Shucking is one of the necessary parts for the deep process of peanut, and has great impact on the quality of peanut kernel.Taking the shucking force as the evaluation indicator, the effects of mechanical and physical characteristics, which include the loading orientation, loading rate, moisture content, partical size and the number of peanut kernel, on peanut shucking were investigated by mean...

As scholars in Caribbean Studies struggle to deconstruct the complicated cultural history of colonialism, visual representations — such as painted imagery, sketches, photographs and lithographs, often accompanied by “word imagery” (i.e. elaborate word descriptions that are meant to stand in for the image) — are increasingly recognised as valid and unique sites that challenge the story of Wester...

The study examined the effect of moisture content on maize shelling speed using a manually operated hand Sheller (cone type). Twenty (20) unthreshed maize cob samples (A-J) were used for the study. The samples were analysed in the laboratory for parameters such as weight of samples before and after drying, moisture content and shelling speed. The result indicated that sample J, after sixty nine...

The awareness and knowledge of postharvest losses at the farm level is still very low, so it necessary to conduct research determine application technology level. was conducted from January December 2017 in Minahasa, North Minahasa South districts. results study showed that each stage treatment varied 5% conventional 1.92% introduced technology. use BB shelling tools with an operating time 9 mi...

Caribbean cultural tourism is deeply entwined with American empire and its transoceanic mobilities, yet transnational production constantly exceeds escapes such limiting constructs. In this article, we combine the insights of a sociologist (Sheller) musicologist (Martin) to interrogate meanings first Festival Arts, held in Puerto Rico 1952, shaping divergent archipelagic spaces competing musica...

Indonesia is an agricultural country with vast land and abundant natural resources. Thus, it not surprising that the Indonesian sector has a very important role in economic growth, because this great potential absorbing large number of workers as well supporting food needs. West Sumatra one corn-producing provinces corn production Province 2020 935,716 tons or 59,465 less than target 995,201 to...

Locative media have been on the public agenda since the mid2000s when GPS became available in smartphones, spawning applications such as GoogleMaps, Foursquare, Runkeeper, etc. They are becoming increasingly significant in the everyday routines of smartphone users, and in media design and innovation. While these issues are clearly important, and the individual contributions in this book deal wi...

It is thought that reactive oxygen species (ROS) participate in the inflammation which characterizes asthma, but the evidence supporting this contention is incomplete. F 2 -isoprostanes (F 2 -IsoPs) are arachidonate products formed on membrane phospholipids by the action of ROS and thereby represent a quantitative measure of oxidant stress in vivo. Using a mass spectrometric assay we measured u...