Objective: The main objective pursued in this paper is to investigate the energy consumption for drying of potato slices using vacuum-infrared drying method. Methods: Drying of potato slices with the thicknesses of 1, 2 and 3 mm were conducted at vacuum levels of zero (without vacuum), 20, 80 and 140 mm [Hg], infrared radiation at power levels of 100, 150 and 200 W in the three repetition. Resu...

Objective: The main objective pursued in this paper is to investigate the energy consumption for drying of potato slices using vacuum-infrared drying method. Methods: Drying of potato slices with the thicknesses of 1, 2 and 3 mm were conducted at vacuum levels of zero (without vacuum), 20, 80 and 140 mm [Hg], infrared radiation at power levels of 100, 150 and 200 W in the three repetition. Resu...

Global (all cells in an acinus) and focal (1-2 out of 10-15 cells) stimulation of pancreatic acini with bombesin or t-butyloxycarbonyl-Tyr(SO3)-Nle-Gly-Tyr-Asp-2-phenylethyl ester (CCKJ) together with modulation of gap junction (GJ) permeability by octanol and NO2- was used to study the role of GJ permeability in controlling [Ca2+]i oscillations and enzyme secretion. GJ permeability was quantit...

subject to Gj(x, t) ≤ 0 for all t ∈ Tj , j ∈ q, Hk(x, s) = 0 for all s ∈ Sk, k ∈ r, x ∈ X, where q and r are positive integers, X is a nonempty open convex subset of Rn (n-dimensional Euclidean space), for each j ∈ q ≡ {1, 2, . . . , q} and k ∈ r, Tj and Sk are compact subsets of complete metric spaces, f and g are real-valued functions defined on X, for each j ∈ q, z → Gj(z, t) is a real-value...

introduction energy and environmental issues are two common concerns of modern societies. fossil fuels consumption is believed to be the primary factor contributing to severe environmental problems, such as global warming, climate change and acid rain, which are a serious threat to the world’s ecosystems. in order to stabilize the earth’s climate and prevent further global warming, the earth re...