• Rice quality profiling to classify germplasm in breeding programs 

  Ferreira, Ana Rita; Oliveira, Jorge C.; Pathania, Shivani; Almeida, Ana Sofia; Brites, Carla (Elsevier Ltd, 2017-05-11)

  The objective of this work was to define a quality space for assessing rice varieties. Eleven long grain varieties, seven commercial and four new advanced lines were assessed to obtain complete quality profile considering ...
• Influence of granulation process parameters on food tablet properties formulated using natural powders (Opuntia ficus and Chlorella spp.) 

  Osorio-Fierros, A.; Cronin, Kevin; Ring, Denis; Méndez-Zavala, A.; Morales-Oyervides, Lourdes; Montañez, Julio C. (Elsevier Ltd, 2017-04-26)

  In this research two natural health supplements, cactus flour (Opuntia ficus) and microalgae biomass (Chlorella spp.) have been examined as novel ingredients to formulate health supplement tablets. The physical and mechanical ...
• Application of mathematical modelling for investigating oxygen transfer energy requirement and process design of an aerobic continuous stirred tank fermenter 

  Fitzpatrick, John J.; Gonçalves de Lima, Karina; Keller, Eoin (Elsevier Ltd, 2017-02-27)

  Fermentation kinetic and oxygen transfer modelling coupled with energy analysis was applied to investigate how key input design variables influenced fermenter size, feed substrate requirement, wasted substrate and aeration ...
• Selection of best conditions of inoculum preparation for optimum performance of the pigment production process by Talaromyces spp. using the Taguchi method 

  Morales-Oyervides, Lourdes; Oliveira, Jorge C.; Sousa-Gallagher, Maria J.; Méndez-Zavala, Alejandro; Montañez, Julio C. (Wiley, 2017-04-03)

  Process optimisation techniques increasingly need to be used early on in research and development of processes for new ingredients. There are different approaches and this article illustrates the main issues at stake with ...
• Quantitative and mechanistic analysis of impact of novel cassava-assisted improved processing on fluid transport phenomenon in humidity-temperature-stressed bio-derived films 

  Tumwesigye, Kashub S.; Oliveira, Jorge C.; Sousa-Gallagher, Maria J. (Elsevier Ltd., 2017-04-21)

  Bio-derived films’ realistic performance integrity is ascertained by their resilience in highly-stressful storage conditions, a function of its ability to respond timely and manages fluid barrier appropriately. Bio-derived ...

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