Life Sciences

With the advent of globalization, supply chain systems in all domains have become highly complex due to the ever-growing networking and change of approach towards automation which have at times been limited in traditional supply chains. One of the key aspects to be targeted in conventional methodologies is the centralized nature of the supply chain. Due to this factor, there is deterioration in the quality, contamination and tampering of the food product that is delivered to the end user.

Okra, (Abelmoschus esculentus), herbaceous hairy annual plant of the family Malvaceae. Okra originated somewhere around the Ethiopia, and was cultivated by the ancient Egyptians by the 12th century B.C. Its cultivation spread throughout Middle East and North Africa. There are two hypotheses concerning the geographical origin of A. esculentus. Some authors argue that one putative ancestor (A.tuberculatus) is native to Uttar Pradesh in northern India, suggesting that the species originated from this geographic area.

We present a general conception of intrinsic metric and study some of its properties. We provide for general regular Dirichlet forms. Given a regular, strongly local Dirichlet form ℇ, the local doubling and local Poincaré inequalities are satisfied, we obtain that: the intrinsic differential and distance structures of ℇ coincide.

O uso de terapia nutricional enteral domiciliar é uma estratégia de intervenção nutricional com o intuito de aumentar a qualidade de vida dos indivíduos dependentes da sonda, porém nem sempre gera o resultado esperado, devido a intercorrências durante a assistência domiciliar. O projeto propõe a análise das técnicas desempenhadas em relação à administração e manipulação das dietas, e as estratégias e comportamentos doscuidadores durante a TNED.

Radish (Raphanus sativus L. ssp. sativus or Raphanus sativus L.) belongs to the genus Raphanus and the family Brassicaceae (Crucifereae). It is a diploid species with chromosome numbers 2n = 2x = 18. The genus Raphanus originated from coastal regions along the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Most scholars believe that cultivated radish (R. sativus L.) was originated from wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum L.) while others thought R. sativus was derived by the hybridization between R. maritimus and R. landra. Other names of radish are wild radish, garden radish, daikon.

The main objective of this article is to analyze the actions of the Sweet Water Program – PAD in the development of the Brazilian semi-arid region. Initiatives such as the Sweet Water Program, which promote the sustainable use of water, directly contribute to combating the effects of climate change. It is an effort by the government to internalize such concerns, disseminating good practices in the sustainable use of water. This isanexploratory, descriptivestudywith a qualitative approach, bibliographical and documentary.

Cucumber belongs to the Family Cucurbitaceae, Subfamily Cucurbitoideae, Tribe Melothrieae, Subtribe Cucumerinae, Genus Cucumis and Species Cucumis sativus L. The Common Names of Cucumber are garden cucumber, apple cucumber, gherkin and khira. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. 2n = 2x = 14) is one of the Asiatic species. Cultivated for at least 3,000 years, the cucumber originated from India, where a great many varieties have been observed, along with its closest living relative, Cucumis hystrix. It was probably introduced to Europe by the Greeks or Romans.

Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) are plant products that are variously distributed throughout the plant kingdom. These secondary compounds have various chemical groups and are named according to their chemical constituents. For their ability to defend biotic and abiotic stresses they are considered as plants' defensive or bio-functional compounds. These metabolites derived from secondary metabolism of plants are produced for protection of the species from insects, herbivores and extreme environmental conditions. They are indirectly involved in plants’ growth and development.

Growth performance of five marine microalgae Isochrysis galbana, Chaetoceros calcitrans, Tetraselmis suecica, Nannochloropsis oculata, Aphanocapsa species was studied under different culture conditions i.e. Conway and f/2 media at 20, 30 and 40ppt salinities (‰). The microalgae culture was undertaken in the indoor facility with 24±1° C temperature, PH 8.7±1 under 24hour photoperiod. Overall highest cell density (56.23million cells/ml) was recorded in Aphanocapsa sp. in Conway medium at 30‰ followed by N.

Coming from the Latin acrumen which means sour, the word citrus was given in antiquity to trees with acid fruits. Indeed, citrus fruits refer to several species, the best known of which are oranges, grapefruits, mandarins, clementines and lemons. Species of the genus Citrus are well known but very little studied in Niger. It is with the aim of providing more data that the present study was carried out. The general objective was to study the ability to propagate by cuttings in three citrus species (Citrus limon, Citrus tangelo and Citrus sinensis).