BACKGROUND In this preliminary study, we examined the effect of acupressure, acupuncture and moxibustion (oriental treatments) to prevent of the relapse/deterioration of perinatal depression in women with pregnancy-related anxiety and previous depression. METHODS AND RESULTS Between 2014 and 2016, there were 48 women with pregnancy-related anxiety and previous depression who had delivery at ≥...

Recently, non-destructive techniques such as the Vis / NIR spectroscopy have been used to evaluate the characteristics of maturation and quality of pears. The study aims to validate the readings by the Vis / NIR spectroscopy as a non-destructive way to assess the qualitative characteristics of pear cultivars 'Williams', 'Packams' and 'Carrick', produced according to Brazilian conditions. The ex...

Hyperspectral imaging technology was employed to detect slight bruises on Korla pears. The spectral data of 60 bruised samples and 60 normal samples were collected by a hyperspectral imaging system. To select the characteristic wavelengths for detection, several chemometrics methods were used on the raw spectra. Firstly, principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted on the spectra ranging fr...

Monitoring of nitrate (NO(3)(-)) and nitrite (NO(2)(-)) content in agricultural products in Slovenia has been carried out since 1996. The results of monitoring over the period 1996-2002 are presented. During this time 924 samples of 14 different agricultural products (potato, lettuce, apples, carrot, silage maize, cabbage, grapes, peaches, string beans, cereals, pears, cucumbers, strawberries a...

Real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) has become a widely used method for exploring plant gene expression level. The requires using some stably expressed genes as reference to accurately normalize the RT-qPCR data. However, under various stresses and hormone treatments, levels of most vary. Environmental variations also influence their levels. lack validated, can mislead study function in pears....

Black stain is a postharvest disease that occurs on the skin of Niitaka pears (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) during cold storage, causing significant economic losses to pear production. We investigated antifungal effects peracetic acid (PAA), which strong oxidizing agent and an effective disinfectant, fungi cause black stain, we confirmed its preventive effect after application pears. Fungal isolates ...

Angeles, California merged with Dongguk University and officially changed its name to Dongguk–Royal University (DRU). This merger is the first of its type in the world—no other Korean university has ever acquired a foreign university or college. For Dongguk University, the merger marks a historic milestone in its efforts to diversify and internationalize its academic programs and research facil...

In the present work a diffusion based model was adopted to represent the drying behaviour of pears in a continuous convective drier, taking into consideration the variation of the properties of the pears along drying. The program developed simulated a significant number of situations resultant from the variation of some of the operating conditions. The temperatures tested were 30, 40 and 50 C, ...