Volatile organic compounds determine the aroma properties of durian, and it is an important factor in durian acceptance by consumers. However, limited information devoted to volatile wild edible durians. Therefore, present study aims characterize compare indigenous durians from Sarawak, Borneo. Seven genotypes, namely Durio dulcis, graveolens (yellow-fleshed), (orange-fleshed), (red-fleshed), k...

This study evaluated the effect of different sweeteners on the sensory profile, acceptance, and drivers of preference of passion fruit juice samples sweetened with sucrose, aspartame, sucralose, stevia, cyclamate/saccharin blend 2:1, and neotame. Sensory profiling was performed by 12 trained assessors using quantitative descriptive analysis (QDA). Acceptance tests (appearance, aroma, flavor, te...

This paper investigates the proper synchronization of sketch data and cognitive states in a multi-modal CAD interface. In a series of experiments, 5 subjects were instructed to watch and then explain 6 mechanical mechanisms by sketching them on a touch based screen. Simultaneously, subject’s brain waves were recorded in terms of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from 9 locations on the scalp. ...

The flavour profiles of two genotypes of Charentais cantaloupe melons (medium shelf-life and long shelf-life), harvested at two distinct maturities (immature and mature fruit), were investigated. Dynamic headspace extraction (DHE), solid-phase extraction (SPE), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and gas chromatography-olfactometry/mass spectrometry (GC-O/MS) were used to determine vol...

Histogram-based image retrieval requires some form of quantization since the raw color images result in large dimensionality in the histogram representation. Simple uniform quantization disregards the spatial information among pixels in making histograms. Since traditional vector quantization (VQ) with squared-error distortion employs only the first moment, it neglects the relationship among ve...

Security systems are considered a necessity for the deployment of smart vehicles in our society. Security in vehicular ad hoc networks is crucial to the reliable exchange of information and control data. In this paper, an intelligent intrusion detection system (IDS) is proposed to protect the external communication of self-driving and semi self-driving vehicles. This technology has the ability ...

Identification of the 5'-end of human genes requires identification of functional promoter elements. In silico identification of those elements is difficult because of the hierarchical and modular nature of promoter architecture. To address this problem, I propose a new stepwise strategy based on initial localization of a functional promoter into a 1- to 2-kb (extended promoter) region from wit...

Segmenting brain tumors in 3D magnetic resonance imaging (3D-MRI) accurately is critical for easing the diagnostic and treatment processes. In field of energy functional theory-based methods image segmentation analysis, level set have emerged as a potent computational approach that has greatly aided advancement geometric active contour model. An important factor reducing error number required i...

In social sciences the process of interview analysis is often performed as a form of qualitative data analysis (QDA), to extract relevant information from transcribed interviews. A researcher performing such an analysis is usually assisted by Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS), which provides a structured framework for coding documents. We expect that this process may...

Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is an important commercial fish and shows to be more and more demanded for human consumption. Therefore, it is very important to find good methods for monitoring the freshness of the fish in order to keep it in the best quality for human consumption. In this study, the fish was stored in ice up to 2 weeks. Quality changes during storage were assessed by the Qu...