Minerals Research Development

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Whey proteins are known to increase immune response and maintain muscle mass (Phillips et ah, 2009). In one instance, when an immunosti-mulatory vitamin and mineral mixture developed at Tufts University Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging was blended with texturized WPI (TWPI) in an extruded snack bar, immunostimulatory effects were enhanced in young (< 5 months) and old (> 22 months) mice fed ad libitum for 5 weeks. The mineral mixture and TWPI improved T cell proliferation and reduced upregulated production of proinflammatory mediators in... 

The properties of the el ectrical doubl e 1 ayer (EDL) have been the subject of considerable research (1,3,5,8,10). Unlike reversible electrodes, where surface potential is controlled and charge develops in response to changes in electrode potential, mineral surfaces develop potential in response to the formation of surface charge (8). On the surface of hydrous oxides, for example, hydroxyl groups... 

Gowen, M., Lazner, F., Dodds, R., Kapadia, R., Felid, J., Tavaria, M., Bertoncello, L, Drake, F., Zavarselk, S., Tillis, L, Hertzog, P., Debouck, C., and Kola, I. (1999) Cathepsin K Knockout Mice Develop Osteopetrosis Due to a Deficit in Matrix Degradation but not Deminerali zation. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 14, 1654-63. 

The committee was not aware of any reported results of oxidation of neutralent or rinsates without UV activation. The Army is testing persulfate oxidation of neutralents at the Southwest Research Institute (Table 2-4), but no results were available at the time this report was written. However, the successful oxidation or mineralization of closely related materials, including mustard and nerve agents and their hydrolysates, has been documented. Workers at the U.S. Army Edgewood Research, Development, and Engineering Center (Yang, 1995) have conducted laboratory-scale studies on the reaction of VX, GB, GD (soman), and mustard with hydro-... 

K. Szczodrowski, B. Prdlot, S. Lantenois, J.-M. DouiUard, J. Zajac, Effect of heteroatom doping on surface acidity and hydrophilicity of Al, Ti, Zr-doped mesoporous SBA-15. Micro-porous Mesoporous Mater. 124(1-3), 84-93 (2009). doi 10.1016/j.micromeso.2009.04.035 J. Zajac, Mechanism of ionic and zwitterionic surfactant adsorption from dilute solutions onto charged non-porous and porous mineral oxides inferred from thermodynamic studies, in Recent Research Developments in Surface and Colloids, ed. by S.G. Pandalai (Research Signpost, Kerala, 2004), pp. 265-300... 

Germany s troubled international relations notwithstanding, the Institute hardly operated in isolation. In addition to its military contacts, it had ties to industrial research institutes, which often provided samples for structural analysis, as well as to other scientific research facilities. In the early 1940s, for example, Rudolf Kohlhaas moved from Dahlem to Leuna, one of LG. Farben s most modem research, development and production sites. Around 1941, Georg Richard Otto Schultze, a specialist in mineral oil technologies and hydrogenation with professional experience in the U.S., who served as an assistant at the University of Berlin... 

X-ray diffraction is without question the most important initial method for characterizing materials in the solid state because the results are derived rather directly from the atomic or molecular arrangement of the substance, and the methods are relatively routine and simple. X-ray methods are used in research, development, and quality control in metallurgy, ceramics, and the mineral, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, and practically anywhere chemical and physical properties must be related to crystal structure. A modern materials program thus requires extensive use of X-ray diffraction analysis. This section outlines the use of the method for the study of materials in the form of powders and single crystals. 

Microbiological leaching of copper and uranium has been commercially developed and research has iadicated that microorganisms may be used to oxidize complex antimony sulfide minerals (22,23). If this technology is developed commercially, it may aHow for the exploitation of many low grade antimony deposits. 

Considerable effort has been devoted to finding alternative fibers or minerals to replace asbestos fibers ia their appHcations. Such efforts have been motivated by various reasons, typically, avadabihty and cost, and more recendy, health concerns. During Wodd War I, some countries lost access to asbestos fiber suppHes and had to develop substitute materials. Also, ia the production of fiber reiaforced cement products, many developiug countries focused on alternatives to asbestos fibers, ia particular on cellulose fibers readily available locally at minimal cost. Siace the 1980s however, systematic research has been pursued ia several iudustrialized countries to replace asbestos fibers ia all of their current appHcations because of perceived health risks. 

The determination of cesium in minerals can be accompHshed by x-ray fluorescence spectrometry or for low ranges associated with geochemical exploration, by atomic absorption, using comparative standards. For low levels of cesium in medical research, the proton induced x-ray emission technique has been developed (40). 

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