Color Characteristics and Functional Properties of Flaked Turkey Dark Meat as Influenced by Washing Treatments

Effects of potassium phosphate and sodium acetate washing procedures on the composition, color characteristics, and functional properties of turkey dark meat were determined. All evaluations were compared to control thigh and breast tissues. Higher moisture and lower protein, fat and ash (P < 0.05) were found in tissues subjected to washing. Concentration of sarcoplasmic protein was reduced (P < 0.05) by washing. Hunter L, a, and b color values were changed (P < 0.05) to a color similar to breast meat by washing. Washed tissues, due to higher moisture, had less cooking loss in water and their protein solubility values increased with salt concentration. Emulsifying capacity (EC) values were not reduced (P > 0.05) due to washing. Phosphate-washed tissue stabilized a test emulsion better than the control and acetate/phosphate-washed thigh tissues.     

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCKS GRANTS IN URBAN COUNTIES: THE CASE OF HAMILTON COUNTY,OHIO

Urban counties must struggle with metropolitan expansion in order to deliver vital urban services. With the passage of the Housing and Community Development Act, urban counties throughout the nation found it necessary to develop the administrative capacity and the intergovernmental network sufficient to implement the Act. Hamilton County, Ohio, offers a typical example of how an urban county implemented CDBG. The result was a small county community development staff that look a pragmatic approach and relied heavily on the recommendations of participating municipalities and townships. The funded projects were primarily oriented toward transportation and public works. These projects, widely dispersed throughout the county, rewarded diverse political interests, generated few political conflicts, and required minimal county staff resources.     

Characterization of Cranberry Benzoates and Their Antimicrobial Properties

Vacciniin (6-benzoyl-D-glucose) and benzoic acid were the only benzoates detected in extracts of the Stevens cultivar of cranberry. Vacciniin represents 75% of the total and was not inhibitory to the yeasts, Gram positive, or Gram negative bacteria tested.     

A Thickness Gauge for Ceramic Coatings

An instrument has been developed for the purpose of measuring the thickness of protective coatings of ceramic materials applied on nonmagnetic metal bases. This instrument provides a nondestructive method of measurement and can be used on metallic backings having a wide range of electrical conductivities. Also, the thickness measurement refers to a restricted area and is, therefore, applicable to curved surfaces. Although this instrument was developed primarily for the measurement of the thickness of ceramic coatings on turbine blades and other high-temperature parts of aircraft power plants, it should be generally useful in thickness measurements of paint, plastic, and other nonconducting films.     

Mechanical Properties of Magnesia Single Crystals Corn pression

Stress-strain curves of single crystals of magnesia compressed in the [100] direction are reported at temperatures from –196° to 1200°C.; curves are also shown for different rates of loading at room temperature. The crystals show considerable ductility at all temperatures and at room temperature can be deformed plastically about 6% before fracture at stresses which are about one-quarter of reported polycrystalline fracture strengths. The macroscopic yield drops apparently exponentially from an extrapolated value of 50,000 lb. per sq. in. at absolute zero to about 4500 lb. per sq. in. at temperatures of 900°C. and higher. Heat-treatment has an appreciable effect on the yield stress. The resistance of the material to deformation increases with the number of slip systems and bands activated because of the barriers to dislocation movements which occur at slip band intersections. At about 2 to 3% strain, stress concentrations begin to be relieved by small internal cracks which are not easily propagated. This effect is extensive before final macroscopic failure of the crystal occurs. Preliminary creep tests above the macroscopic yield stress and in the temperature range 800° to 1000°C. show large instantaneous plastic deformations followed by slow constant-rate creep.     

Parallel implementation of a class reasoner

Abstract

One method to overcome the notorious efficiency problems of logical reasoning algorithms in AI has been to combine a general-purpose reasoner with several special-purpose reasoners for commonly used subtasks. In this paper we are using Schubert's (Schubert et al. 1983, 1987) method of implementing a special-purpose class reasoner. We show that it is possible to replace Schubert's preorder number class tree by a preorder number list without loss of functionality. This form of the algorithm lends itself perfectly towards a parallel implementation,¹ and we describe design, coding and testing of such an implementation. Our algorithm is practically independent of the size of the class list, and even with several thousand nodes learning times are under a second and retrieval times are under 500 ms.     

再生细骨料逐级取代对再生砂浆强度和微观形貌的影响

基于天然砂分计筛余百分率,采用再生细骨料按照0～0.315 mm、0～0.63 mm、0～1.25 mm、0～2.5 mm和0～5.0 mm不同粒级逐级取代天然砂制作再生砂浆,测定其在0.55、0.60、0.65水灰比下7d、14d和28 d的抗折抗压强度和微观形貌.试验结果表明:再生砂浆试件的抗折抗压强度均大于空白试件,且随着再生细骨料逐级取代率的提高而增大;当再生细骨料100％逐级取代天然砂时,龄期为14 d时的再生砂浆的强度增长最大;28 d时,再生砂浆抗压强度的降低幅度随着水灰比的增加而增加,但抗折强度的降低幅度却随着水灰比的增加而减小;随水化龄期的增加,再生砂浆中水化产物不断增多,界面过渡区越来越密实.