quality and flesh colour characteristics of blood oranges following harvest is related to and dependent upon temperature and storage conditions. to investigate the effects of different temperatures (8, 15 and 22ºc) and different storage period (0, 25, 50 and 75 days) on total soluble solids, titrable acidity, ph, ascorbic acid, total phenolic contents, antioxidant capacity, anthocyanin level, a...

Two-dimensional (2D) surface-terminated layered transition metal carbide MXenes with high electrochemical performance paved the way for robust energy storage supercapacitor devices. However, because of 2D nature MXene flakes, self-restacking flakes limits use all flake functionalized surfaces in electrodes. Here, we report synthesis V2CTx and multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT)/V2CTx composites a...

Thinning is a crucial practice in the forest ecosystem management. The soil infiltration rate and water storage capacity of pine-oak mixed forest under three different thinning intensity treatments (15%, 30%, and 60%) were studied in Qinling Mountains of China. The thinning operations had a significant influence on soil infiltration rate and water storage capacity. The soil infiltration rate an...

Battery manufacturing plays a direct and pivotal role in determining battery performance, which, turn, significantly affects the applications of battery-related energy storage systems. As complicated process that involves chemical, mechanical electrical operations, effective property predictions reliable analysis strongly-coupled parameters or variables become key but challenging issues for wid...

The general neural unit (GNU) 1] is known for its high storage capacity as an autoassociative memory. The exponential increase in its storage capacity with the number of inputs per neuron is far greater than the linear growth in the famous Hoppeld network 2]. This paper shows that the GNU attains an even higher capacity with the use of pyramids of neurons instead of single neurons as its nodes....

Silicon is a promising high-capacity anode material for lithium-ion batteries yet attaining long cycle life remains a significant challenge due to pulverization of the silicon and unstable solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation during the electrochemical cycles. Despite significant advances in nanostructured Si electrodes, challenges including short cycle life and scalability hinder its w...