Binary blends of palm olein (PO) with sunflower oil (SFO), canola oil (CNO), and cottonseed oil (CSO) were formulated to assess their stability under continuous frying conditions. The results were then compared with those obtained in PO. The oil blends studied were: (1) 60:40 for PO + SFO; (2) 70:30 for PO + CNO; and (3) 50:50 for PO + CSO. The PO and its blends were used to fry potato chips at...

El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and its relationships with marine environmental parameters comprise a very complicated and interrelated system. Traditional spatiotemporal techniques face great challenges in dealing with which, how, and where the marine environmental parameters in different zones help to drive, and respond to, ENSO events. Remote sensing products covering a 15-year period fr...

A K-user pseudo-orthogonal (PO) randomly spread CDMA system, equivalent to transmission over a subset of K ′ ≤ K single-user Gaussian channels, is introduced. The high signal-to-noise ratio performance of the PO-CDMA is analyzed by rigorously deriving its asymptotic multiuser efficiency (AME) in the large system limit. Interestingly, the K -optimized PO-CDMA transceiver scheme yields an AME whi...

Fe/Al-rich river sediments that were highly polluted with phosphorus (P) were used in tests to determine the optimum preparation techniques for measuring organic P (Po) using solution (31)P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((31)P-NMR). The optimum pre-treatment, extraction time, sediment to solution ratio and sodium hydroxide-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (NaOH-EDTA) extractant solutio...

Microvascular diameters in the hamster cheek pouch were measured with a Vickers image-shearing eyepiece, and oxygen tension (Po 2) was measured amperometrically with 2-8 fj, microcathodes. Peri vascular Po 2 was dependent on both the type of microvessel observed and the composition of the solution bathing the tissue. During application of a solution with a mean Po 2 of 17 mm Hg and a Pco 2 of 0...

The nitrate aerosol field over Europe: simulations with an atmospheric chemistry-transport model of intermediate complexity M. Schaap, M. van Loon, H. M. ten Brink, F. J. Dentener, and P. J. H. Builtjes 2 University of Utrecht, Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Science, PO Box 80005, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands TNO institute of Environmental Sciences, Energy and Process Innovation, PO B...

Decreased dietary protein intake and hemodialysis (HD)-associated protein catabolism predispose chronic HD (CHD) patients to deranged nutritional status, which is associated with poor clinical outcome in this population. Intradialytic parenteral nutrition (IDPN) reverses the net negative whole-body and skeletal muscle protein balance during HD. IDPN is costly and restricted by Medicare and othe...

Objective: We demonstrated motor reinnervation of the decentralized canine urinary bladder by increased detrusor pressure induced by electrical stimulation of the transferred genitofemoral or femoral nerves in 21 of 28 animals. We previously reported evidence of bladder and bowel fullness sensation in these new neuronal pathways based on observation of micturition and defecation postures in the...

Y.I. Abramovich, B.A. Johnson, N.K. Spencer Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division (ISRD), Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), PO Box 1500, Edinburgh SA 5111, Australia e-mail: [email protected] RLM Management Pty Ltd and the University of South Australia, PO Box 22, Edinburgh RAAF Base SA 5111, Australia e-mail: [email protected] Adelaide ...