The objective of this study was to determine adsorption isotherms and hygroscopic behavior of lyophilized powder from grugru palm. The powders of grugru palm were obtained by lyophilization process without maltodextrin (T1) and with 8% matodextrin (T2). The experimental data were obtained through the static gravimetric method at temperatures (25 ̊C, 30 ̊C, 35 ̊C and 40 ̊C), with different saturated...

At the Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Kühlungsborn (54N, 12E) we have developed a daytime capable Rayleigh-Mie-Raman (RMR) lidar for the mesosphere. Temperature soundings are feasible up to approximately 75 km during the day and up to 90 km during the night. Furthermore, measurements are performed at high solar elevation angles of up to ∼60. In 2010 we performed first daylight obse...

The moisture sorption isotherms of Chilean papaya were determined at 5, 20, and 45 oC, over a relative humidity range of 10-95%. The GAB, BET, Oswin, Halsey, Henderson, Smith, Caurie and Iglesias-Chirife models were applied to the sorption experimental data. The goodness of fit of the mathematical models was statistically evaluated by means of the determination coefficient, mean relative percen...

Oswin Aichholzer Institute for Theoretical Computer Science Graz University of Technology Inffeldgasse 16b, A-8010 Graz, Austria [email protected] Franz Aurenhammer Institute for Theoretical Computer Science Graz University of Technology Inffeldgasse 16b, A-8010 Graz, Austria [email protected] Hannes Krasser Institute for Theoretical Computer Science Graz University of Technology In...

Grain protein films plasticized with glycerol were prepared from corn zein (CZ), wheat gluten (WG), and a 2.3:1 mixture of wheat gluten and soy protein isolate (WG/SPI). Moisture adsorption curves of the three types of protein films at 25° C and within an approximate water activity range of 0.11 to 0.84 were obtained using a static gravimetric method. The Smith, Oswin, Halsey, and Guggenheim-An...

We pose a monotonicity conjecture on the number of pseudo-triangulations of any planar point set, and check it on two prominent families of point sets, namely the so-called double circle and double chain. The latter has asymptotically 12nnΘ(1) pointed pseudo-triangulations, which lies significantly above the maximum number of triangulations in a planar point set known so far. ⋆ Parts of this wo...

Is every zonohedron 3-colorable when viewed as a planar map? This question arose out of work described in [RSW01]. An equivalent question, under a different guise, is posed in [FHNS00]: Is the arrangement graph of great circles on the sphere 3colorable? Assume no three circles meet at a point, so that this graph is 4-regular. Circle graphs in the plane can require four colors [Koe90], so the ke...

Is every zonohedron 3-colorable when viewed as a planar map? This question arose out of work described in [RSW01]. An equivalent question, under a different guise, is posed in [FHNS00]: Is the arrangement graph of great circles on the sphere 3colorable? Assume no three circles meet at a point, so that this graph is 4-regular. Circle graphs in the plane can require four colors [Koe90], so the ke...

Is every zonohedron 3-colorable when viewed as a planar map? This question arose out of work described in [RSW01]. An equivalent question, under a different guise, is posed in [FHNS00]: Is the arrangement graph of great circles on the sphere 3colorable? Assume no three circles meet at a point, so that this graph is 4-regular. Circle graphs in the plane can require four colors [Koe90], so the ke...