scholarly journals Conservation of Mineral Elements in Maize Grains by a Triple Bagging System and Biopesticide (Lippia multiflora Moldenke and Hyptis suaveolens Poit Leaves).

Author(s):  
Gnande Romaric Die ◽  
Kouamé Olivier Chatigre ◽  
Ibrahim Fofana ◽  
N’guessan Verdier Abouo ◽  
Godi Henri Marius Biego

Maize (Zea mays) is a staple food in the traditional diet of rural populations in Côte d'Ivoire. It is a source of many minerals. However, inefficient and sometimes harmful storage methods hamper its large-scale production in Côte d'Ivoire. It is in this context that a triple bagging system associated or not with biopesticides of plant origin (Lippia multiflora and Hyptis suaveolens leaves) was proposed in this study to evaluate its efficacy on the conservation of mineral quality of grains over an 18-month period following a 3-factor central composite design (CCD). The first CCD factor consisted of 6 observation periods: 0; 1; 4.5; 9.5; 14.5 and 18 months. The second factor, the type of treatment, included 1 control lot with a polypropylene bag (TB0SP) and 9 experimental lots including 1 lot in triple bagging without biopesticides (TB0P) and the remaining 8 lots containing variable proportions and/or combinations of biopesticides (TB1 to TB8). And finally, the third factor was the combination of the two biopesticides with % Lippia multiflora as a reference. The results indicate that the shelf life, ratio and combination of biopesticides significantly (P < 0.05) influence the mineral quality of grain maize. Principal component analysis revealed that the addition of at least 1.01% biopesticides (leaves of Lippia multiflora and Hyptis suaveolens) in triple bagging systems improves preservation efficiency and preserves the mineral quality of the grain over a period of 15 months as opposed to triple bagging without biopesticides where the mineral elements are preserved during the first 10 months of storage. However, this preservation of mineral quality is more pronounced in these storage systems with combinations of biopesticides (of which the proportion is greater than or equal to 3.99%) or with 2.5 % of individual biopesticides.

2015 ◽  
Vol 821-823 ◽  
pp. 528-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Lewke ◽  
Karl Otto Dohnke ◽  
Hans Ulrich Zühlke ◽  
Mercedes Cerezuela Barret ◽  
Martin Schellenberger ◽  
...  

One challenge for volume manufacturing of 4H-SiC devices is the state-of-the-art wafer dicing technology – the mechanical blade dicing which suffers from high tool wear and low feed rates. In this paper we discuss Thermal Laser Separation (TLS) as a novel dicing technology for large scale production of SiC devices. We compare the latest TLS experimental data resulting from fully processed 4H-SiC wafers with results obtained by mechanical dicing technology. Especially typical product relevant features like process control monitoring (PCM) structures and backside metallization, quality of diced SiC-devices as well as productivity are considered. It could be shown that with feed rates up to two orders of magnitude higher than state-of-the-art, no tool wear and high quality of diced chips, TLS has a very promising potential to fulfill the demands of volume manufacturing of 4H-SiC devices.


2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 2325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Yumbla-Orbes ◽  
José Geraldo Barbosa ◽  
Wagner Campos Otoni ◽  
Marcel Santos Montezano ◽  
José Antônio Saraiva Grossi ◽  
...  

Flowering induction and control is a limiting factor when commercially producing cut flowers of lisianthus and seed exposure to low temperatures, a physiological event called vernalization, induces the differentiation of vegetative buds to reproductive buds, contributing to a flowering that is uniform and has quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of seed vernalization in three cultivars of lisianthus (Excalibur, Echo and Mariachi) for 12, 24, 36 and 48 days at temperatures of 5, 10 and 15°C, in the production and quality of buds, making this technology feasible to large-scale production. During cultivation it was observed that the lower the temperature and higher the vernalization period, the lower the cycle and the greater the number of plants induced to flowering for all three cultivars, and those are important features in the context of flower production in a commercial scale. The seeds subjected to vernalization originated plants that produce flower stems within the standards required by the market, showing that vernalization was efficient to induce flowering without affecting the quality of the buds. To produce lisianthus as a cut flower of quality, it is recommended seed vernalization of Mariachi and Echo cultivars for 24 days at 5°C and Excalibur for 36 days at 5°C.


2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Carlos Corrêa da Silva ◽  
Alberto José de Araújo ◽  
Ângela Maria Dias de Queiroz ◽  
Maria da Penha Uchoa Sales ◽  
Maria Vera Cruz de Oliveira Castellano

ABSTRACT Smoking is the most preventable and controllable health risk. Therefore, all health care professionals should give their utmost attention to and be more focused on the problem of smoking. Tobacco is a highly profitable product, because of its large-scale production and great number of consumers. Smoking control policies and treatment resources for smoking cessation have advanced in recent years, showing highly satisfactory results, particularly in Brazil. However, there is yet a long way to go before smoking can be considered a controlled disease from a public health standpoint. We can already perceive that the behavior of our society regarding smoking is changing, albeit slowly. Therefore, pulmonologists have a very promising area in which to work with their patients and the general population. We must act with greater impetus in support of health care policies and social living standards that directly contribute to improving health and quality of life. In this respect, pulmonologists can play a greater role as they get more involved in treating smokers, strengthening anti-smoking laws, and demanding health care policies related to lung diseases.


1982 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Hao-Ren

China is a country in which fish culture is closely integrated with conventional agriculture. Its success depends on the firm base of traditional practices as well as the introduction of many innovations. Among them, polyculture is probably the most important reason for fish culture's success. The major advantage of polyculture is to utilize fully the space and food available in the pond and to optimize interactions between compatible species with different feeding habits and ecology. The different types of polycultural pond stocking are adapted in accordance with (1) the climate, (2) quality of water supply and fertility of pond, (3) availability of fish fry and fingerlings, (4) availability of food and fertilizer, and (5) market requirements. The artificial propagation of cultured fishes and large-scale production of fry and fingerlings are the major development of Chinese fish culture in recent years. The application of LH–RH analogue as a new highly effective ovulating agent for fish reproduction has been carried furthest in China.Key words: China, fish polyculture, Chinese carp, induced spawning, LH–RH analogue, fry, fingerling, fish production


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (35) ◽  
pp. 791-799
Author(s):  
Rafael ISMAGILOV ◽  
Ilgiz ASYLBAEV ◽  
Nuriya URAZBAKHTINA ◽  
Denis ANDRIYANOV ◽  
Firdavis AVSAKHOV

Throughout the world, potatoes, as a food crop, are very important. One of the main reasons for the poor quality of planting material, yield and potatoes themselves are viral infections. The use of virus-free seed material is one of the high-potential ways to increase the yield and efficiency of potato production. Aeroponics is a promising direction in obtaining a virus-protected crop. This study aimed to assess the potential and improve the technology for growing healthy mini-tubers of potatoes using the aeroponic method, which is a safe and economical method. Compared to the usual method of growing crops, aeroponics assumes lower water and energy costs per unit of production, as well as excludes soil diseases of the plant and does not allow damage to the tuber caused by pests. For growing different varieties of crops in different regions, artificial conditions such as additional lighting in greenhouses can be easily provided. In this study, economic calculations have shown that, from a practical point of view, Aeroponics technology may be appropriate for large-scale production of seed potatoes.


2011 ◽  
Vol 695 ◽  
pp. 81-84
Author(s):  
Soo Jeong Jo ◽  
Taeho Ban ◽  
Amir Abidov ◽  
Jeong Hwan Lee ◽  
Dokyung Lee ◽  
...  

We made the ZnO nanorods using wet chemical method. it is so simple, economic and suitable for large-scale production, the quality of the arrayed ZnO nanorods fabricated using these methods are not as good as that of nanorods prepared via VLD, CVDand ED method. We demonstrate that the concentration of precursors have influence on the morphology and optical properties, growth density and its distribution of the arrayed ZnO nanorods can be effectively controlled by using suitable conditions. We tried to study suitable ZnO nanorods growth condition to apply to a organic-inorganic hybrid solar cell, and we made the solar cell and investigated the energy conversion efficiency etc.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhui Yao ◽  
Hongya Li ◽  
Jia Li ◽  
Baocheng Zhu ◽  
Tongguo Gao

The study evaluated the impact of fermentation with Bacillus sp. on the nutritional quality of soybean meal (SBM) and the changes of bacterial community structure during fermentation. High protease-producing strains were screened to degrade SBM macromolecular protein and anti-nutritional factors (ANFs). Unsterilized SBM then underwent an anaerobic solid-state fermentation method to evaluate the effects of fermentation. Results showed that for the nine high-producing protease strains that were screened, acid-soluble protein (ASP) contents in fermented SBM increased, with the highest value found to be 13.48%, which was fermented using strain N-11. N-11 was identified as Bacillus subtilis. N-11 fermentation reduced ANFs such as glycinin and β-conglycinin by 82.38 and 88.32%, respectively. During N-11 fermentation, the bacterial richness and diversity in SBM increased but not significantly. The high-yield protease strain B. subtilis N-11 selected in this experiment improved the nutritional quality of SBM through fermentation, and it can be used for industrial large-scale production.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin Clark ◽  
Harmonie M. Bettenhausen ◽  
Adam L. Heuberger ◽  
Jeffrey Miller ◽  
Linxing Yao ◽  
...  

Abstract Chocolate made from small-batch production is known for distinct sensory properties that differentiate its products from large-scale production. Specifically, small-batch processing includes a melanging step, a chocolate refining (a process involving time and temperature to refine texture and flavor) process that occurs in a stone wet-grinder. Chocolatiers understand that melanging is essential to flavor and overall quality, however the influence of melanging on the aroma chemistry of the finished chocolate is anecdotal and largely uncharacterized. Here, we evaluated the effects of time and temperature of melanging on the volatile chemistry of the finished chocolate. Specifically, chocolate aroma was profiled using HS/SPME–GC–MS for three different time and temperature combinations. A total of 88 compounds were annotated by mass spectrometry and included a diverse set of chemical classes such as pyrazines, aldehydes, terpenes, alcohols, esters, and ketones. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), principal component analysis (PCA), and partial least squares analysis (PLS) revealed that the overall aroma profile was influenced by the type of melanging, and time had a greater effect than temperature. Example compounds affected by time include 2-methylpropanal, dimethyl sulfide, and benzaldehyde. Particle size was also measured for each sample. Majority particle size was found to be below 25 microns generally at all time points beyond 8 h. Analysis showed significant p-values for the temperature variable for several compounds, but significant p-values for the time variable were apparent for a greater number of compounds. For compounds which showed dependency on both time and temperature, the p-value for the time variable was much smaller in most cases. Both PCA and OPLS analyses suggested the same trends. These data support that time is a critical factor in determining the aroma chemistry of chocolate and affects a diverse set of known flavor active compounds.


Author(s):  
Neelesh Babu ◽  
Vinay Mohan Pathak ◽  
Akash ◽  
Navneet

Large-scale production of commodities for mankind by industries did huge damage to the environment. Industrial waste contains lots of toxic materials including heavy metals were drained to water bodies like river, lakes, ponds, etc. These effluents drastically ruin water quality as well as the soil fertility. Type of industry and its raw material decides quantity and quality of the emerged wastes including both biodegradable as well as non-biodegradable. Among non-biodegradable wastes, copper, chromium, nickel, cadmium, etc. are widespread contaminants of soil, water, and these are most common heavy metals. Several heavy metals such as cadmium, mercury, and lead are highly poisonous and fatal to human as well as animals. Several plants as well as microbes respond to heavy metals by diverse biological processes like biosorption to their cell wall and entrapment in their capsule, oxidation and reduction, precipitation, complexation, etc. These responses may help significantly in the remediation of heavy metals from the contaminated sites.


1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-335
Author(s):  
Urs Karrer

A research project was started in 1985 to explore large-scale production systems which have a strong impact on the development of quality courseware. The exploration and evaluation of these production systems contribute to the explanation of the overall unsatisfactory quality of courseware. This article focuses on results of a survey which was conducted in January 1987 addressing more than sixty profit and nonprofit institutions in England, the federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States. The survey revealed interesting results in various fields. The five working hypotheses (production strategy, production approach, and quality factors for courseware development) were confirmed to a great extent. These results may be instructional for institutions which recently joined this area and/or are planning to do so.


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