Grape phenolic maturity is usually analysed by destructive wet chemistry in the laboratory. Yet, for precision agriculture more rapid and nondestructive methods are needed. Therefore, in addition to measurements of fruit colour, a new optical method was recently proposed. It is based on the screening of fruit chlorophyll fluorescence that allows both flavonol and anthocyanin contents of intact ...

With the development in egocentric vision, skill measurement has been recently proposed as a novel topic in this emerging field. In this report, we record the the experimenter’s first-person videos in Wet labratories (wetlab), and measure his/her operative skills. Specifically, given the videos of expert and amateur, we analyze their head motions, hands motions, eye-hand coordinations and key-m...

The quickening pace of business caused one of Europe’s leading independent testing laboratories to seek an alternative to the standard solvent extraction/acid hydrolysis (Soxhlet) method for testing the amount of fat in a variety of foods. This contract laboratory, with numerous sites throughout the UK and Ireland, provides quality control analytical services to the food industry. By converting...

Tributyltin (TBT) is one of the most toxic anthropogenic compounds introduced into the 9 marine environment. Despite its global ban in 2008, TBT is still a problem of great concern due to 10 its high affinity for particulate matter, providing a direct and potentially persistent route of entry 11 into benthic sediments. Bioremediation strategies may constitute an alternative approach to 12 conve...

Tributyltin (TBT) is one of the most toxic anthropogenic compounds introduced into the marine environment. Despite its global ban in 2008, TBT is still a problem of great concern due to its high affinity for particulate matter, providing a direct and potentially persistent route of entry into benthic sediments. Bioremediation strategies may constitute an alternative approach to conventional phy...

The representation of cloud and precipitation chemistry and subsequent wet deposition of trace constituents in global atmospheric chemistry models is associated with large uncertainties. To improve the simulated trace gas distributions we apply the new submodel SCAV, which includes detailed cloud and precipitation chemistry and present results of the atmospheric chemistry general circulation mo...

Precise patterning of metals is required for diverse microfluidic and microelectromechanical system (MEMS) applications ranging from the separation of proteins to the manipulation of single cells and drops of water-in-oil emulsions. Here we present a very simple, inexpensive method for fabricating micropatterned electrodes. We deposit a thin metal layer of controlled thickness using wet chemist...