Early apple bruises, especially those occurring within half an hour, usually have no external symptoms and are difficult to recognize. This study developed a fast nondestructive detection method for early bruises based on near-infrared camera imaging image recognition. A total of 31 samples were photographed both sides each apple. Grayscale images the sound apples captured using with wavelength...

Recently, in many parts of the world, greater importance has been given to lamb meat as well intensive production and sheep, due demand for this type at affordable prices. In Serbia, similar most European countries, structure total sheep comprises about 70% 30% meat. This study assessed resource-based measures on 11 dairy farms investigated, a 30 lambs, effects sex, presence bruises pneumonia c...

OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics of bruising and mode of presentation of children referred to the paediatric child protection team with suspected physical abuse (PA), and the extent to which these differ between the children where abuse was confirmed and those where it was excluded. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING AND PATIENTS 519 children, <6 years, referred to two paediatri...

AIMS To investigate whether it is possible to determine the age of a bruise in a child in clinical practice by means of a systematic review. METHODS An all language literature search up to 2004. Included studies assessed the age of bruises in live children less than 18 years old. Excluded: review articles, expert opinion, and single case reports. Standardised data extraction and critical appr...