Odorants Contributing to Warmed-Over Flavor (WOF) of Refrigerated Cooked Beef

A systematic study was performed to determine the odorants contributing to the warmed-over flavor (WOF) of cooked beef patties. The most potent odorants of the freshly cooked patties and of the cooked, refrigerated and reheated patties showing WOF were screened by dilution experiments. Eleven odorants were selected for quantification by stable isotope dilution assays. Three aroma models were prepared on the basis of the results. A sensory comparison of the models indicated that WOF was the result of a combination of a loss of desirable odorants, e.g. 4-hy-droxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone and 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethyl-2(5H)-furanone, along with an increase in lipid peroxidation products, in particular n-hexanal and trans-4,5-epoxy-(E)-2-decenal.     

Discrimination between crude-oil spills and monomolecular sea slicks by airborne radar and infrared radiometer—possibilities and limitations

Abstract

The applicability of an X-band (9·4 GHz) real aperture radar (RAR) and an infrared (IR) radiometer to discriminate between crude-oil spills and monomolecular sea slicks is investigated over the same sea area. The results from quasi-simultaneous overflights over a crude-oil spill and three different sea slicks (oleyl alcohol, di-(ethylenglycol)-mono-isostearyletherand methyl oleate)show that the advantage of an imaging radar is its uniequi vocal potential for surveying large sea surfaces and that the advantage of an IR sensor is its ability to determinate quickly the thick centres of crude-oil spills. However, neither the RAR nor the IR radiometer can discriminate between crude-oil spills and sea slicks. Therefore, an airborne coastal patrol with the objective of monitoring oil pollution must comprise a package of additional sensors, e.g. a microwave radiometer and/or a lidar system.     

Monte-Carlo simulation studies of the nonlinear imaging of a two dimensional surface wave field by a synthetic aperture radar

Abstract

The imaging of ocean surface waves by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is investigated using two-dimensional Monte-Carlo simulations. The properties of the SAR imaging mechanism for windseas and swell in the Bragg scattering regime are discussed as a function of a few governing non-dimensional parameters formed from a combination of SAR and ocean wave parameters. The parameter ranges may be classified into three regimes corresponding to linear and weakly nonlinear, medium nonlinear and strongly nonlinear imaging. The nonlinearities are induced by motion effects (velocity bunching, velocity spread and acceleration smearing), while the real aperture radar (RAR) tilt and hydrodynamic modulation processes are regarded as linear. In the strongly nonlinear imaging regime, the velocity bunching mechanism causes a rotation of the spectral peak towards the range direction and a stretching of the peak wavelength. In addition, the azimuthal resolution is degraded through the Doppler spreading arising from the different facet velocities within a SAR resolution cell. The imaging properties in this regime are largely governed by two non-dimensional parameters, the velocity bunching and velocity smearing parameter. The nonlinear imaging distortions are strongest for broad spectra (windseas) and are significantly weaker for narrow-band swell. In the linear and weakly nonlinear imaging regime, the superposition of the hydrodynamic and tilt cross-section modulation and the velocity bunching transfer function normally produces a rotation of the spectral peak towards the azimuthal direction. The interference characteristics of these different modulation mechanisms depends on the wave propagation direction and can lead to a significant distortion of the image. This is often seen in large differences in the image modulation depths of waves propagating parallel and anti-parallel to the flight direction.     

RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES ON HIGH-EFFICIENCY AMORPHOUS SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES

The purpose of this paper is to describe the research in the United States, especially the cofunded government/industry program, on amorphous silicon photovoltaic devices that has been done over the past 10 years, discuss progress achieved, describe the remaining problem areas and the future research program to overcome the remaining problems.     

MAKING BETTER USE OF NATURAL LIGHT WITH A LIGHT-REDIRECTING DOUBLE-GLAZING SYSTEM

The subject of the present paper is a fixed daylighting system known as the LIF light guide. The system consists of a fixed arrangement for capturing sunlight incident at various angles and re-directing it by means of an optical wave-guide which provides diffuse ceiling illumination. The light guide is generally sandwiched between two glass panes and mounted above the windows to avoid obstructing visibility. Its intended function is to furnish offices and other working areas with a uniform level of natural illumination while avoiding glare.     

Multimodel Robust Control by Fast Output Sampling-An LMI Approach

An LMI approach to robust multimodel controller design is proposed. The fast output sampling control law considered here allows in theory to realize the effect of a robust state feedback gain simultaneously for a family of linear models. In practice, there are two reasons why exact realization of state feedback may not be desirable or even impossible: poor error dynamics, and noise sensitivity due to large output feedback gains. An LMI formulation of the design problem allows to approximate a robust state feedback design by fast output sampling, in a way that closeness to the original design can be traded against reducing these deteriorating effects. The proposed method is illustrated by a multivariable design example and experimental results.     

A Rapid Torsion Method for Measuring the Viscosity of Silica Glasses up to 2200°C

A thin, heated glass rod fixed at one end is quickly rotated around its axis in a small vertically positioned tube furnace. A computer is used to determine the temperature-viscosity correlation by solving an integral equation from the measurement of the torsion moment, the speed of rotation, the diameter of the rod, and the knowledge of the temperature profile inside the tube. The advantages of this new method are the small sample mass of about 0.5 g, the fast measurement procedure, the possibility of using high temperatures, and the fact that there is no contact of the sample with any solid materials. Also, lengthwise strips made of glass tubings can be used. Some examples of measuring the viscosities in the working range of 10⁵ to 10¹⁰ dPa. s of commercial silica glasses up to 2200°C are shown. Maximum deviations of ±14 K are possible.     

HREM structure characterization of interfaces in semiconducting multi-layers using molecular-dynamics-supported image interpretation

Multi-layer structures in binary systems, for example InAs/AlSb and AlSb/GaSb, as well as ternary InGaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) are investigated by high-resolution electron miscroscopy (HREM). Interpretation of the micrographs requires methods of image analysis and the computer simulation of the HREM contrast. The relaxed atomic structure of the interfaces is modelled by molecular dynamics (MD) and energy minimization. The importance of strain relaxations to the image interpretation will be demonstrated and compared with the image spread and shift caused by the microscope aberrations. The possibility of revealing the compositional variations and the elastic deformations at the interfaces by HREM imaging under special defocus and sample thickness conditions will be discussed.