Cryofixation, freeze-etch techniques were used to study the structure of cake batters made from a lean cake formulation before heating and after heating to temperatures up to l00-l02 °C. Batters were prepared without added emulsifiers and with saturated and unsaturated monoglycerides replacing 5 and l 0% of the oil. Unsaturated monoglyceri des were more effective than saturated monoglycerides i...

This study aims to explore a novel application of dewatered alum sludge cakes (DASC) as the main medium in a single model reed bed to treat phosphorus-rich animal farm wastewater under "tidal flow" operation on a long-term basis. It is expected that the cakes act as the carrier for developing biofilm and also serve as adsorbent to enhance phosphorus (P) immobilization. Results have demonstrated...

Sedimentation combined with a broad particle size distribution in the suspension results multilayered filter cakes, where fine layer forms on top of compressible bottom layer. Owing to their high resistance, particles act as stiff and compress during filtration. This was investigated using model cake composed an artificial Compression determined via volumetric porosity measurement. A reduction ...

Bakery products such as breads are characterized by a typical porous structure and a high specific volume. To obtain such a porous structure, air bubbles have to be incorporated during a mixing or blending step. Gas retention and final volume of the baked good depend, therefore, to a large extent on how fast these bubbles disappear again by one of the following processes: Buoyancy is the proces...

the effect of various pesticides (diflubenzuro, malathion, mancozeb and carbendazim), disinfectants (calcium hypochlorite and formaldehyde) and oil cakes (sunflower and soy-bean oil cakes) commonly used as supplements in mushroom cultivation on the growth of the nematophagous fungus, arthrobotrys oligospora, was studied under in vitro conditions. carbenazim caused 99% inhibition of radial mycel...

To define a low-risk diet for breast cancer in Italy, a multicentric case-control study of 2569 incident cases of breast cancer and 2588 controls from Italy was analyzed. A logistic regression model was applied to the estimated intake of five macronutrients and used to compute a diet-related risk score (RS). The pattern of macronutrient and food group intake across RS deciles was defined. The m...