One of the undesirable features in pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera L.) is the incidence of non-split nuts, which affects the price of the final product. In order to attain the kernel inside, the non-split nuts are mostly cracked mechanically. However, this practice may damage the kernel. Akbari variety of pistachio nut was selected to evaluate the influence of different non-mechanical treatments ...

A field experiment was conducted on almond (Prunus dulcis) to study the effect of N&K fertigation on growth, yields and leaf nutrient status over two seasons (2011 and 2012) in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were six treatments, namely, T1--100% recommended dose of fertilizers as soil application, T2--100% RDF through fertigations, T3--75% RDF through fertigation, T4--75% RDF through...

Modify the palm fruit thresher machine into a model dry split betel nut peeler by testing tool so that it can find out constraints of machine, and disassembling components or parts to be modified, namely; cover, collection channel, blade drive clutch. The cover is designed function sturdy from impact areca nuts cylindrical. reservoir channel allow peeled enter drain pipe blower in charge blowin...

This study was conducted to identify Mincane cv clones with superior physical traits in the Trabzon province, Maçka district, Esiro?lu region between 2014 and 2019. Selection research area based on objective revealed 14 traits. In these selected clones, yield, number of nuts per cluster, nut characteristics, kernel weight, shell thickness, percentage, shriveled kernel, cavity, blank split sutur...

We report a case of a 37-year-old male who presented with a 12-hour history of a strangulating 2cm wide by 0.8 cm thick metallic nut on the penile shaft at the peno-scrotal junction. Unlike instances where these metallic objects are placed to enhance sexual stimulation this nut was rather placed to prevent intercourse. A Bosch electric circular grinder was successfully used for removal but a th...

in this study, an intelligent system for sorting closed shell and open shell pistachio nuts, was designed and developed based on combined acoustic and artificial neural network (ann) techniques. the system included a microphone, pc, material handling equipment and an air reject pneumatic mechanism. the microphone, placed under the steel plate, received sound signals generated by the pistachio n...

My G4G8 exchange item is a screw-together cube made of two identically shaped nylon parts, one dyed red and one dyed yellow. It can be seen as a cube sliced by the propeller of an airplane flying through it. Formally, it is cube which has been split along a helicoid surface whose axis is aligned with a two-fold axis of the cube, i.e. passing from one edge midpoint to the opposite edge midpoint....

BACKGROUND Cashew nut, pistachio nut and mango belong to the Anacardiaceae family and are botanically related. Therefore, cashew nut sensitised children are frequently advised to eliminate cashew nuts and pistachio nuts from their diet. The 'Improvement of Diagnostic mEthods for ALlergy assessment (IDEAL trial number NTR3572) study showed that cashew nut sensitised children were co-sensitised t...

INTRODUCTION Nuts, when eaten alongside other nutritionally rich foods, may decrease obesity and related chronic disease risks, which are high among African American women in the rural South. We monitored changes in nut intake, other obesity-related foods (fruits, vegetables, red or processed meats, added sugars), and body mass index (BMI) over a 2-year weight loss intervention among 383 overwe...