Browsing by Author "Moreira, Rosana G."
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Kim, Tae Hoon (2012-02-14)A de-oiling step using a centrifuge ensures oil content reduction and improves the quality of fried snacks. A commercial deep-fat fryer with the basket loaded with potatoes and a sample holder was used to fry potato slices, ...
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Pandey, Akhilesh (2011-02-22)A batch vacuum frying system, which processes fruits and vegetables, includes a frying pan, a surface-condenser, and a vacuum pump. With health and safety issues in mind, this research focused on developing a modified ...
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Mantilla, Natalia (2012-07-16)In the last few years, especially in the developed countries, an increment in demand for fresh-cut fruit by the consumers of all ages has occurred. This increase is mainly due to the importance that people are giving to ...
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Rodriguez Gonzalez, Oscar (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)The killing effectiveness of electron beam irradiation has not been completely characterized. The type of microorganisms and the composition of food have a direct effect on the efficiency of this technology. The objectives ...
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Yang, Daegil (2011-02-22)Society's growing demands for energy results in rapid increase in oil consumption and motivates us to make unconventional resources conventional resources. There are enormous amounts of heavy oil reserves in the world but ...
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Alfi, Masoud (2012-10-19)The dependence on oil and the fact that petroleum conventional reservoirs are becoming depleted direct attentions toward unconventional-and harder to access-reservoirs. Among those, heavy and extremely heavy oil reservoirs ...
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Spadaro, Maria Victoria; Moreira, Rosana G.; Keeton, Jimmy T.; Allen, David H. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1999-12-14)A method for estimating the tenderness of a meat product is provided. The method includes determining the stress relaxation coefficient of a meat sample. One or more physical parameters of the meat sample are then determined ...
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Omac, Basri (2014-01-06)The increase in foodborne illness outbreaks associated with leafy green vegetables can be attributed to the minimal processing required of this group of fresh produce. Neglecting effective microbial elimination steps result ...
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Gomes, Carmen (2011-08-08)Fresh produce is increasingly implicated in outbreaks of foodborne illness. Internalization of bacterial pathogens into produce is of particular concern as internalized pathogens are unlikely to be removed by surface ...
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Chimbombi, Ezekiel M. (2011-08-08)Food irradiation is costly in terms of the energy utilized and the time spent, therefore, it is imperative to optimize it in order to avoid sub lethal dose or an overdose both of which have detrimental effects on the quality ...