Stalking

Com as com flakes, sweet com, com as various types of flour and meal, popcorn, other snacks foods such as chips, and com juice as sweeteners, com used in fermentation for beer and in the production of alcohol, and corncobs and stalks used as carriers for various chemicals and medications, as fiber sources, and for the improvement of soil condition by plowing under stalks, are some of the uses for this versatile crop. See Ref. 75 for more information on corn. 

Abaca. The abaca fiber is obtained from the leaves of the banana-like plant (same genus) Musa textilis (banana family, Musaceae). The fiber is also called Manila hemp from the port of its first shipment, although it has no relationship with hemp, a bast fiber. The mature plant has 12—20 stalks growing from its rhizome root system the stalks are 2.6—6.7 m tall and 10—20 cm thick at the base. The stalk has leaf sheaths that expand iato leaves 1—2.5 m long, 10—20 cm wide, and 10 mm thick at the center the fibers are ia the outermost layer. The plant produces a crop after five years, and 2—4 stalks can be harvested about every six months. 

Percent of cobs and stalks collected and used as fuel within system to replace fossil fuel inputs. 

The posterior lobe of the pituitary, ie, the neurohypophysis, is under direct nervous control (1), unlike most other endocrine organs. The hormones stored in this gland are formed in hypothalamic nerve cells but pass through nerve stalks into the posterior pituitary. As early as 1895 it was found that pituitrin [50-57-7] an extract of the posterior lobe, raises blood pressure when injected (2), and that Pitocin [50-56-6] (Parke-Davis) causes contractions of smooth muscle, especially in the utems (3). Isolation of the active materials involved in these extracts is the result of work from several laboratories. Several highly active posterior pituitary extracts have been discovered (4), and it has been deterrnined that their biological activities result from peptide hormones, ie, low molecular weight substances not covalendy linked to proteins (qv) (5). 

Raw Materials. Two principal types of malting-grade badey are in use, ie, six-row and two-row. Six-row badey has six kernels around the stalk, whereas the two-row variety has two kernels. Six-tow kernels tend to be twisted, and the two-row grade is more symmetrical. Figure 1 is an illustration of a badey kernel and its key components. As badey is converted into malt, the acrospire for the embryo lengthens until it reaches the far end of the kernel, and roodets also grow as if the seed is germinating into a new plant. A discussion of the stmcture and composition of badey can be found in Reference 1. 

Pests iaclude rats, a severe problem ia some areas, wild animals, nematodes, and a number of iasects. The most severe iasect pests are the various types of borers, ie, the sugarcane borer, Diatrea saccharalis (F.) and the eldana borer, Pldana saccharina which cause damage first by boring iato the cane stalk, then by providing entry poiats for other diseases, and finally by reduciag cane and juice quality. 

Metal depositors. Metal-depositing bacteria oxidize ferrous iron (Fe ) to ferric iron (Fe ). Ferric hydroxide is the result. Some bacteria oxidize manganese and other metals. Gallionella bacteria, in particular, have been associated with the accumulation of iron oxides in tubercles. In fact, up to 90% of the dry weight of the cell mass can be iron hydroxide. These bacteria appear filamentous. The oxide accumulates along very fine tails or excretion stalks generated by these organisms. 

Figure 6.19 Small organisms found inside a tubercle. Each is about 0.05 in. (0.13 cm) high. The organisms have segmented, fibrous stalks and bivariate heads.

The neuraminidase molecule is a homotetramer made up of four identical polypeptide chains, each of around 470 amino acids the exact number varies depending on the strain of the virus. If influenza virus is treated with the proteolytic enzyme pronase, the head of the neuraminidase, which is soluble, is cleaved off from the stalk projecting from the viral envelope. The soluble head, comprising four subunits of about 400 amino acids each, can be crystallized. 

The frequency of microwave radiation lies between that of IR radiation and high frequency radio waves and the boundaries between these regions are not fixed [221]. The microwaves are generated in a transmitter (magnetron) which possesses a stalk which penetrates Uke a radio antenna into a hollow energy guide (Fig. 48). This leads the electromagnetic waves into the reaction chamber (power about... 

D. Stalke, Polyimido Sulfur Anions [S(NR)n] Free Radicals and Coordination Behaviour, Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. Chem. Sci., 112, 155 (2000). 

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