During exocytosis, vesicles in secretory cells fuse with the cellular membrane and release their contents in a Ca2+-dependent process. Release occurs initially through a fusion pore, and its rate is limited by the dissociation of the matrix-associated contents. To determine whether this dissociation is promoted by osmotic forces, we have examined the effects of elevated osmotic pressure on rele...

The ion transport mechanism that regulates intracellular pH (pHi) in giant barnacle muscle fibers was studied by measuring pHi and unidirectional Na+ fluxes in internally dialyzed fibers. The overall process normally results in a net acid extrusion from the cell, presumably by a membrane transport mechanism that exchanges external Na+ and HCO-3 for internal Cl- and possibly H+. However, we foun...

Rhythmic seismicity associated with spine extrusion is a well-documented phenomenon at a number of dome-forming volcanic systems. At Unzen volcano, Japan, a 4-year dome-forming eruption concluded with the emplacement of a spine from October 1994 to February 1995, offering a valuable opportunity to further investigate seismogenic processes at dome-forming volcanoes. Using continuous data recorde...

This study characterised pineapple pomace (PP) and evaluated its application in extrusion to enhance fibre content of the final product. The pomace had low fat (0.61%) and high dietary fibre (45.22%), showing its potential for fibre enrichment of nutritionally poor products, as some extruded snacks. Results also showed low microbiological counts, water activity, and pH indicating good microbiol...

In the process of double-layer gas-assisted extrusion plastic micro-tubes, external size and surface quality micro-tubes are greatly affected by assisting gas inlet slit inside mold. Therefore, in this experiment, a two-phase flow model was established based on compressible non-compressible melt. The Polyflow finite element solution software module used to solve velocity field, temperature pres...

The aim of this paper was to investigate the influence Zn‐ and Se‐fortified wheat flour addition corn grits at 90:10, 80:20, 70:30, 60:40 ratios on hardness, fracturability, expansion ratio, bulk density, color, sensory attributes extrudates. Extrusion performed three temperature profiles: 140/170/170 °C, 150/180/180 160/190/190 °C. With an increase in proportion Se‐ fortified increase, all obs...