Manifestation of flesh browning while commercialising Rojo Brillante persimmon is one of the main
causes of postharvest loss. It is known that mechanical damage is a decisive factor for browning development
and that ...
[EN] Due to the interest in identifying cost-effective techniques that can guarantee the microbiological, nutritional, and sensorial aspects of food products, this study investigates the effect of CO2 preservation treatment ...
Mohajeri, K.; Tabari, M.; Sadati, E.; Javanmard, Z.; Guidi , L.; Vicente, Oscar(International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), 2022-04)
[EN] European olive (Olea europaea L.), an evergreen woody plant, is relatively tolerant to cold and drought and its cultivation in semi-arid regions is an important strategy. In this work, the response of olive cultivar ...
[EN] The effect of collection frequency on the volume,
concentration, motility and live sperm of rabbit semen was studied.
Ten crossbreed Hyla bucks were used in two groups (five per group}
during 17 weeks. In the ...
[EN] The aim of the paper was to analyse the effect of collection rhythms on spermatozoa and droplet concentration of rabbit semen. Thirty adult New Zealand White rabbit bucks were submitted to 3 collection rhythms: every ...
This study reports a novel method of tailoring the properties of ZnO nanostructures by electrodeposition in presence of chemically-reduced
graphene oxide (rGO). The coupled electrochemical and chemical reduction of graphene ...
Cunha, Sara; Mendes, Ângelo; Rego, Dinis; Meireles, Diana; Fernandes, Ruben; Carvalho, André; Martins da Costa, Paulo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-06-28)
[EN] Animal nutrition has been severely challenged by the ban on antimicrobials as growth promoters. This has fostered the study of alternative methods to avoid colonisation by pathogenic bacteria as well as to improve the ...
Ramirez-Garcia, Alberto T.; Floyd, R.W.; Hale, W. M.; Martí Vargas, José Rocío(Elsevier, 2016)
[EN] This paper examines the effect of concrete compressive strength on the transfer length of prestressing strands. The paper includes the results from several research projects conducted at the University of Arkansas ...
Abdelkhalik, Abdelsattar Gamal Abdelsattar(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-09-27)
[ES] La escasez de agua se está convirtiendo en un problema en zonas áridas y semiáridas del mundo, donde se localiza parte de la producción de los principales cultivos hortícolas, como en el área mediterránea. La sequía ...
[EN] Energy, environment and economics are considered as very vital parameters for the evaluation of
an air conditioning system and associated indoor environment. The cooling performance of an air
conditioner has an e®ect ...
[EN] Dry-cured ham by-products have been traditionally used in Mediterranean household cooking of broths and stews. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of cooking treatments and in vitro gastrointestinal digestion ...
Asensio-Grau, Andrea; Peinado Pardo, Irene; Heredia Gutiérrez, Ana Belén; Andrés Grau, Ana María(Elsevier, 2018)
[EN] Digestibility of macro and micronutrients depends on the ingested food as well as on gastrointestinal conditions, being those suboptimal in exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) patients. Under this scenario, oral ...
Gallego Ibáñez, Marta; Arnal-Salinas, Milagros; Barat Baviera, José Manuel; Talens Oliag, Pau(MDPI AG, 2021-01)
[EN] Legumes are protein-rich foods that can be used to prepare pastes or pureed foods suitable for babies and the elderly. The aims of this study were the characterization of different legume pastes (from soybean, lentil, ...
Viudes De Castro, María Pilar; Marco-Jiménez, Francisco; Cedano-Castro, José Isaí; Vicente Antón, José Salvador(Elsevier, 2017)
[EN] There is increasing interest in using rabbits for research as a laboratory model as well as for industrial production of meat, wool and fur. Superovulation in animals is used to produce a maximum number of transferable ...
A major constraint limiting saffron cultivation is the difficulty of obtaining high quality corms for propagation. There is limited knowledge about the physiology of vegetative development of saffron. The aim of this work ...
Juan Borrás, María del Sol; Doménech Antich, Eva Mª; Hellebrandova, Magdalena; Escriche Roberto, Mª Isabel(Elsevier, 2014-06)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of country (Spain, Romania, and Czech Republic) and botanical origin, on the physicochemical (HMF, diastase activity, moisture content, electrical conductivity), color ...
Andrade, Ederson Américo; Rodrigues, Miguel António Machado; Ribeiro, Luis; Mendes, Clayton Quirino; Ferreira, Luis Miguel Mendes; Pinheiro, Victor(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-03-29)
[EN] Although agro-industrial co-products have low economic value as foods for human consumption, they may have potential value as animal feedstuffs. This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of cowpea stover ...
[EN] The aim of this study was to add cricket (Acheta domesticus) flour to dried mixtures of chucula to obtain a mixture with higher protein content without altering the typical properties of the traditional product. An ...
Carsí Rosique, Marta; Sanchis Sánchez, María Jesús; Díaz Calleja, Ricardo; Riande, Evaristo; Nugent, M. J. D.(American Chemical Society, 2012-04-24)
The dielectric relaxation spectra of poly(2-ethoxyethyl methacrylate) in the frequency domain exhibits above Tg and at high frequencies a well-developed secondary  relaxation. This process is followed in decreasing ...
This paper analyzes the self-healing properties of early-age concretes, engineered using a crystalline admixture (4% by the weight of cement), by measuring the permeability of cracked specimens and their crack width. Two ...