Supervised learning-based artificial senses for non-destructive fish quality classification.

Human sensory techniques are inadequate for automating fish quality monitoring and maintaining controlled storage conditions throughout the supply chain. The dynamic monitoring of a single quality index cannot anticipate explicit freshness losses, which remarkably drops consumer acceptability. For the first time, a complete artificial sensory system is designed for the early detection of fish quality prediction.

Global warming scenarios for the Eastern Adriatic Sea indicate a higher risk of invasiveness of non-native marine organisms relative to current climate conditions.

Unlabelled: Globally, marine bioinvasions threaten marine ecosystem structure and function, with the Mediterranean Sea being one of the most affected regions. Such invasions are expected to increase due to climate change. We conducted a risk screening of marine organisms (37 fishes, 38 invertebrates, and 9 plants), both extant and 'horizon' (i.

pH-Dependent Behavior of Novel 5-FU Delivery System in Environmental Conditions Comparable to the Gastro-Intestinal Tract.

A biogenic carrier for 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) loading and subsequent tableting as a new drug formulation for slow release has been proposed using the biomineral from blue crab carapace. Due to its highly ordered 3D porous nanoarchitecture, the biogenic carbonate carrier could achieve increased effectiveness in colorectal cancer cure provided that the formulation would successfully pass through the gastric acid conditions. Following the recently proven viability of the concept by demonstrating the slow release of the drug from the carrier using the highly sensitive SERS technique, here we investigated the 5-FU release from the composite tablet drug in pH conditions replicating the gastric environment.

Novel flexible sensing technology for nondestructive detection on live fish health/quality during waterless and low-temperature transportation.

Fish health/quality issues are increasingly attracting attention during waterless and low-temperature transportation. Nondestructive detection has become a great need for an effective method to improve fish health/quality. Currently, emerging Internet of Things, novel flexible electronics and data fusion technology have received great interest for nondestructive detection on live fish health/quality.

Impact of COVID-19 on Croatian mariculture: Findings from the first national surveys.

An overview of the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mariculture industry of the republic of Croatia is provided. An initial online survey was circulated early after the onset of the pandemic and a follow-up field survey was performed a year into the pandemic. The surveyed companies varied in size (micro to medium enterprises), location (north, central and southern coast) and cultured organism (European flat oyster, Mediterranean mussel, European sea bass, Gilthead sea bream and/or Bluefin tuna) and were asked questions on the subject of economic and job losses, aquaculture supply chain processes and implemented or proposed measures for mitigation of negative effects.