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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"microencapsulated"”.
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Cryopreservation of microencapsulated bovine spermatozoa
The ultimate design of a microencapsulated AI dose is to continuously release sperm over a period of time in the female reproductive tract, thus alleviating the need for estrus detection. The objective of Trial 1 was to determine in vitro sperm release times for three microcapsule membranes. Semen …
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Thermal Performance of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry
The research consists of a variety of experimental investigations relevant to MPCM. Initial quantitative characterization of MPCM material properties, including latent heat of fusion, melting and freezing points, and temperature- and concentration-dependent viscosity data, are presented. …
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Effect of atomization on viability of microencapsulated probiotics
Probiotics are getting its popularity due to its possible health benefits such as antimicrobial activity, alleviating diarrhea, anticarcinogenic properties, improving lactose intolerance and immune system. Therefore, various food products containing probiotics have been marketed including yogurt, …
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Adhesion of Orthodontic Cements Formulated with Microencapsulated Remineralizing Agents
… bracket and band cements formulated with microencapsulated remineralizing agents. A heterogeneous polymerization technique was utilized to prepare microcapsules containing aqueous solutions of 0.8M NaF, 5M Ca(NO3)2 and 3M K2HPO4. These microcapsules were formulated into orthodontic cement …
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Microencapsulated human islets as a therapy for type 1 diabetes
Microencapsulating human islets is a means being explored to overcome the immune mediated destruction of the graft without toxic immunosuppression. Despite promising studies in various animal models, encapsulated human islet transplantation has so far not made an impact in the clinical setting. …
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Inducible Gene Expression in Cell Cultures and in Microencapsulated Cells
<p>The mifepristone-regulated transcriptional activation system provides a means to exogenously control gene expression in transformed mammalian cells in a temporal and spatial fashion. Such a promoter activation system consists of three components: The first of these is a steroidal inducer drug, …
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Microencapsulated phase change materials for thermal energy storage: development, evaluation, and application
… To eliminate this problem the PCM can be microencapsulated within a polymer shell as micron sized particles. The purpose of this project was to develop microencapsulation procedures specifically for PCMs, and manufacture microencapsulated PCM (MPCM) products for use in TES applications, …
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A platelet-mediated paradigm for the targeted delivery of microencapsulated, clot-augmenting biotherapeutics
… injury. In this system, platelets target microencapsulated drugs through their natural aggregation behavior in the clot formation process and then deliver the drug by physically rupturing the microcapsule through contractile forces exerted during clot contraction. This cell-mediated, …
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Microencapsulated diets to improve the productivity of bivalve shellfish aquaculture for global food security
… thesis aimed to test whether new innovations in microencapsulated feeding technology could be used to overcome major bivalve industry bottlenecks and help drive a step change in our global food system. The initial research focus was to assess the potential of microencapsulated feeds as a …
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Eliminating oxygen supply limitations for transplanted microencapsulated islets in the treatment of type 1 diabetes
… We have studied two approaches to enhance microencapsulated islet survival and function by reducing oxygen transport limitations. The first method involves incorporating a perfluorocarbon emulsion into alginate microcapsules to enhance oxygen permeability in order to protect islets from …
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Expanding the Palette: Synthesizing Microencapsulated Organic Phase Change Materials in Metallic Matrices for Transient Thermal Applications
… electronic packaging by incorporating melamine microencapsulated paraffin spheres embedded in a Field’s metal (32.5Bi/51In/16.5Sn wt%) matrix to dissipate heat. Four PCM concentrations are synthesized, with paraffin volumetric fractions of 21.8%, 40.3%, 50.1%, and 61.2%. The collected data is …
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The Effect of Poly-L-Lysine Concentration, Molecular Weight, and Encapsulation Temperature on Microencapsulated Bovine Spermatozoa
A series of in vitro studies were conducted to evaluate the effect of poly-l-lysine concentration, molecular weight, and encapsulation temperature on the post encapsulation survivability of spermatozoa. Viability of spermatozoa encapsulated at 2012 C using four poly-l-lysine concentrations (.05%, …
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The Effects Of Microencapsulated Vitamin And Trace Mineral Premixes And Red Osier Dogwood Extract On Growth Performance, Immune Response, And Gut Health Of Broiler Chickens In A Coccidiosis Vaccine Challenge Model
… 560 Ross 308 broilers to examine the effects of microencapsulated vitamin and trace mineral premixes. Dietary treatments consisted of a corn-soybean meal basal diet supplemented with: a free-form vitamin and trace mineral premix (PA); microencapsulated premix A at 75% inclusion of the PA in the …
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Immunoisolation Approaches for Islet Transplantation
… implanted intraperitoneally. Intraperitoneal microencapsulated islet grafts are suboptimal, requiring at least double the number of islets to reverse hyperglycaemia compared to non-encapsulated islet grafts. The large size of microencapsulated islet grafts also restricts the selection of …
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Bioactive capabilities explored in polyurethane microcapsules and the inclusion into dental sealants and cement pastes
… this study were to demonstrate the effect that microencapsulated water has on charging an orthodontic cement and pit and fissure sealant with fluoride by toothbrushing, demonstrate the slow, sustained release of calcium, fluoride and phosphate ions from these materials initially formulated with …
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Developing Co-current and Counter-current Spray Drying Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation Studies to Predict the Quality of Microencapsulated Fish Oil with Egg White Hydrolysates Powders
… spray drying configurations on the quality of microencapsulated fish oil with EWH powders in the last section of this work. Also, the separation of powder particles from drying air at the spray dryer’s cyclone separator was evaluated using CFD. CFD models predicted the drying air flow pattern, …
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The viability and fertility of bovine spermatozoa encapsulated in microcapsules and microgels
… classified 6 to 7 d post insemination. From microencapsulated inseminates, accessory sperm populations did not increase over the unencapsulated controls, but contributed 25.7% of the accessory sperm population. ln Experiment 2, an in vitro study was performed to evaluate the maintenance of …
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Microencapsulation of tributyrin to improve sensory qualities and intestinal delivery
… (GCD) on the stability and retention of microencapsulated TB, 2) measure which TB microcapsule formulation imparts the least overall sensory difference in an infant formula system, 3) determine the site of intestinal delivery and release of butyrate from microencapsulated TB, and 4) …
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STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING HYPOXIC INJURY TO THE BIOARTIFICAL PANCREAS
… mass through the implantation of immune-isolated microencapsulated islets (bioartificial pancreas). The goal of this approach is to restore blood glucose regulation and prevent the long-term comorbidities of Type-1 Diabetes without the need for immunosuppressants. However, islets are highly …
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Sonochemically-produced proteinaceous microspheres
… carbonless copying paper some fifty years ago. Microencapsulated materials are found in a wide variety of technical, agricultural, food, and household products. There have been many methods developed for microencapsulation: from reverse-phase evaporation into liposomes to coacervation into …
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