Evaluation of Gel Coating Performance in Extending the Shelf Life of Egg: The Role of Surface Area and Initial Weight.

This work investigated the impact of chicken egg size, including surface area and initial weight, on the effectiveness of cassava starch-based gel coating during storage at room temperature. The quality of a total of 540 fresh eggs in four different sizes (S, M, L and XL) was evaluated over a 4-week storage period at 25 ± 1 °C (60-65% RH). In this research, images from a scanning electron microscope revealed that the coatings maintained their integrity across all egg sizes, effectively covering pores and cracks throughout storage.

Recognition of environmental contaminant and pathogenic bacteria by means of redox potential methodology.

The time-consuming nature of culturing methods has urged the exploration of rapid modern technologies. One promising alternative utilizes redox potential, which describes the oxidative changes within complex media, indicating oxygen and nutrient consumption, as well as the production of reduced substances in the investigated biological system. Redox potential measurement can detect microbial activity within 16 h, what is significantly faster than the minimum 24 h incubation time of the reference plate counting technique.

Evaluation of Color and Pigment Changes in Tomato after 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) Treatment.

The Polar Qualification System (PQS) was applied on hue spectra fingerprinting to describe color changes in tomato during storage. The cultivar 'Pitenza' was harvested at six different maturity stages, and half of the samples were subjected to gaseous 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) treatment. Reference color parameters were recorded with a vision system colorimeter instrument, and the fruit pigment concentration was assessed with the DA-index.

Combined Effect of Ultrasound and Low-Heat Treatments on in Liquid Egg Products and Analysis of the Inducted Structural Alterations by NIR Spectroscopy.

In this study, sonication with mild heat treatment was used to reduce the count in inoculated liquid whole egg, egg yolk and albumen. Ultrasonic equipment (20/40 kHz, 180/300 W) has been used for 30/60 min with a 55 °C water bath. The combination of sonication and low-heat treatment was able to reduce the concentration of from 5-log CFU × mL below 10 CFU × mL at 300 W, 40 kHz and 60 min of sonication in liquid egg products.

Influence of Baking Temperature and Formulation on Physical, Sensorial, and Morphological Properties of Cake: An Image Analysis Study.

is a high-demand bakery product with a unique texture, where crumb structure is a determining factor for its textural quality and consumer acceptability. At present, there is no non-destructive in-line inspection method for textural quality assessment of . Therefore, this study was aimed to evaluate the texture of using the image processing technique, which was prepared using different cheeses with varying moisture contents (MC) and was baked at 200 and 215 °C.

Color analysis of horticultural produces using hue spectra fingerprinting.

Color has great importance in agriculture due to its relationship with plant pigments and therefore, plant development and biochemical changes. Due to the trichromatic vision, instruments equipped with CCD or CMOS sensor represent color with the mixture of red, green and blue signals. These values are often transformed into HSL (hue, saturation, luminance) color space.

Development of a Novel Ultrasonic Spectroscopy Method for Estimation of Viscosity Change during Milk Clotting.

Ultrasonic testing is an emerging non-destructive testing technology with high repeatability and precision. Milk is a very complex liquid and the change of its viscosity is a highly relevant property throughout conversion into other dairy products. In the following paper, we propose a novel method for the monitoring of viscosity during enzymatic milk clotting by ultrasonic spectroscopy.

Nondestructive evaluation of baking parameters on pogácsa texture.

This study aimed to investigate the potential application of image texture processing method on visible crumb structure of salty cake pogácsa, which was prepared with different baking times (5 and 7 min) and temperatures (200, 215, and 230°C). For this purpose, changes in gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) features including energy, contrast, correlation, homogeneity, and entropy were monitored and their relationship with the instrumental texture parameters (hardness, adhesiveness, cohesiveness, springiness, gumminess, and chewiness) were assessed. The pore ratios were also extracted and visualized using image processing technique.

Laser induced diffuse reflectance imaging - Monte Carlo simulation of backscattering measured on the surface.

The Monte Carlo simulation algorithm of photon trajectory computation is implemented in object oriented R code. Diffuse reflectance, also called backscattering, is modeled in semi-infinite homogeneous media. Spatial photon flux leaving the surface of the media is collected.

Attenuated total reflection fourier transform infrared spectroscopy based methods for identification of chromatography media formulations used in downstream processes.

Chromatographic media play a crucial role in the downstream processing of biotechnology products. The physical and chemical properties of these processing aids are mostly monitored by expensive and time-consuming preparative tests, but spectroscopic techniques may also be used to measure chromatographic media samples. In this study, chromatographic media formulations used in downstream processes were investigated using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR FT-IR) spectroscopy.

[Multiple hepatic abscesses due to actinomycosis: difficulties of diagnosis].

Authors present the case of a 65 year-old man without any remarkable previous illness, hospitalized because of having prolonged fever caused probably by an infection due to a tick bite. Tularaemia and bartonellosis based on serological results as well as neoplasm of the sigma with multiple metastases to the liver raised by ultrasonography and abdominal CT could be excluded with detailed investigations. Multiple abscesses of the liver were diagnosed, followed by a percutaneuos ultrasonography directed aspiration of one of the abscesses which resulted in 150 ml buffy pus.