In a letter to the Editor of Science (176, 966, 1972), Professor Szent-Gyorgyi described his approach to science as Dionysian. This little book provides some further insight into the meaning of this statement. In 114 pp. he writes about some of his research interests over the past half century. This account does not describe the work in much experimental detail, but rather tries to give the mot...

Capsaicin, the pungent extract of red peppers, has been used in clinical research for almost three decades. Capsaicin has gained favor as the provocative agent of choice to measure cough reflex sensitivity, as it induces cough in a safe, reproducible, and dose-dependent manner. One of the major uses of capsaicin cough challenge testing has been to evaluate the effect of a pharmacological interv...

In a letter to the Editor of Science (176, 966, 1972), Professor Szent-Gyorgyi described his approach to science as Dionysian. This little book provides some further insight into the meaning of this statement. In 114 pp. he writes about some of his research interests over the past half century. This account does not describe the work in much experimental detail, but rather tries to give the mot...

Immature, vegetable-like fruits are produced by crops of great economic importance, including cucumbers, zucchini, eggplants and bell peppers, among others. Because of their high respiration rates, associated with high rates of dehydration and metabolism, and their susceptibility to chilling injury (CI), vegetable fruits are highly perishable commodities, requiring particular storage conditions...

The aim of this paper is to present multiobjective evolutionary optimizer (MEO) based highly secured and strongly robust image watermarking technique using discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and singular value decomposition (SVD). Many researchers have failed to achieve optimization of perceptual quality and robustness with high capacity watermark embedding. Here, we achieved optimized peak signa...

Abstract. This paper describes recognition and cutting system of sweet peppers for picking robots in greenhouse horticulture. This picking robot has an image processing system with a positioning system for two cameras and cutting a device to follow the sweet pepper by visual feedback control. A prototype robot system is introduced. Experiments of the prototype robot prove the performance of the...

OBJECTIVES Sweet peppers Capsicum annuum L. (C. annuum) are an excellent source of vitamins A and C as well as phenolic compounds, which are important antioxidant components that may reduce the risk of diseases. The objective of this study was to evaluate their antioxidant activity under various temperatures. MATERIALS AND METHODS To compare the antioxidant activity in various temperatures (2...

Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is one of the major vegetable species in world. In Balkan cuisines, as well Serbia, pepper has a very diverse use. Knowledge about consumer preferences great importance for breeding process market-orientated production. Because lack information towards types, Serbian market, present research was conducted. Four hundred and two participants, classified into groups, ac...