Scientific Advances in STEM: From Professor to Students

This book collects the publications of the special Topic Scientific advances in STEM: from Professor to students. The aim is to contribute to the advancement of the Science and Engineering fields and their impact on the industrial sector, which requires a multidisciplinary approach. University generates and transmits knowledge to serve society. Social demands continuously evolve, mainly because of cultural, scientific, and technological development. Researchers must contextualize the subjects they investigate to their application to the local industry and community organizations, frequently using a multidisciplinary point of view, to enhance the progress in a wide variety of fields (aeronautics, automotive, biomedical, electrical and renewable energy, communications, environmental, electronic components, etc.). Most investigations in the fields of science and engineering require the work of multidisciplinary teams, representing a stockpile of research projects in different stages (final year projects, master’s or doctoral studies). In this context, this Topic offers a framework for integrating interdisciplinary research, drawing together experimental and theoretical contributions in a wide variety of fields

XVI Agricultural Science Congress 2023: Transformation of Agri-Food Systems for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

The XVI Agricultural Science Congress being jointly organized by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) during 10-13 October 2023, at hotel Le Meridien, Kochi, is a mega event echoing the theme “Transformation of Agri-Food Systems for achieving Sustainable Development Goals”. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute takes great pride in hosting the XVI ASC, which will be the perfect point of convergence of academicians, researchers, students, farmers, fishers, traders, entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders involved in agri-production systems that ensure food and nutritional security for a burgeoning population. With impeding challenges like growing urbanization, increasing unemployment, growing population, increasing food demands, degradation of natural resources through human interference, climate change impacts and natural calamities, the challenges ahead for India to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out by the United Nations are many. The XVI ASC will provide an interface for dissemination of useful information across all sectors of stakeholders invested in developing India’s agri-food systems, not only to meet the SDGs, but also to ensure a stable structure on par with agri-food systems around the world. It is an honour to present this Book of Abstracts which is a compilation of a total of 668 abstracts that convey the results of R&D programs being done in India. The abstracts have been categorized under 10 major Themes – 1. Ensuring Food & Nutritional Security: Production, Consumption and Value addition; 2. Climate Action for Sustainable Agri-Food Systems; 3. Frontier Science and emerging Genetic Technologies: Genome, Breeding, Gene Editing; 4. Livestock-based Transformation of Food Systems; 5. Horticulture-based Transformation of Food Systems; 6. Aquaculture & Fisheries-based Transformation of Food Systems; 7. Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable AgriFood Systems; 8. Next Generation Technologies: Digital Agriculture, Precision Farming and AI-based Systems; 9. Policies and Institutions for Transforming Agri-Food Systems; 10. International Partnership for Research, Education and Development. This Book of Abstracts sets the stage for the mega event itself, which will see a flow of knowledge emanating from a zeal to transform and push India’s Agri-Food Systems to perform par excellence and achieve not only the SDGs of the UN but also to rise as a world leader in the sector. I thank and congratulate all the participants who have submitted abstracts for this mega event, and I also applaud the team that has strived hard to publish this Book of Abstracts ahead of the event. I wish all the delegates and participants a very vibrant and memorable time at the XVI ASC

Modelos de inactivación de Listeria monocytogenes en embutidos crudo-curados tratados con altas presiones hidrostáticas y su aplicación en la Evaluación Cuantitativa del Riesgo Microbiológico

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen of special concern in raw-cured sausages due to its capacity to survive at low pH and water activity. The ability of the pathogen to adhere and form biofilms in food-contact surfaces is also a matter of concern since cross-contamination is likely to occur in Ready-to-Eat products that are not submitted to a lethality treatment prior to consumption. In this thesis, the high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) processing technology is studied, by means of Predictive Microbiology models, as an effective non-thermal pasteurization technology to assure the compliance of the current European microbiological criteria concerning L. monocytogenes in raw-cured sausages. To this end, in the first instance, two systematic reviews were carried out, shedding light upon the most important factors governing cross-contamination phenomena and HHP lethality, and whose results are presented in Chapters I and II of this thesis. Based on the reviews and generated experimental data, predictive microbiology models describing the inactivation of L. monocytogenes by HHP in food model systems of raw-cured sausages and chorizo were developed as a function of the technological parameters and intrinsic factors (Chapters III and IV). These models were combined with existing scientific data and predictive models and integrated into a microbial risk assessment framework, to quantitatively assess the real impacts of nitrite reduction, crosscontamination and HHP technology application on L. monocytogenes levels in raw-cured sausages throughout the production and distribution chain (Chapters V and VI). Results of this thesis provides with novel and relevant information that can be used as basis to assist the application of HHP technology at the industrial level and to provide food business operators with suitable quantitative tools to ensure the microbiological safety of raw-cured sausages.Listeria monocytogenes es un patógeno alimentario de especial relevancia para los embutidos crudo-curados debido a su resistencia a condiciones de pH y actividad de agua baja. Asimismo, la alta capacidad del patógeno para adherirse y formar biofilms en las superficies de contacto con alimentos lo sitúa como un patógeno susceptible de contaminación cruzada en productos listos para el consumo, como es el caso de los embutidos crudo-curados. En esta tesis se ha abordado, mediante modelos de Microbiología Predictiva, el estudio de la tecnología de altas presiones hidrostáticas (APH), como un tratamiento postproceso eficaz para garantizar el cumplimiento, en embutidos crudo-curados, del criterio microbiológico sobre L. monocytogenes establecido por la legislación Europea. Con el fin de establecer una base de conocimiento previa se ha llevado a cabo sendas revisiones sobre modelos de APH y contaminación cruzada incluidas en los Capítulo I y II de esta tesis. Además, basados en las revisiones y datos experimentales generados en la tesis se desarrollaron modelos predictivos de inactivación de L. monocytogenes por APH en sistemas modelo de embutidos crudo-curados y en chorizo, considerando como variables los parámetros tecnológicos y los factores intrínsecos de dichos productos (Capítulos III y IV). Estos modelos, junto a datos y modelos predictivos extraídos de la literatura científica se integraron en un esquema de Evaluación del Riesgo Microbiológico para estimar el riesgo de exposición a L. monocytogenes en embutidos crudo-curados a lo largo de la cadena de producción y distribución, considerando el impacto de la reducción de nitritos, la contaminación cruzada y la aplicación de la tecnología de APH (Capítulos V y VI). Los resultados de este estudio proporcionan una fuente de información relevante y novedosa que puede utilizarse como base para la optimización de la aplicación de la tecnología de APH a nivel industrial proporcionando a los operadores de empresas alimentarias herramientas cuantitativas útiles para garantizar la seguridad microbiológica de los embutidos crudo-curados

Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Mediterranean Pig. October 11 – 13, 2007. Messina - Capo d’Orlando (ME), Italy

These proceedings publish 79 communications that were distributed in six sessions and in one conference at the 6th Symposium on the Mediterranean Pig, both as main lectures, oral and poster presentation. The major arguments treated are the improvement and the management of the genetic resources, the sanitary approaches in the outdoor systems, the feeding and the rearing techniques, the quality of meat and meat products, the traceability for typical products and their socio-economical dynamics. Particular attention is given to the pig's local breeds and to their meat products, highlighting the importance to preserve the biodiversity as well as the typicality of some unique pork products. The monitoring of pig parasitic diseases is examined as well as the non conventional rearing systems used for typical pig breeds and their effects on the pork quality. It is highlighted also the importance of the products traceability and the need to better understand the purchasing dynamics of typical pork products

Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Mediterranean Pig. October 11 – 13, 2007. Messina - Capo d’Orlando (ME), Italy

These proceedings publish 79 communications that were distributed in six sessions and in one conference at the 6th Symposium on the Mediterranean Pig, both as main lectures, oral and poster presentation. The major arguments treated are the improvement and the management of the genetic resources, the sanitary approaches in the outdoor systems, the feeding and the rearing techniques, the quality of meat and meat products, the traceability for typical products and their socio-economical dynamics. Particular attention is given to the pig's local breeds and to their meat products, highlighting the importance to preserve the biodiversity as well as the typicality of some unique pork products. The monitoring of pig parasitic diseases is examined as well as the non conventional rearing systems used for typical pig breeds and their effects on the pork quality. It is highlighted also the importance of the products traceability and the need to better understand the purchasing dynamics of typical pork products

Proceedings of the European Conference on Agricultural Engineering AgEng2021

This proceedings book results from the AgEng2021 Agricultural Engineering Conference under auspices of the European Society of Agricultural Engineers, held in an online format based on the University of Évora, Portugal, from 4 to 8 July 2021. This book contains the full papers of a selection of abstracts that were the base for the oral presentations and posters presented at the conference. Presentations were distributed in eleven thematic areas: Artificial Intelligence, data processing and management; Automation, robotics and sensor technology; Circular Economy; Education and Rural development; Energy and bioenergy; Integrated and sustainable Farming systems; New application technologies and mechanisation; Post-harvest technologies; Smart farming / Precision agriculture; Soil, land and water engineering; Sustainable production in Farm buildings