Slow digestion of starch is linked to various health benefits. The impact of wheat particle size on in vitro starch digestibility and quality of wire-cut cookies was here evaluated by including four soft wheat fractions [i.e. flour (average diameter, 83 μm), fine farina (643 μm), coarse farina (999 μm) and bran (1036 μm)] in the recipe. The suscept...
Fluctuations in the initiation rate of transcription, the first step in gene expression, ensue from the stochastic behavior of the molecular process that controls transcription. In steady state, the regulatory process is often assumed to operate reversibly, i.e., in equilibrium. However, reversibility imposes fundamental limits to information proce...
Dichloramine (NHCl2) naturally exists in reverse osmosis (RO) permeate due to its application as an antifouling chemical in membrane-based potable reuse treatment. This study investigated mechanisms of background NHCl2 hydrolysis associated with the generation of oxidative radical species in RO permeate, established a kinetic model to predict the o...
This paper focuses on the study of the reaction between limestone and sodium hydroxide solution. This reactionis used to produce alkali-activated mortars after curing and in the presence of unreactive siliceous sand. Thekinetics of this reaction is investigated by semi-adiabatic calorimetry experiments. The formulation parametersare fixed but the c...
Published in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
The short history of research on Li-O2 batteries has seen a remarkable number of mechanistic U-turns over the years. From the initial use of carbonate electrolytes, that were then found to be entirely unsuitable, to the belief that (su)peroxide was solely responsible for degradation, before the more reactive singlet oxygen was found to form, to the...
The magnitude of the frictional forces during the ejection of porous pharmaceutical tablets plays an important role in determining the occurrence of tabletting defects. Here, we perform a systematic comparison between the maximum ejection force, static friction coefficient, and kinetic friction coefficient. All of these metrics have different physi...
Cells employ many large macromolecular machines for the execution and regulation of processes that are vital for cell and organismal viability. Interestingly, cells cannot synthesize these machines as functioning units. Instead, cells synthesize the molecular parts that must then assemble into the functional complex. Many important machines, includ...
Removal of ammonium from aqueous solutions using natural zeolite is diffusion limited. Consequently, a polymer-natural zeolite powder composite was developed as it allowed use of fine powders instead of rocks. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was dissolved in N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone and mixed with natural zeolite powder prior to dropwise addition to an anti...
Redox reactions control the environmental fate of selenium, an element of concern due to its small gap between beneficial and detrimental effects on human health and due to the longevity of the radionuclide 79Se produced in nuclear reactors. Fe-bearing clay minerals are major redox-active ingredients of Earth’s critical zone and constitute an impor...
Published in Journal of orthopaedic science : official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
The role of strengthening the lower limbs to optimize the biomechanics of the hip, knee and ankle during walking in patients with knee osteoarthritis, is still unclear. This study aimed to analyse the walking biomechanics of individuals with symptomatic mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis before and after a simplified lower limb resistance trainin...
