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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-5233
    Keywords: Key words Mitochondrial DNA ; Genetics ; Maternally inherited diabetes mellitus ; Deafness ; np 3243 mutation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) gene defects may play a role in the development of maternally inherited diabetes mellitus and deafness (MIDD). A family from Southern Italy who showed maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes mellitus with three individuals affected is described. A 10.4 kb deletion and mutations at nucleotide positions (np) 3243, 7445 and 11778 in the mtDNA of six relatives were sought. The mitochondrial np 3243 mutation of the tRNA Leu (UUR) gene was identified in a boy affected by optic atrophy and mental retardation, as well as in his diabetic mother. No other mutations or deletions were found. Our study points out the variable phenotypic expression of the np 3243 mtDNA mutation. This may suggest the presence of other mitochondrial or nuclear mutations required to modulate the phenotype. A clinical and metabolic follow-up of all family members was necessary to understand the role of the np 3243 mutation, especially in one child affected by optic atrophy and mental retardation. Further studies will be aimed at investigating the prevalence of mutations and deletions of mtDNA in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Keywords: Key words Simple sequence repeat (SSR) ; Microsatellites ; Molecular markers ; Genetics ; Fingerprinting
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract  We report the sequences of 17 primer pairs of microsatellite loci, which we have cloned and sequenced from two genomic libraries of peach [Prunus persica (L) Batsch] ‘Redhaven’, enriched for AC/GT and AG/CT repeats respectively. For ten of these microsatellite loci we were able to demonstrate Mendelian inheritance in a segregating back-cross population; the remainder did not segregate. The polymorphism of the microsatellites was evaluated in a panel of ten peach genotypes, including true-to-type peaches, nectarines and one canning-peach. Fifteen microsatellites (88%) were polymorphic showing 2–4 alleles each. The mean heterozygosity, averaged over all loci, was 0.32 and significantly higher than that reported in the literature for isozymes and molecular markers, such as RFLPs and RAPDs. We have also assayed the cross-species transportability and found that ten microsatellite (59%) gave apparently correct amplification in all Prunus species surveyed, namely P. domestica (European plum), P. salicina (Japanese plum), P. armeniaca (apricot), P. dulcis (almond), P. persica var. vulgaris (peach), P. persica var. laevis (nectarine), P. avium (sweet cherry) and P. cerasus (sour cherry), with three of them also being amplified in Malus (apple). The remaining microsatellites gave less-extensive amplification. Because of their appreciable polymorphism and wide cross-species transportability, most of these new markers can be integrated into the linkage maps which are currently being constructed in peach, as well as in other stone fruit crops, such as almond, apricot, cherry and plum.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-1963
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Rhadomyosarkom ; Klassifizierung ; Immunhistochemie ; Genetik ; Prognose ; Key words Rhabdomyosarcoma ; Classification ; Immunohistochemistry ; Genetics ; Prognosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most important and a very heterogeneous group of malignant soft tissue tumors of childhood and adolescence.The two major subtypes (embryonal and alveolar) share a common myogenic differentiation, but seem to be histogenetically not related. The so-called ’International Classification of Rhabdomyosarcoma’ includes, besides the two major subtypes, the botryoid and leiomyomatous subtypes of embryonal RMS which are associated with a better prognosis and are treated less aggressively according to current protocols. In addition, the solid variant of alveolar RMS is included in the alveolar group of RMS. The identification of the various subtypes is necessary and important because the treatment with the current protocols is also related to histology. Using conventional stains and immunohistochemistry, these subtypes are distinguishable. Genetic analysis can be helpful in the demonstration of t(2;13) or t(1;13) translocations in alveolar RMS. The identification of alveolar RMS with t(1;13) translocation might become important in the future, because this type of translocation seems to be related to a better prognosis as compared to tumors with a t(2;13) translocation.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Rhabdomyosarkome stellen eine heterogene Gruppe von ganz verschiedenartigen, histogenetisch wohl nicht zusammengehörenden Tumoren dar. Nach der heute verwendeten „Internationalen Klassifikation” der Rhabdomyosarkome werden neben der Unterteilung in embryonalen und alveoläre Rhabdomyossarkome auch Subtypen des embryonalen RMS identifiziert (botryoider und leiomyomatöser Subtyp), die durch eine günstigere Prognose und durch die Notwendigkeit einer weniger aggressive Therapie gekennzeichnet sind. Durch Einsatz von verschiedenen histologischen und immunhistochemischen Färbungen ist die Identifizierung der verschiedenen Typen der RMS heute möglich und auch zwingend notwendig, da die einzelnen Entitäten nach ganz unterschiedlichen Therapieprotokollen behandelt werden. Der Nachweis typischer molekulargenetischer Veränderungen kann in der Unterscheidung insbesondere von embryonalen und alveolären RMS hilfreich sein. In der Regel ist die Abgrenzung zwischen diesen beiden Entitäten auch an konventionell gefärbten Schnittpräparaten möglich. Die Identifizierung von alveolären RMS mit einer t(1;13)-Translokation könnte in Zukunft eine große Bedeutung haben, da diese genetische Veränderung möglicherweise mit einer günstigeren Prognose assoziert sein könnte als die t(2;13)-Translokation.
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    International journal of colorectal disease 14 (1999), S. 2-9 
    ISSN: 1432-1262
    Keywords: Key words Inflammatory bowel disease ; Crohn's disease ; Ulcerative colitis ; Epidemiology ; Genetics
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are complex disorders. While the exact etiology of these diseases remains unknown, recent progress in the epidemiology and genetics of IBD has clearly demonstrated both environmental and genetic factors to play a role in the development of the disease, and it is expected that some risk factors are common for both Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). The environmental factor(s) are associated with the Western way of life in the second half of the twentieth century. Cigarette smoking is presently the best known environmental factor. However, the effect of tobacco is opposite in CD and UC. A familial history of IBD is the most important risk factor for developing the disease, suggesting a genetic predisposition to IBD. This hypothesis has recently been confirmed by the localization of at least two susceptibility loci on chromosomes 12 and 16. These genes seem to play a role in both CD and UC. They must now to be identified.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1433-0407
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Schizophrenie ; Genetik ; Schizophrenes Spektrum ; Kopplungsuntersuchungen ; Assoziationsuntersuchungen ; Key words Schizophrenia ; Genetics ; Schizophrenia spectrum ; Linkage studies ; Association studies
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Schizophrenia is a genetic complex disease as it does not follow monogenic transmission while non-familial environmental factors have a strong additional impact. A heterogenous, continuous phenotype is transmitted in families which can now be more precisely characterized. Genes coding for proteins with presumed pathophysiological relevance are apparently not playing a major causal role. However, in the last three years several (currently seven) candidate regions have been identified in a replicable manner by linkage studies. These regions are likely to host susceptibility genes for schizophrenia, but none of them has been identified up to now. Given these findings, polygenic transmission has now become very likely. The candidate regions are currently being narrowed down by various promising techniques.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Schizophrenie gehört zu den genetisch komplexen Erkrankungen, die keinem monogenen Erbgang folgen und bei denen auch nichtfamiliäre Umgebungsfaktoren eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Dabei wird intrafamiliär ein heterogener, quantitativ variierender Phänotyp übertragen, der zunehmend genauer charakterisiert werden kann. Keines der bekannten Gene mit vermuteter pathophysiologischer Relevanz spielt nach den bisherigen Erkenntnissen eine substantielle Rolle. In den vergangenen drei Jahren ist es aber erstmals durch Kopplungsuntersuchungen gelungen, mehrere replizierbare Kandidatenregionen (derzeit sieben) auf dem Genom zu identifizieren, in denen vermutlich Suszeptibilitätsgene für Schizophrenie liegen. Keines dieser Gene wurde jedoch bislang identifiziert. Mit diesen Befunden ist eine polygene Übertragung der Schizophrenie sehr wahrscheinlich geworden. Verschiedene Techniken zur Eingrenzung der Kandidatenregionen werden derzeit erfolgreich angewandt.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Key words Frontotemporal dementia ; Genetics ; Progressive supranuclear palsy ; Tauopathy ; Exon ; amplifcation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Recently intronic and exonic mutations in the Tau gene have been found to be associated with familial neurodegenerative syndromes characterized not only by a predominantly frontotemporal dementia but also by the presence of neurological signs consistent with the dysfunction of multiple subcortical neuronal circuitries. Among families, the symptomatology appears to vary in quality and severity in relation to the specific Tau gene mutation and often may include parkinsonism, supranuclear palsies, and/or myoclonus, in addition to dementia. We carried out molecular genetic and neuropathological studies on two patients from a French family presenting, early in their fifth decade, a cognitive impairment and supranuclear palsy followed by an akinetic rigid syndrome and dementia. The proband died severely demented 7 years after the onset of the symptoms; currently, his brother is still alive although his disease is progressing. In both patients, we found a Tau gene mutation in exon 10 at codon 279, resulting in an asparagine to lysine substitution (N279K). Neuropathologically, widespread neuronal and glial tau accumulation in the cortex, basal ganglia, brain stem nuclei as well as in the white matter were the hallmark of the disease. These deposits were shown by immunohistochemistry and immunoelectron microscopy, using a battery of antibodies to phosphorylation-dependent and phosphorylation-independent epitopes present in multiple tau regions. In the neocortex, tau-immunopositive glial cells were more numerous than immunopositive neurons; the deeper cortical layers as well as the white matter adjacent to the cortex contained the largest amount of immunolabeled glial cells. In contrast, some brain stem nuclei contained more neurons with tau deposits than immunolabeled glial cells. The correlation of clinical, neuropathological and molecular genetic findings emphasize the phenotypic heterogeneitiy of diseases caused by Tau gene mutations. Furthermore, to test the effect of the N279K mutation and compare it with the effect of the P301L exon 10 mutation on alternative splicing of Tau exon 10, we used an exon amplification assay. Our results suggest that the N279K mutation affects splicing similar to the intronic mutations, allowing exon 10 to be incorporated more frequently in the Tau transcript.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1423-0127
    Keywords: Tax ; HTLV-1 ; Trans-activation ; Phosphorylation ; Mutagenesis ; Transcription ; Genetics
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Tax is a phosphoprotein, however, the contribution of phosphorylation to Tax activity is unknown. Previous studies have shown that phosphorylation of Tax occurs on serine residue(s), within one tryptic fragment, in response to 4β-phorbol-12β-myristate-13α-acetate, in both mouse and human cells. Studies were conducted in multiple cell lines to identify the specific phosphorylated serines as a prelude to functional analysis. The phosphorylation pattern of Tax was found to be different in 293T and COS-7 cells in comparison with MT-4 and Px-1 cells. However, one tryptic fragment remained consistent in comigration analyses among all cell lines. Using selected Tax serine mutants a tryptic fragment containing a serine at residue 113 believed to be the site of phosphorylation of Tax did not comigrate with the common phosphorylated tryptic fragment. Analysis of selected Tax mutants for ability totrans-activate the cytomegalovirus promoter demonstrated mutation of serine 77 to alanine reducedtrans-activation by 90% compared to wild-type Tax. However, examination of the phosphorylation pattern of the serine 77 mutant demonstrated that it is not the site of phosphorylation. These studies demonstrate the importance of using relevant cell lines to characterize the role of phosphorylation in protein function.
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  • 8
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    Current genetics 35 (1999), S. 571-584 
    ISSN: 1432-0983
    Keywords: Key words Cytokinesis ; Kinase ; Mitosis ; Schizosaccharomyces pombe ; Cell division ; Phosphatase ; Mutant ; Genetics
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe provides a simple eukaryotic model for the study of cytokinesis. S. pombe cells are rod-shaped, grow mainly by elongation at their tips, and divide by binary fission after forming a centrally placed division septum. Analysis of mutants has begun to shed light upon how septum formation and cytokinesis are regulated both spatially and temporally. Some of the proteins involved in these events have been functionally conserved throughout eukaryotic evolution, suggesting that aspects of this control will be common to all eukaryotic cells.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Key words Congenital heart disease ; Pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect ; Genetics ; Monosomy 22q11.2
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The purpose of our study was to describe the prevalence and the clinical spectrum of monosomy 22q11.2 in a population of patients with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect. We examined all 44 patients with this conotruncal cardiac malformation who presented to our institution from January 1994 until December 1997. The type of collateral lung perfusion was recorded including anomalies of the pulmonary arteries as well as facial and immunological abnormalities. Molecular-cytogenetic testing for a 22q11.2 microdeletion was performed using the probes D22S75 and cHKAD26. Statistical differences were evaluated with the Fisher's Exact Test. Monosomy 22q11.2 was present in ten children (23%) with major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (group 1). The remaining 13 children (29%) with major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (group 2) and all 21 children (48%) with ductus arteriosus (group 3) were negative for this microdeletion. All children in group 1 had facial anomalies, six had mild immunological abnormalities including decreased CD 4+ or CD 8+ cells. Anomalies of the pulmonary vascular bed were significantly more frequent in children of group 1 (9/10) than in children of group 2 (4/13) or group 3 (0/21). Due to these pulmonary vascular anomalies, corrective surgery had been accomplished in fewer children with monosomy 22q11.2 (none in group 1) as compared to 7/13 children in group 2 and 14/21 children in group 3. Conclusion In children with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect, monosomy 22q11.2 is preferentially associated with major aortopulmonary collateral arteries. Due to the higher incidence of pulmonary arterial abnormalities, successful surgical repair will require a different therapeutic approach in most patients with this microdeletion.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1364-6753
    Keywords: Key words Multiple sclerosis ; Genetics ; Myelin basic protein ; Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein ; Proteolipid protein
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. A complex genetic etiology is thought to underlie susceptibility to this disease. The present study was designed to analyze whether differences in genes that encode myelin proteins influence susceptibility to MS. We performed linkage analysis of MS to markers in chromosomal regions that include the genes encoding myelin basic protein (MBP), proteolipid protein (PLP), myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), oligodendrocyte myelin glycoprotein (OMGP), and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) in a well-characterized population of 65 multiplex MS families consisting of 399 total individuals, 169 affected with MS and 102 affected sibpairs. Physical mapping data permitted placement of MAG and PLP genes on the Genethon genetic map; all other genes were mapped on the Genethon genetic map by linkage analysis. For each gene, at least one marker within the gene and/or two tightly linked flanking markers were analyzed. Marker data analysis employed a combination of genetic trait model-dependent (parametric) and model-independent linkage methods. Results indicate that MAG, MBP, OMGP, and PLP genes do not have a significant genetic effect on susceptibility to MS in this population. As MOG resides within the MHC, a potential role of the MOG gene could not be excluded.
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  • 11
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    Annals of hematology 78 (1999), S. 485-494 
    ISSN: 1432-0584
    Keywords: Key words Mantle cell lymphoma ; Classification ; Pathology ; Prognosis ; Immunology ; Genetics ; Antineoplastic agents ; Combined ; Therapeutic use ; Radiotherapy ; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 12
    ISSN: 1432-0584
    Keywords: Key words Acute leukemia ; Genetics ; Sex ; ABO Blood group
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  Acute leukemia is more common in males at almost every age, and this fact remains unexplained. A study was carried out in northeast peninsular Malaysia, where the population is predominantly Malay, to examine whether there was a difference in ABO blood group distribution between males and females with acute leukemia (AL). The ABO blood groups of 109 male and 79 female patients with AL (98 ALL, 90 AML) were compared with those of 1019 controls. In the control population, 39.7% were group O. Among males with AL, 39.4% were group O, whereas among females with AL, the proportion was 24.1% (p=0.03). The same trend to a lower proportion of group O among females was seen if the group was divided into adult/pediatric or lymphoblastic/myeloblastic groups, though these differences were not statistically significant. If these findings can be confirmed, they suggest the presence of a "sex-responsive" gene near to the ABO gene locus on chromosome 9, which relatively protects group O women against AL, at least in our population. The existence of such a gene might also partly explain why acute leukemia, and possibly other childhood cancers, are more common in males.
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  • 13
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    Italian journal of neurological sciences 20 (1999), S. 89-108 
    ISSN: 1126-5442
    Keywords: Key words Neurofibromatosis ; Nf1 ; Nf2 ; Mosaic/segmental neurofibromatosis ; Variants ; Classification ; Neurological manifestations ; Genetics ; Childhood ; Adulthood
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The last two decades have seen clinical and molecular delineation of the different forms of neurofibromatosis. Differentiation of these forms is not just an academic exercise: their natural history, management and genetic counselling are quite different. Of the numerical classifications of neurofibromatosis proposed in the past, only neurofibromatosis type 1 (Nf1) and neurofibromatosis type 2 (Nf2) are now well delineated clinically and have been shown to be distinct at the molecular level. For both forms of neurofibromatosis, patients with clinical generalised disease have been demonstrated to be mosaic at the molecular level, and features of segmental or mosaic Nf1 and Nf2 have been delineated. Other reported forms of neurofibromatosis are rarer; they include Watson syndrome, hereditary spinal neurofibromatosis, familial intestinal neurofibromatosis, autosomal dominant café-au-lait spots alone, autosomal dominant neurofibromas alone, and schwannomatosis, the latter believed to be a variant of Nf2. Further delineation is neeeded for individuals having overlapping features of Noonan's syndrome and neurofibromatosis (the so-called Noonan/neurofibromatosis syndrome) and the syndrome of “multiple naevi, multiple schwannomas and multiple vaginal leiomyomas”. In this article we review the forms of neurofibromatosis which we believe are true clinical entities. Particular attention is given to the neurological manifestations of neurofibromatosis.
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  • 14
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Key words Diabetes ; Genetics ; Phosphofructokinase ; Glycogenosis ; NIDDM ; PFK
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The etiology of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is usually explained as a combination of peripheral insulin resistance and impaired beta-cell function. Phosphofructo-1-kinase (PFK1) is a rate limiting enzyme in glycolysis, and its muscle subtype (PFK1-M) deficiency leads to an autosomal recessively inherited disorder known as glycogenosis type VII or Tarui’s disease. It was evaluated whether PFK1-M deficiency leads to NIDDM in humans. A core family of four was evaluated for PFK1-M deficiency by DNA- and enzyme-activity-analyses. All members underwent oral and intravenous glucose tolerance test (oGTT/ivgtt), as well as an insulin sensitivity test (IST) using octreotide. Results: Father (46 years, BMI 22.4 kg/m2) and older son (19 years, BMI 17.8 kg/m5) showed homozygous PFK1-M deficiency, while mother (47 years, BMI 28.4 kg/m5) and younger son (13 years, BMI 16.5 kg/m5) were shown to be heterozygously PFK1-M-deficient on enzyme activity levels. DNA analysis revealed an exon 5-missense-mutation at one allele of all four members, and an exon 22-frameshift-mutation at the other allele of the two homozygously affected individuals. By oGTT the father showed impaired glucose tolerance, and the mother clinical diabetes. By ivGTT both parents and the older son had a decreased first phase insulin secretion, and a diminished glucose disappearance rate. The IST showed marked insulin resistance in both parents and the older son, and moderate resistance in the younger son, previously not described. Conclusion: PFK1-M-deficiency leads to a metabolic state typical for early NIDDM in homozygously affected humans, especially concerning insulin resistance and loss of first phase beta-cell insulin secretion, and may contribute to the manifestation of NIDDM in a subgroup of patients.
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    Journal of neurology 246 (1999), S. 1140-1144 
    ISSN: 1432-1459
    Keywords: Key words Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ; Genetics ; Glutamate transporter gene
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurological disorder characterised by degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons. Whilst the primary pathogenic trigger is unknown in most cases, evidence is mounting to implicate a role for glutamate-mediated neurotoxicity in the disorder. Recent studies have shown reduced levels of the mainly astroglial glutamate transporter EAAT2 in ALS motor cortex and spinal cord and multiple abnormal EAAT2 mRNA species in ALS brain tissue. One cause of the low EAAT2 levels may be that point mutations in the EAAT2 gene, EAAT2, result in an abnormal unstable protein. To test this hypothesis we analysed EAAT2 in 128 sporadic and 23 familial European ALS cases. No variants within the coding sequence of EAAT2 to affect the protein sequence nor in the consensus splice sites of the flanking intronic sequences were found in any cases, similar to findings in other reports. Frequent polymorphisms within the flanking intronic sequences of both exons 2 and 4 were seen but at similar frequencies in controls. Mechanisms other than mutations within the coding region of EAAT2 must therefore be responsible for the low levels of EAAT2 seen in most cases of ALS.
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    Journal of neurology 246 (1999), S. 69-72 
    ISSN: 1432-1459
    Keywords: Key words Alzheimer’s disease ; Genetics ; Genetic counseling ; Predictive testing ; Diagnosis
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has a significant genetic background manifested as autosomal dominant inheritance in some early-onset families and as familial risk in late-onset cases. Three genes responsible for early-onset autosomal dominant AD have been identified, and one gene, apolipoprotein E, has been confirmed as a susceptibility gene for late-onset forms of the disorder. These findings raise the possibility of genetic testing, either for early diagnosis or prediction. For early-onset autosomal dominant AD genetic testing will have a limited but useful role in confirming diagnosis in established cases and in predictive counselling for relatives; a situation analogous to that for Huntington’s disease. For late-onset AD significant problems remain to be overcome before the advances in molecular genetics have a direct clinical application
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  • 17
    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Keywords: Key words Passiflora ; Self-incompatibility ; Genetics
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract  The self-incompatibility in yellow passion fruit was previously described as homomorphic sporophytic with monofactorial inheritance. Five progenies were obtained by bud-selfing. The plants of these progenies were selfed, reciprocally crossed within each progeny and crossed with known incompatible phenotypes to identify their phenotypic group. Fruit set was evaluated at the 7th day after pollination. Two progenies consisted of two self-incompatible groups, the other three formed three suck groups. The groups were identified as S1, S2, S3, S4, S5 and S6. The results provide evidence that the self-incompatibility of passion fruit is controlled by two loci, the S-gene and another, whose expression needs to be investigated.
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    Theoretical and applied genetics 99 (1999), S. 800-810 
    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Keywords: Key words Almond ; Compatibility ; Genetics ; Prunus dulcis ; Ribonucleases
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract  Six almond progenies, each the product of a cross between a self-compatible and a self-incompatible parent, were analysed for stylar ribonucleases. Proteins were extracted and separated using non-equilibrium pH gradient electrofocusing (NEPHGE), and the gels were stained for ribonuclease activity. Most seedlings showed either two principal bands, interpreted as corresponding to two incompatibility alleles, or a single band. The seedlings were also bagged in the field at flowering time to determine fruit set after selfing, and some were also examined for the growth of pollen-tubes in selfed styles using UV fluorescence microscopy. With very few exceptions, those seedlings showing single-banded zymograms were found to be self-compatible according to field and microscope studies, and those with two bands were found to be self-incompatible. We conclude that the allele for self-compatibility in almond does not code for ribonuclease activity and that the ribonuclease isoenzyme assay is a convenient technique for predicting self-compatibility in segregating progenies. A novel band in two derivatives of ’Ferrastar’ was ascribed to a new incompatibility allele, S 10 .
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    Child's nervous system 15 (1999), S. 676-680 
    ISSN: 1433-0350
    Keywords: Key words Craniosynostosis ; Genetics ; FGFR ; Msx2 ; Development ; Skull
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  The genetic studies of syndromic craniosynostoses lead to the characterisation of genes that regulate the correct development of the bones of the skull. From these studies, it appears that FGF/FGFR signalling has a crucial role in this problem. Numerous mutations affecting the genes coding for FGFR1, 2 or 3 are responsible for these syndromes. It is interesting to note that some identical mutations produced various different phenotypes, suggesting that other genes modulate the phenotypic expressivity. The other involved genes in these syndromes code for such proteins as Msx2 or Twist that interact in the cellular pathways responsible for FGF action. From these genetic studies, it is now important to establish the role of these proteins during the development of the skull. Msx2 plays a repressive role in osteogenesis, whereas FGFRs act as promoting proteins. In the near future, it will be very important to improve our understanding of these phenomena in order to test specific treatments to prevent the development of such syndromes.
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    Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 46 (1999), S. 171-179 
    ISSN: 1432-0762
    Keywords: Key words Honeybee ; Apis mellifera ; Division of labor ; Genetics ; Pollen foraging
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract  A fundamental requirement of task regulation in social groups is that it must allow colony flexibility. We tested assumptions of three task regulation models for how honeybee colonies respond to graded changes in need for a specific task, pollen foraging. We gradually changed colony pollen stores and measured behavioral and genotypic changes in the foraging population. Colonies did not respond in a graded manner, but in six of seven cases showed a stepwise change in foraging activity as pollen storage levels moved beyond a set point. Changes in colony performance resulted from changes in recruitment of new foragers to pollen collection, rather than from changes in individual foraging effort. Where we were able to track genotypic variation, increases in pollen foraging were accompanied by a corresponding increase in the genotypic diversity of pollen foragers. Our data support previous findings that genotypic variation plays an important role in task regulation. However, the stepwise change in colony behavior suggests that colony foraging flexibility is best explained by an integrated model incorporating genotypic variation in task choice, but in which colony response is amplified by social interactions.
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    Der Nervenarzt 70 (1999), S. 195-205 
    ISSN: 1433-0407
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Alzheimer-Krankheit ; Genetik ; Risikofaktoren ; Genetische Beratung ; Key words Alzheimer’s disease ; Genetics ; Risk factors ; Genetic counseling
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary A multifactorial etiology underlies the majority of cases of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Both ill-defined environmental and genetic factors contribute to the development of the disease. Allele ɛ4 of ApoE is a genetic risk factor. Its presence increases the risk of developing AD. However, presence of e4 is neither necessary nor sufficient for the disease to arise. Apart from the common multifactorial forms of the disease, there are rare variants which are inherited as Mendelian traits. To date three genes are known that can be mutated in these rare forms of AD. Of these, mutations in the gene presenilin 1 on chromosome 14 are most frequent. In addition, mutations in the gene presenilin 2 on chromosome 1 and in the amyloid precursor protein gene (APP on chromosome 21) occur in autosomal dominant AD. This article reviews our present knowledge of the genetics of AD and discusses its relevance for patients with AD and their relatives.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Der Großteil der Fälle von Alzheimer-Krankheit (AK) hat eine multifaktorielle Ätiologie. Das bedeutet, bisher nicht genauer bekannte Umwelteinflüsse und genetische Faktoren spielen bei der Entwicklung der Krankheit eine wesentliche Rolle. Von seiten der Genetik unterscheidet man bei der AK gegenwärtig genetische Risikofaktroren und Mutationen. Der einzige bisher gesicherte genetische Risikofaktor ist das Allel ɛ4 des Gens für Apolipoprotein E auf Chromosom 19. Dieses Allel erhöht die Wahrscheinlichkeit, an der AK zu erkranken, ist jedoch weder eine notwendige noch eine hinreichende Bedingung. Neben den häufigen Formen mit multifaktorieller Ätiologie kommen seltene Varianten der Krankheit vor, die nach Mendelschen Regeln vererbt werden. Bisher sind 3 Gene bekannt, die bei diesen seltenen, in der Regel früh auftretenden und autosomal dominant vererbten Formen mutiert sein können. Am häufigsten findet sich bei den autosomal-dominanten Fällen eine Mutation im Gen präsenilin 1 auf Chromosom 14, seltener liegen Mutationen im Gen präsenilin 2 auf Chromosom 1 und im Gen des Amyloid- Vorläuferproteins auf Chromosom 21 vor. In diesem Beitrag geben wir eine Übersicht über gegenwärtige Befunde zur Genetik der AK und diskutieren die Bedeutung dieses Wissens für Patienten und deren Verwandte.
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    Sexual plant reproduction 10 (1997), S. 13-21 
    ISSN: 1432-2145
    Keywords: Key words Soybean ; Male sterility ; Genetics ; Callase ; Callose
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    Notes: Abstract  Genetic and cytological studies were conducted with a new male-sterile, female-fertile soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] mutant. This mutant was completely male sterile and was inherited as a single-recessive gene. No differences in female or male gamete transmission of the recessive allele were observed between reciprocal cross-pollinations in the F1 or F2 generations. This mutant was not allelic to any previously identified soybean genic male-sterile mutants: ms1, ms2, ms3, ms4, ms5, or ms6. No linkage was detected between sterility and flower color (W1 locus), or between sterility and pubescence color (T1 locus). Light microscopic and cytological observations of microsporogenesis in fertile and sterile anthers were conducted. The structure of microspore mother cells (MMC) in male-sterile plants was identical to the MMCs in male-fertile plants. Enzyme extraction analyses showed that there was no callase activity in male-sterile anthers, and this suggests that sterility was caused by retention of the callose walls, which normally are degraded around tetrads at the late tetrad stage. The tapetum from male-sterile anthers also showed abnormalities at the tetrad stage and later stages, which were expressed by an unusual formation of vacuoles, and by accumulation of densely staining material. At maturity, anthers from sterile plants were devoid of pollen grains.
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    Journal of mathematical biology 35 (1997), S. 294-320 
    ISSN: 1432-1416
    Keywords: Key words: Natural selection ; Homoclinic chaos ; Genetics
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    Topics: Biology , Mathematics
    Notes: Abstract.  We modify a simple mathematical model for natural selection originally formulated by Robert M. May in 1983 by permitting one homozygote to have a larger selective advantage when rare than the other, and show that the new model exhibits dynamical chaos. We determine an open region of parameter space associated with homoclinic points, and prove that there are infinite sequences of period-doubling bifurcations along selected paths through parameter space. We also discuss the possibility of chaos arising from imbalance in the homozygote fitnesses in more realistic biological situations, beyond the constraints of the model.
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    Journal of molecular medicine 75 (1997), S. 502-511 
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Key words T helper 1/T helper 2 ; Genetics ; Interleukin 12 ; Allergy ; Autoimmunity ; Leishmania
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    Notes: Abstract  We examined the effect of genetic background on Th1/Th2 development. We discuss data demonstrating that genetic background is an important determinant of interleukin-12 (IL-12) responsiveness and the potential implications for disease progression in murine experimental leishmaniasis. Genetic analysis of the differential control of IL-12 responsiveness led to the identification of a controlling locus on the middle portion of murine chromosome 11. This genetic region (or its human counterpart, 5q31) has been associated with increased disease susceptibilities for several atopic, infectious, and autoimmune disorders. We discuss potential roles for genetic control of IL-12 responsiveness in the development of these diseases.
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    Annals of hematology 74 (1997), S. 131-134 
    ISSN: 1432-0584
    Keywords: Key words Hodgkin's disease ; Sex ; Age ; Genetics
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    Notes: Abstract  Familial Hodgkin's disease (FHD) is estimated to represent approximately 4.5% of all cases of Hodgkin's disease (HD). Shared environmental factors, such as Epstein-Barr virus and other viral agents, and genetic determinants have all been proposed to explain familial aggregation of HD. In order to compare the characteristic features of FHD with those of the much more common sporadic form, we reviewed 28 articles on FHD, published between 1972 and 1995, and analyzed in further detail data from 18 papers, reporting on a total of 328 patients. The male-to-female ratio of the FHD population examined was 1.5, similar to that reported for sporadic HD, and lower than the one suggested for FHD by some authors. On the other hand, a significant difference was found between sporadic and familial HD according to age at diagnosis; that is, only one major peak between 15 and 34 years was present in the group of patients with FHD. Further investigation of FHD in young adulthood may provide insight into the hypothesis of a genetic or infectious etiology of the disease.
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    Keywords: Key words Extreme virus resistance ; Potyviruses ; Genetics ; Genes Rysto and Ra ; Broad-spectrum resistance
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    Notes: Abstract  Extreme resistance to the potato V potyvirus (PVV) was found in four potato cultivars that contain Ry genes from Solanum stoloniferum. When plants of these cultivars, were inoculated by grafting in shoot tips from PVV-infected tomato plants, necrotic symptoms developed in some cultivars, although a full hypersensitive reaction was not elicited, while other cultivars were symptomless. PVV replication was not detected in any of the inoculated plants by ELISA, an infectivity assay of leaf extracts by manual inoculation to Nicotiana benthamiana indicator plants, or by ‘return grafting’ of shoot tips taken from newly developed shoots of the potato plants to virus-free indicator plants of tomato. These methods readily detected PVV infection in inoculated plants of cv ‘Flourball’, which does not contain an Ry gene and is susceptible, and in cvs ‘Maris Piper’ and ‘Dr Macintosh’, which contain gene Nv conditioning a hypersensitive reaction to inoculation. One of the Ry-containing cultivars, ‘Barbara’, has been previously shown to contain two genes that control extreme resistance, defined as no viral replication in intact plants, to the potyviruses potato viruses Y and A (PVY and PVA). These genes are: Ry sto , which conditions resistance to PVY and PVA, and gene Ra, which conditions resistance to PVA only. It was found that in genotypes from a progeny of the cross ‘Barbara’ (Ry sto /Ra)בFlourball’ (ry/ra), extreme resistance to PVV segregated with gene Ry sto . It is proposed that either gene Ry sto conditions broad-spectrum extreme resistance to the distinct potyviruses PVY, PVA, and PVV or that Ry sto represents a family of genetically closely linked genes each controlling resistance to a specific virus.
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    Keywords: Key words Stress proteins ; Heat tolerance ; Chloroplast ; Genetics
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    Notes: Abstract  We have used a combination of molecular and classical genetic approaches to delineate the relationship between a specific HSP member and cell viability under heat stress. Using recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of wheat, derived from a cross of the thermotolerant cultivar ‘Mustang’ and the thermosusceptible cultivar ‘Sturdy,’ we have identified a unique HSP and a differentially expressed cDNA sequence, both related to the plastid-localized HSP26 gene family, that are closely associated with acquired thermotolerance in wheat. An isoform of HSP26 was synthesized under heat stress in all examined thermotolerant RILs and ‘Mustang’, and was absent in all examined thermosusceptible RILs and ‘Sturdy.’ Using a modified differential-display method, we have also identified a gene-specific cDNA sequence that is similar to other known members of the wheat HSP26 gene family and is selectively expressed in ‘Mustang’ and most of the examined thermotolerant RILs, but not expressed in ‘Sturdy’ and all the thermosusceptible RILs. These results suggest a genetic linkage between the acquired thermotolerance trait and the differential expression of a unique member of the HSP26 gene family.
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    Theoretical and applied genetics 94 (1997), S. 1092-1096 
    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Keywords: Key words Fragaria×ananassa ; Genetics ; Inheritance ; Red core ; Red stele
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    Notes: Abstract   Phytophthora fragariae var. fragariae is the causal agent of red stele (red core) root rot in strawberry (Fragaria spp.). The inheritance of resistance to one isolate of this fungus was studied in 12 segregating populations of F.×ananassa derived from crosses between four resistant cultivars (‘Climax’, ‘Redgauntlet’, ‘Siletz’, and ‘Sparkle’) and three susceptible cultivars (‘Blakemore’, ‘Glasa’, and ‘Senga’ Sengana’). The analysis clearly supports the hypothesis of a single segregating dominant resistance gene. It is proposed that this gene be designated Rpf2.
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    Keywords: Key words Naltrexone ; Alcohol ; Genetics ; Social drinkers ; Family history of alcoholism ; Biphasic Alcohol Effects Scale
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    Notes: Abstract We investigated specific subjective effects of naltrexone pretreatment or placebo during various intervals on the breath alcohol level (BAL) curve in nonalcoholic volunteers. Fifteen high-risk (social drinkers with an alcoholic father) and 14 low-risk (no alcoholic relatives in at least two generations) subjects were tested in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the effects of 50 mg oral naltrexone on response to a moderate dose of alcohol. Dependent measures included subjective stimulation and sedation subscales from the Biphasic Alcohol Effects Scale (BAES) and mood subscales from the Profile of Mood States (POMS). At rising BALs, high-risk subjects showed a naltrexone-related attenuation of BAES stimulation. This effect was not evident in low-risk subjects, who directionally showed the opposite effect, although nonsignificant. For both groups, there were no significant naltrexone-related effects for BAES sedation; however, naltrexone did affect several POMS scales on alcohol response, such as decreased vigor, and increased fatigue, tension, and confusion. Confusion was significantly elevated for the high-risk group during rising BALs of the naltrexone session. The results suggest a differential response to naltrexone, based on paternal history of alcoholism and level of stimulation experienced during alcohol drinking.
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    Keywords: Key words Startle ; Prepulse inhibition ; Inbred strains ; Haloperidol ; Catalepsy ; Schizophrenia ; Genetics
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    Notes: Abstract The acoustic startle response (ASR), prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the ASR and the effects of haloperidol on the ASR and PPI were examined in C57BL/6J (B6) and DBA/2 (D2) inbred mouse strains and their F1 and F2 progeny. The startle stimulus was a 60-ms, 110-dB, 10-kHz tone; the prepulse stimuli were 20-ms white noise bursts at 56, 68 and 80 dB against a 50-dB background presented 100-ms before the startle pulse. The B6 strain showed modest PPI (25–40%); in contrast, the D2 strain showed on average no PPI and numerous individuals showed prepulse augmentation (PPA). The F2 progeny showed an intermediate PPI; however, the extreme values ranged from 200% PPA to essentially 100% PPI. Haloperidol in dose-dependent fashion, increased PPI in both the B6 and D2 strains; the threshold dose was in the range of 0.1–0.2 mg/kg. Raclopride (0.3 mg/kg), clozapine (2 mg/kg) and risperidone (0.4 mg/kg) also increased PPI in both strains. The effects of haloperidol (0.4 mg/kg) on PPI in 140 F2 progeny were examined. For all prepulse intensities, there were highly significant (r 〉 0.80) and negative correlations between baseline PPI and the haloperidol-induced change in PPI. Thus, those animals that showed the greatest PPA showed the greatest haloperidol-induced increase in PPI. There was, however, significant variance in the haloperidol response; plots of the regression residuals showed the most and least responsive animals differed by almost 100% in effect on PPI. The F2 progeny were subsequently phenotyped for haloperidol-induced catalepsy. There was no association between the variation in effects on catalepsy and PPI. However, it was observed that those individuals with the poorest baseline PPI were catalepsy non-responsive.
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    Keywords: Key words Mouse ; Inbred strains ; Behavior ; Genetics ; Locomotion ; Open field activity ; Learning ; Memory ; Aggression ; Parental behaviors ; Acoustic startle ; Prepulse inhibition ; Alcohol ; Nicotine ; Cocaine ; Opiates ; Haloperidol ; Diazepam ; Breeding ; Embryonic stem cell lines ; Transgenic ; Knockouts ; Null mutation
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    Notes: Abstract  Choosing the best genetic strains of mice for developing a new knockout or transgenic mouse requires extensive knowledge of the endogenous traits of inbred strains. Background genes from the parental strains may interact with the mutated gene, in a manner which could severely compromise the interpretation of the mutant phenotype. The present overview summarizes the literature on a wide variety of behavioral traits for the 129, C57BL/6, DBA/2, and many other inbred strains of mice. Strain distributions are described for open field activity, learning and memory tasks, aggression, sexual and parental behaviors, acoustic startle and prepulse inhibition, and the behavioral actions of ethanol, nicotine, cocaine, opiates, antipsychotics, and anxiolytics. Using the referenced information, molecular geneticists can choose optimal parental strains of mice, and perhaps develop new embryonic stem cell progenitors, for new knockouts and transgenics to investigate gene function, and to serve as animal models in the development of novel therapeutics for human genetic diseases.
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    Keywords: Key words Cocaine ; Operant behavior ; Genetics ; Mice
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    Notes: Abstract  The availability of numerous genetically homogenous mouse strains permits the analysis of genetic influences on behavior and also behavioral sensitivity (responsivity) to drugs of abuse. The current study was conducted to characterize discriminated operant responding for food in four inbred strains (Balb/cByJ, DBA/2J, C57BL/6J, SJL/J), an F1 Hybrid (C57BL/6×SJL), and one outbred strain (CD1) of mouse. The effect of cocaine on this operant behavior was also examined. Initially, all animals were trained to nosepoke for food on a continuous reinforcement schedule. The minimum response requirement for reinforcement was increased every 5 days until the animals were responding on an FR-15 schedule of reinforcement. All strains increased operant responding as the schedule of reinforcement was raised. However, significant differences in response rate and discrimination learning were observed among the various strains of mice. Cocaine administration reduced operant responding for food in Balb/cByJ, C57BL/6J, C57BL/6×SJL/J and CD1 mice at a dose of 15.0 mg/kg, whereas higher doses were required in DBA/2J mice (30.0 mg/kg) and SJL/J mice (56.0 mg/kg). These results suggest that operant performance and the effect of cocaine on this behavior is differentially influenced by genetic make-up.
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    ISSN: 1530-0358
    Keywords: Inflammatory bowel disease ; Crohn's disease ; Ulcerative colitis ; Genetics ; Family history
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    Notes: Abstract BACKGROUND: Although the etiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is unknown, there is increasing evidence that genetic predisposition plays a major etiologic role. To provide the framework for gene identification using a positional cloning approach, ascertainment of families with multiple affected members and careful documentation of pedigrees are essential. Objective: To report the initial findings of the IBD Genetics Project of the Mount Sinai Hospital IBD Research Unit. METHODS: All records of patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease followed at the Mount Sinai Hospital IBD Unit were reviewed. A questionnaire was sent to all patients to ascertain those with a family history of IBD. Patients with a presumed family history were contacted by a research assistant, and after confirmation of diagnosis, relevant clinical information, pedigrees, and consent to contact family members were obtained. Blood for DNA and cell line preparation were collected from affected and nonaffected family members. RESULTS: Of 2,504 patients registered in the IBD database, 231 (9.2 percent) were found to have an affected family member: 96 of 964 (10 percent) with Crohn's disease (CD) and 135 of 1,540 (8.8 percent) with ulcerative colitis (UC). A mean of 2.4 family members were affected. In families in which the proband had CD, 82.3 percent had only two affected family members, 78.1 percent had only family members affected with CD, and 82.3 percent had only first-degree family members affected. In families in which the proband had UC, 70.4 percent had only two affected family members, 71.1 percent had only family members affected with UC, and 65.2 percent had only first-degree family members affected. In the 231 families, there were 103 sibling pairs: 46 percent with CD, 28 percent with UC, and 26 percent with CD/UC. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that approximately 10 percent of IBD patients have affected family members, with the rate being similar in UC and CD. Future research is directed to genome scanning and linkage analysis in this cohort of patients.
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    ISSN: 1432-1459
    Keywords: Key words Parkinson’s disease ; Genetics ; Mitochondrial DNA
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    Notes: Abstract To date, five single base pair changes of the mitochondrial DNA have been reported to occur either exclusively or with increased frequency in Caucasian patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and it has been postulated that these mutations might be causally related to the observed inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory chain function in PD. To evaluate these findings, we analysed the frequency of all five polymorphisms in 100 cases of pathologically proven cases of PD. We were either unable to detect the previously described polymorphisms in our series or found them to be present with the same frequency among controls. Our data do not support the hypothesis of an involvement of the mitochondrial DNA in the pathogenesis of PD.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 118-126 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: A rigorous approach was developed for the simulation of the decoking of an industrial cracking furnace. A one-dimensional heterogeneous reactor model, which accounts for the interfacial gradients between the process gas and the coke surface, was used to simulate reactor coils. Both the combustion and steam gasification of the coke layer were taken into account. The reactor model for the decoking was coupled with a detailed firebox simulation model. The initial profile of the coke layer thickness, required for the decoking calculations, was obtained by a run-length simulation. The evolution with time of the temperature distribution inside the cracking coil and in the furnace was generated simultaneously, which made it possible to understand the decoking operation in detail and to predict its duration accurately.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 157-165 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: A semibatch flow scheduling strategy proposed by Teymour and Ray (1989, 1996) is evaluated for a polymerization reaction conducted in a pilot-plant reactor. The reaction used is the free radical terpolymerization of styrene, α-methyl styrene, and acrylic acid monomers initiated by an organic peroxide initiator and carried out in the presence of a reactive glycol ether solvent. This strategy was tested in both single batch and sequential semibatch modes. The process was shown to produce polymer of constant molecular weight properties and composition as inferred from acid number and monomer conversion measurements. This process could be used for obtaining polymer products from a semibatch reactor that are of comparable quality to CSTR products. Results indicate success of this process at meeting this objective; however, practical considerations relating to agitation and temperature control need to be properly addressed to ensure this success.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 277-280 
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 265-267 
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    Notes: Diffusion coefficients measured by holographic interferometry are presented for two globular proteins and three nonionic surfactant species in agarose gels. The cloud points for the surfactants in agarose solutions are also given. In all cases, rates of diffusion in the gel are smaller than those in bulk solution, with the hindering effect of the gel increasing both with increasing gel concentration and with increasing solute size. It is shown that the diffusion rate of the surfactant micelles is very similar to that of proteins having similar hydrodynamic radii; it would therefore appear that the size and shape of the micelles in the solution and gel phases are similar. In addition, the measured rates of hindered diffusion agree very well with rates predicted by a rigorous hydrodynamic theory in which the solutes are modeled as hard spheres and the gel fibers are modeled as straight, cylindrical fibers. Hence, for the range of conditions considered, rates of hindered diffusion for both the globular proteins and the micellar species are determined primarily by hard-sphere hydrodynamic and steric interactions between the solute and the gel matrix.
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    Notes: Equations were derived that describe the dynamics of cake growth in cake filtration, and methods for their solutions were developed. In deriving the equations, the moving boundary nature of the cake formation process and the effect of fine particle retention were considered. It was shown that fine particle retention may contribute significantly to the decrease of cake permeability and thus alters the performance of cake filtration even if the amount of fine particles involved is small. Through numerical examples, it was also demonstrated that fine particle retention in filter cakes may cause serious errors in determining the constitutive relationships from filter test data.
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    Notes: Fundamental characteristics of liquid-solid fluidization at high pressures (up to 21 MPa) and moderate temperatures (up to 89°C) are investigated. Properties under study include minimum fluidization velocity (umf), bed voidage at minimum fluidization, and bed expansion. Devices for in-situ measurements of physical properties of the liquid in the bed are developed, and measurements are carried out to quantify the pressure and temperature effects on the fluidization behavior. The results indicate that under high pressures and moderate temperatures, liquid-solid fluidization behavior is affected significantly by the variation of liquid density and viscosity with pressure. As the pressure increases, the liquid viscosity and density increase, yielding an increased drag force and buoyancy force on the particles, and hence a decreasing umf and an increasing bed expansion for a given liquid flow rate. An increase in temperature has an opposite effect on the physical properties of the liquid, increasing umf and decreasing the bed expansion for a given liquid flow rate. Various correlations proposed in the literature for umf and bed expansion, including those by Richardson and Zaki (1954) and Chitester et al. (1984), are applicable to high-pressure and high-temperature conditions when proper account is made of the liquid physical properties under bed operating conditions.
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    Notes: Asymptotic power series solutions for the mass-transfer enhancement factor for absorption of a gas component into a liquid where it undergoes irreversible instantaneous chemical reaction(s) with one and two liquid-phase reactants are developed in this work. The Padé technique is used to extend the region of applicability (accelerate the convergence) of the four-term asymptotic power series solutions. The resulting modified asymptotic expressions for the enhancement factor show excellent accuracy over a wide range and can be used to predict enhancement factors as low as 2 with an error of about 5% compared to the exact numerical solution. Predictions of these new asymptotic solutions are compared with experimental absorption data for H2S absorption into aqueous methyldiethanolamine and H2S absorption into aqueous mixtures of methyldiethanolamine and diethanolamine obtained in a laminar-jet absorber. The absolute mean deviations of the predictions from the experimental absorption data for the single and mixed amine solutions were 4.6% and 2.4%, respectively.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 166-172 
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    Notes: When a trickle-bed reactor (TBR) is operated periodically, the bed is fed with liquid on and off, while the gas phase passes continuously. Rates and conversions could be higher than those corresponding to the steady-state operation. In the “dry cycles” the heat generated by the reaction can drive the vaporization of the liquid phase, and a much more rapid “gas phase” reaction may occur. There is a trade-off between the potential for hot-spot formation and the fact that overall rates are higher during cycling. A qualitative understanding of the phase transition in TBRs is obtained by a simple phenomenological model that takes into account different transport and reaction mechanisms occurring in a catalytic particle under different cycling conditions. A mathematical model is used to predict results.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 180-195 
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    Notes: Theoretical and engineering models for the thermodynamic properties of strong electrolyte solutions have advanced significantly since 1985. This progress is notable in the ability to calculate selected properties of single and mixed strong electrolyte solutions over a wide range of temperatures and compositions, including effects of various nonelectrolytes, solvents and supercritical components. Theoretical studies have begun to consider more realistic fundamental interactions between various components in these systems. There have been several successful conversions of theories based on the mean spherical approximation and perturbation methods into engineering equations, without large numbers of empirical parameters. Other theoretical models seem almost ready for application to real systems. The capability to estimate a wide variety of thermodynamic properties accurately with a consistent set of equations and a small number of adjustable parameters has been achieved by several groups over limited temperature and composition ranges. Much work remains to be done, however, to understand completely the interplay and relative importance of various contributing energy effects.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 693-702 
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    Notes: Centrifugal partition chromatography (CPC) is a relatively new preparative chromatographic technique. To understand, predict, and optimize CPC separations a model is needed, describing the effluent concentration profile as a function of the phenomena that determine the separation efficiency (mass transfer, mixing, and partitioning). The model presented in this article describes experimental effluent concentration profiles accurately. Partition coefficients, Stanton numbers, and Péclet numbers were obtained by comparing model simulations to experimental pulse-response data. The fitted partition coefficients agree well with those obtained from shake-flask experiments. Mass-transfer limitation is the major reason for peak broadening. The inverse mass-transfer coefficient is a linear function of the partition coefficient. The model will be a valuable tool in determining the influence of mass transfer as a function of various experimental conditions.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 727-739 
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    Notes: In this article we present a method for the on-line identification and modeling of full profile disturbance models for sheet forming processes. A particular principal components analysis technique called the Karhunen-Loève expansion is used to adaptively identify the significant features of the profile. In addition, we show how the temporal modes of the reconstructed profile can be modeled using low-order linear autoregressive (AR) processes. By simulation examples, the effect of the order of the AR model is studied, as well as the window size of the data used in the on-line application of the KL expansion, the effect of data weighting, the importance of the correct selection of the number of modes, and the frequency of updating the parameters of the AR models. Identified disturbance models can be easily incorporated into model-predictive control algorithms.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 243-250 
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    Notes: A pure culture of Pseudomonas putida was grown as a film on carbon particles in a differential fluidized bed biofilm reactor, a new experimental system for the application of diffusion-reaction models. In the active biofilm, effective diffusion coefficients of the essential substrates - phenol and oxygen - were simultaneously calculated. The multisubstrate biokinetic expression used in the model solution was derived by nonlinear regression analysis of the data of continuous system fermenter experiments. The determined biokinetic equations were utilized to solve the diffusion-reaction model for effective diffusion coefficients in the active biofilm. The ratio of the evaluated effective diffusion coefficient through active biofilm to that of water varied between 17-44% and 9-24% for phenol and oxygen, respectively, for different biofilm densities. Results of the study showed a fair agreement with the literature at low biofilm densities.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 263-264 
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 281-282 
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 283-285 
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 285-285 
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 303-310 
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    Notes: The convective diffusion equations were used to obtain mean concentrations and concentration fluctuation covariances during turbulent reactive mixing of fast reversible reactions. The mean concentrations are directly applicable to reactions that are much faster than the mixing, while the covariances can serve as a first approximation closure for slower reactions. The covariances should also be useful for testing more general closure models. Numerical examples are presented for the simple mass-action rate law with stoichiometric coefficients of unity.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 631-644 
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    Notes: Electrophoresis of a solute through a column in which its transport is governed by the convection - diffusion equation is described. Approximate solutions to the convection - diffusion equation in the limit of small diffusion are developed using perturbation methods. The diffusion coefficient and velocity are assumed to be functions of space and time such that both undergo a sudden change from one constant value to another within a thin transition zone that itself translates with a constant velocity. Two cases are considered: (1) the thickness ∊f of the transition zone is negligible compared to the diffusional length scale, so the zone may be treated as a singular boundary across which the diffusion constant and velocity suffer discontinuous changes; (2) the transition zone is considerably wider than the diffusional length scale, so the diffusion coefficient and velocity, although sharply varying, are smooth functions of position and time. A systematic perturbation expansion of the concentration distribution is presented for case 1 in terms of the small parameter ∊ = 1/Pe. A lowest order approximation is given for case 2. A suitably configured system analyzed here can lead to progressive accumulation, or focusing, of the transported solute. The degree of focusing in case 1 scales with ∊-1, whereas in case 2 it scales with (∊f∊)-1/2, and thus increases much more weakly with increasing Pe. A separation based on this concept requires development of materials and devices that allow dynamic tuning of the mass-transport properties of a medium. This would make it possible to achieve progressive focusing and separation of solutes, such as proteins and DNA fragments, in electrophoretic media with an unprecedented degree of control.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 681-692 
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    Notes: The influence on drying selectivity of the continuous-contact mode between a solid wetted with ternary mixtures and a gas stream was theoretically studied. The liquid mixtures, ethanol-isopropanol-water and water-ethanol-acetone, were used. A mathematical model describing a gas-phase-controlled process was developed, and the influence of the process variables was studied by simulations. In addition to the inlet composition of the moisture and temperature of the solid, gas composition has the most important effect on selectivity. Small changes of gas composition, either imposed or spontaneous, may modify completely the process trajectory. The extent of these effects depends on the ratio between the flow rates of inlet gas and liquid contained in the solid. Because of their effects on the evolution of temperature and composition, the operating pressure and energy sources other than convection are also useful in controlling the selectivity. Since all these variables determine the composition of the remaining liquid and thereby product quality, their influence should be predictable. The model may be a valuable tool for exploring the process, provided that drying is gas-phase-controlled.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 844-846 
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 927-934 
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    Notes: A novel, physically based kernel for population balance modeling of granule growth by coalescence is presented. This kernel is size-independent in that all collisions with an effective average granule size less than a critical value are successful. Simulations based on this kernel show that a variety of contradictory experimental observations can be modeled. In the limiting case of viscoelastic collisions, the kernel can be related to the governing group of the Stokes number (Ennis et al., 1991), representing the ratio of granule collisional kinetic energy to viscous dissipation brought about by the binder. In more general cases, material properties that control deformability, such as interparticle friction, binder viscosity, and liquid content, strongly affect this critical size. The kernel clearly demonstrates the three regimes of drum granulation originally proposed by Kapur and Fuerstenau in 1964 and compares favorably with the two-stage sequential kernel developed by Adetayo et al. in 1995 for the drum granulation of fertilizers.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 577-587 
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    Notes: Complex mixing flows and mixing parameters are calculated to evaluate mixing quality on the basis of kinematic parameters together with a statistical analysis. The results allow for a comparative evaluation in terms of geometry and flow parameters. The evaluation is limited to two-dimensional flows with moving boundaries in periodic motion such as the flow in the cross section of a twin-cam mixer. The finite-element calculation requires a remeshing procedure for every time step with special techniques to upgrade mixing variables from one time step to the next. The relative mixing quality of single cam and co: or counterrotating cam devices are compared by evaluating segregation scale, length stretch, and efficiency. The numerical results exhibit a good correspondence with their experimental counterpart.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 588-597 
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    Notes: Numerical tools for the analysis of complex 3-D mixing devices were developed. Calculations are based on the finite-element method. The flow calculation is combined with that of pathlines for a fairly large number of material points; along these pathlines, relevant kinematic variables, which are then subjected to a statistical treatment, are evaluated. These numerical techniques are applied to the analysis of a Kenics mixer. It is assumed that the geometry is periodic in the axial direction, that is, that the mixer contains an infinite number of blades; the finite-element analysis may then be completed on a single wavelength of the geometry. To test the accuracy of the three-dimensional calculation, a Kenics device was mounted in order to mix clays of different colors, and photographs of experimental cross-sections were compared with numerical results showing concentration maps. A statistical treatment was performed on some 8,000 material points crossing the entry section to evaluate mixing quality.
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    Notes: A cold model of a circulating fluidized bed with a 0.030-m-ID, 2.77-m-high riser was operated in a wide range of operating conditions. Several solids were tested, from 57 μm to 1,830 μm in size and from 1,100 kg/m3 to 2,540 kg/m3 in density. Pressure fluctuations were measured at several points along the riser, and time series were processed to evaluate chaotic invariants (Kolmogorov entropy and correlation dimesion). Axial profiles of average values of pressure and voidage were also evaluated. At fixed operating conditions, the Kolmogorov entropy changed along the riser, which appeared to be a fuction of the local voidage and showed a minimum when voidage decreases from 1.00 until about 0.90. Changes of the Kolmogorov entropy with local voidage were interpreted based on interactions among solids and gas turbulence structure. Three regions were identified in the voidage range investigated: particles-controlled region, clusters-controlled region, and bottom-bed-controlled region.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1494-1510 
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    Notes: The prototype of an integrated hazard-analysis system (IHAS) was developed. Essentially any process can be analyzed with this software if the system topology is correctly supplied by the user. Since all altorithms adopted are digraph-based, the system digraph must be constructed first with IHAS. The embedded feedforward and feedback loops are then identified and classified. On the basis of this information, three widely accepted hazard-assessment procedures - FTA, ETA, and HAZOP - can be performed automatically. From the results obtained in practical applications, one can see that the quality. From the results obtained in practical applications, one can see that the quality of hazard analysis is indeed improved if IHAS can be used as an aid to the human experts.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1511-1518 
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    Notes: The problem of analyzing the stability of chemical process plants is considered. The idea of exchange plants has been extended with more general binary transfer terms and binary equilibrium, resulting in the idea of binary exchange-equilibrium plants. Their structural stability is analyzed using results on conservation matrices. It was found that binary exchange-equilibrium plants with no azeotropes are stable irrespective of the connections of their operating units. The general results are illustrated in examples of practical importance: heat-exchanger networks and binary distillation columns with constant molar flows.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1709-1716 
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    Notes: An electrochemically modulated complexation (EMC) process was designed to selectively extract and concentrate ethylene from a feed-phase mixture with ethane. Unlike previous EMC processes, where the separation was based on equilibrium solubility differences, this separation was based on differences in the rate of complexing with copper(I) solution between the two gases. The EMC process employed flowthrough electrolysis cells that electrochemically modulate aqueous-phase copper chlorides between high, copper(I), and low, copper(II), affinity states. The liquid phase in the high affinity form contracts a feed gas phase in a hollow-fiber membrane module for selective extraction and contacts the receiving gas phase in the low affinity form for concentration. Experimental results and modeling of the process are reported.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1751-1762 
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    Notes: A systematic method to synthesize crystallization-distillation hybrid separation processes is presented. Two classes of hybrids are identified for binary mixtures. The first bypasses azeotropes and tangent pinches, while the second bypasses eutectics. Guidelines for flow-sheet selection are proposed based on an analysis of simple eutectic, constant relative volatility systems. In addition, the hybrids are compared to both extractive and adductive crystallization in order to determine the conditions under which solvent-based crystallization techniques outperform the proposed hybrid configurations. The method is extended to ternary mixture. The use of stream combination and complex distillation columns is also considered.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1519-1528 
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    Notes: Back-and-forth-moving temperature fronts separating regions with high and low temperatures (amplitudes up to 100 K) formed on a Pd on alumina ring during the atmospheric oxidation of carbon monoxide. The back-and-forth front movement reflects the intrinsic nonuniformity of the catalytic system and the impact of global coupling. The ignition and extinction fronts usually moved at different velocities, in agreement with theoretical predictions. Complex spatiotemporal patterns were observed due to small-amplitude temperature fronts that moved on the high-temperature region at a much higher velocity than the high-amplitude fronts. The qualitative motion features were affected by changes in the excess oxygen concentration. The nonuniform states existed mainly for feed conditions for which the only uniform state was an extinguished one.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1579-1588 
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    Notes: Parameters of wetting dry fibers with non-Newtonian liquids are studied experimentally. Rheological tests show that seven of the 13 test liquids adhere to Newtonian behavior with a wide range of viscosities 3 〈 μ 〈 30,000 mPa·s. The other six liquids show shear-thinning behavior with different flow indices. Some of the liquids exhibited viscoelastic behavior. Diameters of the fibers are in the range 0.033 〈 D 〈 0.071 cm. Experimental measurements cover contact angles, interfacial depths and diameters, as well as the critical wetting speed of entraining visible small air bubbles in the liquid volume. Dynamic contact angles are strong functions of the apparent viscosity of the liquid at the particular wetting speed regardless of whether the liquid is Newtonian or non-Newtonian. Higher values of contact angles correspond to wetting of fiber with larger diameter for less viscous liquid are generally higher than those for Newtonian liquids. Depressions created in the surface of different test liquids can be classified into three different scales, corresponding to three scales of liquid viscosities.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1904-1908 
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    Notes: The role of swelling clays in hindering the compressional dewatering characteristics of coal-mine tailings is examined. The effects of electrolyte concentration and ion exchange in improving the shear and compressional rheology are compared. Suspensions studies include actual mine tailings (thickener feed and thickener underflow) as well as synthetic clay dispersions made from clay collected from the coal seam. It was shown that the most important parameter in controlling the properties of the tailings suspension is “controlled” dispersion in the presence of a Ca2+ electrolyte concentration in excess of that required to (1) prevent initial swelling and (2) provide full cation exchange of the clay. Under these electrolyte conditions, complete delamination of the clay did not occur, and both the dewatering and handling characteristics of the resultant suspensions improved dramatically.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 2215-2226 
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    Notes: A simplified exponential (SEXP) approximation, combining the exponential approximation and the first-order mean spherical approximation, is proposed to improve the equation of state for the Lennard-Jones (LJ) fluid. The SEXP approximation, which can be implemented in an analytical manner, yields better radial distribution functions of the LJ fluid. Extensive comparisons with two typical perturbation theories show that the SEXP approximation is more appropriate to describe the behaviors of the LJ fluid. The latest 33-parameter modified Benedict-Webb-Rubin equation, also calculated, is inadequate in the region of phase coexistence. The SEXP approximation is applied to the calculation of methane properties with much better results than the Peng-Robinson equation of state for saturated liquid densities and second virial coefficients.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1828-1837 
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    Notes: One of the challenges in building reaction mechanisms using algorithms for automated model construction is to describe the essential chemistry and enable prediction of experimental data over wide ranges of reaction conditions while maintaining a manageable model size. Two complementary methodologies for building compact reaction mechanisms were developed and combined with existing algorithms based on graph theory and bond-electron matrix operations. Each strategy was developed using pentadecylbenzene pyrolysis as an illustrative example. The first approach used a radical lumping strategy to group radicals according to their reactivity. The mechanism was reduced from 719 to 215 species and successfully predicted the experimentally observed initial reactivity. However, implementation of the radical lumping criteria alone was insufficient to allow for secondary reactions to higher-rank products. Therefore, on-the-fly sensitivity analysis was incorporated to identify the important and necessary species as the mechanism was generated to guide the mechanism building process. The generic algorithms developed can be applied to generate compact reaction mechanisms for a wide array of higher molecular-weight reactants.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1874-1883 
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    Notes: In this work, the bimodal/film model is compared with the cell model based on a case study using polystyrene/styrene devolatilization. It shows improvements over the cell model: (1) it requires a lower initial number of bubbles, which is more physically realistic and (2) it takes into account the observation of a limiting foam volume growth for a specific polymer in devolatilization. A stripper dispersion experiment was designed to investigate the effect of dispersed nitrogen stripper bubbles on the foam dynamics and devolatilization efficiency. The variables examined include polymer viscosity, initial volatile concentration, and the initial number and size of dispersed stripper bubbles. Polymer viscosity was the dominant factor in limiting the maximum foam volume expansion. The number and size of dispersed stripper bubbles show positive and negative effects (which are only secondary) on the maximum foam volume expansion, respectively. The initial volatile concentration has no effect on limiting the maximum foam volume expansion.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 870-876 
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    Notes: Mathematical models developed describe the unfolding of polymeric crystals in the presence of a solvent followed by their subsequent disentanglement. A thermodynamic model considering the free energy changes during crystal unfolding was proposed to obtain an expression for the unfolding rate. A simplified version of this expression, assuming uniform crystal size, was incorporated into a continuum model to predict the dissolution kinetics of a semicrystalline polymer slab. The model yielded predictions of the crystalline and solvent volume fractions as a function of position within the slab, in addition to changes in the fraction of polymer dissolved as well as the degree of crystallinity of the polymer as a function of time. The degree of crystallinity of the polymer decreased with time and the plot of the fraction of the polymer dissolved as a function of time exhibited Case II behavior. The model predictions agreed will with experimental results obtained during dissolution of semicrystalline poly(vinyl alcohol) in water.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 913-926 
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    Notes: The hydrodynamics of two-dimensional bubble columns operated in various flow regimes are studied using particle image velocimetry. Both averaged velocity profiles and Reynolds stress profiles are obtained and discussed in relation to large-scale structures present in the flow. The normal stresses, dominated by large-scale structures, are an order of magnitude higher than the shear stress. It is found that the contribution from the bubbles to the shear to the normal stresses is negligible. A time series of the flow field is studied, demonstrating that the flow could be split into a low-frequency contribution due to the vortical structures and a high-frequency fluctuating part. The latter gives rise to flat normal stress profiles, and the former is responsible for the original form of the normal stress profiles. The shear stress in the smaller columns investigated can be related to the averaged vertical velocity profile according to a Boussinesq approximation. Data on the eddy viscosity are presented.
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    Notes: A modified CaCO3 sorbent with an open internal pore structure is prepared and its sulfation characteristics are investigated in an entrained flow reactor at high temperatures (900-1,100°C) and short contact times (20-600 ms) using small particle sizes (〈 5 μm). The most distinguishing feature of this modified carbonate (MC) is its 70-75% sulfation conversion within 0.5 s, which is substantially higher than any other sorbents published. The MC is prepared by carbonation-precipitation from a calcium hydroxide suspension by optimizing the operating parameters to generate carbonate particles of the desired pore structural properties. The high initial surface area combined with its open pore structure and pore-size distribution of its calcine contribute to its high reactivity. The calcined MC possesses a significant portion of its pore volume in the 50-200 Å range. This size range represents an optimum pore size for sulfation since it provides a reasonably high surface area and is less susceptible than 〈 50 Å pore sizes, to pore filling, or pore-mouth plugging due to the formation of higher molar volume CaSO4. Investigation with other carbonates reveals that a much higher portion of their calcines' porosity lies in the smaller pores, which leads to premature termination of sulfation. Results show the impact of internal pore structure on initial reactivity and ultimate sorbent conversion.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 2343-2352 
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    Notes: This work determines the rate constant of hydrogen peroxide decomposition in supercritical water. Experiments were conducted at pressures ranging from 5.0 to 34.0 MPa and for temperatures up to 450°C. The rate of the homogeneous decomposition reaction is distinguished from the rate of the catalytic decomposition on the reactor surface by conducting experiments at different surface-to-volume ratios. The rate constant of H2O2 decomposition follows the expression k(s-1) = 1013.4 ± 1.2 exp[(- 180 ± 16 kJ/mol)/RT], providing a higher value than that derived from RRKM calculations. Comparison between experiments at supercritical conditions (P = 24.5 and 34.0 MPa) and experiments in high-pressure steam (P = 5.0 and 10.0 MPa) show that the efficiency of the catalytic surface reactions decreases significantly under supercritical conditions. The rate constant just mentioned was incorporated into a methanol oxidation model and the new prediction is compared with the experimental data of Rice et al. (1996), showing a distinct improvement compared to the original prediction.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 2359-2367 
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    Notes: When a supercritical (SC) solution infiltrates through micropores, its pressure will fall off considerably along the flow direction, and significant solute supersaturation can be obtained inside the pores. Thus the solid solute can deposit onto the pore surface due to nucleation. The supercritical solution infiltration (SCSI) method was applied to modify porous ceramic membranes. A mathematical model was used for the membrane poresize change during the SCSI process. Numerical solution of this model showed that for a membrane with initial pore-size distribution (PSD), its average pore size could be increased or decreased due to dissimilar kinetics of the solute precipitation under different conditions, α-Al2O3 microfiltration membranes were modified by the SCSI method using SC solution of the aluminum isopropoxide/propane system under different conditions. The PSD change was determined for the modified membranes after hydrolysis and sintering. With the reduction in permeability, the average pore size was reduced when the process conditions were more favorable for homogeneous nucleation and increased under the opposite conditions. Experimental results qualitatively coincided with those by the proposed model.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 2381-2384 
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 2385-2392 
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    Notes: Coalescence of electrolytically-generated, 50- to 600- μm-diameter gas bubbles was observed using an optical technique that employs a linear photodiode array to detect interface movement with a resolution of 10-6s. When two bubbles coalesce, the surface energy that is released causes interface velocities of 2 to 4 m/s; these are followed by large-amplitude damped oblate-prolate oscillations. Within the viscosity range studied, the oscillation period is insensitive to the viscosity and damping is insensitive to surface tension, in agreement with a scaling analysis based on a damped harmonic oscillator. Surface waves are superimposed on the motion. Finite-element solutions of the free-surface, nonlinear Navier-Stokes equations are consistent with the experiments.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1319-1324 
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    Notes: The Ergun equation based on the effective spherical diameter is universally valid for various shapes of granular packings. It, however, was derived from the assumption of infinite tube-to-particle diameter ratio without considering the wall effect. Although some improvements were made by Mehta and Hawley (1969) to correct this, the application of the Ergun equation is still restricted to cylindrical columns with a packing porosity of less than 0.5. To modify the Ergun equation to noncylindrical flow space with or without a wall, it was substituted into the empty tube pressure drop equation by introducing an effective tube diameter so that the pressure drop can be predicted just from the free flow space and the wetted area involved. This treatment offers the basis for a new method in velocity distribution prediction.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1341-1347 
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    Notes: Previous experimental studies have found that surface interactions significantly affect the transport of motile bacteria through small tubes, along solid surfaces, and through porous media. However, the role that hydrodynamic forces play in the interactions between solid surfaces and motile bacteria remains unclear. In this study, the swimming speeds of populations of Escherichia coli bacteria were measured near (〈 10 μm) and far (〉10 μm) from a flat glass surface at four ranges of orientations to the surface (0°-45°, 45°-90°, 90°-135°, and 135°-180°). Populations of bacteria close to the surface and moving in the orientation range most perpendicular (0-45°) to the surface experienced the greatest change in the swimming speed when compared to the population in the same orientation range located far from the surface. The decrease in swimming speed experienced by this population was on the same order as that predicted by hydrodynamic models of bacterial swimming near surfaces.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1403-1413 
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    Notes: Industrial design of electrostatic precipitators is based on the transport theory developed by Deutsch (1922), which assumes that transverse turbulent mixing is effective enough to maintain the concentration profile uniform throughout the cross section (i.e., turbulent diffusivity is assumed infinite). To improve understanding of turbulent particle dispersion under the influence of electrostatic forces, a database on particle trajectories was first generated, based on the flow field from a direct numerical simulation of a plate-plate precipitator (Soldati et al., 1993). The effect of various parameters, such as particle size, charge and particle migration velocity, on dispersion and collection efficiency was investigated. Results show that particle concentration profiles are not uniform due to finite values of “turbulent diffusion” coefficient. The simulations indicate that the early stages of particle collection are controlled by particle migration velocity, while final stages are controlled by turbulence diffusion mechanisms.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1414-1425 
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    Notes: A computed tomographic scanner was developed for imaging gas-holdup distributions in two-phase flow systems such as bubble columns and fluidized beds. The scanner has been used to study the effects of various operating parameters (such as column diameter, superficial gas velocity, and distributor type) on the gas holdup and its distribution in an air-water bubble column. The experimental investigation shows that the column dimensions have no significant effect on the void fraction when the column diameter is greater than 0.15 m. Differences in the holdup distribution due to the kind of distributor used are significant only at low gas flow rates. Surface tension of the liquid has a profound influence on the gas holdup and its distribution.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1545-1550 
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    Notes: Homogeneous thermal cracking of ethane, which is an endothermic and hence energy-intensive process, was carried out in the presence of limited O2 under different process conditions (at 600°-850°C; O2/ethane ratio of 0-0.2; H2O/ethane ratio of 0-3.3; and space velocity of 2,000-11,000 h-1). The influence of a sulfur additive in the feed and reactor material on the process performance was also investigated. Noncatalytic oxycarcking of ethane in the presence of limited O2, greatly enhances not only the total conversion of ethane but also the conversion of ethane by purely thermal cracking. This process also occurs at a much lower contact time than that required to achieve the same conversion for the thermal cracking process. Also, both the exothermic oxidative conversion and the endothermic thermal cracking of ethane occur simultaneously, which makes this process very energy-efficeint, with a drastic reduction in external energy requirement and coke formation. By manipulating the process conditions, particularly the temperature and O2/C2H6 ratio, the overall process can be made almost thermoneutral, mildly exothermic, or mildly endothermic.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1717-1726 
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    Notes: Cylindrical internal reflectance infrared spectroscopy (CIR-FTIR) was used for the determination of the transport properties of hydrocarbons in zeolite L at high temperatures and pressures. This was the first time that the intracrystalline diffusivity of hydrocarbons in microporous media could be determined under supercritical conditions by using a dynamic technique. The study investigated the self-diffusion of n-heptane, the counterdiffusion of n-hexane and 1-hexene, and the codiffusion of n-heptane and pyxlene in zeolite L under subcritical and supercritical conditions. The diffusion time constants obtained for the single and binary systems showed that the diffusion within the pore was reduced significantly under supercritical conditions (i.e., liquidlike behavior) as the hydrocarbon density within the pore was increased.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1763-1784 
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    Notes: A nonlinear model-predictive control scheme based on the autoregressive-plus Volterra model is proposed. A “plant-friendly,” yet persistently exciting, input sequence is designed for model identification. A second feature of this work is that the control action is determined by solving a less computationally burdensome nonlinear programming problem than the optimization problems associated with Newton-type controllers and polynomial ARMA model nonlinear MPC. A third contribution is that semiglobal closed-loop stability conditions are derived and are shown to be less conservative than those previously published. The control scheme is shown to outperform a feedback strategy using proportional integral control and a linear model-predictive control design for the control of two polymerization reactor case studies. The complex features of the latter case study [multivarible (3 × 3), recycle loop, high-order (24) dynamics] motivate the applicability of this approach for industrial problems.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 1797-1812 
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    Notes: ZSM-5 zeolite membranes with reproducible properties were prepared by in-situ synthesis on porous α- and γ-alumina tubular supports and characterized by XRD, SEM and electron microprobe analysis. Single-gas permeances for H2, CH4, N2, CO2, n-butane, and i-butane increase over some temperature range, but some gases exhibit maxima or minima. The highest ideal selectivities at room temperature are 299 for N2/SF6, 392 for H2/n-butane, and 2,820 for H2/i-butane. These membranes can separate n-butane/i-butane, H2/n-butane and H2/i-butane mixtures. All n-butane/i-butane separation selectivities have maxima as a function of temperature and are higher than ideal selectivities because n-butane inhibits i-butane permeation. Thus, separation is not by size selectivity, but is due to pore blocking. Temperature depenencies of single-gas permeances and separation selectivities depend strongly on the location of zeolite crystals and the location is determined by preparation procedure. Ideal selectivities also depend strongly on the preparation procedure. When the zeolite forms a continuous layer on the inside surface of the support tubes, pure i-butane permeates faster than pure n-butane so that the single-gas permeances are not determined just by molecular size. The i-butane permeance also increases much more with temperature than the n-butane permeance. The permeation behavior may be the result of permeation through nonzeolitic pores in parallel with zeolite pores. When zeolite crystals are dispersed throughout the pores of α-alumina supports, permeances are lower and gas permeation and separation properties are quite different. Ideal selectivities are lower, pure n-butane permeates faster than i-butane, and the permeances increase much less with temperature. Separation selectivities are lower but can be maintained to higher temperatures.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 2773-2784 
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    Notes: A quantitative understanding of the thermochemistry of silicate solution systems is necessary for the design, optimization and control of sol-gel, colloid and zeolite preparations. This review is intended to be a compendium of ready information for the growing number of chemical engineers active in solution-based materials synthesis. Experimental measurements of silica solubility, silicate speciation and silanol deprotonation in aqueous solutions are summarized and critiqued. The thermochemical properties of monomeric and dimeric silicate anions are also assessed. The trends that are then evident are compared with expectations from simplistic gas-phase molecular orbital calculations to illustrate the importance of solvation. Finally, the equilibrium behavior of simple silicate oligomers is rationalized, and the future direction to quantitative modeling of the behavior of more complex oligomers is suggested.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 2785-2792 
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    Notes: The fluorescence properties of inorganic and organically-modified rare-earth-doped sol-gel silica are presented. Eu3+-doped ormosils were prepared from Si(OCH3)4 and CH3Si(OCH3)3, (CH3)2Si(OCH3)2, (CH3)2Si(OC2H5)2, or (n-C3H7)Si(OCH3)3 in various proportions. Er3+-doped ormosils were prepared using Si(OC2H5)4 and CH3Si(OC2H5)3, (CH3)2Si(OC2H5)2 or C2H5Si(OC2H5)3. Gels derived from Si(OCH3)4 were also doped with the fluorinated Eu3+ precursors Eu(fod)3, (CF3SO3)3Eu, and (CF3CO2)3Eu·3H2O. The effect of metal ion codopants, which are known to inhibit clustering of Eu3+ in sol-gel silica, on Er3+ fluorescence is also considered. Fluorescence line-narrowing studies of Eu3+-doped samples indicated that significant Eu3 clustering occurs in both the ormosils and fluorinated precursor compositions. Lifetime measurements of the Eu3+-and Er3+ -doped ormosils showed longer lifetimes at low heat treatment temperatures relative to purely inorganic sol-gel silica, but no significant difference remained in fully densified samples. The longest lifetimes were observed for samples doped with the fluorinated precursors, indicating that the fluorinated ligands are effective at reducing the water content in densified gels.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 2802-2808 
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    Notes: Zeolite fiber, film, and monolith were prepared by using nanosize titanium silicalite (TS-1) crystals. Films and fibers of TS-1 zeolite were optically transparent, which might be important for advanced optozeolitic materials. A permeation result of gases on monolith indicates that the gas permeation is governed by the Knudsen mechanism. All types of TS-1 zeolites manufactured in this work are observed to be MFI structure with an orthorhombic symmetry. These results suggest that nanosize zeolites have potential to allow morphological design with applications for advanced functional materials.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 3133-3146 
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    Notes: In slide coating of photographic films, liquid layers flow down an inclined plane, across a small gap under a pressure differential (vacuum), and onto a fast-moving substrate. Process interruptions to allow splices of adjoining rolls of substrate to pass through the coater result in significant waste. Coating over splices fails due to air entrainment and/or two free-surface flow instabilities during the necessary gap widening: (1) standing waves (ribbing) or rupture of the liquid bridge when vacuum is kept high or (2) lateral contraction when vacuum is lowered. The problem of coating over splices is solved here by reducing it to a fluid-mechanical stability problem. First, air entrainment was eliminated by serrating the splice trailing edge and lateral contraction by prewetting the substrate with liquid streams. Avoiding rupture of the liquid bridge then reduces the problem to finding the vacuum at which the bridge becomes unstable to small disturbances. This “critical” vacuum is found by finite-element stability analysis of the quasi-steady 2-D free-surface flow to small 2-D and 3-D disturbances, direct tracking of critical points, and verification by solving the transient 2-D skip-out process. Three modes of failure are predicted if the vacuum is not sufficiently reduced with gap widening. Implementation of a computed vacuum strategy in a production line gave sufficient latitude for coating over imprecise splices.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 2393-2404 
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    Notes: Direct numerical simulations were used to investigate turbulence structure and scalar transfer across a shear-free, nonwavy gas-liquid interface (free surface) in stably stratified turbulent flows. These simulations solve the Navier-Stokes and thermal-energy conservation equations, using a finite difference approximation. The relation between the turbulence structure in the stably stratified turbulent boundary layer and organized motion near the free surface are discussed. In addition, scalar transfer across a free surface is investigated by solving a passive scalcr conservation equation after both velocity and temperature fields are fully developed. The effects of stable stratification on the scalar transfer process in a region very close to the free surface are also discussed.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 2424-2431 
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    Notes: A laser Doppler anemometer was used to measure velocity components for the flow of a Newtonian fluid in a reversing section of a pilot-scale corotating twin-screw extruder. Measurements were made at a fixed axial position in the intermeshing (nip) region and the translational region (áway from the nip). Tangential and axial velocity profiles reached a maximum in the middle of the screw channel, indicating pressure flow. Leakage flow through the gaps between screw flights and backflow toward the hopper were observed only in the nip region. No reversal of flow was detected in the translational region. Measured velocity profiles showed substantially higher shear rates in the reversing section of the screw as compared to those in the forward-conveying section.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 2415-2423 
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    Notes: The miscible displacement of aqueous lignin solutions (model black liquor) by water from beds formed from glass beads was studied as a function of the presence of cationic polymer in the wash water, bed structure, lignin concentration, and superficial flow rate. The displacement behaviors in homogeneous beds formed from fine beads (121 μm) were compared with results of experiments using a channel bed consisting of a bed formed from fine beads surrounding a channel of coarse beads (638 μm) running the length of the bed in the flow direction. Washing efficiencies, defined as the fraction of lignin removed when one pore volume of eluate was collected, were 84-93% for homogeneous beds washed with water compared with 31-33% for the channel bed; the range in efficiencies reflects the influence of other variables. The presence of cationic polymer in the wash water enhanced the washing efficiency by 1.7 to 2 times with a corresponding 20 to 35% decrease in the permeability of the central channel in the channel bed. The improved washing with polymer was due to selective plugging of the central channel with precipitate formed from complex formation between anionic lignin in the black liquor and the cationic polymer. Breakthrough curves obtained from 12 microconductivity probes located throughout the bed showed that mixing of lignin in the black liquor and the cationic polymer. Breakthrough curves obtained from 12 microconductivity probes located throughout the bed showed that mixing of lignin solution (high conductivity) with wash water (low conductivity) in the displacement front, as expressed by a mixing length, was a maximum in the coarse bead channel and was decreased when the wash water contained cationic polymer.
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    AIChE Journal 43 (1997), S. 2471-2478 
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    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: The adsorption selectivity, Si, j = (Xi/yi)/(xj/yj), is examined in a 1-D model of a mixture of hard rods adsorbing on a linear substrate. The adsorbed components are characterized by their length, li, and equilibrium constant, ki. We derive an expression for the bulk-phase pressure Po, for which there is no separation of components i and j, S,i, j = 1, in terms of these parameters. The selectivity of the smaller component always increases with the bulk pressure, which results in a selectivity reversal if, as is usually the case, the larger component is more strongly adsorbed at low surface coverages. In a binary mixture, when P 〈 Po, the selectivity of the smaller component decreases with increasing bulk-phase mole fraction, y1, while for P 〉 Po, the reverse is true. The effect of varying the molecular parameters on the selectivity is also studied.
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