Sweetness or sugar content, represented by soluble solids contents (SSC), is a vital quality trait in watermelon breeding which can be assessed the refractive index method. However, sampling juice out of pulp process that both labor-intensive and error-prone. In this study, we developed an automatic SSC measurement system for to improve efficiency decrease costs. First, built cutting cut waterm...

This study was aimed at determining and comparing the diagnostic accuracy of digital optical Brix refractometers (D-Brix O-Brix, respectively) for estimation passive immunity status (

BACKGROUND Heat-treatment of colostrum is a method developed to reduce calf exposure to pathogens. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy and Brix refractometers can be used for measuring colostral IgG concentration and assessing colostrum quality. OBJECTIVES To determine the impact of heat-treatment on accuracy of IR spectroscopy and Brix refractometers for measuring colostral IgG concentration and asse...

Some physical properties and chemical compositions of two cultivars (Semsouri and Shahabadi) of cantaloupe studied during four different stages of maturity from fruit set to completely ripe. The physical properties investigated were the geometric mean diameter (GMD), specific gravity (SG), mean firmness (MF), rind, seed (%) and flesh (%). The chemical compositions were Brix, Titrable Acidity (T...

AIMS To determine acetic acid, acetaldehyde and glycerol production by wine yeast throughout Icewine fermentation. The expression of yeast cytosolic aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALD3 and ALD6) and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPD1) were followed to relate metabolites in the wines to expression patterns of these genes. METHODS AND RESULTS Icewine juice (38.8 degrees Brix, 401 +/- 7 g l(-1) ...

A FOSS InfraCana Near Infrared (NIR) spectrometer was installed at a Louisiana mill for the 2001/02 crushing season to assess its suitability for direct analysis of cane delivered to the mill. Analysis of cane by both wet disintegration and core press methods were used as the primary measurements. Calibration equations for pol, brix, fiber, moisture and ash in cane were produced. Values of stan...

BACKGROUND Job burnout has become a rampant epidemic in working societies, causing high productivity loss and healthcare costs. An easy accessible tool to detect clinically relevant risk may bear the potential to timely avert the dire sequelae of burnout. As a start, we performed a proof of concept study to test the utilization of a mobile health web application for a free and anonymous burnout...

Apple juice prepared from 'Annurca' apple puree was treated with a HPCD batch system. The pH, degrees Brix, color parameters and microbial load of the treated apple juice were compared with those of thermally processed juice. Thermal processes were carried out at 35, 50, 65, 85 degrees C and treatment times ranging between 10 and 140 minutes. Microbial inactivation kinetics indicated that 5-log...