Peanut and Walnut Rancidity: Effects of Oxygen Concentration and Relative Humidity

Accelerated tests for oxidative rancidity of blanched peanuts, blanched dry-roasted peanuts, blanched oil-roasted peanuts and shelled Persian walnuts were performed at high and low oxygen content at controlled intermediate and low relative humidities. The results confirmed and quantified the importance of oxygen content, relative humidity and roasting process in the oxidative rancidity of peanuts and walnuts. There is a potential to extend shelf-life of roasted peanuts and walnuts by edible coatings with low oxygen permeability or nitrogen-flushing with oxygen barrier packaging. Static headspace chromatography was useful to monitor oxidative rancidity in walnuts and roasted peanuts.     

RELAXATION BEHAVIOR AND THE APPLICATION OF INTEGRAL CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS TO WHEAT DOUGH

The small amplitude rheological properties of doughs of different compositions were measured using a dynamic rheometer. In the first study, the effect of water, flour, and added gluten on the dynamic properties was investigated. Frequency sweep was carried out in the range of 0. 1 to 100 s⁻¹ at an applied strain of 0. 1%. Storage (G') and loss (G") moduli for each composition were recorded. The storage modulus versus frequency plots were a series of parallel curves indicating that the moisture-to-flour ratio was the most important parameter. The loss modulus versus frequency plot showed a falling-off after a frequency of 40 s⁻¹. A plot of tan δ versus frequency indicated a more elastic dough at shorter time     

混合遗传算法求解应急抢修点选址问题

考虑设备应急抢修的时限要求和整个应急抢修系统的服务质量要求,采用0-1整数规划模型描述了应急抢修点选址问题,并针对该问题设计了一种混合遗传算法。在算法中使用启发式算法对种群中的不可行解进行修复,以保持种群在可行域内搜索,并采用近邻搜索算法改善种群中的最佳个体。算例计算的结果表明,该算法求得的结果要优于基于罚函数的遗传算法和采用简单修复算法的遗传算法。     

基于知识推理的导向器类零件精铸模具单元体智能切分

导向器类零件分体式精铸的关键技术之一是切分得到蜡模模具设计的内、外环及叶片单元体即如何实现分割面的生成。应用数学推理表达经验知识,得到参数化分割面,为快捷准确的设计与制造导向器类零件精铸模具奠定了基础。     

基于时空棱柱方法的目的地选择行为建模

基于时空棱柱方法,将人的活动区域限制在一定的时空棱柱体内,根据出行者的活动计划,确定在一定时间限制下活动场所在空间上的可达性。提出了目的地选择行为分层的建模策略。引入小区吸引力因子,构建了非线性效用函数的目的地选择行为模型,探讨了小区吸引力因子的量化过程、参数标定及结果检验。结果表明:结合出行的时空约束和地理信息系统(Geographic information system,GIS)分析能够确定出行者的目的地选择集合。具有小区吸引力因子的非线性效用函数能够更准确地预测目的地选择行为。本文研究将出行理论与出行者的实际行为相结合,为目的地选择行为的建模提供了一种新思路。     

MATLAB图像处理在水产养殖中的应用

介绍了一种通过MATLAB图像处理的方法,对水产养殖中鱼的病变情况进行监控的系统。根据中值滤波的原理,对灰度图像进行滤波,抑制噪声;根据二值化原理,将灰度图像进行二值化处理;根据收缩与扩张的原理,编写程序,对二值图像进行数次收缩与扩张,以达到去除杂质点的目的。最后采用区域矩特征的概念,找出判断鱼类出现病变的判断依据,即零阶矩,也就是白色像素的面积,只要统计出白色像素的数目,与统计数据相比较,即可判断出是否出现鱼类病变等异常情况。     

ORDERING FUZZY SETS BY CONSENSUS CONCEPT AND FUZZY RELATION EQUATIONS

A general class of consensus measures of fuzzy sets is introduced in this paper. It is shown that, while the consensus measures are valuations but neither isotone nor antitone with respect to the lattice structure induced by the pointwise maximum and minimum operations to the set of all the fuzzy sets on a nonempty crisp set, they are antitone valuations with respect to the lattice structure induced by the generalized sharpening relation to a quotient set of the set of fuzzy sets. It is also shown that the solutions of a finite fuzzy relation equation that have the maximum consensus measure can be characterized through the join operation of the latter lattice in terms of the maximum solution and some of the minimal solutions of the equation.     

Planning tool requirements for flexible manufacturing: an analytical approach

The problem of tool and fixture resources dimensioning is considered and examined for a productive environment with flexible features. With reference to previous studies, different tool management strategies are pointed out and commented upon; a further control policy based on workpiece batching is suggested and tested. In the second section of the paper, an analytical interpretation of the question in hand is presented and discussed; the effectiveness of the procedure itself is tested by comparing analytical data with results derived from the detailed simulation of a real tool management area. Results are shown in the last section     

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GOES MOBILE

New mobile computing technologies require new paradigms for infrastructure and interaction with mobile and networked devices. For building smart mobile companions for new intelligent services, a number of challenges have to be addressed. We argue that artificial intelligence is a key to a new generation of mobile systems. In this introduction to AI in mobile systems, we present some of the challenges and solutions in this exciting field of research.     

Fatty acid profile of milk from goats fed diets with different levels of conserved and fresh forages

Aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of different proportions of hay and fresh grass in goats’ diet on milk fatty acid profile. Nine Camosciata goats were fed a fixed amount of concentrate (30% of total diet) and different percentages (40% vs 30%, 50% vs 20% and 60% vs 10%) of hay and fresh grass, respectively. Diminishing amounts of fresh grass percentages in the diet led to significant increases of lauric, myristic and palmitic acids (P ≤ 0.001) and to significant decreases of C18:1 t6‐11, rumenic and α‐linolenic acids (P ≤ 0.001) in milk, thus determining a worsening of the health value of milk fat.