large sums of fruits are annually wasted due to mechanical damage and bruise inflicted upon them during harvesting, handling, storage and packaging. the research which has been done to analyze the mentioned processes mostly used practical operational techniques with the results being applicable in certain defined conditions. the aim of this research was to develop computer models for an optimiz...

abstract- mechanical damage degrades fruit quality in the chain from production to the consumption. damage is due to static, impact and vibration loads during processes such as harvesting, transportation, sorting and bulk storage. in the present study finite element (fe) models were used to simulate the process of static bruising for apple fruits by contact of the fruit with a hard surface. thr...

abstract- the purpose of this study was to elucidate the effects of chemical thinning on seasonal variations of leaf and fruit mineral compositions of ‘soltani’ apple trees. treatments, including unthinned control, naphthalene acetic acid (naa) at 5 and 10 mg l-1, naphthaeneacetamide (nad) at 25 and 50 mg l-1, benzyladenine (ba) at 50 and 100 mg l-1 and carbaryl at 500 and 1000 mg l-1 were appl...

BACKGROUND Bone bruises are frequently associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears as a result of trauma or direct shear stress of the bone. PURPOSE To review the evidence regarding the characteristics of the bone bruise associated with ACL tears, its relevance on clinical outcomes, and its progression over time. In particular, the long-term effects of the bone bruise on the knee o...

Abstract India is the fifth-largest apple producer in world with more than 2 MT per year. Mechanical damage such as bruises of apples ( Malus domestica Borkh.), which can result considerable wastage and decline quality, a major problem industry. On-site investigations orchard management strategies to reduce Northern were conducted by first author collaboration University Bonn. The industry incl...

As part of an effort to assess the influence of cultural practices on bruising in potato tubers, this work was a preliminary study to determine whether the pattern of early-season nitrogen fertilizer application influences impact sensitivity (bruise threshold and bruise resistance) in Russet Burbank tubers. Tissue sample impact failure stress, strain, and shock wave speed, and whole-tuber bruis...

Achieving fast and accurate prediction of the fruit mechanical damage area is important to improve accuracy efficiency apple quality grading. In this paper, spectral data all samples in wavelength range from 376 1011 nm were collected, sample set was divided by physicochemical coeval distance method, preprocessing methods evaluated establishing a full-wavelength artificial neural network model....

BACKGROUND This study characterized a novel rabbit model of subchondral bone bruise and investigated the intervening effect of calcitonin. METHODS Bone bruise was implemented via controlled free-fall counterpoise on the medial tibial subchondral bone of 5-month-old New Zealand rabbits, with 3, 2.5, or 2 Joules of energy. Subsequent subchondral bone bruise was characterized via magnetic resona...