Mimicking Spray Drying by Drying of Single Droplets Deposited on a Flat Surface

The inactivation of bioactive ingredients during spray drying is often matrix specific. Therefore, the design of new processes or the optimisation of existing spray drying processes is usually highly product specific and requires numerous experiments. Rapid experimentation methods that facilitate fast data generation are therefore desired. A novel method for drying single droplets to mimic spray drying is proposed. The approach involves droplet deposition on a hydrophobic flat surface followed by controlled drying. A heat and mass transfer model is applied to predict the drying history of the single droplets. The approach is successfully evaluated through studying the inactivation of β-galactosidase during drying. The heat and mass transfer model supplemented with inactivation kinetics provided reasonable prediction of the residual enzyme activity after drying. In addition, the inactivation kinetics could be directly extracted from single droplet experiments rather than using the kinetics from separate heating experiments. Finally, it was demonstrated that the inactivation kinetics found with the single-drop experiments could satisfactorily predict the residual activity of β-galactosidase dried with a laboratory-scale spray dryer.     

纸质出版物的未来发展趋势

在变化的媒体世界中,宽带载体很快也参与了"围绕媒体内容的竞争",这对于从事印刷信息的企业也是如此.在新的条件下,把他们的品牌、甚至制作的内容以及多年的经验都运用在竞争的优势中.本文旨在介绍宽带的竞争,以激励德国出版业未来的发展情况.     

Spaltung von 1,2,4-Thiadiazol-3-onen mit Triphenylphosphan: Triphenylphosphonio-thioimidazolate und ihre Folgereaktionen

Fission of 1,2,4-Thiadiazol-3-ones by Triphenylphosphane: gewidinet Triphenylphosphonio Thioimidazolates and Their Consecutive Reactions Treatment of benzimidazo[1,2-d][1,2,4]thiadiazol-3(2H)-ones ( 1 ) and imidazo[1,2-d]-[1,2,4]thiadiazol-3(2H)-ones ( 17 ) with triphenylphosphan leads to the liberation of isocyanate and the formation of triphenylphosphonio-thiobenzimidazolat ( 4 ) and triphenylphosphonio-thioimidazolat ( 18 ), respectively. 2,4-Diphenyl-5-phenylimino-1,2,4-thiadiazol-3-one ( 23 ) is desulfurized with Ph₃P and decomposed into phenyl isocyanate and diphenylcarbodiimide whereas the N-unsubstituted imino-thiadiazol-3-one ( 25 ) is attacked at the exocyclic imino group by Ph₃P to give the N-phosphoranylidene thiourea ( 26 ). The structure of 4 can be rationalized as a dynamic system between polar and apolar valence isomeres. Reactions of 1 and 17 with cyanates, isocyanates, carbon disulfide, acetic anhydride, amines, benzyl chloride, grignard compounds, and CH acidic compounds are described.     

Fractal feature analysis and classification in medical imaging

Following B.B. Mandelbrot's fractal theory (1982), it was found that the fractal dimension could be obtained in medical images by the concept of fractional Brownian motion. An estimation concept for determination of the fractal dimension based upon the concept of fractional Brownian motion is discussed. Two applications are found: (1) classification; (2) edge enhancement and detection. For the purpose of classification, a normalized fractional Brownian motion feature vector is defined from this estimation concept. It represented the normalized average absolute intensity difference of pixel pairs on a surface of different scales. The feature vector uses relatively few data items to represent the statistical characteristics of the medial image surface and is invariant to linear intensity transformation. For edge enhancement and detection application, a transformed image is obtained by calculating the fractal dimension of each pixel over the whole medical image. The fractal dimension value of each pixel is obtained by calculating the fractal dimension of 7x7 pixel block centered on this pixel.     

Zur Radikalischen Copolymerisation ungesättigter Isocyanate mit Vinylchlorid

On the Free Radical Copolymerization of Unsaturated Isocyanates with Vinylchloride The free radical copolymerization of vinyl-, isopropenyl- and p-vinyl-phenylisocyanate with vinylchloride in mass and tetrahydrofurane solution at 50°C is investigated. The incorporation of the isocyanate monomers in the copolymers is favoured. These monomers effect a great decrease of the rate of copolymerization and a crosslinking of the formed homo- and copolymers, whose extent depends on the kind and the quantity of the incorporated monomers. The crosslinking is caused by the forming of isocyanurate units.     

Equine milk proteins: Chemistry,structure and nutritional significance

Equine milk has important nutritional and therapeutic properties that can benefit the diet of the elderly, convalescent or newborn. The protein content of equine milk is lower than that of bovine milk but similar to that of human milk. In this review qualitative and quantitative differences between the caseins and whey proteins of equine, bovine and human milk are discussed. Important biological and functional properties of specific proteins are reviewed and their significance in human nutrition considered. As well as characterizing equine milk proteins in the context of human nutrition and allergology, the potential industrial exploitation of equine milk is explored. Cross-reactivity of proteins from different species is discussed in relation to the treatment of cows’ milk protein allergy. While there is some scientific basis for the special nutritional and health-beneficial properties of equine milk based on its protein composition and similarity to human milk, further research is required to fully exploit its potential in human nutrition.