Carrots for dessert

Bayesian Optimization for a Better Dessert

We present a case study on applying Bayesian Optimization to a complex real-world system; our challenge was to optimize chocolate chip cookies. The process was a mixed-initiative system where both human chefs, human raters, and a machine optimizer participated in 144 experiments. This process resulted in highly rated cookies that deviated from expectations in some surprising ways – much less su...

Eat dessert first.

Carrots and sticks for quality health care.

Optimization of Blanching Process for Carrots

Investigations were carried out to study the effects of selected blanching treatments on the quality of carrots over a temperature range of 80–100C. The blanching treatments selected were steam, water, 0.05 N acetic acid solution and 0.2% calcium chloride solution. These blanching treatments were evaluated with respect to the inactivation time of peroxidase (POD) and catalase, and the process w...

Editorials Carrots, sticks and tuberculosis

The spectrum of nitrofurantoin lung injury continues to widen. The case histories are presented of two patients who developed lung disease associated with the use of nitrofurantoin with histological features of bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia (BOOP), a rare but recognised form of drug induced injury. The two middle aged women presented with respiratory symptoms after prolonged tre...