The utilization of whole grains in food formulations is nowadays recommended. Extrusion cooking allows obtaining precooked cereal products and a wide range of ready-to-eat foods. Two rice varieties having different amylose content (Fortuna 16% and Paso 144, 27%) were extruded using a Brabender single screw extruder. Factorial experimental design was used to study the effects of extrusion temper...

We present anisotropic thermal expansion measurements on single crystalline ErNi2B2C. All three, superconducting, antiferromagnetic and weak ferromagnetic phase transitions are unambiguously distinguished in the data. Anisotropic uniaxial pressure dependencies of the transitions are estimated based on the Ehrenfest relation, leading to a conclusion, in particular, that weak ferromagnetic state ...

P ulmonary microembolism is associated with the generation of prostaglandin thromboxanes.’ Since pulmonary microembolism also causes lung edema, the generation of these arachidonic acid products may contribute to extravascular fluid accumulation in the lung. Thromboxane A, (TxA,) is a particularly vasoactive substance in the pulmonary circulation since infusion of the cyclic endoperoxide analog...

This paper presents a newly developed constitutive model for predicting the timeand temperaturedependent mechanical behavior of fluoropolymers, including PTFE, PFA and FEP. The mathematical details of the theory and its connection with the underlying microstructure are presented together with aspects of its numerical implementation into large-strain finite element simulations. A set of uniaxial...

Skeletal regeneration is accomplished by a cascade of biologic processes that may include differentiation of pluripotential tissue, endochondral ossification, and bone remodeling. It has been shown that all these processes are influenced strongly by the local tissue mechanical loading history. This article reviews some of the mechanobiologic principles that are thought to guide the differentiat...