Water has the Capability of Reducing the Alcohol-Stimulative Taste of Spirits | Chapter 05 | Challenges and Advances in Chemical Science Vol. 6

 The effects of solutes on the stimulative taste of ethanol in transparent spirits like vodkas were studied to see which components could change the alcohol-stimulative flavour and so improve the spirits' quality. MgCl2, MgSO4, and NaHCO3 have been shown to lower the alcohol-stimulative taste of spirits while also strengthening the hydrogen-bonding structure of water-ethanol in spirits. The proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy revealed that the lowering of the alcohol-stimulative taste is linked to a change in the hydrogen-bonding structure in spirits. These salts in spirits appear to have come from water added to spirits prior to bottling. The stimulative taste of ethanol in spirits may be affected by several salts in water. Water has been proven to be a crucial element that has a significant impact on the quality of spirits.

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Akira Nose
Department of Nutritional Science, Faculty of Human Ecology, Yasuda Women's University, 6-13-1, Yasuhigashi, Hiroshima Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima 731-0153, Japan.

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Critical Review on Prophetism, Charism and Agwu: Striking a Balance between Discriminatory Belief and Reality | Chapter 9 | Recent Advances in Science and Technology Research Vol.5

 

Charismatic gifts, though tautological, is a catch word amongst Christian denominations, Catholics
and non-Catholics alike. Claim of charisms is an assurance of a team of followers and adherents. The
more one is able to hypnotize the people into believing that he has charisms, the more famous he
becomes and the greater respect he commands. He immediately begins to answer “Man of God”.
Fortune telling confused as prophesying is the most popular amongst these uninformed. Uttering of
unintelligible sounds, frenzy shaking and rolling or dancing in spirit are common signs that one is
possessed by the spirit of prophecy amongst Christians of today. This paper questions the
authenticity of the Christian prophetic gift claims against the backdrop of African (Igbo of Nigerian)
traditional possession by the Agwu spirit. One gets increasingly concerned with the truth value of the
claims that Christian prophetic spirit is good while African Agwu spirit is evil since most signs seen
amongst Christian prophets and prophetesses are not really different from the ones seen in the life of
those possessed by Agwu in African Traditional Religion understanding. Further, people possessed
by Agwu are known for possessing supernatural powers like healings, visions, auditions and even
more. If this is the case, why must the later be repudiated by the former and why must Christians
regard them as unbelievers and in need of conversion? Could it not be that the native Africans are
coerced into accepting the belief of the Westerner as authentic to the unfortunate neglect of the even
superior African belief and experience? This and other similar issues form the status quaestionis of
this paper

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Dominic Obielosi
Department of Religion and Human Relations, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.

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