1,720,976 research outputs found
Drying of egg white in a 2D spouted fluidized bed.
Get PDFOrientadores: Rosiane Lopes da Cunha, Florencia Cecilia MenegalliTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia de AlimentosResumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o processo de secagem da clara de ovo utilizando um secador de leito de jorro fluidizado bidimensional com esferas de vidro como inertes. Um planejamento fatorial completo 24 foi realizado, com 3 pontos centrais e oito axiais, utilizando-se as seguintes variáveis independentes: temperatura (55-95 °C) e vazão total do ar de secagem (97,1-138,3 m³/h), razão entre vazão de ar de jorro e ânulo (0,6-1,4) e vazão de alimentação de pasta (2,0-10,0 g/min). Como respostas foram avaliadas a distribuição de umidade no leito durante a secagem, teor de umidade do produto, massa de matéria seca retida pelas esferas inertes, eficiência de recuperação do pó, cor do produto em pó e depois de dissolvido em água, propriedades térmicas, teor de proteína, solubilidade em meio aquoso e propriedades reológicas a baixas e altas deformações de géis térmicos de clara de ovo. O uso de planejamento fatorial completo e superfícies de resposta foram fundamentais para avaliar o efeito simultâneo das condições de secagem em leito de jorro fluidizado sobre o processo e o produto obtido. Esta metodologia diminuiu significativamente o número de experimentos e se mostrou eficiente para conhecer a relação de causa e efeito das condições de processo sobre as respostas. Todas as condições de processo estudadas influenciaram nas características do produto obtido, porém a temperatura e a vazão de ar foram as mais importantes na definição da qualidade da clara de ovo seca em leito de jorro fluidizado. Para avaliar a relação entre as várias respostas obtidas e as variáveis de processo, bem como determinar as condições ótimas de operação do secador foi aplicada a técnica estatística da desejabilidade. Concluiu-se que os níveis ótimos de operação do secador seriam: temperatura de 73,7 °C, vazão de ar de 110,8 m³/h, razão vazão de jorro/vazão de ânulo de 1,1 (58,04 m³/h e 52,76 m³/h de vazão de jorro e ânulo, respectivamente) e vazão de pasta de 9,2 g/min. Nestas condições, 60% do total desejado para todas as respostas seria atendido, sendo que a eficiência de recuperação de matéria seca pelo ciclone seria de 74,4% e o grau de desnaturação das proteínas seria baixo (conalbumina: 42,1% e ovalbumina: 25,5%), o que resultaria em elevado grau de solubilidade (em torno de 98%). Neste caso, a temperatura de início de desenvolvimento da estrutura do gel seria estimada em 62 ºC, porém a força da rede seria dada pela desnaturação da ovalbumina (temperatura de desnaturação próxima a 80 oC) e por isto, as características reológicas de géis térmicos de clara de ovo foram estudadas. Os géis térmicos (80 ºC/30 min) de clara de ovo seca em leito de jorro fluidizado mostraram alta deformabilidade e características elásticas similares aos géis obtidos a partir de clara de ovo liofilizada. Assim, a partir da análise dos resultados obtidos foi possível otimizar a secagem da clara de ovo em leito de jorro fluidizado alcançando-se boa eficiência de processo e preservando suas propriedades funcionaisAbstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate an egg white drying process using a two-dimensional spouted fluidized bed dryer with glass spheres as the inert particles. A complete 24 factorial design was used, with 3 central and 8 axial points, using the following independent variables: temperature (55-95ºC), total drying air flow rate (97.1-138.3 m3/h), ratio between spout and annulus air flow rates (0.6-1.4)and paste feed flow rate (2.0-10.0 g/min). As responses, the moisture distribution in the bed during drying, product moisture content, mass of dry matter adhered to inert particles, powder recovery efficiency, product colour as powder and after dissolving in water, thermal properties, protein content, solubility in aqueous medium and rheological properties at high and low deformation of heat-induced egg white gels. The use of a complete factorial design and response surfaces was fundamental to evaluate the simultaneous effect of the drying conditions in a spouted fluidized bed on the process and obtained product. This methodology significantly reduced the number of experiments and showed to be efficient to understand the cause and effect relationship of process conditions on responses. All the process conditions studied influenced the characteristics of the product obtained, but temperature and air flow rate were the most important variables in defining the quality of the egg white dried in a spouted fluidized bed. The statistical technique of desirability was used to evaluate the relationship between the various responses obtained and the process variables, and to determine the optimum dryer operating conditions. It was concluded that the optimum operational levels for the dryer were: temperature of 73.7ºC, air flow rate of 110.8 m3/h, ratio of spout/annulus flow rate of 1.1 (58.04 m3/h and 52.76 m3/h of spout and annulus flow rate, respectively) and paste flow rate of 9.2 g/min. Under these conditions, 60% of the desired total for all the responses would be attained, the recovery efficiency of the dry material by the cyclone would be 74.4% and the degree of protein denaturation would be low (conalbumin: 42.1% and ovalbumin: 25.5%), resulting in very good solubility (about 98%). In this case, the temperature at the start of the gel structure development would be estimated at 62ºC, although the gel strength would be given by the ovalbumin denaturation (denaturation temperature near 80ºC) and for this reason, the rheological characteristics of the thermal egg white gels were investigated. The thermal gels (80ºC/30 min) of egg white dried in a spouted fluidized bed, obtained in this study, showed high deformability and elastic characteristics, similar to the gels obtained from freeze-dried egg white (literature data). Thus, from the analysis of the obtained results it was possible to optimize the drying of egg white in a spouted fluidized bed, obtaining good process efficiency yet preserving the functional propertiesDoutoradoDoutor em Engenharia de Alimento
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
- …
