A water-soluble N-alkyl semisynthetic derivative of natamycin was synthesized by the Michael addition reaction of the parent with an N-substituted malemide. A comparative study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of the semisynthetic derivative and the parent antibiotic in suppressing mold growth on shredded Cheddar cheese stored in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). The effects ...

To date, elliptical gear has been commonly used in automobile, automatic machinery, pumps, flow meters and printing presses for its particular non-uniform rotation. However, the dynamic characteristics of elliptical gears have not been clarified yet. In this study, The calculation as well as the experiment of two elliptical gears, which are a single elliptical gear and a double elliptical gear,...

botrytis cinerea is an important pathogen that causes diseases in ornamental crops. in presentresearch several greenhouses of roses located in central region of iran were surveyed toidentify the botrytis cinerea. a total of 80 isolates were collected from rose greenhouses incentral region of iran. morphological identification was based on characters such asconidiophore and conidial length. acco...

BACKGROUND Theabrownins (TB) are bioactive components that are usually extracted from Chinese dark tea, in which they are present at low concentrations. The present study aimed to produce an instant dark tea high in theabrownins via submerged fermentation by the fungus Aspergillus niger. Three fermentation parameters that affect theabrownins content (i.e. inoculum size, liquid-solid ratio and r...

Abstract: A direct-chill (DC) cast process of an aluminum ingot of size 3200×1292×320 mm is analyzed numerically by the analysis of a fixed controlled system. The study investigates the DC processes in which liquid aluminum is cooling continuously in mold and then with water spray at the exit of mold. An inverse method is applied to measure heat transfer coefficient on water cooling surface exp...

The optimized experimental parameters of degradation obtained with a four-factor at three-level orthogonal array experimental design L18(3) were temperature, rotation speed, inoculum size and liquid level by Corynebacterium variabile in the shaking bottle as 33 , 22h after shaking at the same temperature and 120 rpm for 14h, 4%, 80mL in 150mL triangle bottle, respectively. Among four factors, l...

When plasmodia of the true slime mold Physarum were exposed to unfavorable conditions presented as three consecutive pulses at constant intervals, they reduced their locomotive speed in response to each episode. When the plasmodia were subsequently subjected to favorable conditions, they spontaneously reduced their locomotive speed at the time when the next unfavorable episode would have occurr...