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The complexity increases even more if one starts incorporating multisensor functions, Figure 13. Even if for improved performance the filter elements would consist of cascaded microresonators selecting 8 wavelengths, the complete multi-sensor with 96 microresonators could still fit on a few mm2. In this way an optical nose or optical tongue with only a modest power supply and without optical peripheral equipment would become feasible. 

Spadavecchia J., Ciccarella G., Rella R., Capone S., and Siciliano P, Metallophthalocyanines thin films in array configuration for electronic optical nose applications. Sens. Actuators B, 96, 489-497, 2003. 

A particular carbohydrate can mterconvert between furanose and pyra nose forms and between the a and (3 configuration of each form The change from one form to an equilibrium mixture of all the possible hemi acetals causes a change m optical rotation called mutarotation... 

There are hidden gold mines under our noses—in house data becomes the new lamps for old on the tons of old clinical data from 50 years of R D— but of course, none of it is electronically accessible. It is called a library Many organizations have undertaken huge OCR (optical character recognition) projects to scan laboratory notebooks—some data even exists on microfilm and microfiche. As it is a legal requirement for a drug submission to provide provenance of scanned notebooks [38], paper, and microfilm, many businesses concentrate solely on the capture and verification of this data, rather than considering it a valuable resource to be remined. 

Human exposure to 10,000 ppm for a short period of time resulted in eye, nose, and throat irritation, which persisted after cessation of exposure. In a man exposed to unmeasured concentrations, effects were general central nervous system depression, headaches, and dizziness, followed by blindness of both eyes caused by atrophy of the optic nerve. The toxic action on the optic nerve is possibly related to the presence of methanol after hydrolysis of methyl acetate. ... 

The displacement of the Images Is in general so great as to canse the optic axes to converge to points eltoated within two or three feet from the nose, instead of the true distance of the objeete. The efifeot of tine... 

In amperometry, we measure the electric current between a pair of electrodes that are driving an electrolysis reaction. One reactant is the intended analyte and the measured current is proportional to the concentration of analyte. The measurement of dissolved 02 with the Clark electrode in Box 17-1 is based on amperometry. Numerous biosensors also employ amperometry. Biosensors8-11 use biological components such as enzymes, antibodies, or DNA for highly selective response to one analyte. Biosensors can be based on any kind of analytical signal, but electrical and optical signals are most common. A different kind of sensor based on conductivity—the electronic nose —is described in Box 17-2 (page 360). 

Mutarotation. The change in optical rotation of a sugar that is observed immediately after it is dissolved in aqueous solution, as the result of the slow approach of equilibrium of a pyra-nose or a furanose in its a and /3 forms. 

With respect to the type of sensors that can be used in an electronic tongue, practically all the main families of chemical sensors have been used to form the sensor array, viz. potentiometric, voltammetric, resistive, gravimetric and optical, if main sensor families have to be quoted [11], Table 30.1 sketches a survey of different approaches that can be recorded when the specialized literature is inspected. Even hybrid systems have been proposed, mainly those combining potentiometric and voltammetric sensors [3,12], The combination of electronic noses and electronic tongues to improve detection or identification capabilities, in a sensor fusion approach, has also been proposed [13,14],... 

M Schimazaki, J Hasegawa, K Kan, K Nemura, Y Nose, H Kondo, AA Seymour, TN Swerdel, B Abboa-Offei. Synthesis of captopril from an optically active 13-hydroxy acid. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 17 456-465, 1991. 

In a few cases, small optical infrared absorption monitors have been integrated into electronic nose sensors [11], mostly for detection of the carbon dioxide evolution from cells. The 3000-4000 nm filters are normally used. 

These physical measurements such as specific optical rotation, specific gravity and refractive index for evaluating composition and purity of an oil are widely quoted and can be read from data sheets. However, the power and value of the human nose should not be overlooked. In addition to being an important entry point for essential oils into the body, it is invaluable for making an initial examination of an oil sample. For this reason, the sense of smell and the nose and associated structures are included at this point. 

The importance of the scent molecule linking to a specific receptor in the nose is thought to be related to the shape of the molecule. The optical isomers d- and /-carvone are mirror images of each other, with different 3D molecular arrangements (Fig 5.10). This means that the d- and /-forms do not fit the same receptor sites and are responsible for different aromas. The c/-carvone smells of caraway, while the /-form has a minty odour. 

Liquids and proteins are complex systems for which the smdy of dynamical systems has wide applicability. In the conference, relaxation in liquids (s-entropy by Douglas at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nonlinear optics by Saito, and energy bottlenecks by Shudo and Saito), energy redistribution in proteins (Leitner and Straub et al.), structural changes in proteins (Kidera at Yokohama City University), and a new formulation of the Nose-Hoover chain (Ezra at Cornell University) were discussed. Kidera s talk discussed time series analyses in molecular dynamics, and it is closely related to the problem of data mining. In the second part of the volume, we collect the contributions by Leitner and by Straub s group, and the one by Shudo and Saito in the third part. 

The architecture of the individual instruments used to detect atoms and small free radicals by atomic and molecular resonance fluorescence or by laser-induced fluorescence is shown in Figure 13, but is discussed in detail elsewhere. Briefly, a nacelle, hollow through the core from nose to tail with an impeller in the anterior section, provides for the laminar flow of stratospheric air around and through the instrument. Detection of trace species is carried out at one (or. more) optical axes within the nacelle. A major subset of the important stratospheric radicals can be detected using the configuration shown in Figure 13. 

The negative optical rotation of 5-acetamido-5-deoxy-a-D-xylopyra-nose is in contradiction to its existence as the a-D anomer. As Fig. 2 shows, the methyl D-xylopyranoside that corresponds to the a-D form, according to the Hudson isorotation rule, shows a positive plain curve and the p-D form shows a negative plain curve in optical rotatory dispersion. On the other hand, 5-acylamido-5-deoxy-a-D-xylop)franoses and their glycosides exhibit negative plain curves. Obviously, the... 

Kooiman separated exocellular amylose formed in liquid media at pH < 5 by Cryptococcus albidus and Cryptococcus laurentii var. flavescens NRRL Y-1401 from a polysaccharide containing D-man-nose, D-xylose, and D-glucuronic acid. X-Ray diffraction patterns of the retrograded amyloses were identical with that of tuber starch (B modification). Periodate oxidation, optical rotational measurements, and hypoiodite oxidation data suggested a linear a-D-(l—>4)-linked structure having a chain length of about 44 units for the Cr. albidus amylose. Cryptococcus neoformans produces a crystalline amylose that was isolated by the method of Schoch. It has an iodine value and alpha- and hefa-amylase hydrolysis characteristics similar to those of corn amylose. 

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