The judgment of pleasantness/unpleasantness is the prominent reaction to the olfactory world. In human adults, the hedonic valence of odor perception is affected by various factors, among which is an individual's lexical knowledge about smells. The present study examined whether such top-down effects of lexical knowledge on hedonic judgment of olfactory input are similar in children (5-6 years)...

The strong radial electric field in a subsonic tokamak pedestal modifies the neoclassical ion parallel flow velocity, as well as the radial ion heat flux. Existing experimental evidence of the resulting alteration in the poloidal flow of a trace impurity is discussed. We then demonstrate that the modified parallel ion flow can noticeably enhance the pedestal bootstrap current when the backgroun...

banana xanthomonas wilt is a systemic disease of banana plants. we investigated the risk of spreading xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum (xcm) through asymptomatic mature bunches. samples of banana fingers and rachis from markets within kampala, uganda and at border points of uganda with dr congo, tanzania, rwanda and kenya were tested for the presence of xcm through recovery of the bacteriu...

BACKGROUND Banana is grown worldwide and consumed as ripe fruit or used for culinary purposes. Peels form about 18-33% of the whole fruit and are discarded as a waste product. With a view to exploiting banana peel as a source of valuable compounds, this study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of different extraction parameters on the antioxidant activities of the industrial by-product of ba...

genetic diversity amongst 21 induced mutant clones tolerant to salinity along with one non-irradiated sensitive clone of banana (musa acuminata cv. dwarf cavendish (aaa)) were studied using morphological and random amplified polymorphic dna (rapd) markers. out of the 30 phenotypic indices screened, 23 were polymorph and two traits, leaf habit and blotches color, were differentiated by non-irrad...

xylitol is the first rare sugar that has global market due to having beneficial health properties and being an alternative to current conventional sweeteners. biotechnological production of xylitol by candida tropicalis dsm 7524 as an alternative to chemical method for the fermentation of xylose to xylitol was studied. banana peel was used as a substrate for xylitol production. hydrolysate was ...

The study of list length effects (adding items to a list affects memory for the other items) and list strength effects (strengthening some items in a list affects memory for the nonstrengthened items) is important to constrain models of memory. In recognition memory, a list length effect is generally found, whereas a list strength effect is not. Using the switched-plurality procedure in an old-...

The ability of waste banana pith to remove Congo red from aqueous solution was investigated. Various parameters such as initial dye concentration, contact time, adsorbent dosage and pH effect were studied. The adsorption rate constant was found to be 1 X 10. min'} at 50 mg I-I dye concentration. Above 92% removal was observed in the pH range 2-11. The removal of dye by banana pith is mostly due...

Here we present the design and synthesis of novel banana-discotic dimers and banana-bridged discotic dimers. The chemical structures have been characterized by spectral techniques and elemental analysis. The thermal behaviors of the compounds have been investigated by polarizing optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. None of these synthesized compounds exhibit any liquid crys...

Musa sapientum which is commonly called banana is an herbaceous plant of family Musaceae, a popular fruit consumed worldwide. It is originated from topical region of Southern Asia. The plant is cultivated for its fruits and to a lesser extent for production of fibres. Considering the nutritional activities, it is one of the leading food crops with high source of minerals, vitamins, flavonoids, ...