As it was previously reported, black spot development in the skin of Hass avocado has been related to a decreased antioxidant defense system. The aim this study investigate effect different postharvest storage conditions on controlling targeting their system (non-enzymatic and enzymatic) skin. Four treatments (T1: regular air (RA) at 5 °C for 40 d; T2: controlled atmosphere (CA) 4 kPa O2 6 CO2 ...

As a key nutrient, nitrogen can limit primary productivity and carbon cycle dynamics, but also evolutionary progress. Given strong redox-dependency of its molecular speciation, environmental conditions control localization bioavailability. This particularly applies to periods in Earth history with frequent redox fluctuations, such as the Neoproterozoic. We here report on chlorophyll-derived por...

The closure problem of representing hydrological boundary fluxes given the state of the system has been described as the scientific ‘Holy Grail’ of hydrology. This relationship between storage state and flux should be hysteretic and scale dependent because of the differences between velocities and celerities in a hydrological system—effectively velocities are storage controlled, and celerities ...

This paper investigates the impact of arrival processes on the ship handling process. Two types of arrival processes are considered: controlled and uncontrolled. Simulation results show that uncontrolled arrivals of ships perform worst in terms of both ship delays and required storage capacity. Stock-controlled arrivals perform best with regard to large vessel delays and storage capacity. The c...