This paper presents results of a collaborative trial study (IUPAC project No. 650/93/97) involving 29 laboratories in 13 countries applying a method for detecting genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food. The method is based on using the polymerase chain reaction to determine the 35S promotor and the NOS terminator for detection of GMOs. reference materials were produced that were derived ...

A 2-yr grazing performance study was conducted in Eastern Colorado to evaluate the effects of feeding raw cull beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) or canola meal, compared to sunflower meal, to beef cows grazing dormant, native winter range on body weight and body condition score (BCS) change, reproductive performance, and calf performance. Ninety-five pregnant, spring-calving crossbred cows (541 +/- 51...

Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) [6] is a server-side component architecture that simplifies the process of building enterprise-class distributed component applications in Java. This component technology originally proposed by SUN Microsystem is agreed upon by the industry, supports portability and rapid development of server side applications. EJB components (enterprise beans) are deployed within a...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Cluster beans (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) are rich source of soluble fibre content and are known for their cholesterol lowering effect. The beneficial anti-hypercholesterolaemic effect of whole dietary cluster beans as a source of dietary fibre was evaluated in high cholesterol diet induced hypercholesterolaemia in experimental rats. METHODS Male Wistar rats (90-95 g) di...

Optimisation of composite flour comprising pearl millet, kidney beans and tigernut with xanthan gum was evaluated for rheological evaluations. The functional properties of the composite flour were optimized using optimal design of response surface methodology. The optimum blends, defined as blends with overall best functional characteristics were run 3 (75.956% pearl millet, 17.692% kidney bean...

An agile methodology that integrates selected XP practices, UML modeling and Enterprise Java Beans is described. A case study in the domain of web-based systems is outlined, which applies and assesses the utility of the methodology. The applicability of agile modeling to the domain of webbased e-commerce systems implemented using Enterprise Java Beans is discussed.