BACKGROUND The perishability of Brassica chinensis poses a major challenge to distribution and marketing. The aim of this work was to select a suitable modified atmosphere packaging to retain the overall quality and bioactive compounds during storage. RESULTS Four types of biorientated polypropylene packaging (BOPP)--BOPP03, BOPP04, BOPP05 and BOPP06--with different perforations were evaluate...

Possible mechanisms that lead to inactivation of feline calicivirus (FCV) by cold atmospheric-pressure plasma (CAP) generated in 99% argon-1% O2 admixture were studied. We evaluated the impact of CAP exposure on the FCV viral capsid protein and RNA employing several cultural, molecular, proteomic and morphologic characteristics techniques. In the case of long exposure (2 min) to CAP, the reacti...

There is an interest in the development of an antioxidant packaging fully biodegradable to increase the shelf life of food products. An active film from cassava starch bio-based, incorporated with aqueous green tea extract and oil palm colorant was developed packaging. The effects of additives on the film properties were determined by measuring mechanical, barrier and thermal properties using a...

Michael J, Modell H, McFarland J, Cliff W. The “core principles” of physiology: what should students understand? Adv Physiol Educ 33: 10–16, 2009; doi:10.1152/advan.90139.2008.—The explosion of knowledge in all of the biological sciences, and specifically in physiology, has created a growing problem for educators. There is more to know than students can possibly learn. Thus, difficult choices h...

Object packing by autonomous robots is an important challenge in warehouses and logistics industry. Most conventional data-driven planning approaches focus on regular cuboid packing, which are usually heuristic limit the practical use realistic applications with everyday objects. In this paper, we propose a deep hierarchical reinforcement learning approach to simultaneously plan sequence placem...

Abstract The focus on inclusive development within the 2030 Agenda highlights contradiction between an inherent ‘business-as-usual’ approach subject to a few restrictions and radical reformation of global system. Inclusive is elaborated through idea leaving no one behind, human rights justice approach. Against this background, perspective argues that there need for clarity about words used impl...

Combining different product types into standard discount bundles is a common strategy used by producers and wholesalers to increase overall sales profitability. While markets consist of many producers and retailers, a deal is typically made between a single producer and a single retailer. This paper deals with a producer who sells items separately, and considers setting and selling standard dis...

Mislabelling and species substitution are major concerns for fishery products marketed in the EU. The present survey aimed to investigate the correct enforcement of the Community and National rules on the labelling and marketing of fishery products retailed in Sardinia (Italy) between 2009 and 2014. A total of 3000 labels for fresh unpacked fishery products have been considered. A total of 900 ...

Heuristics are simple, yet effective, strategies that people use to make decisions. Because heuristics do not require all available information, they are thought to be easy to implement and to not tax limited cognitive resources, which has led heuristics to be characterized as fast-and-frugal. We question this monolithic conception of heuristics by contrasting the cognitive demands of two popul...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is unusual in that its surface proteins (S, M and L for small, medium and large) are not only incorporated into the virion envelope, but they also bud into empty subviral particles, in great excess over virions. The morphogenesis of these subviral envelope particles remains unclear, but the S protein is essential and sufficient for budding. We show here that in contrast ...