The dry-grind corn process is one of two technologies used to convert corn into ethanol. In this process, all kernel components are processed through several sequential steps, including fermentation. Only one coproduct (distillers' dried grains with solubles [DDGS]) is available for marketing. DDGS provide income to offset costs of processing; issues that affect marketing have implications in t...

Participants drank either regular root beer or sugar-free diet root beer before working on a probability-learning task in which they tried to predict which of two events would occur on each of 200 trials. One event (E1) randomly occurred on 140 trials, the other (E2) on 60. In each of the last two blocks of 50 trials, the regular group matched prediction and event frequencies. In contrast, the ...

Beer is an ancient beverage that more popular today than ever. Craft beer has cemented itself as a staple segment of the larger market. Microbreweries and brewpubs make up large portion craft producers. These smaller scale producers have increased risk their becoming contaminated by unwanted microorganisms. Although typically considered microbiologically stable product, can still become with sp...

1Department of Signal Processing, Blekinge Institute of Technology, 372 25 Ronneby, Sweden 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer-Shiva, Israel 3Department of Electronics, The University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK 4Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy 5Adaptive Communications Research laboratories, Ad...

PURPOSE To investigate the effect of manipulating the alcohol and sodium content of beer on fluid restoration following exercise. METHOD Seven male volunteers exercised on a cycle ergometer until 1.96 ± 0.25% body mass (mean±SD) was lost. Participants were then randomly allocated a different beer to consume on four separate occasions. Drinks included a low-alcohol beer (2.3% ABV; LightBeer), ...

We investigate whether beer drinkers are willing to pay a price premium for organic beer compared to conventional beer. Moreover, we identify subgroups of consumers with different preference patterns by investigating whether specific personal characteristics of the purchasers have an influence on this willingness-to-pay. Specifically, results are reported from a survey including a stated choice...

Further to the report from Queen Mary's NHS Trust on bungee running affecting children, we present three cases of injury in adults. Two cases of injury presented to Noble's (Isle of Man) Hospital and one to Whiston Hospital, Merseyside. In all three cases, the competitors were trying to stretch the 'bungee' to grasp a pint of beer as a prize, much enthusiasm being shown by spectators. All injur...

Beer is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages and is produced by the fermentation of sugars derived from starches present in cereal grains. Contrary to lager beers, made by bottom-fermenting strains of Saccharomyces pastorianus, a hybrid yeast, ale beers are closer to the ancient beer type and are fermented by S. cerevisiae, a top-fermenting yeast. Here, we use population genomics to investigat...