In the dead of winter, when the sky is slate and the moorings are empty, he is joined by a dozen Larchmont die-hards each cold Sunday morning for a vigorous session of boat racing with three-foot-long CR-914 models, which weigh in at just over six pounds and enjoy the sweet sailing characteristics of the full-scale America's Cup yachts from which they are patterned.
On the one hand, Galton published papers on the uniqueness of fingerprints or the inheritability of sweet-pea characteristics that would stand up to scrutiny in modern journals.
In another comprehensive study of 350 volatiles of Cabernet Sauvignon wines from all over Australia, the factors influencing sensory attributes were found to be complex [ 78]; in part, norisoprenoids and δ − and γ-lactones were associated with sweet and fruity characteristics and red berry and dried fruit aromas were correlated with ethyl and acetate esters.
In wines stored in bottles, the levels of IBMP (which produces a characteristic "sweet pepper" taste) did not fall as much: by 37% for synthetic cork, 36% for screw cap and 31% for natural cork.
When fats are hydrogenated for manufacture of margarine and shortening, they develop a characteristic sweet, but rather unpleasant, "hydrogenation odour" that must be removed from edible fats by deodorization.
Ethylene, a gas with a characteristic sweet smell that may have once given insights to the Oracle of Delphi, is widely used in the manufacturing of plastics, solvents and fibers, and is essential for an array of consumer and industrial products.
Fruits which are readily consumed because of their characteristic sweet taste and potential health benefits stand a major risk of heavy metal intoxication.
Elimination of ester was confirmed from the sharp and intense peak at 1738 cm−1 on the FT-IR spectrum and the characteristic sweet smell obtained from the volatile by-product.
The species is also similar in appearance to Inocybe lanatodisca, but can be readily distinguished by odour (I. lanatodisca has a characteristic sweet, green-corn smell) and the colour of the cap (I. lanatodisca has a fulvous cap).
Similarly, Streptococcus anginosus which is distinguished by its pinpoint colonies and characteristic sweet smell on standard blood agar could also be accurately identified by these features on hair sheep blood agar.
