[HTML][HTML] Dust evolution and the formation of planetesimals

T Birnstiel, M Fang, A Johansen�- Space Science Reviews, 2016 - Springer
The solid content of circumstellar disks is inherited from the interstellar medium: dust
particles of at most a micrometer in size. Protoplanetary disks are the environment where
these dust grains need to grow at least 13 orders of magnitude in size. Our understanding of
this growth process is far from complete, with different physics seemingly posing obstacles to
this growth at various stages. Yet, the ubiquity of planets in our galaxy suggests that planet
formation is a robust mechanism. This chapter focuses on the earliest stages of planet�…

[HTML][HTML] Detection and characterisation of frauds in bovine meat in natura by non-meat ingredient additions using data fusion of chemical parameters and ATR-FTIR�…

KM Nunes, MVO Andrade, AMP Santos Filho…�- Food chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Concerns about meat authenticity are increasing recently, due to great fraud scandals. This
paper analysed real samples (43 adulterated and 12 controls) originated from criminal
networks dismantled by the Brazilian Police. This fraud consisted of injecting solutions of
non-meat ingredients (NaCl, phosphates, carrageenan, maltodextrin) in bovine meat, aiming
to increase its water holding capacity. Five physico-chemical variables were determined,
protein, ash, chloride, sodium, phosphate. Additionally, infrared spectra were recorded�…