Beyond the Black Box of Life Cycle Assessment in Wastewater Treatment Plants: Which Help from Bioassays? by Michele Menghini, Roberta Pedrazzani, Donatella Feretti, Giovanna Mazzoleni, Nathalie Steimberg, Chiara Urani, Ilaria Zerbini, Giorgio Bertanza

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Efficient solar heater box for control of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) on cocoa beans by Abdullahi, Gambo

“…The effects of heat treatment in solar heater box on life stages of T. castaneum infested on cocoa beans were examined by artificially infesting 30 adults, larvae, eggs and pupae of T. castaneum on one (1) kg of cocoa beans in fabric bags and exposure to solar radiation in solar heater box for 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 min. …”
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Building “First Expire, First Out” models to predict food losses at retail due to cold chain disruption in the last mile by Charles B. Herron, Laura J. Garner, Aftab Siddique, Tung-Shi Huang, Jesse C. Campbell, Shashank Rao, Amit Morey

“…Temperature results indicated that boxes on the top and bottom layers reached 4°C faster than boxes comprising the middle layers while the perimeter boxes of each layer reached 4°C faster than centrally located boxes. Shelf-life results indicate simulated LTL TA reduced shelf-life by 2.25 and 1.5 days for APC and PSY, respectively. …”
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