‘Golden Delicious’ apples (Malus domestica Borkh) were pressure-infiltrated at harvest with a 4% CaCl2 solution either without prior heat treatment or following 4 days at 38C. Examination of the apple surfaces from both treatments by low-temperature scanning electron microscopy revealed that heat treatment changed the pattern of epicuticular wax. The epicuticular wax of nonheated fruit exhibite...

To assess the risk posed by vertical transmission of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus, VHSV, in rainbow trout ova, an experimental challenge study was conducted. Prior to the fertilisation process samples of milt and/or ova were infected with VHSV. Virus was not detected from either the fertilised ova or hatched fry. These results indicate that the risk associated with VHSV vertical transmi...

Substantial differences exist in muskmelons regarding flavor and fresh-cut processing quality. We are attempting to discriminate volatile compounds that can be used as reliable breeding indicators for melon quality. Analysis of commercially available cultivars and their male and female inbred breeding lines may indicate hereditary linkages and help pinpoint desirable flavor attributes. Cantalou...

will be easier to identify fiber quality research gaps and their linkage to the issue of enhancing forest productivity. Defining Fiber Quality Quality is generally defined as “suitability for a use” (Briggs and Smith 1986). Further precision requires statement of a specific product and the key performance requirements of that product in service. Given these product performance requirements, the...

When children only see their friends in little squares via Google Meet or Zoom, can teachers really address concepts like the importance of teamwork how to manage conflict? This is a learning phenomenon during COVID-19 pandemic and era after it. study aims role parents as children's companions terms mentors motivators when online education takes place. research using photovoice within phenomeno...

Despite a long tradition of effectiveness in laboratory tests, normative messages have had mixed success in changing behavior in field contexts, with some studies showing boomerang effects. To test a theoretical account of this inconsistency, we conducted a field experiment in which normative messages were used to promote household energy conservation. As predicted, a descriptive normative mess...

The paper aims to illustrate the relevant use of infrared thermography as a nondestructive, non-contact and real time technique (a) to observe the progressive damage process and failure mechanism of wood, and (b) to detect the occurrence of intrinsic dissipation localization. The investigated parameter is the heat generation due to intrinsic dissipation caused by inelasticity. Thanks to the the...

Goldfish, Carassius auratus, and common carp, Cyprinus carpio, were challenged with a panel of 8 different piscine and amphibian ranavirus isolates. Goldfish were exposed at a water temperature of 16°C and 23°C, and carp at 15°C and 25°C. No significant mortality was registered, and virus could not be re-isolated from goldfish or carp bath-challenged with any of the isolates in the panel. * Cor...

In this Emerging Technology Review, a novel, wireless, wearable Doppler ultrasound patch is described as tool for resuscitation. The device designed, foremost, functional hemodynamic monitor—a simple, fast, and consistent method measuring change with preload variation. More generally, monitoring paradigm that helps predict stroke volume response to additional intravenous volume. Because of the ...

The consumption of netted muskmelons (Cucunt.is izzelo L. Reticulatus group) has raised health concerns due to pathogenic bacteria attaching to sites on the netted rind inaccessible to sanitation. The purpose of this study was to compare I) the enzymic and nonenzymic antioxidant capacity between representative cultivars of netted muskmelon and both greenand orange-fleshed honey dew muskmelons d...