A milk and egg mixture was processed at 96C and 92C with 10 sec hold times and evaluated for nutritional composition, functional characteristics, and shelf-life. The process was more than sufficient to destroy Coxiella burnetti and Salmonella senftenberg which were the most heat resistant organisms of concern in processing this milk and egg mix. The spoilage organisms received 2,200 D and 425 D processes, respectively, which were more than adequate for providing a safe product and extending the shelf life of the product for seven weeks under refrigerated storage conditions. Both sweetened and unsweetened formulations were evaluated. The nutritional profile of the milk and egg mix was improved when dried eggs (solids and liquid proportion equivalent to whole egg) were replaced with dried egg white, cholesterol reduced egg yolk, and skim milk. The fat and cholesterol were reduced between 22 to 33% and 37 to 44%, respectively, in the cholesterol reduced formulation (CRF) as compared to the control formulation (CF). The protein content of the milk and egg mix was not altered by utilization of cholesterol - reduced egg yolk in the CRF as compared to the CF. Addition of beta-galactosidase decreased the lactose up to 96%. The CF were more yellow than the CRF in the mixes and baked gels (p< 0.05). There were also no difference in gel strength between the baked gels made from the two formulations. There were no significant chemical and physical changes over the seven week storage period of the product at refrigerated conditions (p< 0.05). / Master of Science

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A study has been conducted on the aeration of reduced ilmenite with emphasis on increasing the aeration speed and understanding the mechanism of the aeration based on laboratory scale experiments. These issues were highlighted by comparing the currently operating Becher process which incorporates the use of an ammonium chloride catalyst in the aeration process.The speed of production of synthetic rutile from the Becher process is currently dictated by the time the reduced ilmenite remains in the aeration tank. As these times can vary greatly for no obvious reason, experiments were conducted to find which parameters could be changed to increase the speed of leaching. It was found that by increasing the oxygen content to 100 per cent the aeration time was reduced by at least half.By replacing ammonium chloride with various other amine compounds as the catalyst it was found there was a relationship between pK[subscript]a and aeration time. It was also found that the more sterically hindered the amine group, the slower the leaching. The use of ethylenediammonium chloride has shown that, when used at two thirds of the ammonium chloride concentration, aeration can be completed an hour (17%) faster than with the ammonium chloride catalyst. Furthermore, when ethylenediammonium chloride was used with a 100 per cent oxygen gas flow the aeration time was reduced by two thirds.Other compounds that did not contain amine groups were also investigated as catalysts in reduced ilmenite aerations. Of those tested only a citric acid / trisodium citrate mixture managed to aerate the reduced ilmenite substantially faster than the standard ammonium chloride catalyst. Other compounds with similar structure to the citrate ion failed to aid the aeration at all.

Twenty-nine hospitalized patients suffering acute exacerbations of schizophrenia were treated for 2 weeks with fixed daily oral doses of haloperidol prospectively calculated to achieve a haloperidol plasma concentration of either 8-18 ng/ml or 25-35 ng/ml. Reduced haloperidol as well as haloperidol concentrations were assayed to determine if the former enhanced the predictability of response. Week 2 haloperidol plasma concentrations were negatively correlated to clinical response as measured by the percentage change in the BPRS score from baseline (r=-0.43, P<0.05). In contrast, week 2 plasma concentrations of reduced haloperidol, total haloperidol (haloperidol+reduced haloperidol), and reduced haloperidol/haloperidol ratio did not correlate with the change in the BPRS score. Chi-square analysis concluded that patients with ratios greater than one were no less likely to be treatment responders (<25% improvement in BPRS from baseline and week 2 BPRS <55) than those with ratios less than one. Although these data lend additional support to reports of a curvilinear relationship between haloperidol plasma concentration and clinical response, they also suggest that reduced haloperidol plasma concentrations are of no value in predicting treatment response.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jan. 12, 2010). Advisor: Laura G. Leff. Keywords: Bacteria; modeled reduced gravity; response; gene expression; physiology. Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-204).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-46). / vii, 46 leaves, bound ill. (some col.) 29 cm

This study primarily focuses on the reduction of salts during the dyeing of cotton. Cotton fabrics were pretreated with Chitosan and Cibafix ECO respectively, and then dyed with reactive and direct dyes with various amount of salt in a dye bath, to determine the optimum pre-treatment conditions of a reduced salt concentration. Cotton fabric was dyed with two different classes of reactive dyes and a direct dye with 100%, 75%, 50% and 0% of the recommended amount of salt. Various methods of pre-treatment application were trialed to determine the most effective and efficient method, as well as to determine the optimum conditions of the pre-treatments. Exhaustion levels of the dye bath as well as Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) levels were measured. Colour strength measurements were also studied along with colourfastness properties. It was found that cotton fabric pre-treated with Cibafix ECO and dyed with 25% less salt was more effective than fabric pre-treated with Chitosan and dyed with 25% less salt. Any greater reduction in salt has detrimental effects on the levelness of dyeing. When using only 75% of the recommended amount of salt, the pre-treated fabrics showed higher extents of exhaustion compared with samples dyed without the pre-treatment. At optimum pre-treatment conditions a saving of 25% salt usage was observed for cotton dyed with direct and reactive dyes. In addition these samples also showed moderate to very high fastness properties.