The use of cacao, in its familiar food and beverage form, dates back about 3,800 years. By the time of the discovery of America by Europeans, the Aztecs and Mayans had developed methods for drying, roasting and grinding cacao beans for use in beverages and foods. Today, the same processes are used, but have been adapted to modern machinery. The current study was conducted to compare the traditi...

XSL Beans are a unique technology for developing UI's that exploits XML and XSL, and that provides a number of benefits, chief of which are: • Media independence XSL Beans are media independent, meaning that they can be used in Java, Dynamic HTML, or even standard GUI environments. • Standards−based XSL Beans rely upon, and exploit, XML and related standards, providing an open UI framework. • I...

The aim of the research was to determine the impact of fermentation with Pleurotus ostreatus on kidney beans, black beans, and oats. The results indicate that the fungus has a positive effect on the substrates when compared to the controls. The antioxidant activity (39.5% on kidney beans and 225% on oats in relation to the controls) and content of total polyphenols (kidney beans three times hig...

In Japan, maximum residue limits for pesticides (MRL) in coffee are set on green coffee beans, but not roasted coffee beans, although roasted beans are actually used to prepare coffee for drinking. Little is known about the behavior of pesticides during the roasting process. In the present study, we examined the changes in the concentration of pesticide (organochlorine: γ-BHC, chlordane and hep...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the United States Navy is disproportionately attracting and recruiting female smokers from the civilian sector. METHODS Standardised comparisons of cigarette use among Navy women recruits and civilian women were conducted with data from a 1996-97 Department of Defense study and the 1994 National Health Interview Survey. RESULTS Young Navy women recruits (18-22 ye...

Benjamin and Thornberg (hereafter BT) have written a comment on my paper analyzing the incentive structure of the British Navy. They contend that I have ‘‘misread the historical development of the Royal Navy, and missed crucial technological and institutional features that are essential to understanding the Navy s organization and success.’’ This is a surprising statement given the fundamental ...

In this chapter, we review the sequence of events that resulted in the negotiated contractor work package and the subsequent string of contract modifications (see also Appendix A). It all began with a budget total established by the Navy in 1992. This was modified over the remainder of the decade in annual Navy budgets. The Navy, meanwhile, planned the work to be undertaken in the RCOH. NNS sub...

Beans, the stable diet of Nigerians contains serotonin and its precursor, 5-Hydroxytryptophan. Serotonin as a neurotransmitter has neurobehavioural actions which include mood, memory, learning and sleep. It was therefore the aim of this study to find out whether long term consumption of uncooked black eye beans (Vigna unguiculata) diet commonly called iron beans, has effects on some neurobehavi...