Effects of irradiation in relation to terms of application and storage conditions on marketability of onions after long term storage

Abstract Although longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) seeds are considered the most susceptible of the southern pines to damage during collection, processing, and storage, results of these studies show that high seed quality can be assured for periods up to 20 yr through proper handling and storing techniques. Recommendations for long-term storage include drying seeds to moisture contents of 10% or less and storing at subfreezing temperatures, preferably near 0°F. Reevaluation of stratification treatments applied under operational conditions indicates that the soaking in water that is necessary for seed imbibition reduces total germination in an amount proportional to the length of the soak. Stratification is not recommended except under very controlled conditions. South. J. Appl. For. 17(4):174-179.

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Environment is crucial to the cooking time of beans

Food Science and Technology ◽

10.1590/s0101-20612012005000078 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 573-578 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Bruna Arruda ◽

Altamir Frederico Guidolin ◽

Jefferson Luís Meirelles Coimbra ◽

Jaqueline Battilana

Keyword(s):

Storage Time ◽

Storage Condition ◽

Storage Conditions ◽

Cooking Time ◽

Dependent Manner ◽

Simple Linear Regression ◽

Long Term Storage ◽

And Storage ◽

Term Storage

The objectives of this study were to understand how genotype, storage time, and storage conditions affect cooking time of beans and to indicate storage techniques that do not affect the cooking time. The grains were subjected to five different storage periods and six different storage conditions. The cooking time was estimated using the Mattson Cooker. The data were subjected to analysis of variance and a subsequent adjustment of simple linear regression for deployment of the interactions between the factors. Contrasts were used to determine the best levels of the factor storage condition. Genotype did not impact cooking time when the storage time and storage conditions were considered. Time and storage conditions affect the cooking time of beans in a dependent manner, but time of storage had the biggest influence. The best conditions for long-term storage of beans ensuring a smaller increase in cooking time is plastic storage at low temperatures. Thus, plastic freezer storage is a practical alternative for consumers.

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Measurable Cytokine Concentrations in Pig Seminal Plasma Are Modified by Semen Handling and Storage

Biology ◽

10.3390/biology9090276 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 276

Author(s):

Lorena Padilla ◽

Isabel Barranco ◽

Inmaculada Parrilla ◽

Xiomara Lucas ◽

Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Seminal Plasma ◽

Biological Fluids ◽

Storage Conditions ◽

Reliable Measurement ◽

Short Term ◽

Gm Csf ◽

Long Term Storage ◽

And Storage ◽

Term Storage

Sample handling and storing are critical steps for the reliable measurement of circulating biomolecules in biological fluids. This study evaluates how cytokine measurements in pig seminal plasma (SP) vary depending on semen handling and SP storage. Thirteen cytokines (GM-CSF, IFNγ, IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-1ra, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, IL-18 and TNFα) were measured using Luminex xMAP® technology in individual seminal plasma (SP) samples (n = 62) from healthy breeding boars. Three separate experiments explored the delay (2 h and 24 h) in SP collection after ejaculation (Experiment 1) and SP storage, either short-term (5 °C, −20 °C and −80 °C for 72 h, Experiment 2) or long-term (at −20 °C and −80 °C for two months, Experiment 3), before analysis. Levels in fresh SP-samples were used as baseline control values. Delays in SP harvesting of up to 24 h did not substantially impact SP cytokine measurements. Some cytokines showed instability in stored SP samples, mainly in long-term storage. Ideally, cytokines in pig SP should be measured in fresh samples harvested within 24 h after ejaculation. If storage of SP is imperative, storage conditions should be adjusted for each cytokine.

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Human plasma stability during handling and storage: impact on NMR metabolomics

The Analyst ◽

10.1039/c3an02188b ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 139 (5) ◽

pp. 1168-1177 ◽

Cited By ~ 86

Author(s):

Joana Pinto ◽

M. Rosário M. Domingues ◽

Eulália Galhano ◽

Cristina Pita ◽

Maria do Céu Almeida ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Human Plasma ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Storage Conditions ◽

Plasma Composition ◽

Long Term Storage ◽

Short And Long Term ◽

The Stability ◽

And Storage ◽

Term Storage

The stability of human plasma composition was investigated by NMR, considering different collection tubes, time at room temperature (RT), short- and long-term storage conditions and up to 5 consecutive freeze–thaw cycles.

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MODERN PROBLEMATICS AND ANALYSIS OF EFFICIENCY OF APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO DESTRUCTION OF INFORMATION ON MAGNETIC MEDIA

Collection of scientific works of Odesa Military Academy ◽

10.37129/2313-7509.2019.12.2.154-164 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (12) ◽

pp. 154-164

Author(s):

O. Semenenko ◽

O. Vodchyts ◽

V. Koverga ◽

R. Lukash ◽

O. Lutsenko

Keyword(s):

Armed Forces ◽

Information Storage ◽

Storage Device ◽

Magnetic Media ◽

Long Term Storage ◽

Physical Impact ◽

And Storage ◽

Term Storage

The introduction and active use of information transmission and storage systems in the Ministry of Defense (MoD) of Ukraine form the need to develop ways of guaranteed removal of data from media after their use or long-term storage. Such a task is an essential component of the functioning of any information security system. The article analyzes the problems of guaranteed destruction of information on magnetic media. An overview of approaches to the guaranteed destruction of information on magnetic media of different types is presented, and partial estimates of the effectiveness of their application are given by some generally accepted indicators of performance evaluation. The article also describes the classification of methods of destruction of information depending on the influence on its medium. The results of the analysis revealed the main problems of application of software methods and methods of demagnetization of the information carrier. The issue of guaranteed destruction of information from modern SSD devices, which are actively used in the formation of new systems of information accumulation and processing, became particularly relevant in the article. In today's conditions of development of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, methods of mechanical and thermal destruction are more commonly used today. In the medium term, the vector of the use of information elimination methods will change towards the methods of physical impact by the pulsed magnetic field and the software methods that allow to store the information storage device, but this today requires specialists to develop new ways of protecting information in order to avoid its leakage.

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Co-encapsulation of vegetable oils with phenolic antioxidants and evaluation of their oxidative stability under long-term storage conditions

LWT ◽

10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111033 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 142 ◽

pp. 111033

Author(s):

Lorine Le Priol ◽

Justine Gmur ◽

Aurélien Dagmey ◽

Sandrine Morandat ◽

Karim El Kirat ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Oxidative Stability ◽

Vegetable Oils ◽

Storage Conditions ◽

Phenolic Antioxidants ◽

Long Term Storage ◽

Term Storage

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Effects of Long-Term Storage on the Detection of Proteins, DNA, and mRNA in Tissue Microarray Slides

Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry ◽

10.1369/0022155411423779 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 59 (12) ◽

pp. 1113-1121 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Christina Karlsson ◽

Mats G. Karlsson

Keyword(s):

Gene Copy Number ◽

Tissue Microarrays ◽

Storage Conditions ◽

Gene Copy ◽

Histological Techniques ◽

Long Term Storage ◽

Term Storage ◽

Formalin Fixed

Storage of tissue slides has been claimed to induce dramatically reduced antigen detection particularly for immunohistochemistry (IHC). With tissue microarrays, the necessity to serially cut blocks in order to obtain as much material as possible is obvious. The presumed adverse effect of storage might hamper such an approach. The authors designed an experimental setting consisting of four different storage conditions with storage time of tissue slides of up to 1 year. Detection of proteins, DNA, and mRNA was performed using IHC and in situ hybridization techniques. Slight but significant changes in IHC occurred over time. The most important factor is the primary antibody used: four showed no significant changes, whereas limited decreases in 8 antibodies could be detected by image analysis. Whether the antigen was nuclear or cytoplasmic/membranous did not matter. No major differences between different storage conditions could be shown, but storage at 4C was overall the best procedure. Furthermore, gene copy number aberrations, chromosomal translocations, and the presence of mRNA could be detected on slides stored up to 1 year. In conclusion, in tissues optimally formalin fixed and using modern histological techniques, only minute changes in tissue antigenicity are induced by long-term storage.

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Chlorogenic acid content in potato tubers with colored flesh as affected by a genotype, location and long-term storage

Plant Soil and Environment ◽

10.17221/195/2019-pse ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 65 (No. 7) ◽

pp. 355-360

Author(s):

Matyáš Orsák ◽

Karel Hamouz ◽

Jaromír Lachman ◽

Pavel Kasal

Keyword(s):

Chlorogenic Acid ◽

Acid Content ◽

Field Experiments ◽

The Other ◽

Potato Tubers ◽

Flesh Color ◽

Long Term Storage ◽

And Storage ◽

Term Storage

In three-year field experiments, the effect of genotype, flesh color, site conditions and storage on chlorogenic acid content (CAC) in tubers of potato cultivars with purple or red flesh was compared to yellow-fleshed cv. Agria. The results confirmed the significant effect of genotype on CAC. The highest CAC was characteristic on a three-year mean for the purple-fleshed cv. Vitelotte (769.5 mg/kg fresh weight (FW)), i.e. 1.19−2.6 times higher than in the other cultivars. In regard to the effect of flesh color, significantly higher mean CAC levels have been shown for the red-fleshed (2.8 times) and purple-fleshed (3.16 times) cultivars in comparison with cv. Agria (148 mg/kg FW). At the Uhříněves location with a warmer climate and frequent dry periods as compared to the second Valečov location, a higher CAC (1.18 times) was found. Cold storage (4°C, 6 months) resulted in a significant CAC increase varying from 33.2% in the Blaue St. Galler cultivar to 210.6% in the Vitelotte cultivar among all eight evaluated color-fleshed cultivars. On the other hand, the effect of storage on CAC was not evident in the yellow-fleshed Agria cultivar (inconclusive difference against CAC after harvest).

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Is adipose tissue suitable for detection of (synthetic) cannabinoids? A comparative study analyzing antemortem and postmortem specimens following pulmonary administration of JWH-210, RCS-4, as well as ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol to pigs

Archives of Toxicology ◽

10.1007/s00204-020-02843-x ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 94 (10) ◽

pp. 3421-3431

Author(s):

Nadine Schaefer ◽

Frederike Nordmeier ◽

Ann-Katrin Kröll ◽

Christina Körbel ◽

Matthias W. Laschke ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Adipose Tissue ◽

Synthetic Cannabinoids ◽

Standard Addition ◽

Storage Conditions ◽

Long Term Storage ◽

Low Concentrations ◽

Concentration Changes ◽

Term Storage ◽

Plateau Level

Abstract Examining fatal poisonings, chronic exposure may be reflected by the concentration in tissues known for long-term storage of drugs. Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) persists in adipose tissue (AT), but sparse data on synthetic cannabinoids (SC) are available. Thus, a controlled pig study evaluating antemortem (AM) disposition and postmortem (PM) concentration changes of the SC 4-ethylnaphthalene-1-yl-(1-pentylindole-3-yl)methanone (JWH-210) and 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-(1-pentyl-indole-3-yl)methanone (RCS-4) as well as THC in AT was performed. The drugs were administered pulmonarily (200 µg/kg body weight) to twelve pigs. Subcutaneous (s.c.) AT specimens were collected after 15 and 30 min and then hourly up to 8 h. At the end, pigs were sacrificed and s.c., perirenal, and dorsal AT specimens were collected. The carcasses were stored at room temperature (RT; n = 6) or 4 °C (n = 6) and specimens were collected after 24, 48, and 72 h. After homogenization in acetonitrile and standard addition, LC–MS/MS was performed. Maximum concentrations were reached 0.5–2 h after administration amounting to 21 ± 13 ng/g (JWH-210), 24 ± 13 ng/g (RCS-4), and 22 ± 20 ng/g (THC) and stayed at a plateau level. Regarding the metabolites, very low concentrations of N-hydroxypentyl-RCS-4 (HO-RCS-4) were detected from 0.5 to 8 h. PM concentrations of parent compounds did not change significantly (p > 0.05) over time under both storage conditions. Concentrations of HO-RCS-4 significantly (p < 0.05) increased in perirenal AT during storage at RT. These results suggest a rapid distribution and persistence in s.c. AT. Furthermore, AT might be resistant to PM redistribution of parent compounds. However, significant PM increases of metabolite concentrations might be considered in perirenal AT.

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