EVALUATION OF COLOR OF THE JUVENILE AND MATURE CEDAR WOOD BY MEANS OF CIEL*a*b* METHOD
Tecnologia em Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração, 2014 The present study aimed to characterize the radial profile of cedar wood (Cedrela fissilis) by the colorimetric technique. Three different trees of approximately 100 years old were selected in Canguçu, Rio Grande do Sul. From each felled tree, discs were removed at breast height (1,3 m) with a thickness of 20 cm and subsequently samples were segmented ...
Rafael de Avila Delucis +4 more
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Description and spatial inference of soil drainage using matrix soil colours in the Lower Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Soil colour is often used as a general purpose indicator of internal soil drainage. In this study we developed a necessarily simple model of soil drainage which combines the tacit knowledge of the soil surveyor with observed matrix soil colour ...
Brendan P. Malone +2 more
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Effect of calcium on quality parameters in three varieties of tubers of Solanum tuberosum L. at harvest and after four and eight months of cold storage conservation [PDF]
Emirates Journal of Food and AgriculturePotato (Solanum tuberosum L) is one of the most important food crops worldwide, being a carbohydrate-rich food and presenting a good source of vitamins and minerals.
Ana Rita F. Coelho +16 more
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High correlation between skin color based on CIELAB color space, epidermal melanocyte ratio, and melanocyte melanin content [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background To treat skin color disorders, such as vitiligo or burns, melanocytes are transplanted for tissue regeneration. However, melanocyte distribution in the human body varies with age and location, making it difficult to select the optimal donor ...
Wen-Shyan Huang +9 more
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A New Method of Image Denoising for Underground Coal Mine Based on the Visual Characteristics
Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2014 Affected by special underground circumstances of coal mine, the image clarity of most images captured in the mine is not very high, and a large amount of image noise is mingled with the images, which brings further downhole images processing many ...
Gang Hua, Daihong Jiang
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From Bark to Dye—Ethnographic Black and Grey Alder Recipes from Finland and Estonia
HeritageEthnographic sources from Finland and Estonia in the 18th to early 20th centuries often mention alder bark as a dye source. The bark of grey alder (Alnus incana) and black alder (Alnus glutinosa) was used to dye wool and linen yarns reddish, paint ...
Krista Wright +5 more
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Laser Treatment of Wood Surfaces for Ski Cores: An Experimental Parameter Study
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2013 Recently, the production of skis with wooden cores has increased due to changes in customer awareness concerning ecological issues and rising raw material costs for mineral oil resources. The preparation of ski surfaces is one of the main expense factors
Alexander Petutschnigg +7 more
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Applied SciencesImage pre-processing is crucial for large fleet management. Many traffic videos are collected by closed-circuit television (CCTV), which has a fixed area monitoring for image analysis.
Ching-Yun Mu, Pin Kung
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Color and Its Effect on Dietitians’ Food Choices: Insights from Tomato Juice Evaluation
BeveragesColor plays a significant role in consumer decisions about food products, influencing preferences and choices and eliciting positive or negative associations.
Agnieszka Bielaszka +4 more
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Journal of Ginseng Research, 2020 Background: Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng Meyer) powder is in rising demand because powder forms of foods are convenient to handle and are highly preservable.
Hyunah Lee +5 more
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