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The published literature on the effects of microbial activities on wine chemical composition is now considerable. Understanding the significance of wine chemistry is, however, heavily dependent on complex analytical strategies which combine extensive chemical characterization and sensory descriptive analysis. However, sensory analysis is extremely resource-intense, requiring many hours of panelists time. This prevents widespread application of these powerful analytical tools. Advanced statistical techniques have been developed that are closing the gap between chemical and sensory techniques. Such techniques allow the development of models, which should ultimately provide a sensory description based on chemical data. For example, Smyth et al. (2005) have developed reasonable models which can reveal the most likely compounds that relate to particular attributes that characterise the overall sensory profile of a wine. For wines such as Riesling and Chardonnay, the importance of several yeast volatile compounds has been indicated. Such information will allow yeast studies to target key compounds better rather than just those that are convenient to measure. 

Fig. 8.5 Variation in microstructure in the longitudinal plane. The Widmanstatten morphology in region 1 is distinct. In region 2, the primary a and -transformation products appear blocky. The bands in region 3 have a spacing corresponding to the tool advance per revolution, while the grain-refined region in region 4 is at the bottom of the stir zone.

H. Tanaka, A Recent Tendency of Si3N4 Cutting Tools , Advanced Materials Ceramics, Powders, corrosion and Advanced Processing, 14A, 1994, 541-545. 

During the simulation, the tool is incrementally advanced into the undeformed workpiece. A deformation zone is formed depending on the tool advancement. 

Computers can function as powerful troubleshooting tools. Advanced technology systems, coupled with add-on interface cards and applications software, provide a wide range of testing capabilities. Computers can also be connected to many different instruments to provide for automated testing. There are two basic types of stand-alone automated test instruments (KTEs) functional and in-circuit. 

As is noted by the authors at multiple points, the decision support modeling and optimization methods and tools advanced in this book depend critically on effectively managed, timely and reliable enterprise information. Even the most efficient and sophistical set of models and tools will be stymied and ineffective when provided with outdated and faulty data. The discussion of the information systems and tools required to accomplish this is quite beyond the scope of this book but is an important area for the serious reader to pursue further. 

It is fair to say that advances in seismic surveys over the last decade have changed the way fields are developed and managed. From being a predominantly exploration focused tool, seismic has progressed to become one of the most cost effective methods for optimising field production. In many cases, seismic has allowed operators to extend the life of mature fields by several years. 

The war itself also drove the development of improved and miniaturised electronic components for creating oscillators and amplifiers and, ultimately, semiconductors, which made practical the electronic systems needed in portable eddy current test instruments. The refinement of those systems continues to the present day and advances continue to be triggered by performance improvements of components and systems. In the same way that today s pocket calculator outperforms the large, hot room full of intercormected thermionic valves that I first saw in the 50 s, so it is with eddy current instrumentation. Today s handheld eddy current inspection instrument is a powerful tool which has the capability needed in a crack detector, corrosion detector, metal sorter, conductivity meter, coating thickness meter and so on. 

Plenary 21 A. Alian Wang et al, e-mail address alianw levee.wustl.edu (RS). (Unable to attend IGORS, but abstract is available in proceedings.) With teclmological advances, Raman spectroscopy now has become a field tool for geologists. Mineral characterization for terrestrial field work is feasible and a Raman instrument is being designed for the next rover to Mars, scheduled for 2003. 

Each of these tools has advantages and limitations. Ab initio methods involve intensive computation and therefore tend to be limited, for practical reasons of computer time, to smaller atoms, molecules, radicals, and ions. Their CPU time needs usually vary with basis set size (M) as at least M correlated methods require time proportional to at least M because they involve transformation of the atomic-orbital-based two-electron integrals to the molecular orbital basis. As computers continue to advance in power and memory size, and as theoretical methods and algorithms continue to improve, ab initio techniques will be applied to larger and more complex species. When dealing with systems in which qualitatively new electronic environments and/or new bonding types arise, or excited electronic states that are unusual, ab initio methods are essential. Semi-empirical or empirical methods would be of little use on systems whose electronic properties have not been included in the data base used to construct the parameters of such models. 

At one time, computational chemistry techniques were used only by experts extremely experienced in using tools that were for the most part difficult to understand and apply. Today, advances in software have produced programs that are easily used by any chemist. Along with new software comes new literature on the subject. There are now books that describe the fundamental principles of computational chemistry at almost any level of detail. A number of books also exist that explain how to apply computational chemistry techniques to simple calculations appropriate for student assignments. There are, in addition, many detailed research papers on advanced topics that are intended to be read only by professional theorists. 

The automated amino acid analy2er depends on ion-exchange chromatography (117) and is now a routine tool for the analysis of amino acid mixtures (118). This most advanced machine can detect as Htde as 10 pmol in ninhydrin reaction analysis. One-half to two hours are required for each analysis. An analysis chart is shown in Figure 2. 

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