Effect of HTST Thermal Treatments on End-Use Quality Characteristics of Goat Milk by B. D. Rohitha Prasantha, K. M. S. Wimalasiri

“…The viscosity of pasteurized milk at 81°C showed significant increase (P<0.05) from 1.58 ± 0.18 to 2.30 ± 0.15 mPa s during four weeks of storage. Relative lightness “L” value decreased by about 10% during the storage period of 81°C pasteurization samples. …”
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Development of a Multifunctional Chitosan-Based Composite Film from Crab Shell (<i>Portunus segnis</i>) and Algae (<i>Ulva lactuca</i>) with Enhanced Antioxidant and Antimicrobial... by Imen Zaghbib, Johar Amin Ahmed Abdullah, Alberto Romero

“…ULP’s incorporation reduced the moisture content, water solubility, lightness (L*), redness (a*), and whiteness index values while significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.05) increasing the yellowness (b*), total color difference (ΔE), yellowness index (YI), tensile strength (TS), and elongation at break (EB). …”
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Emotional State as a Key Driver of Public Preferences for Flower Color by Juan She, Renwu Wu, Bingling Pi, Jie Huang, Zhiyi Bao

“…The results show that the public’s flower color preference is primarily related to the a* and b* parameters, which represent color dimensions in the CIELAB color space, and it is not significantly related to L* (lightness). Factors such as age, annual household income level (AI), personal income sources (PI), nature experience, and emotional state (TMD) significantly influence color preferences, with emotional state identified as the most critical factor. …”
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Comparison of Simulation- and Regression-Based Approaches to Estimating Electric Car Power Consumption by Emil Nagy, Árpád Török

“…In regard to the simulation, the subsystems that have been incorporated are the electric vehicle steering system, the vehicle lighting system and the HVAC system. After running the simulation, the total system consumption for a given trip segment is obtained by running each vehicle subsystem simulation. …”
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Character in Young Adult fiction: The example of Lyra in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials (1995-2000) and The Book of Dust (2017- ) by Virginie DOUGLAS

“…Even if His Dark Materials identified puberty as a turning-point in the young protagonists’ process of growing up and construction of identity, it is significant that Pullman, who had already added a small companion book—entitled Lyra’s Oxford—to the trilogy’s literary universe, is still trying to explore the multiple dimensions of Lyra’s constantly shifting character: while book 1 of The Book of Dust, Pullman’s new trilogy, La Belle Sauvage (2017), is a prequel to His Dark Materials, which focuses on Lyra as a baby—before the action in Northern Lights takes place—, book 2, The Secret Commonwealth (2019), takes a closer look at Lyra once she has become a young woman, after her meeting with Will in His Dark Materials.…”
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Drying methods of duck blood: Changes in volatile components and physicochemical properties by Ji Yoon Cha, Yea-Ji Kim, Tae-Kyung Kim, Jaejoon Han, Yun-Sang Choi

“…Duck blood powder treated with HD presented the lowest lightness and the highest carbonyl content. The VD-treated powder exhibited the highest water activity and redness. …”
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Effect of Exogenous Melatonin Treatment on Quality and Antioxidant Capacity of Fresh-cut Purple Cabbage by Jing ZHANG, Yuxin LIU, Chenchen WU, Changhong LIU, Lei ZHENG

“…Results showed that 0.5 mmol/L melatonin treatment effectively reduced the decrease in lightness and redness, as well as the increase in yellowness, weight loss, softening, and the total number of aerobic bacteria in the fresh-cut purple cabbage (P<0.05). …”
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Face Recognition Method for Underground Engineering Based on Dual-Target Domain Adaptation and Discriminative Feature Learning by Yongqiang Yu, Cong Guo, Lidan Fan, Jiyun Zhang, Liwei Yu, Peitao Li

“…The poor lighting and dust in underground engineering environments often induce serious noise and motion blur to face recognition cameras, decreasing the recognition accuracy even under Near-InfraRed (NIR) mode. …”
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Ottoman Approach to Shia and Sunni State Officers of Syria in the Examples of Fakhreddin Maanoğlu and Ali Canpolad between 1570s and 1630s by Birol Gündoğdu

“…Political administrative and local studies shall confidently shed new lights on Ottoman experiences of Sunni orthodoxy. …”
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Carbon Neutrality Benefit by Developing Underground Space and Overlying Green Land: Calculation Methodology and Case Study by Haotian Zhang, Chunming Song, Yichao Geng, Zongmu Luo, Zhilong Chen

“…Case analysis of a typical shopping mall in northern China revealed that, in comparison to aboveground buildings, underground buildings exhibit higher energy consumption for construction and lighting; however, they demonstrate superior thermal performance, providing warmth in winter and coolness in summer. …”
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STAND FOR TEMPERATURE SURFACE EVALUATION OF FRAGMENTS OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND ITS IMITATORS by V. V. Lobunov, A. I. Kuharenko, T. V. Borbotko, L. M. Lynkov

“…This method allows us to evaluate the surface temperature of the object at different angles of lighting and viewing. Obtained data allows us to estimate the degree to which the imitator corresponds to a natural environment by the temperature and it’s dynamic of change.The construction of the stand allows to select angles of source of radiation and thermal detector in range 25–75 degrees from normal to the surface of object under study. …”
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Enhancing Underwater Video from Consecutive Frames While Preserving Temporal Consistency by Kai Hu, Yuancheng Meng, Zichen Liao, Lei Tang, Xiaoling Ye

“…This makes it difficult to handle challenges such as uneven lighting and edge blurring in complex underwater environments. …”
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Tourist Road Experiences Around Lake Bunyonyi In Kabale, South Western Uganda by Atuheire, Timothy

“…The study found that the state of the roads in the area is poor, with potholes, no street lighting and also with poor signage. Also the poor conditions of the roads in the area often cause life threatening events such as accidents, and increased safety challenges to the tourists using these roads. …”
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Vision-based manipulation of transparent plastic bags in industrial setups by F. Adetunji, F. Adetunji, A. Karukayil, A. Karukayil, P. Samant, P. Samant, S. Shabana, S. Shabana, F. Varghese, F. Varghese, U. Upadhyay, U. Upadhyay, R. A. Yadav, R. A. Yadav, A. Partridge, E. Pendleton, R. Plant, Y. R. Petillot, Y. R. Petillot, M. Koskinopoulou, M. Koskinopoulou

“…Integrating autonomous systems, including collaborative robots (cobots), into industrial workflows is crucial for improving efficiency and safety.MethodsThe proposed system employs advanced Machine Learning algorithms, particularly Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), for identifying transparent plastic bags under diverse lighting and background conditions. Tracking algorithms and depth-sensing technologies are integrated to enable 3D spatial awareness during pick-and-place operations. …”
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Effect of Rearing Season on Meat and Intramuscular Fat Quality of Beni-Guil Sheep by Kamal Belhaj, Farid Mansouri, Marianne Sindic, Marie-Laure Fauconnier, Mohamed Boukharta, Hana Serghini Caid, Ahmed Elamrani

“…Compared to lambs reared in SA, the meat from the WS group showed higher (p<0.01) pH, chroma, and lightness values (5.79 vs. 5.72, 23.97 vs. 18.46, and 47.03 vs. 41.04, respectively). …”
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Effect of Boiling on Colour, Contents of Betalains and Total Phenolics and on Antioxidant Activity of Colourful Powder Derived from Six Different Beetroot (Beta vulgaris L. var. co... by Jan Bárta, Veronika Bártová, Tereza Šindelková, Markéta Jarošová, Zuzana Linhartová, Jan Mráz, Jan Bedrníček, Pavel Smetana, Eva Samková, Ivana Laknerová

“…Colour stability was optimal in the cultivars with red root flesh; with their lightness decrease between 6 and 10%. This corresponded with betalain content that was the highest in red cv. …”
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Fibrinous pericarditis in slaughtered pigs: Impact on welfare, growth performance and carcass and meat quality by Pajičić Đorđe, Kovačević Sara, Suvajdžić Branko, Grković Nevena, Vićić Ivan, Karabasil Nedjeljko, Čobanović Nikola

“…In contrast, the presence of fibrinous pericarditis in slaughtered pigs was significantly associated with abnormally elevated final meat pH (P<0.0001), high water-holding capacity (lower drip loss; P<0.0001) and unfavourable dark colour (higher lightness and yellowness; P<0.0001). As a result, pigs showing fibrinous pericarditis produced the highest percentage of dark, firm and dry meat (P=0.0002). …”
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Additively manufactured conductive and dielectric 3D metasurfaces for independent manipulation of broadband orbital angular momentum by Mengze Li, Jiaqi Cai, Li Deng, Xiaopeng Li, Francesca Iacopi, Yang Yang

“…Recent developments in conductive and dielectric multi-material additive manufacturing have generated significant interest for their potential to enhance the performance of electronic devices. Lights-out digital manufacturing, a sophisticated multi-material printing technique, facilitates the seamless sintering of silver nanoparticles and acrylate inks, enabling the creation of functional electronic devices. …”
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Classical and machine learning tools for identifying yellow-seeded Brassica napus by fusion of hyperspectral features by Fan Liu, Fang Wang, Zaiqi Zhang, Liang Cao, Jinran Wu, You-Gan Wang

“…Another method, using the RGB color system, is frequently employed but is sensitive to photographic conditions, including lighting and camera settings.MethodsWe present four data-driven models to identify yellow-seeded B. napus using hyperspectral features combined with simple yet intelligent techniques. …”
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The mirror preference test: A reverse translational approach to study anomalous subjective experience in rats by Daria Chestnykh, Liubov S. Kalinichenko, Stephan von Hörsten, Johannes Kornhuber, Christian P. Müller

“…In subsequent tests, we utilized dimmed lighting and net-covered mirrors to induce incomplete mirror images. …”
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