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Marrone R, Smaldone G, Ambrosio RL, Festa R, Ceruso M, Chianese A, Anastasio A. Effect of beetroot ( Beta vulgaris) extract on Black Angus burgers shelf life. Ital J Food Saf 2021; 10:9031. [PMID: 33907686 PMCID: PMC8056451 DOI: 10.4081/ijfs.2021.9031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Beef burgers are meat preparations with easy perishability. To ensure a longer shelflife, the Regulation EU 1129/11 allows the use of some additives. However, healthconscious consumers prefer products which do not contain synthetic substances. Aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of Red Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) integration on Black Angus made burgers shelf life. Red beet was prepared as powder and added to meat mixture as the same or in water solution. The study was split into 2 trials to assess the extract activity also in burgers vacuum-packaged stored. Burgers were analysed (up to 9 days at 4°C) in terms of sensory properties, microbiological profile, pH, aw and lipid oxidation (TBARS). At the end of storage, treated samples showed the highest values of redness and the lowest content of malondialdehyde, probably due to antioxidant properties of red beet towards myoglobin and lipid oxidation processes. Moreover, results highlighted that Red Beetroot activities were dose-dependent and intensified if dissolved in water. The aw values did not appear to be conditioned by extract integrations, unlike the pH that was lower in treated samples than control ones. Microbiological analyses identified beetroot as a potential antimicrobial substance, especially in high concentration. In conclusion, Beta vulgaris extract could be proposed as natural compound exploitable in beef burgers to preserve qualities and extend their shelf-life.
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- Raffaele Marrone
- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Unit of Food Hygiene, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples, Portici
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Unit of Food Hygiene, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Unit of Food Hygiene, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Unit of Food Hygiene, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Unit of Food Hygiene, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples
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Marrone A, Franci G, Perrella A, Nevola R, Chianese A, Adinolfi LE, Sasso FC, Rinaldi L. Editorial - HCC in HCV patients and the direct acting antivirals: is there really a link? Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 24:983-987. [PMID: 32017007 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202001_20084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- A Marrone
- Department of Advanced Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.
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Girasole M, Marrone R, Anastasio A, Chianese A, Mercogliano R, Cortesi ML. Effect of electrical water bath stunning on physical reflexes of broilers: evaluation of stunning efficacy under field conditions. Poult Sci 2016; 95:1205-10. [PMID: 26957628 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pew017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The effects of different amounts and frequencies of stunning sine wave alternating current were investigated under field conditions. Seven hundred and fifty broilers were stunned in an electrical water bath with an average root mean square (RMS) current of 150, 200, and 250 mA and frequencies of 200, 400, 600, 800, and 1,200 Hz. The occurrence of corneal reflex, spontaneous eye blinking, and a positive response to a painful stimulus were monitored and recorded immediately after the stunning and at 20 s post-stun. Statistical analysis showed that the electrical stunning frequency (P=0.0004), the stunning RMS current (P<0.0001) and the interaction between stunning frequency and stunning current (P<0.0001) had a significant effect on the occurrence of animals experiencing an abolition of corneal reflex at 20 s post-stun.At a current of 150 mA, the probability of a successful stun was over 90% at 200 Hz, approximately 40% at 400 Hz, and below 5% for frequencies greater than 600 Hz. So, stunning at frequencies greater than 600 Hz cannot be recommended when a RMS current of 150 mA is applied. The maximum probability of a successful stun was obtained for a current level of 200 mA at 400 Hz and for a current level of 250 mA at 400 and 600 Hz, whereas the stunning treatments at 1,200 Hz provided the lowest probability of a successful stun. Assessment of spontaneous eye blinking and responses to comb pinching confirmed the indications coming from the analysis of corneal reflex.
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- M Girasole
- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Federico Delpino, 1, 80137 - Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Federico Delpino, 1, 80137 - Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Federico Delpino, 1, 80137 - Napoli, Italy
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- ASL Napoli 2 Nord, Department of Prevention and Veterinary Service of Food Hygiene
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Federico Delpino, 1, 80137 - Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Federico Delpino, 1, 80137 - Napoli, Italy
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Girasole M, Chirollo C, Ceruso M, Vollano L, Chianese A, Cortesi ML. Optimization of Stunning Electrical Parameters to Improve Animal Welfare in a Poultry Slaughterhouse. Ital J Food Saf 2015; 4:4576. [PMID: 27800406 PMCID: PMC5076635 DOI: 10.4081/ijfs.2015.4576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Revised: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Animal killing for food production and the related operations are events that may induce pain, stress, fear and other forms of suffering to the animals. To face this problem and guarantee the animal welfare, the EU has adopted the Regulation (EC) N. 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing. Electrical water bath stunning is one of the methods used in commercial slaughterhouses to protect poultry welfare. In particular, this method induces unconsciousness into the birds due to run of electrical current through the head and body. The aim of the present work was to find an optimal setting of electrical parameters to obtain an effective water bath stunning in a commercial poultry slaughterhouse. Moreover, the influence of the tested electrical parameters on meat quality was evaluated. All the experiments confirmed that high stunning frequencies induce a lower occurrence of lesions on carcasses but, on the other hand, require greater current intensities to be effective. A frequency of 750 Hz and an average current intensity of 200 mA for each bird in the water bath resulted as the best combination of electrical parameters to obtain a proper stunning without any consequence on the meat quality.
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- Mariagrazia Girasole
- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II , Naples, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II , Naples, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II , Naples, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II , Naples, Italy
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- Department of Prevention and Veterinary Service of Food Hygiene, Local Health Unit Napoli 2 Nord , Naples, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II , Naples, Italy
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Rashid J, Barakat MA, Ruzmanova Y, Chianese A. Fe₃O₄/SiO₂/TiO₂ nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of 2-chlorophenol in simulated wastewater. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2015; 22:3149-3157. [PMID: 25239108 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3598-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Photocatalysis has emerged as an advance and environmental-friendly process for breakdown of organic contaminants in wastewater. This work reports facile synthesis and characterization of stable magnetic core-shell-shell Fe3O4/SiO2/TiO2 nanoparticles and their effectiveness for photocatalysis. The surface morphology, crystal structure, and chemical properties of the photocatalyst were characterized by using scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and nitrogen physisorption. Stability of synthesized nanoparticles in aqueous medium was tested by leaching test. The photocatalytic degradation of 2-chlorophenol was investigated and reaction parameters for best catalyst performance were optimized. Catalyst dose of 0.5 g/L under optimized conditions produced complete degradation of 25 mg/L 2-chlorophenol (2-CP) within 130 min of 100-W ultraviolet (UV) irradiation while 97.2 % degradation of 50 mg/L 2-CP was achieved within 3 h. The rate of photocatalytic degradation was determined by considering pseudo first-order kinetics and Hugul's kinetic equations. The Hugul's kinetics was found to provide a better interpretation of the experimental results than the generally adopted pseudo first-order reaction kinetics.
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- Jamshaid Rashid
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Meteorology and Environment, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
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D’ Intino AF, de Caprariis B, Santarelli ML, Verdone N, Chianese A. Best operating conditions to produce hydroxyapatite nanoparticles by means of a spinning disc reactor. Front Chem Sci Eng 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11705-014-1427-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Morganti P, Carezzi F, Ciotto P, Tishchenko G, Chianese A, Yudin V. A Green Multifunctional Polymer from Discarded Material: Chitin Nanofibrils. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.9734/bjast/2014/11181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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de Caprariis B, Di Rita M, Stoller M, Verdone N, Chianese A. Reaction-precipitation by a spinning disc reactor: Influence of hydrodynamics on nanoparticles production. Chem Eng Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.03.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Stoller M, Bravi M, Chianese A. The Effect of Scaling on the Performances of a DTB Crystallizer by Means of a Compartmental Simulation Model. Chem Eng Res Des 2005. [DOI: 10.1205/cherd.03384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chianese A, Ulrich J. Industrial Crystallization: ISIC 15. Chem Eng Technol 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.200390035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cafiero LM, Baffi G, Chianese A, Jachuck RJJ. Process Intensification: Precipitation of Barium Sulfate Using a Spinning Disk Reactor. Ind Eng Chem Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ie010654w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- L. M. Cafiero
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza” via Eudossiana 18, I-00184 Rome, Italy, and Process Intensification and Innovation Centre (PIIC), Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza” via Eudossiana 18, I-00184 Rome, Italy, and Process Intensification and Innovation Centre (PIIC), Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza” via Eudossiana 18, I-00184 Rome, Italy, and Process Intensification and Innovation Centre (PIIC), Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza” via Eudossiana 18, I-00184 Rome, Italy, and Process Intensification and Innovation Centre (PIIC), Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K
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Microcalcification detection is widely used for early diagnosis of breast cancer. Nevertheless, mammogram visual analysis is a complex task for expert radiologists. In this paper, we present a new method for computer aided detection of microcalcifications in digital mammograms. The detection is performed on the wavelet transformed image. The calcifications are separated from the background by exploiting the evaluation of Renyi's information at the different decomposition levels of the wavelet transform. Experiments are performed on a standard and publicly available dataset and the results are evaluated with respect to recent achievements reported in the literature.
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- G Boccignone
- DIIIE and INFM, Università di Salerno, via Ponte Melillo 1, Fisciano, 84084, Italy.
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Many imaging applications deal with the detection of small targets or spots embedded within an inhomogeneous background. We present a method that accomplishes a multiresolution detection on the wavelet-transformed image. The targets are separated from the background by the exploitation of Renyi's information, which is evaluated at the different decomposition levels of the wavelet transform. The scale-dependent candidate detections are successively combined by means of majority voting for final detection. Connections with results provided in different fields such as multifractal analysis, generalized information measures in scale-space, and cross-entropy analysis in fine-to-coarse transformations are discussed. Detection performance is investigated through an example from medical image analysis.
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- G Boccignone
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e Ingegneria Elettrica and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, Università di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy. and
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Chianese A, Di Berardino F, Jones A. On the effect of secondary nucleation on the crystal size distribution from a seeded batch crystallizer. Chem Eng Sci 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(93)80309-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chianese A, Frances C, Di Berardino F, Bruno L. On the behaviour of a liquid fluidized bed of monosized sodium perborate crystals. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0300-9467(92)80012-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chianese A, Di Cave S, Mmazzarotta B. Main Factors Influencing the Crystal Size Distribution from a Batch Cooling Crystallizer. Cryst Res Technol 1986. [DOI: 10.1002/crat.2170210108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Chianese A, Fasoli U, Prati Gaglia MP. Design of a continuous crystallizer by evaporation as unit operation. Cryst Res Technol 1984. [DOI: 10.1002/crat.2170190707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Klain U, Cicchiello V, Scarcella A, Nocerino P, Chianese A, De Curtis M, De Curtis D. [The urinary hydroxyproline-creatinine ratio, in random samples, in normal children and pituitary dwarfs]. Pediatria (Napoli) 1980; 88:218-27. [PMID: 7243518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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