This study was performed to improve the techniques used for tenderizing red meat as elderly food. Beef meat was immersed in liposome encapsulated enzyme solution and the effect of protease encapsulation on the beef properties was analyzed. The protease encapsulation properties were analyzed according to the size distribution and enzymatic activity. After enzyme reaction on the beef, the chemica...

Pure carbon(C), nitrogen(N) and titanium(Ti) doped diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings were deposited on silicon (Si) micro-molds by dc magnetron sputtering deposition to improve the tribological performance of the micro-molds. The coated and uncoated Si molds were used in injection molding for the fabrication of secondary metal-molds, which were used for the replication of micro-fluidic devices...

In this work, poly (ether-block-amide) (PEBA)/ceramic hollow fiber (HF) composite membranes with high flux were prepared by dip-coating the ceramic hollow fiber with PEBA polymer solution for pervaporation (PV). The membrane fabrication was optimized by finely tailoring the coating parameters such as the viscosity and concentration of PEBA coating solution, which made the pervaporation flux as ...

Objective—To improve the biocompatibility of stents using a phosphorylcholine coated stent as a form of biomimicry. Interventions—Implantation of phosphorylcholine coated (n = 20) and non-coated (n = 21) stents was performed in the coronary arteries of 25 pigs. The animals were killed after five days (n = 6), four weeks (n = 7), and 12 weeks (n = 8), and the vessels harvested for histology, sca...

OBJECTIVE To improve the biocompatibility of stents using a phosphorylcholine coated stent as a form of biomimicry. INTERVENTIONS Implantation of phosphorylcholine coated (n = 20) and non-coated (n = 21) stents was performed in the coronary arteries of 25 pigs. The animals were killed after five days (n = 6), four weeks (n = 7), and 12 weeks (n = 8), and the vessels harvested for histology, s...

Physical unclonable functions PUFs can be used as a cost-effective means to store cryptographic key material in an unclonable way. In coating PUFs, keys are generated from capacitance measurements of a coating containing many randomly distributed particles with different dielectric constants. We introduce a physical model of coating PUFs by simplifying the capacitance sensors to a parallel plat...

In this research, B4C-Ni cermet coating was sprayed on the surface of 4130 steel from B4C and Ni feed-stockpowders using high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) method. In order to characterize the tribological behavior of thecoating, ball on disk wear tests were done at the ambient temperature and under the loads of 1, 3 and 5 N.Phase analysis of the coating after spraying was studied ...

Observation of tongue coating, a foundation for clinical diagnosis and treatment in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is a major indicator of the occurrence, development, and prognosis of disease. The biological basis of tongue diagnosis and relationship between the types and microorganisms of tongue coating remain elusive. Thirteen chronic erosive gastritis (CEG) patients with typical yellow...

There are no methods described for the preparation of vesicles with a double phospholipid bilayer, except for vesosomes as multicompartmental aggregates of tethered vesicles encapsulated within a large bilayer vesicle [1]. They are tethered to the aggregate by biotin-streptavidin coupling. The yield of this process is about 5%. The modified reverse phase evaporation method was used to prepare t...

Lysosomes are by definition organelles that maintain an internal acidic pH and contain hydrolytic enzymes. Membrane-coating granules contain a battery of hydrolytic enzymes, in addition to their lamellar discs, and are therefore commonly assumed to be lamellate lysosomes. Although there are data confirming the existence of enzymes in membrane-coating granules, there is no direct evidence to sug...