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Contribution List

11. A data fusion model of NIR and RAMAN techniques for the geographical screening of Italian extra virgin olive oil.

agro-food

Poster

Due to climate changes and Xylella fastidiosa infection the production of Italian extra virgin olive oil (EVO) recentely decreased. Italy now imports oils from other countries to meet the needs of the consumers and the food industry. As a consequence, an increase of frauds based on the mixture of the Italian EVO oil with those produced by other countries in Europe or outside Europe has been...

17. A PAT approach for common wheat with IIoT NIR devices

industry & industry 4.0

Oral

In the contest of Industry 4.0, the milling industry envisions solutions where sensors interconnect devices, machines and processes. Thus, the work presents an integrated solution for process monitoring and control based on the real-time data collection by MicroNIR sensors – installed directly from the manufacturing process - and Chemometrics.
Common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) milling was...

15. Applicability of a Handheld NIR spectrometer to determine the quality of maritime pine resin (Pinus pinaster) in situ forest

portable instruments

Oral

Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) tapping was developed through the vast areas of the south of France, whose, the largest forest is in Landes de Gascogne, a single-species forest massif with more than 1.3 million hectares of maritime pine (Rosa, Soares and Tomé, 2018). Mari-time pine (Pinus pinaster) tapping was undergo at a large scale until 1970. Then, industrial production has disappeared due...

26. Assessment of frying oil quality by FT-NIR spectroscopy

agro-food

Oral

Deep frying is one of the most common processes used in food industry. Oils producers companies need to assess the maximum frying cycles to retain the quality of certain types of oils. Near Infrared Spectroscopy has demonstrated its ability to predict physico-chemical parameters in a broad range of raw and frying oils (Garrido et al., 2004). This work aims to study the degradation of different...

29. Bee pollen pyrrolizidine alkaloids detection by NIR spectroscopy

pharmaceutical

Oral

Bee pollen is a natural product rich in many nutritional compounds, but it could be contaminated with pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) that can cause acute and chronic toxicity in humans. These toxins has been detected by time-consuming and expensive analytical chemistry techniques. Therefore, NIRS could be used as an alternative for the detection of PAs contamination. For this purpose, NIR...

38. Brain Imaging with Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Educational Research

functional NIR

Oral

The most frequently used functional neuroimaging methods in educational research are electro-encephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) (van Atteveldt et al., 2018), which have provided many insights into brain function during learning and teaching. While each method brings different advantages, studies using these imaging techniques are low in ecological validity,...

41. Characterization of heritage objects with NIR hyperspectral imaging

imaging

Oral

Numerous analytical methods might be implemented to study art objects’ authenticity, composition and conservation state. However, most of these are time consuming, expensive or destructive. The implementation of alternative techniques having high reliability and non-destructive character is, therefore, within great interest for restorers and researchers. This work demonstrates the...

35. Comparison between a diode array NIR spectrophotometer and thermo-balance for the rapid analysis of moisture content of roasted beans and ground coffee

agro-food

Oral

The aim of the research was to perform a comparative study between a near-infrared (NIR) spectrophotometer and a thermobalance (currently widely used in coffee company laboratories) for rapid analysis of the moisture content of roasted beans and ground coffee. The accuracy of the NIR models has been compared with the accuracy of the measurements performed on the same samples with the...

12. Development of a Diffuse Reflectance FT-NIR Spectroscopy Method for the Shell Egg Quality Assessment

agro-food

Poster

Egg industries are more and more interested in non-destructive and rapid methods for the assessment of freshness and quality of shell eggs. Some studies showed that NIR spectroscopy is a valid technique to determine shell egg freshness (Lin et al., 2011) and internal quality parameters (Abdanan Mehdizadeh et al., 2014). However, poor attention has been given to the method development and none...

36. Durum Wheat quality prediction for breeding purposes with NIRS

agro-food

Oral

NIRS analysis on whole or ground grain as a key tool to select Durum Wheat varieties for the pasta industry at R&D Laboratory of Società Produttori Sementi (PSB)

18. Experimentation of an optical prototype for monitoring the ripening of table tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L., Marinda F1) and oil olives (Olea europaea L.)

portable instruments

Oral

The interest in new tools to follow the fruit and vegetable maturation process, the recent need for simplified portable devices and the commercial availability of small-sized optical components, given the opportunity to create an optical device based on LED technology (light emitting diode), which will be tested in this work to monitor the ripening of table tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.,...

31. Exploring common and distinct information among three different kinds of NIR instruments by means of chemometrics

chemometrics

Oral

English version:
Food fraud is an old but still common and widespread problem, that affects almost any type of food commodity that is sold on the market. Products may be mislabelled or counterfeit and, in many cases, it can be very difficult to detect these illegal practices. For this reason, quick and reliable methods are needed for efficiently tackling this problem. Due to its ease of use...

45. Forage calibration transfer between near infrared laboratory and handheld instruments

portable instruments

Poster

The objective of this trial was to transfer calibration from a laboratory instrument, to be used with two different handheld spectrometer. One hundred twenty samples of dried ground (1mm) corn plant or corn ear were scanned with two handheld and one laboratory spectrometers :1) a diode array (DA) with 256 diodes, 950-1650 every 2nm (AuroraNir, GraiNit s.r.l.); 2) a digital light processing...

32. Identification of dried bacteria related to dairy industry using NIR Spectral Imaging at different spatial scales

imaging

Oral

La procedura standard per valutare la contaminazione microbica delle superfici nel campo della sicurezza alimentare prevede l’utilizzo di tamponi applicate sulle superfici di lavoro e la loro analisi. (Lelieveld et al., 2014) I risultati dipendono dallo schema di campionamento impiegato. L'immagine spettrale NIR (HSI), in combinazione con la chemiometria, è in grado di riconoscere diversi tipi...

40. Impact of Sample Volume and Wavelength Region on Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) Prediction of Inorganic Nutrient Components in Equine Faeces

functional NIR

Oral

Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) for mineral analyses in feeds, forages and animal faeces has produced mixed results. Attempts to develop calibration equations have resulted in low prediction accuracy. Sample presentation have been shown to affect accuracy and precision of NIRS calibrations (Lovett, et al., 2005). Studies have also shown that vital information can be gleaned by...

20. Near infrared spectroscopy as a green technology for more sustainable analyses on intact olive and olive oil

environment

Oral

The olive oil industry is a significant productive sector in the European Union and the related production process is characterized by practices and techniques associated with several ad-verse effects on the environment. Conventional ripeness analyses on olives, and quality anal-yses on olive oils, require different analytical tools, chemicals, sample preparation and are time consuming....

28. NIR and Visible Spectroscopies coupled with chemometrics for the evaluation of edible seed oils quality evolution during storage under different illumination conditions. Valutazione dell’evoluzione della qualità dell’olio di semi conservato in differenti condizioni di illuminazione mediante spettroscopie NIR e Visibile abbinate all’analisi chemiometrica dei dati.

agro-food

Oral

ENGLISH VERSION:
Preservation from uncontrolled temperature and light conditions plays a paramount role on the nutritional and organoleptic properties of food during shelf-life. In particular, bottled edible seed oils are remarkably sensitive to thermal- and photo-degradation if poorly stored, leading to a potential negative impact on the consumer’s expectations and experience (Spatari et al.,...

30. NIR spectroscopy application for assessment of the PDO Asiago cheese variety

agro-food

Poster

Asiago PDO cheese can be produced as Pressato, with 2 months of ripening, or Allevo, with a maturation of more than 6 months to favor stronger and composite aroma. Recently, to catch new market segments, cheese factories have started to produce a new type of Asiago named fresh Allevo with a shorter ripening time. Thus, to avoid frauds, there is a need to develop rapid methods for cheese...

23. NIR spectroscopy for Engine Oil characterisation

industry & industry 4.0

Oral

Engine (or motor) oil is a lubricant used in internal combustion engines, produced by the blending of 80% (w/w) base oil and 20% (w/w) of different additives1. The American Petroleum Institute (API) has categorized base oils into five categories2; the first three groups are mineral stocks, refined from crude oil with different processes, Group IV are full synthetic (polyalphaolefin) and Group...

21. NIR-Hyperspectral Imaging for the quantification of rind percentage in grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese

imaging

Oral

According to the Specifications of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, the rind percentage in grated cheese products should not exceed the 18% (w/w) threshold value (Specifications of Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese). In order to ensure product compliance to the quality standards, the present study has two main objectives: evaluating the potential of NIR-hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI) in the...

24. NIRS and Aquaphotomics for the Evaluation of the Efficiency of Solar Dehydration Processes

aquaphotomics

Oral

Parallel transformation tests on pineapple slices, using a drying (with active fan at the top whose ventilation rate depended on the internal temperature: MIRO’ 1), and a dehydration (with continuously working fan at the bottom: MIRO’ 2) micro-plants (45x45x45 cm) operating with solar energy, were carried out.
The performance of the two micro-plants was compared by collecting samples spectra...

47. Off-line timber sorting with portable NIR spectrometer – feasibility study for glulam production

forestry and wood

Poster

Glulam consists of individual laminates of structural timber, providing highly effective utilization of the raw material. Glulam, with at least four laminates, that has been manufactured, controlled and marked according to certain rules is graded in strength classes. The appropriate class is determined by the strength of the timber used and its position in the cross-section. Glulam performance...

19. Packaging influence in optical analysis of minimally processed and ready to eat Valerianella Locusta L. by visible/near infrared (vis/NIR) spectros-copy to monitor shelf life

agro-food

Poster

The availability of non-destructive instrument allowing the monitoring of the shelf life of fresh cut fruits and vegetables could have a wide range of practical applications in the chain: during the storage period before packaging, during the production process for identifying critical points, and during the distribution post-packaging chain, the most critical phase. Furthermore, the...

10. PAT Monitoring of Coating Pan by NIR: PLS Method Calibration Approach

PAT/process monitoring

Oral

INTRODUCTION
In this study the coating process in pan was taken in consideration, different coating materials were tested, the process was monitored by NIR to determine the weight gain and the coating thickness of the coated tablets in real time.
METHODS
The NIR device was positioned in the coating pan through the front door, attached to the spray bar in contact with the moving tablet...

44. Performances of handheld NIR instruments on wet and dry forages

portable instruments

Oral

The study used 120 samples of fresh chopped corn plant or corn ear collected from different farms in Italy during summer 2019. Wet samples were scanned with two handheld spectrometers:1) a diode array (DA) with 256 diodes, 950-1650 every 2nm (AuroraNir, GraiNit s.r.l.); 2) a digital light processing (DLP) also scanning between 950 and 1650 every 2 nm. DA scans were collected by swiping 4 times...

13. Prediction of Olive Chemical Characteristics by FT-NIR Spectroscopy

agro-food

Poster

Chemical characteristics of olive fruits change during the ripening period and definitely affect the quality of the oil. A rapid and non-destructive method of predicting these characteristics is of paramount importance for the quality design of the end product. However, spectroscopic determination of quality parameters in intact olives is less frequent than other fruits (Fernández-Espinosa,...

46. Preprocessing revisited

chemometrics

Oral

Preprocessing revisited

Jean Michel Roger¹, Alessandra Biancolillo², Federico Marini^3,*

¹ITAP, INRAE, 361 Rue Jean François Breton, 34196 Montpellier, France, [email protected]
²Dept. of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, via Vetoio, 67100 Coppito, Italy,...

42. Quality assessment of Slovenian virgin olive oils with FT-NIR

agro-food

Poster

Quality assessment of Slovenian virgin olive oils with FT-NIR

Erika Bešter1*, Milena Bučar-Miklavčič1, Bojan Butinar1, Vasilij Valenčič1, Maja Pod-gornik1

1 Institute for Oliveculture, Science and Research Centre Koper, Garibaldijeva 1, SI-6000 Koper, Slovenia, [email protected]
*Corresponding author
Laboratory of the Institute for Oliveculture is accredited for methods for olive oil...

52. Recovering biological fluids signature from near-infrared hyperspectral images

imaging

Oral

Abstract:
A newly developed methodology [M. Ahmad et al 2020] based on wavelet transform, grey-level co-occurrence matrices and principal component analysis (PCA) is described for the analysis of near-infrared hyperspectral images (NIR HSI) of semen droplets on various fabrics [C. S. Silva et al 2017]. Biological fluids, such as semen, are systems that have complex compositions which are not...

51. Selezione di spicchi d'aglio intatti per la semina in campo basata sull'attribuzione del grado di infezione mediante spettroscopia NIR

agro-food

Oral

Fusarium proliferatum è un fungo saprofitico presente in tutto il mondo, noto anche per essere un agente causale di diverse malattie per una vasta gamma di piante economicamente importanti, compreso l'aglio, che porta a una perdita fino al 50%. Il rilevamento preventivo dell'infezione allo stadio precoce prima della semina è di grande interesse per gli agricoltori, perché potrebbe evitare...

39. Stability of cellulose in water cluster – insight from density functional theory and infrared spectroscopy

forestry and wood

Oral

Cellulose is a main constituent of wood, and it provides excellent strength and stiffness to plant cell walls. Cellulose exists in crystalline, semi-crystalline or amorphous phase and consists of linearly arranged glucose polymers that are strongly bound through hydrogen bonds and form highly crystalline fibrils. Wood has a strong tendency for absorbing or desorbing water due to changes in...

22. Stand-alone LED sensors for future field monitoring of grape (Vitis vinifera L.) ripeness

portable instruments

Oral

The grape ripening until the harvest is a crucial issue since berry quality is closely related to it. The research for non-destructive methods, which could explore many samples and give a rapid and comprehensive overview of ripening is helpful. Anyway, monitoring large areas requires the collection of several data derivable from the grape which would be useful for a local scale mapping of the...

43. Study of lignin-water molecular interactions using NIR spectroscopy: the effect of the drying process of the hardwood kraft lignin

forestry and wood

Oral

Kraft lignin, a widely available aromatic compound generated as a residue by the pulp and paper industry, has revealed enormous potential to be valorized into a wide range of chemi-cals and biomaterials in the last two decades (Hodásová et al., 2015; Naseem et al., 2016).
However, the understanding of lignin chemistry remains challenging due to its chemical complexity. Lignin polymer is a...

16. SUPERCHILL! Study of ice crystal formation in beef

PAT/process monitoring

Poster

Il consumo di carne è controverso a causa del riconosciuto valore nutrizionale che, però, si lega anche ad un elevato impatto ambientale. Quest’ultimo può essere ridotto attraverso ap-procci alternativi in grado di estendere la shelf life dei prodotti carnei mantenendo alti stan-dard qualitativi. La tecnologia del superchilling rappresenta un’importante possibilità per preservare la freschezza...

27. Use of infrared spectroscopy for a sampling study of waste wood samples in a panel board industry

forestry and wood

Oral

Waste wood (WW) includes wood or wood-containing materials from different sources, i.e. packaging, construction & demolition activities, furniture and industrial sector (Edo et al., 2016). WW is considered a valuable material especially because its efficient utilization can aid in contributing to climate change mitigation (Röder and Thornley, 2018). In particular, it can help in reducing...