FRUIT MATURITY AND QUALITY SCANNING
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240302272A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18178671

    申请日:2023-03-06

    发明人: Ioannis Minas

    IPC分类号: G01N21/3563 G01N21/3581

    摘要: The true impact of preharvest factors such as crop load, canopy position, cultivar and rootstock on peach internal quality can be determined using multivariate visible light radiation (Vis) and near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) prediction models to non-destructively assess peach internal quality (dry matter content, DMC; soluble solids concentration, SSC) and maturity (index of absorbance difference, IAD). A novel crop load×fruit developmental stage protocol allowed accurate multivariate Vis-NIRS-based prediction models development for three major yellow fleshed peach typologies (fully red over-colored, early-ripening bi-colored and late-ripening bi-colored) to non-destructively assess peach internal quality (DMC and SSC) and maturity (IAD) with a single scan during fruit growth and development in the field. The impact of preharvest factors such as crop load and canopy position on peach quality and maturity can be evaluated across a variety of peach cultivars using this novel technology.

    Anchoring device
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11992411B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US17118756

    申请日:2020-12-11

    摘要: Various implementations include an anchoring device including a tubular body and at least one anchor. The at least one anchor extends along an opening between a first axial end and a second axial end of the opening. The at least one anchor includes a shape memory material. The at least one anchor is movable from a retracted position to an extended position by either increasing the temperature of the anchor above an austenite finishing temperature or decreasing the temperature of the anchor below a martensite finishing temperature. The anchor has a smaller radius of curvature in a plane that includes the longitudinal axis in the extended position than in the retracted position. When used as a coupler for medical implants, the device can be easily removed and reimplanted during re-surgery without damaging the bone of a patient by increasing or decreasing the temperature of the shape memory material anchors.

    ALL-PURPOSE POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE) BY STEREOMICROSTRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

    公开(公告)号:US20240158567A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18492554

    申请日:2023-10-23

    摘要: Syndio-rich P3HB (sr-P3HB), readily synthesized from the eight-membered meso-dimethyl diolide, has a unique set of stereomicrostructures comprising enriched syndiotactic [rr] and no isotactic [mm] triads but abundant stereo-defects randomly distributed along the chain. This sr-P3HB material is characterized by high toughness (UT=96 MJ/m3), as a result of its high elongation at break (>400%) and tensile strength (34 MPa), crystallinity (Tm=114° C.), and optical clarity (due to its sub-micron spherulites), and good barrier properties, while it still biodegrades in freshwater and soil. On the other hand, iso-rich P3HB (ir-P3HB) can be synthesized from the eight-membered rac-dimethyl diolide. While sr-P3HB exhibits excellent adhesion strength toward a variety of substrates, both sr-P3HB and ir-P3HB can substantially toughen brittle stereoperfect biological or synthetic P3HB. Both sr-P3HB and ir-P3HB can also be obtained from the four-membered rac-beta-butyrolactone with appropriate catalysts.