Available niacin content in processed legumes

Summary There different legumes, chick peas, kidney beans, and lentils, were soaked and boiled in distilled water under normal and high pressure. The cooked legumes were kept at 35° C for 5 h, simulating catering systems, and the niacin contents were determined by HPLC. Data were obtained for raw and boiled legumes on both a wet weight and a dry matter basis. The niacin content of the raw legumes on a wet weight basis was always higher than that of the processed legumes, but on a dry matter basis there were small, though occasionally significant, increases in niacin content. In most cases simulated catering also led to a significant increase in the available niacin.

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Gehalt an verfügbarem Niacin in verarbeiteten Hülsenfrüchten

Zusammenfassung Drei verschiedene Hülsenfrüchte, Kichererbsen, Schminkbohnen und Linsen, wurden in destilliertem Wasser eingeweicht und anschließend unter normalem und erhöhtem Druck gekocht. Zur Simulation eines Catering-Systemes wurden die gekochten Hülsenfrüchte 5 h bei 35 °C gelagert. In den rohen, den gekochten und den gelagerten Hülsenfrüchten wurde der Niacingehalt mittels Hochleistungsflüssigchromatographie (HPLC) bestimmt. Die erhaltenen Resultate zeigten, daß der Gehalt an verfügbarem Niacin, bezogen auf das Frischgewicht des Rohmaterials, durch den Kochprozeß in jedem Falle vermindert wird. Auf Trockensubstanz bezogen wurden kleine, zum Teil signifikante, Erhöhungen des Niacingehaltes gegenüber dem Rohmaterial beobachtet. Die Simulation von Catering-Bedingungen führte ebenfalls in den meisten Fällen zu einer signifikanten Erhöhung des verfügbaren Niacins.

     

Thermodynamic properties of ni nitrides and phase stability in the Ni-N system

The thermodynamics of the Ni-N system is poorly known from experiments, and there is a need of information on the stability of the various nitride phases and the Ni-N phase diagram. This kind of information has been obtained by us, by combining the few measurements available with predictions, based on recently reported regularities in bonding properties and vibrational entropy of 3d transition metal compounds. A calculated Ni-N phase diagram is presented. A certain range of homogeneity for the hexagonal nitride phase is obtained, which is comparable to that of other 3d transition metal-nitrogen systems. The question of the possible existence of a stable Ni₄N phase is examined. According to our results, Ni₄N is metastable in the Ni-N system.     

Microstructure and physical properties of transparent thoria-yttria ceramics

The investigation of microstructure, some electrical and optical parameters of transparent ThO₂-15 mol % yo_1.5 ceramics has shown: (a) a very low porosity, close to zero; (b) a higher electrical conductivity than is usual for ThO₂ ceramics of the same composition, with the activation energy 1.12 eV; (c) a relative permittivity _r 33 under the given conditions; (d) confirmation of a single-phase fluorite-type cubic structure by means of Raman and infrared spectra.     

Frontline robots in tourism and hospitality: service enhancement or cost reduction?

Electronic Markets - Robots are being implemented in many frontline services, from waiter robots in restaurants to robotic concierges in hotels. A growing number of firms in hospitality and tourism...     

Capture device identification from digital images using Kullback-Leibler divergence

Multimedia Tools and Applications - It is proposed a forensic method for the capture device identification from digital images, which requires two elements: i) a digital image subject to...     

A color image watermarking framework for copyright protection of stereo images based on binocular just noticeable difference and LU decomposition

Multimedia Tools and Applications - The copyright protection of three-dimensional (3D) content is a matter of interest in artistic and creative works due to the rights of the holder for the...     

When does personalization work on social media? a posteriori segmentation of consumers

The aim of this research is to find a segment of consumers of fashion products based on their personal visions of personalization of shoppable ads on mobile social media. To meet this objective, three operational objectives are defined. First, a theoretical model is evaluated based on the stimulus-organism-response framework (S–O–R). This examines, with a PLS-SEM approach, how the stimulation of personalization will affect consumers' internal cognitive state (perceived usefulness) and consequently generates a behavioral response (intention to buy). Second, we look for fashion consumer segments based on their perception of personalization through prediction-oriented segmentation (PLS-POS). Third, the segments are explained based on three constructs that were considered important in fashion consumption through mobile social networks: purchase intention, concern for privacy, and perception of trend. The inclusion of personalization and the perception of usefulness of advertisements can greatly help the intention to purchase clothing to be understood. The application of a posterior segmentation helps to better understand the different types of users exposed to shoppable ads on mobile social networks and their relationship with the purchase intention, concern for privacy and trend. While the measures and scales were tested in a context of mobile clothing trade, the methodology can be applied to other types of products or services.

     

Multifold behavior of the information transmission by the quantum 3-switch

Quantum Information Processing - A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-019-2234-5     

Measuring and improving the quality of development processes based on usability and accessibility

Universal Access in the Information Society - Measurement of both usability and accessibility is an important concern in software development today. However, while a great amount of attention has...     

The Utility of Land-Surface Model Simulations to Provide Drought Information in a Water Management Context Using Global and Local Forcing Datasets

Drought diagnosis and forecasting are fundamental issues regarding hydrological management in Spain, where recurrent water scarcity periods are normal. Land-surface models (LSMs) could provide relevant information for water managers on how drought conditions evolve. Here, we explore the usefulness of LSMs driven by atmospheric analyses with different resolutions and accuracies in simulating drought and its propagation to precipitation, soil moisture and streamflow through the system. We perform simulations for the 1980-2014 period with SASER (5 km resolution) and LEAFHYDRO (2.5 km resolution), which are forced by the Spanish SAFRAN dataset (at 5km and 30km resolutions), and the global eartH2Observe datasets at 0.25 degrees (including the MSWEP precipitation dataset). We produce standardized indices for precipitation (SPI), soil moisture (SSMI) and streamflow (SSI). The results show that the model structure uncertainty remains an important issue in current generation large-scale hydrological simulations based on LSMs. This is true for both the SSMI and SSI. The differences between the simulated SSMI and SSI are large, and the propagation scales for drought regarding both soil moisture and streamflow are overly dependent on the model structure. Forcing datasets have an impact on the uncertainty of the results but, in general, this impact is not as large as the uncertainty due to model formulation. Concerning the global products, the precipitation product that includes satellite observations (MSWEP) represents a large improvement compared with the product that does not.