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Showing 1 to 20 of 92 for “"water-holding capacity"”.
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Solid Waste Degradation, Compaction and Water Holding Capacity
… and rapid increase in landfill volumetric capacity. It also offers significant reduction in post closure management activities as leachate treatment, LFG impact on the environment and improves the potential for land reuse. The regulatory 30 year post-closure period is believed to account …
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Characterizing water holding capacity and total solids of manure-bedding mixtures
… important design criteria to consider is the water holding capacity (WHC) of the material and the total solids (TS) of the manure-bedding mixture at saturation. WHC is the moisture a material can retain at the point of saturation. The main objective of this experimental study was to …
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Multi-temporal remote sensing for estimation of plant available water-holding capacity of soil
… to fulfill this demand. The Plant Available Water-holding Capacity (PAWC) is a key soil property in most agricultural management activities as it determines the maximum water that can be readily extracted by plants. Globally, there is an increasing demand for spatially explicit soil PAWC data …
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Factors Affecting Body, Texture, and Water Holding Capacity of a New Low-Fat Spread-Type Dairy Product
… It contains about 40% fat, 6% protein, 40% water, and 1.9% salts. Among the problems which faced the workers on this project were the process induced changes in the protein and the water holding capacity, which are interlinked. The problem of water holding capacity is increased by the high …
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The influence of rapid pH decline and high muscle temperature on the water holding capacity and softness of beef
… and high muscle temperature post-mortem on the water holding capacity (WHC, that is, the muscles' ability to retain fluid) and softness of beef. For the instrumental analysis of muscle softness, different Instron compression (IC) methods were compared to sensory evaluation (SE) of meat. The …
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Tumble Marination Strategies to Improve pH, Color, and Water-Holding Capacity in Pale, Soft, and Exudative (PSE) Broiler Breast Fillets
… attributing to the pale color and poor water holding capacity (WHC) that is characteristic of this lesser quality meat. Pale, soft, and exudative meat has economic implications for processors with losses ranging between $2-4 million each year. Marination with salt and phosphates has been …
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The rigor bond’s interaction with protein denaturation : effects on water-holding of myofibrils
… effect together with protein denaturation on water-holding capacity by breaking the actomyosin bonds that were formed during rigor process and examining the dissociation of actomyosin bonds’ influence on rheological features of myofibrils in suspension. In this study the rigor bonds’ …
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The Phytosociology of the Bryophytes At La Petite Gemme Prairie, Polk County, Missouri
… percent available light and lowest percent soil water holding capacity due to a prior burn. Sample area three had the lowest percent available light and the highest percent soil water holding capacity. Soil pH showed little variation throughout the five sample areas. Statistical comparisons and …
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Effect of Hot Processing, Mechanical Tenderization, and Tumbling on Ham Yield and Quality Characteristics
… processed meat tissue exhibited higher pH, water holding capacity, and cooked yield (1.5 to 2.0%) characteristics, but pH and water holding capacity was not correlated to cooked yield. Mechanical tenderization consistently increased protein content of the uncooked meat exudate, cooked yield …
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SIMPLE ORGANIC FERTILIZER AMENDMENTS FOR FARMING IN DEGRADED SOILS: EFFECTS ON PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
<p>The rapid loss of topsoil, biodiversity, and water quality across agricultural land in the United States and the industrialized world poses some of the most important risks to the future of global and domestic food security. Not only is arable land being lost at an unsustainable pace, but the …
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Physicochemical properties of soy- and pea-based imitation sausage patties
… and textural properties, Hunter color, pH value, water activity and water holding capacity were considered to evaluate the contributions of the main ingredients. Altering the SPI or PPI level did not decrease the cooking yield; however, KOM did lower the yield. Lightness and yellowness of the …
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Physical and chemical properties of coarse coal refuse from Southwest Virginia
… acidity and coarse fragment content, low water holding capacity, low fertility, and other problems. Little is known about coal refuse properties, particularly as they relate to revegetation potential. This study was undertaken to determine the physical and chemical properties of composite …
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Aspects of coastal fynbos phenology
… show that L. parile experienced little or no water stress throughout the investigation. The decreasing spring-summer potentials measured in T. punctatus suggest considerable water stress in this species. The observed differences can be explained in terms of species rooting depth and soil …
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Modification of soybean proteins by immobilized proteases
… proteins by immobilized enzyme(s) increased water holding capacity, oil holding capacity, and relative viscosity, and improved emulsifying and foaming characteristics. Hydrolysis by immobilized protease(.s) increased solubility, relative viscosity and foaming ability of partially purified …
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Microwave ring resonator based on thermoplastic substrate for chicken breast meat quality identification application
… meat quality is required, especially in terms of water holding capacity (WHC). Hence, the chicken breast meat (CBM) was chosen as the material under test (MUT) for the MRR. In addition, the substrate for the MRR was made from polylactic acid (PLA), which is known as a natural and environmentally …
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Does pubescence increase uptake of nutrient deposition on leaves?
… the CFR facilitate both nutrient absorption and water retention on the leaf surface. Leaf hair distribution is expected to show a pattern relative to the higher levels of atmospheric nutrients with proximity to the coast. 3. We followed a three pronged approach, this involved (i) evaluating the …
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A surimi-like material made from beef and pork and a novel protease in bovine and porcine skeletal muscle
… by a series of chopping, screening and repeated water-washing was characterized in terms of nutrient composition and functional properties. Percent salt-soluble protein of water-washed beef or pork was higher than that of commercial fish surimi. Total nitrogen contents of water-washed beef and …
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Eolian Landscape History and Prehistoric Dune Farming in Petrified Forest National Park: A Geoarchaeological Approach to Understanding the Long-Term Use of a Marginal Landscape
… farming possible but not highly productive. Water retention in dunes is improved by stratification of sand over clay deposits, and by high amounts of clay within sand dunes. Micromorphological and clay mineralogical studies show that clay within the dunes is distributed as aggregates, likely …
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The effects of biochar on soil mineral availability
… enhance soil fertility, mainly by improving its water-holding capacity, aeration conditions, aggregate formation, pH, SOM and CEC while enhancing the nutrients availability, crop yields and microorganisms’ activity. This study investigated the effects of 3 different biochar amendments (10 Mgha-1, …
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Effect of increased carcass weight on fresh pork quality and sensory traits
… P < 0.0001; 63°C ß = 0.0202, P < 0.0001). Water-holding capacity increased with increased carcass weights (decreased loin purge loss ß = -0.0110, P = 0.0005; 71°C cook loss ß = -0.0512, P < 0.0001; 63°C cook loss ß = -0.0287, P < 0.0001). However, HCW explained less than 7% of the variation …
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