Harvesting rain-fed chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.) from fallow fields in developing countries is currently a manual process performed by laborers in a tedious manner at a low level of efficiency. A tractor-pulled harvester was built in which a chain conveyor transfer harvested material. A tractor-mounted harvester was then redesigned, which incorporated a modified stripper header to detach pods...

1 Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Rua Tessalia Vieira de Camargo 126, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz. 13083-887 Campinas SP. [email protected] 2 Centro de Referência e Saúde do Trabalhador, Piracicaba. 3 Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste. 4 Departamento de Saúde Ambiental, Universidade...

Background The promise of pluripotent stem cells lies in their ability to form any cell or tissue in the body. However, this promise requires a stable and reproducible method to grow the cells. Current methods rely on feeder cells or extracellular matrix proteins to cover the cultureware growth surface, and either manual selection or enzymatic dissociation in cell passaging and harvesting. This...

The most common harvesting method of Lycium barbarum L. (L. barbarum) is manual harvesting, resulting in low efficiency and high cost. Meanwhile, the vibration which considered an efficient mechanical method, can be significantly improved if optimized resonance frequency shrub obtained. To harvest fruit efficiently, a 3D model was established based on measurements shape parameters, material mec...

The process of harvesting green vegetables is labor-intensive and costly, demanding a substantial workforce. To address the challenges associated with manual harvesting, mechanization essential for reducing costs, saving time, improving worker comfort. By precise comprehensive evaluations ownership operational expenses, farmers can acquire valuable information. This knowledge empowers them to m...

purpose: to present a case of traumatic bilateral eyelid lymphedema. case report: an 18-year old male presented with severe bilateral eye lid lymphedema with a history of severe craniofacial trauma three month ago and neurosurgical procedure. he had lost vision in his left eye because of sever globe injury. his lymphedema was attributed to wide surgical incision scar. the patient underwent manu...

Citrus harvesting is time-intensive and labor-intensive, relying mainly on manual harvesting. The automatic of fruit vegetable crops can not only reduce the physical labor farmers in harsh field environment but also greatly improve efficiency. Based principle citrus picking, an end-effector with three-finger grasping designed this study. First, structure was to achieve function stable effective...

Finger millet crop is important minor millet, which can serve as both food and fodder. Manual harvesting of finger involves earhead stalk separately labor intensive. Hence, the study aimed to design develop a harvester for remove drudgery in achieve low cost harvesting. The machine parameters influencing millets were identified most prominent variety CO (Ra) 14 millet. A prototype was developed...

The scope of this paper is to describe the work of manual sugarcane harvesters, assessing the nutritional behavior and body composition between the beginning and the end of the harvest. A descriptive longitudinal study was made of harvesters in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, who answered a socio-demographic questionnaire and authorized measurement of Body Mass Index, Body Fat Percentage and Arm...