible to be detected by eyes in the procedure of sorting, which could reduce the apple’s quality reaching market. This paper illustrates an instrument using X-ray and machine vision. The following steps were introduced to process the X-ray image in order to determine the mould core apple. Firstly, lifting wavelet transform was used to get a low frequency im...

The cooling channels of injection mould play a crucial role in determining the productivity of moulding process and the product quality. It’s not a simple task to design high quality cooling channels. In this paper, an intelligent cooling channels design system including automatic layout of cooling channels, interference checking and assembly of accessories is studied. Automatic layout of cooli...

Slime mould of Physarum polycephalum is a large cell exhibiting rich spatial non-linear electrical characteristics. We exploit the electrical properties of the slime mould to implement logic gates using a flexible hardware platform designed for investigating the electrical properties of a substrate (Mecobo). We apply arbitrary electrical signals to ‘configure’ the slime mould, i.e. change shape...

Medium from a stationary phase culture of axenically grown D. discoideum cells contains an inhibitor of cohesion of log phase cells. The inhibitor is a heat-stable, low molecular weight substance. Its biological effects include inhibition of cohesion of aggregation-competent cells, of cells of other slime mould species, the blocking of development on Millipore filters and a reduction in adhesiv...

A 25 years old lady with vaginal atresia, secondary to a mismanaged spontaneous vaginal delivery, underwent vaginoplasty using human amnion. The amnion was kept in its place using a 60cc syringe as a mould. For the next three months, dilatation by soft mould was followed by regular intercourse. Alongwith the restoration of normal coital function, she also conceived and was delivered by planned ...

3.2. Two-Photon Lithography (TPL) 919 4. Serial Writing with Charged Particles 920 4.1. Electron Beam Lithography 920 4.2. Ion Beam Lithography 920 4.3. Scanning Probe Resist Lithography 921 5. Microand Nanomachining 921 5.1. Focused Ion Beam 921 5.2. Scanning Probe Nanomachining 921 6. Direct Writing and Material Deposition 921 7. Moulding 922 7.1. Mould Fabrication 922 7.2. Demoulding: Mould ...

The plasmodium of the slime mould Physarum polycephalum has recently received significant attention for its value as a highly malleable amorphous computing substrate. In laboratory-based experiments, microand nanoscale artificial circuit components were introduced into the P. polycephalum plasmdodium to investigate the electrical properties and computational abilities of hybridised slime mould....

The present study is concerned with the investigation of mechanical properties of A713 alloy castings produced by investment casting process using expandable polystyrene as the pattern material and the plaster of paris as the mould material. Experiments were conducted as per Taguchi’s L9 orthogonal array. Castings were made under the constraint of different process parameters like mould firing ...