The effect of NaHCO2 on the growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae cultures was studied in a liquid and a semisolid growth medium. With a broth culture, NaHCO3 (0.009 M) greatly reduced the lag phase and also increased the total growth. The same concentration of bicarbonate supported rapid growth when added to the semisolid medium if the plates were individually incubated in sealed plastic bags. In a ...

New Mg-3Zn-2Ca magnesium alloy was prepared using different processing techniques: gravity casting as well as squeeze casting in liquid and semisolid states. Materials were further thermally treated; thermal treatment of the gravity cast alloy was additionally combined with the equal channel angular pressing (ECAP). Alloy processed by the squeeze casting in liquid as well as in semisolid state ...

©2010 Particle Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved. centrifugation is a highly accurate technique, but it is not amenable to use with semisolid formulations with high viscosities. All the methods discussed so far may require dilution and while some drug product formulations can be diluted without changing the particle size distribution, others may be affected by dilution, which makes meaningful ...

BACKGROUND There is at present no agreement on the type of test meal to be used when performing EGG. To our knowledge the response of the stomach to high carbohydrate isocaloric meals of different consistencies has not been formally assessed. AIM To study 1) the effects of high carbohydrate meals of varying consistency on EGG activity; and 2) the effects of increasing the calorie content of a...

pastes, cream emulsions, gels, and rigid foams. Their common property is the ability to cling to the application surface for a reasonable period of time before they are washed off or worn off. They usually serve as vehicles for topically applied drugs, as emollients, or as protective or occlusive dressings, or they may be applied to the skin and membranes such as the rectal, buccal, nasal, and ...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Evolution has selected for organisms that benefit from genetically encoded cell-cell communication. Engineers have begun to repurpose elements of natural communication systems to realize programmed pattern formation and coordinate other population-level behaviors. However, existing engineered systems rely on system-specific small molecules to send molecular messages amo...

In recent years, the dynamic aspects of oral perception food have increasingly been taken into account in texture characterization. At same time, experimental settings instrumental measurements also emulating “oral contexts” more closely. The related to in-mouth handling that incorporated studies include using saliva as a key material. Semisolid (or liquid) does not usually need mastication but...