Technical Aspects Regarding the Preservation of Dry Onions in Different Storage Conditions

Research refers to the ability to maintain the quality of dry onions in different conditions of temperature, the three varieties used in experimentation (De Buzau, Daytona and Countach) being stored after proper preparation at ambient temperature (+20…+22°C), refrigerated (+10…+12°C) and cold conditions (+3…+5°C). Storage life, the level of weight (mass) and decay losses and evolution of some chemical components determined from the 9 variants led to the conclusion that the best results were obtained by De Buzau variety for storage under ambient conditions and Daytona variety for storage under refrigerated and cold conditions. Moreover large differences between varieties and their behavior depending on storage conditions require choosing resistant cultivars and optimum storage temperatures according to destination and period of marketing or consumption

Processing fluency scale development for consumer research

Processing fluency or the subjective experience of ease that consumers can experience when processing information is a prominent construct in consumer research. Despite its prevalence, however, its measurement has been inconsistent. The present research addresses this methodological gap in literature by developing and testing a scale for assessing the subjective experience of processing fluency. This scale demonstrates strong evidence of convergent and discriminant validity, reliability, and nomological validity across different processing fluency manipulations and marketing contexts. Use of this scale will allow marketing practitioners and academicians to consistently measure a psychological state that is known to have ubiquitous effects on downstream consumer outcomes including trust, attitude, and choice. Researchers can administer this four-item scale by having participants indicate their agreement (1 = strongly disagree, 7 = strongly agree) on whether a given marketing communication (e.g., ad copy) is (a) difficult to process, (b) difficult to read, (c) takes a long time to process, and (d) difficult to understand

Modelling and Search-Based Testing of Robot Controllers Using Enzymatic Numerical P Systems

The safety of the systems controlled by software is a very important area in a digitalized society, as the number of automated processes is increasing. In this paper, we present the results of testing the accuracy of different lane keeping controllers for an educational robot. In our approach, the robot is controlled using numerical P systems and enzymatic numerical P systems. For tests generation, we used an open-source tool implementing a search-based software testing approach.Comment: In Proceedings FROM 2023, arXiv:2309.1295