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Thermo-physical properties of composite bread dough with maize and cassava flours

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Issue 3 2010
Olufunmilola Olaitan Oladunmoye
Summary Composite wheat,cassava and wheat,maize flours were produced in ratio 100:0. 60:40, 50:50, 40:60 and 0:100 respectively. Thermo-physical properties of bread dough were determined. For wheat ,cassava composite bread dough, moisture content ranged between 44.02 ± 2.04 to 51.31 ± 2.99% dry basis (db), density (1035.2 ± 20.4 to 975.6 ± 12.6 kg m,3), specific heat capacity (2.51 ± 0.61 to 3.01 ± 0.42 kJ kg,1 K) and thermal conductivity (0.362 ± 0.13 to 0.473 ± 0.12 W mK,1). While wheat,maize mixture gave 44.14 ± 1.94 to 45.09 ± 1.26%(db) of moisture content, 981.4 ± 16.3,960.4 ± 22.5 kg m,3 density, 1.77 ± 0.17,2.61 ± 0.63 kJ kg,1 K specific heat capacity and 0.36 ± 0.07,0.39 ± 0.02 W mK,1 thermal conductivity. Effects of substitutions was significant on moisture content and thermal conductivity of dough while non significant influence was recorded on density and specific heat capacity at P < 0.05. [source]


Field metabolic rates of black-browed albatrosses Thalassarche melanophrys during the incubation stage

JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY, Issue 6 2004
Scott A. Shaffer
Field metabolic rates (FMR) and activity patterns of black-browed albatrosses Thalassarche melanophrys were measured while at sea and on nest during the incubation stage at Kerguelen Island, southwestern Indian Ocean. Activity-specific metabolic rates of five albatrosses at sea (FMRat-sea) were measured using doubly labeled water (DLW), and by equipping birds with wet-dry activity data loggers that determined when birds were in flight or on the water. The metabolic rates of four birds incubating their eggs (FMRon-nest) were also measured using DLW. The mean±SD FMRat-sea of albatrosses was 611±96 kJ kg,1 d,1 compared to FMRon-nest of 196±52 kJ kg,1 d,1. While at sea, albatrosses spent 52.9±8.2% (N=3) of their time in flight and they landed on the water 41.2±13.9 times per day. The FMR of black-browed albatrosses appear to be intermediate to that of three other albatross species. Based on at-sea activity, the power requirement of flight was estimated to be 8.7 W kg,1 (or 4.0×predicted BMR), which is high compared to other albatross species, but may be explained by the high activity levels of the birds when at sea. The FMRat-sea of albatrosses, when scaled with body mass, are lower than other seabirds of similar body size, which probably reflects the economical nature of their soaring flight. [source]


Calculation of the Detonation Velocities and Detonation Pressures of Dinitrobiuret (DNB) and Diaminotetrazolium Nitrate (HDAT-NO3)

PROPELLANTS, EXPLOSIVES, PYROTECHNICS, Issue 1 2004
Janna Geith
Abstract The enthalpies of combustion (,combH) of dinitrobiuret (DNB) and diaminotetrazolium nitrate (HDAT-NO3) were determined experimentally using oxygen bomb calorimetry: ,combH(DNB)=5195±200,kJ kg,1, ,combH(HDAT-NO3)=7900±300,kJ kg,1. The standard enthalpies of formation (,fH°) of DNB and HDAT-NO3 were obtained on the basis of quantum chemical computations at the electron-correlated ab initio MP2 (second order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory) level of theory using a correlation consistent double-zeta basis set (cc-pVTZ): ,fH°(DNB)=,353,kJ mol,1, ,1,829,kJ kg,1; ,fH°(HDAT-NO3)=+254,kJ mol,1, +1,558,kJ kg,1. The detonation velocities (D) and detonation pressures (P) of DNB and HDAT-NO3 were calculated using the empirical equations by Kamlet and Jacobs: D(DNB)=8.66,mm,,s,1, P(DNB)=33.9,GPa, D(HDAT-NO3)=8.77,mm,,s,1, P(HDAT-NO3)=33.3,GPa. [source]


Interacting effects of dietary lipid level and temperature on growth, body composition and fatty acid profile of rohu, Labeo rohita (Hamilton)

AQUACULTURE NUTRITION, Issue 6 2004
K. Mishra
Abstract Three isonitrogenous (320 g kg,1 crude protein, casein and gelatine) semi-purified diets with 80 (L8), 130 (L13) and 180 (L18) g kg,1 lipid (sunflower oil at increasing levels and cod liver oil fixed at 50 g kg,1) at three digestible energy levels (12 096, 13 986 and 15 876 kJ kg,1 dry weight) and were tested, in triplicate, on rohu fingerlings (3.2 ± 0.08 g) at two different temperatures (21 and 32 °C). Fish were fed to apparent satiation, twice daily, at 09.00 and 15.00 h, 7 days a week for 56 days. Maximum growth was obtained at a lipid level of 80 g kg,1 (L8) at 21 °C (439.37%) and 130 g kg,1 (L13) at 32 °C (481.8%). In general growth rate was higher at 32 °C than at 21 °C at all lipid levels. Tissue monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) contents decreased with increasing lipid level at 32 °C, but the reverse occurred at 21 °C. At 21 °C, Polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) level increased significantly (P > 0.05) over initial values, but was affected insignificantly by dietary lipid level. At 32 °C, fish fed diet L13 had more n-3 fatty acid (FA) in liver and muscle than the other two dietary groups while at 21 °C, both liver and muscle FA profiles exhibited significant change (P > 0.05) in n-3 and n-6 FA content which corresponded to variation in percent addition of dietary lipid. However, n-3/n-6 ratio was higher for fish fed diet L13 at 32 °C and diet L8 at 21 °C and may be correlated with fish growth. [source]