Efforts to transform corner stores to better meet community dietary needs have mostly occurred in urban areas but are also needed in rural areas. Given important contextual differences between urban and rural areas, it is important to increase our understanding of the elements that might translate successfully to similar interventions involving stores in more rural areas. Thus, an in-depth exam...

background because of varying reports, there is still need to investigate the impact of wrestling on hematological indices. objectives we investigated differences in the basic hematological indices in wrestlers compared to sedentary controls. patients and methods the blood samples containing anticoagulant were collected from 12 male elite wrestlers (age = 24 ± 1.2 years, weight = 76 ± 5 kg) wit...

Background: The energy crisis and climate change necessitate studying and discovering of new processes involved in the production of alternative and renewable energy sources. Very high gravity (VHG) fermentation is one such process improvement aimed at increasing both the rate of fermentation and ethanol concentration. The technology involves preparation and fermentation of media containing 300...

• A weakly-supervised regression-based deep learning algorithm. Simplified approach for apple flowers and fruits counting without precise detection segmentation. Implementation of visualization techniques to investigate activated regions features contributing the count. Evaluation on datasets acquired from unstructured commercial orchard environment. Flower fruit count is a critical metric in d...

Methods for the detection of low numbers of heat-resistant molds on fruits were studied by using cultures of Byssochlamys and a number of unidentified mold isolates. Ascospore dormancy had a marked effect on viable recoveries, and the medium in which ascospores were heated influenced activation rates. Best results were obtained when fruit homogenates were heated for 60 min at 70 C in Concord gr...

Animal aggregation is a general phenomenon in ecological systems. Aggregations are generally considered as an evolutionary advantageous state in which members derive the benefits of protection and mate choice, balanced by the costs of limiting resources and competition. In insects, chemical information conveyance plays an important role in finding conspecifics and forming aggregations. In this ...

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is one of the most important tropical fruits with inimitable taste, unique flavor, fragrance, and therapeutic traits. It national fruit Pakistan commonly called king fruits, however, it very challenging to protect keeping quality fruit. To enhance shelf life overcome microbial count, edible biodegradable (aloe-pectin) coatings were applied on minimally processed (osm...

To identify the fruits on crowns of trees and count their number, a software hardware complex (PAC) based technical vision system recurrent neural network deep learning has been developed. The created class allocation algorithms allow to function stably in conditions industrial horticultural plantings, regardless size interference foliage, determine color fruit surface, presence diseases defect...

Paraoxonase 1 gene (PON1) polymorphisms and dietary vegetable and fruit intake are both established determinants of ischemic stroke (IS). However, little is known about whether these factors jointly influence the risk of IS. We analyzed the main effects of PON1, as well as the interactions between PON1 and dietary vegetable or fruit intake with the risk of total IS and its subtypes in a family-...

Yield mapping by machine aided harvesting requires automatic detection and counting of fruit in a tree canopy. However, occlusion, varying illumination, and similarity with the background make fruit identification a very challenging task. Moreover, green citrus detection within green canopy is a very difficult problem due to the issues previously mentioned. In this study, a novel and simple tec...