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Chemical and functional properties of fibre concentrates obtained from by-products of coconut kernel
L.L.W.C. Yalegama D. Nedra Karunaratne Ramiah Sivakanesan Chitrangani Jayasekara 《Food chemistry》2013
The coconut kernel residues obtained after extraction of coconut milk (MR) and virgin coconut oil (VOR) were analysed for their potential as dietary fibres. VOR was defatted and treated chemically using three solvent systems to isolate coconut cell wall polysaccharides (CCWP). 相似文献
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Rigid-plastic and elastic-plastic finite element analysis on the clinching joint process of thin metal sheets 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Vishara Jayasekara Kyung Ho Min Jeong Hoon Noh Min Tae Kim Jeong Min Seo Ho Yong Lee Beong Bok Hwang 《Metals and Materials International》2010,16(2):339-347
This article describes the joining of thin metal sheets by a single stroke clinching process. Elastic-plastic and rigid-plastic
finite element analysis were applied by employing Coulomb friction and constant shear friction in order to investigate the
behavior of the clinch joint formation process. Four process variables, such as die diameter, die depth, groove width, and
groove corner radius were selected to investigate the parametric effect on the clinch joint. The strength of clinch joints
were evaluated by examining the separation strengths, such as peel strength and tensile shear strength, respectively. A failure
diagram was constructed that summarizes the analysis results. The simulation results showed that die diameter and depth were
the most decisive parameters for controlling the quality of the clinch joint, while the bottom’s thickness was the most important
evaluation parameter to determine the separation strengths. 相似文献
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Sousa AA Morgan JT Brown PH Adams A Jayasekara MP Zhang G Ackerson CJ Kruhlak MJ Leapman RD 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2012,8(14):2277-2286
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with core sizes below 2 nm and compact ligand shells constitute versatile platforms for the development of novel reagents in nanomedicine. Due to their ultrasmall size, these AuNPs are especially attractive in applications requiring delivery to crowded intracellular spaces in the cytosol and nucleus. For eventual use in vivo, ultrasmall AuNPs should ideally be monodisperse, since small variations in size may affect how they interact with cells and how they behave in the body. Here we report the synthesis of ultrasmall, uniform 144-atom AuNPs protected by p-mercaptobenzoic acid followed by ligand exchange with glutathione (GSH). Quantitative scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) reveals that the resulting GSH-coated nanoparticles (Au(GSH)) have a uniform mass distribution with cores that contain 134 gold atoms on average. Particle size dispersity is analyzed by analytical ultracentrifugation, giving a narrow distribution of apparent hydrodynamic diameter of 4.0 ± 0.6 nm. To evaluate the nanoparticles' intracellular fate, the cell-penetrating peptide TAT is attached noncovalently to Au(GSH), which is confirmed by fluorescence quenching and isothermal titration calorimetry. HeLa cells are then incubated with both Au(GSH) and the Au(GSH)-TAT complex, and imaged without silver enhancement of the AuNPs in unstained thin sections by STEM. This imaging approach enables unbiased detection and quantification of individual ultrasmall nanoparticles and aggregates in the cytoplasm and nucleus of the cells. 相似文献
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Securidaca longepedunculata Fers (Polygalaceae) is commonly used as a traditional medicine in many parts of Africa as well as against a number of invertebrate pests, including insects infesting stored grain. The present study showed that S. longepedunculata root powder, its methanol extract, and the main volatile component, methyl salicylate, exhibit repellent and toxic properties to Sitophilus zeamais adults. Adult S. zeamais that were given a choice between untreated maize and maize treated with root powder, extract, or synthetic methyl salicylate in a four-way choice olfactometer significantly preferred the control maize. Methyl salicylate vapor also had a dose-dependant fumigant effect against S. zeamais, Rhyzopertha dominica, and Prostephanus truncates, with a LD100 achieved with a 60 l dose in a 1-l container against all three insect species after 24 hr of exposure. Probit analyses estimated LD50 values between 34 and 36 l (95% CI) for all insect species. Furthermore, prolonged exposure for 6 days showed that lower amounts (30 l) of methyl salicylate vapor were able to induce 100% adult mortality of the three insect species. The implications are discussed in the context of improving stored product pest control by small-scale subsistence farmers in Africa. 相似文献
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Pete Halley Rulande Rutgers Steve Coombs Janine Kettels John Gralton Gregor Christie Malcolm Jenkins Henry Beh Kim Griffin Ranjith Jayasekara Greg Lonergan 《Starch - St?rke》2001,53(8):362-367
This paper examines the development of starch‐based plastics for use as biodegradable mulch film. A variety of starch‐based polymers are blended with high performance biodegradable polyester polymers in order to determine the applicability of films to be processed on a film blowing line and to perform well in mulch film field trials. The process of material formulation, film blowing processing and scale‐up and performance properties are highlighted for a successful material. Insights into future developments of starch‐derived biodegradable polymers are given. 相似文献
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Ranjith Jayasekara Greg T Lonergan Ian Harding Ian Bowater Peter Halley Gregor B Christie 《Journal of chemical technology and biotechnology (Oxford, Oxfordshire : 1986)》2001,76(4):411-417
A system has been developed for studying the biodegradation of natural and synthetic polymeric material. The system is based on standard methods developed by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN TC 261) (ISO/DIS 14855) and the American Society of Testing Materials, ‘ASTM Standard Test Method for Determining Aerobic Biodegradation of Plastic Materials under Controlled Composting Conditions’ (ASTM D 5338‐92). A new low‐cost compost facility has been used which satisfies the requirements of these standards. The system has been automated for data collection and has been run under the conditions specified by the standards. In the system, cellulose, newspaper and two starch‐based polymers were treated with compost in a series of 3 dm3 vessels at 52 °C and under conditions of optimum moisture and pH. The degradation was followed over time by measuring the amount of carbon released as carbon dioxide. © 2001 Society of Chemical Industry 相似文献
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Jayasekara Mudiyanselage Krishanthi Jayarukshi Kumari Premarathne Dilan Amila Satharasinghe John Tang Yew Huat Dayang Fredalina Basri Yaya Rukayadi Yoshitsugu Nakaguchi 《Critical reviews in food science and nutrition》2017,57(18):3971-3986
Campylobacter is globally recognized as a major cause of foodborne infection in humans, whilst the development of antimicrobial resistance and the possibility of repelling therapy increase the threat to public health. Poultry is the most frequent source of Campylobacter infection in humans, and southeast Asia is a global leader in poultry production, consumption, and exports. Though three of the world's top 20 most populated countries are located in southeast Asia, the true burden of Campylobacter infection in the region has not been fully elucidated. Based on published data, Campylobacter has been reported in humans, animals, and food commodities in the region. To our knowledge, this study is the first to review the status of human Campylobacter infection in southeast Asia and to discuss future perspectives. Gaining insight into the true burden of the infection and prevalence levels of Campylobacter spp. in the southeast Asian region is essential to ensuring global and regional food safety through facilitating improvements in surveillance systems, food safety regulations, and mitigation strategies. 相似文献
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A. G. Buddhika P. Jayasekara Keigo Watanabe Kiyotaka Izumi 《Artificial Life and Robotics》2009,14(1):48-52
This article proposes a method for understanding user commands based on visual attention. Normally, fuzzy linguistic terms
such as “very little” are commonly included in voice commands. Therefore, a robot’s capacity to understand such information
is vital for effective human-robot interaction. However, the quantitative meaning of such information strongly depends on
the spatial arrangement of the surrounding environment. Therefore, a visual attention system (VAS) is introduced to evaluate
fuzzy linguistic information based on the environmental conditions. It is assumed that the corresponding distance value for
a particular fuzzy linguistic command depends on the spatial arrangement of the surrounding objects. Therefore, a fuzzy-logic-based
voice command evaluation system (VCES) is proposed to assess the uncertain information in user commands based on the average
distance to the surrounding objects. A situation of object manipulation to rearrange the user’s working space is simulated
to illustrate the system. This is demonstrated with a PA-10 robot manipulator. 相似文献
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A. G. Buddhika P. Jayasekara Keigo Watanabe Kazuo Kiguchi Kiyotaka Izumi 《Artificial Life and Robotics》2010,15(1):5-9
This article proposes a method for adapting a robot’s perception of fuzzy linguistic information by evaluating vocal cues.
The robot’s perception of fuzzy linguistic information such as “very little” depends on the environmental arrangements and
the user’s expectations. Therefore, the robot’s perception of the corresponding environment is modified by acquiring the user’s
perception through vocal cues. Fuzzy linguistic information related to primitive movements is evaluated by a behavior evaluation
network (BEN). A vocal cue evaluation system (VCES) is used to evaluate the vocal cues for modifying the BEN. The user’s satisfactory
level for the robot’s movements and the user’s willingness to change the robot’s perception are identified based on a series
of vocal cues to improve the adaptation process. A situation of cooperative rearrangement of the user’s working space is used
to illustrate the proposed system by a PA-10 robot manipulator. 相似文献
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Fault-tolerance is an essential part of a stream processing system that guarantees data analysis could continue even after failures. State-of-the-art distributed stream processing systems use checkpointing to support fault-tolerance for stateful computations where the state of the computations is periodically persisted. However, the frequency of performing checkpoints impacts the performance (utilization, latency, and throughput) of the system as the checkpointing process consumes resources and time that can be used for actual computations. In practice, systems are often configured to perform checkpoints based on crude values ignoring factors such as checkpoint and restart costs, leading to suboptimal performance. In our previous work, we proposed a theoretical optimal checkpoint interval that maximizes the system utilization for stream processing systems to minimize the impact of checkpointing on system performance. In this article, we investigate the practical benefits of our proposed theoretical optimal by conducting experiments in a real-world cloud setting using different streaming applications; we use Apache Flink, a well-known stream processing system for our experiments. The experiment results demonstrate that an optimal interval can achieve better utilization, confirming the practicality of the theoretical model when applied to real-world applications. We observed utilization improvements from 10% to 200% for a range of failure rates from 0.3 failures per hour to 0.075 failures per minute. Moreover, we explore how performance measures: latency and throughput are affected by the optimal interval. Our observations demonstrate that significant improvements can be achieved using the optimal interval for both latency and throughput. 相似文献
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