High Texture Research Articles

Utilização de biofilmes na conservação pós-colheita de morango (Fragaria Ananassa Duch) cv IAC Campinas

The objetive of this research was to check the utilization of fecula film to postharvest conservation of strawberry fruits were stored in ambient temperature (21oC; 64,5% RH). It was set out in a system randomized complete test with 2 factors and submited to Tukey test. In following, the fruits were submited by six differents treatments: 1) control (without film); 2) 1% fecula film; 3) 2% fecula film; 4) 3% fecula film; 5) 4% fecula film; 5) 5% fecula film. The valuation were done by 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 days about weight loss, sensorial evaluation and quality visual (color and texture). At the end of 10 days the following was observed; smaller weight loss in the treatment with 1, 2 and 3% fecula film, and higher texture, increasing in until 5 times the postharvest life in the fruits. The result from the sensorial evaluation showed that no differences were noted.

Chromatin texture from hematoxylin stained thyroid lesions.

Quantitative aspects of cytology and histology should be considered in diagnostic standardisation processes. The present paper summarises the cytological differences detected in 75 thyroid lesions using a computerized textural analysis. Cells stained with progressive hematoxylin and taken from paraffin blocks were overlaid with the extracted texture. This technique was based on the lineal detection of a grey level gradient of the common logarithm of the integrated optical density (IOD) of each nucleus.Diffuse and nodular goiters (36 cases) were demonstrated to be composed of small cells containing high density texture that, on microscopical visual inspection, gave a “salt and pepper” appearance. The adenomatous goiters (2 cases) and adenomas (26 cases) were composed of low texture cells with a visual “blurry or smudgy” chromatin, while the atypical adenomas with capsular invasion (4 cases) were characterised by a “woodworm” nuclear appearance that produced the highest texture of the series. Finally, encapsulated folliculo-papillary carcinomas (3 cases) were composed of large clear nuclei with high IOD, low texture, and scattered lines that resulted in an “empty grape skin” aspect.Our findings seam to confirm the suitability of computerized textural techniques that aid in recognizing cell microscopic features objectively. The one used in the present work, based on a mathematical function of the DNA content of each individual nucleus (IOD), fulfills all microscopy detection criteria.

Novel Electromigration Failure Mechanism for Aluminium-Based Metallization on Titanium Substrate

AbstractIn this paper a phenomenological characterisation of an anomalous grain growth, observed after classical electromigration lifetests, on Al-l%Si-0.5%Cu multigrain stripes, deposited at high temperature (460°C) on a Ti substrate, is reported. Failure analysis, carried out by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Focus Ion Beam (FIB), has detected an abnormal single-grain growth in the vertical direction, starting from the Ti/Al interface. Medium Time to Failure (MTF) data are compared with those of stripes on Ti/TiN substrate, on which no grain growth was observed. The growth of the anomalous grains has been related to the Ti/Al interface properties. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) analyses concurrently show a higher texture of the film on the Ti, compared with the film on the Ti/TiN substrate. The tight columnar orientation of grain boundaries strongly limits the mechanism of grain boundary diffusion during electromigration stress. The atomic flux is then forced to take place at the Ti/Al interface, where the epitaxial growth of the Al single grains is favoured.

Effect of pelletization pressure on texturing of a YBa 2Cu 3O 7−δ sample

Texturing in YBa 2Cu 3O 7-δ pellets has been studied as a function of pelletization pressure applied before final oxygen annealing. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, oxygen estimation, as well as resistivity measurements along and perpendicular to the direction of pelletization pressure have been carried out to investigate this texturing. Such measurements of both the resistivity components for textured samples have not been reported earlier. Our observations are that (1) the texturing progresses through two different mechanisms, viz. grain growth and slip-plane movement, depending on the applied pressure range, and (2) at high enough pressure, the grains break up, inhibiting attempts at higher texturing by still higher pressure.

Effect of soil properties on the yield and persistence of Mediterranean perennial grasses in southern Western Australia

The effect of ten soil types on yield and survival of three perennial grasses, each mixed with volunteer annual species, was studied for three years under periodic grazing. Yields of cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata cv. Currie), phalaris (Phalaris aquatica cv. Australian) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea cv. Melik) were higher on a gravelly yellow podzolic soil than on other types; phalaris also yielded well on a red podzolic soil. Analysis by multiple linear regression showed that the yield of all sown grasses was high when perched water of the A and upper B horizons was recorded early in winter and sustained until late spring. High gravel content in the A horizon improved cocksfoot and fescue yield and depressed that of phalaris. The high gravel content was associated with increased gravel and decreased water retention of the top of the B horizon at 15 bars. Higher texture classes in the A horizon tended to depress yields of cocksfoot and fescue with no apparent effect on phalaris. The higher texture classes of the clay and clay loam soils tended to decrease general root penetrations. Cocksfoot and phalaris were more productive on shallow than on deep A horizon soils, but fescue yield was not affected by this soil property. Yields of the species can be estimated accurately from regression equations based on three or four soil properties. The results suggest options for selecting perennial grasses suitable for specific soil types among the red earth and red and yellow podzolic groups in the South Western Region of Western Australia. The central problem is that cocksfoot, phalaris and fescue can yield well but do not do so on all soil types.