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XXVIIth National Conference on Calorimetry, Thermal Analysis and Chemical Thermodynamics - Preface
Xanthan and Glucomannan Mixtures: Synergistic Interactions and Gelation.
The synergistic interaction between xanthan and glucomannan in solution and in the gel phase has been studied by circular dichroism spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. The study in solution of the polysaccharidic mixture indicates a preferred stoichiometry of the interaction corresponding to a weight fraction of xanthan around 0.55. This finding is in reasonable agreement with the differential scanning calorimetry measurements carried out on the gel phase. Models from conformational analysis based on these results were formulated in terms of 1:1 and 2:1 Konjac glucomannan/xanthan molecular assemblies. The experimental and calculation results clearly indicate the involvement of the side chains of xanthan and suggest that the ordered portions of the macromolecular complex in solution act in the gel phase as junction zones
Staling of wheat tortillas: Hurdle Technology effects. DSC; TGA, MRI and Texture Studies
Staling of wheat tortillas: Hurdle Technology effects. DSC; TGA, MRI and Texture Studies
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The 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
Oil crystallization properties as an index for monitoring early stage curing of oil-based paints: DSC analysis on linseed oil systems
In this work, we propose to follow the crystallization capability of oils in oil-based paints, during curing, as an indirect index of the matrix status in the early stages of paint film formation that usually are indicative and crucial to understand the process evolution. To proof the concept, the oil crystallization properties were investigated through DSC measurements on samples of both unpigmented linseed oil and two model paints, composed by lead white + linseed oil (LWLO) and ultramarine blue + linseed oil (UBLO), at different ageing time at room and oxygen-limiting conditions. The results indicate that the curing process strongly affects the oil’s ability of forming crystals in the paint layers, and the proposed experimental approach is rather suitable and sensitive enough to discriminate differences between the action of pigments and environmental conditions. On the other hand, despite the simplicity and the potentiality, this approach is limited at the early stages of paint curing offering an index of the overall matrix status and therefore must be intended as a complementary method that has to be integrated with other approaches if the aim is to explore in detail the chemical and physical aspects of the curing process
Molecular adaptation strategie to high temperature and thermal denaturation mechanism of the D-trehalose/D-maltose-binding protein from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus litoralis
Stability of a thermophilic TIM-barrel enzyme: indolglycerol-phosphate synthase from the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.
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