High pressure effects on the strength (stress) and elasticity/ deformability (strain) of surimi and turkey breast meat gels containing microbial transglutaminase (TGase) were evaluated. Pressurization of muscle proteins at 4oC prior to incubation at 25°C or 40°C (setting) increased gel strength 2–3 fold in uncooked surimi gels, but not in uncooked turkey gels. However, pressurization at 40°C or...

Proper room pressurization is critical for preventing unwanted air transfer. In chemical and biological research facilities chemical fumes and airborne biological agents must be prevented from migrating out of laboratory rooms to non-laboratory areas. Air must be prevented from flowing into spaces that require a high degree of cleanliness and purity, such as food and drug processing operations....

BACKGROUND Independent bench studies using specific ventilation scenarios allow testing of the performance of ventilators in conditions similar to clinical settings. The aims of this study were to determine the accuracy of the latest generation ventilators to deliver chosen parameters in various typical conditions and to provide clinicians with a comprehensive report on their performance. MET...

BACKGROUND The roles of antagonistic activation of abdominal muscles and of intra-abdominal pressurization remain enigmatic, but are thought to be associated with both spinal unloading and spinal stabilization in activities such as lifting. Biomechanical analyses are needed to understand the function of intra-abdominal pressurization because of the anatomical and physiological complexity, but p...

BACKGROUND The utility of combined oesophageal pressure-impedance recording has been enhanced by automation of data analysis. OBJECTIVE To understand how oesophageal function as measured by automated impedance manometry (AIM) pressure-flow analysis varies with bolus characteristics and subjective perception of bolus passage. METHODS Oesophageal pressure-impedance recordings of 5 and 10 ml l...

The effects of continuous (50,000, 60,000 and 70,000 psi with holding times of 5 and 10 min) and discontinuous (oscillatory) (six cycles at 60,000 psi with a holding time of 20 s) high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) treatments on the viability of two Salmonella Enteriditis strains (FDA and PT30) inoculated onto raw almonds were evaluated at 25, 50, and 55 C. Complete inactivation of the S. Enteridi...

The behaviour of swimming Paramecium is markedly affected by hydrostatic pressure (50-200 atm, 1 atm = 101 325 Pa). To investigate whether pressure might alter behaviour by acting directly on specific ion channels that mediate the behavioural responses, we examined the effects of K+, Na+ and Ba2+ ions on swimming speed and the reversal response during pressurization and decompression. If pressu...

Gas derivatization of protein crystals is useful not only to analyse gas-binding proteins but also to solve the phase problem of X-ray crystallography by using noble gases. However, the gas pressurization tools for these experiments are often elaborate and need to release the gas before flash-cooling. To simplify this step, a procedure using a fine-needle capillary to mount and flash-cool prote...

For polishing the ultra-thin TMT M3MP, a polishing support system with 18 hydraulic supports (HS) is introduced. This work focuses on the designing and testing of these HSs. Firstly the design concept of HS system is discussed; then mechanical implementation of the HS structure is carried out, with special consideration of fluid cycling, work pressurization and the weight component. Afterward t...

Rapid and continuous pressure treatment was realized using a hydraulic pump and the momentary decompression following high pressurization was used to inactivate bacteria. The number of colony-forming E. coli decreased to 1/1000 in response to 10 cycles of pressure treatment. In groundwater samples, repeated pressure treatment led to a two-log decrease in the number of colony-forming bacteria. T...