Sardine cooking wastewaters are by-products of the canning industry with great potential for valorisation. We have hypothesized that they can be a source of aromas to enhance appetite when added to plant-based diets. The poor palatability of such diets often described in carnivorous species poses a recurring problem in fish farming, with harsh consequences on fish growth performance and flesh quality. Aromas fr...
Introduction Plant-based ingredients have been considered suitable options for replacing marinebased ones in aquafeeds (Naylor et al., 2021), but this may compromise diet palatability (Geurden et al., 2013), potentially affecting fish growth and flesh quality. To overcome this, feed attractants have been suggested. These compounds, like alcohols, aldehydes, and organic acids, were reported to stimulate intake i...
Portugal, the largest rice consumer in Europe, is witnessing an increase in imported rice, prompting a need to understand the underlying reasons for this rise. The Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) has been adapted to particular cases, however, the procedure isn’t standardized. A method based on Design Thinking—a usercentred problem-solving approach—and the use of images in the association technique, was develope...
The goal of this work was to evaluate three extracts from sardine cooking waters, a by-product of the canning industry, as feed intake modulators, when included in highly vegetable diets, which often display low intake by carnivorous species. Sardine cooking waters, supplemented with acorn extract (Aroma 3) were processed, by vacuum condensation (Aroma 1) or liquid/liquid extraction with soybean oil (Aroma 2). ...
There has been a tendency to replace marine ingredients in aquafeeds, namely fishmeal, with more sustainable vegetable protein sources. However, this replacement often reduces diet palatability, with a subsequent decrease in feed intake and growth and/or alteration of flesh quality. The goal of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness of aromatic mixtures extracted from sardine cooking wastewaters, a by-prod...
O Temporal-Check-All-That-Apply (TCATA) e Temporal-Check-All-That-Apply Fading (TCATA Fading) são dois métodos dinâmicos, o TCATA Fading emergiu do TCATA, apresentando o desvanecimento automático (fading) da seleção de atributos. Este estudo teve como principal objetivo a comparação entre os métodos de TCATA e TCATA Fading, com dois tempos de fading diferentes 4s e 8s, utilizando como matriz sensorial o queijo ...
One of the trends making its way through the Photovoltaics (PV) industry, is the search for new application possibilities. Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin film solar cells stand out due to their class leading power conversion efficiency of 23.35 %, flexibility, and low cost. The use of sub-μm ultrathin CIGS solar cells has been gaining prevalence, due to the reduction in material consumption and the manufacturing time...
Several optoelectronic issues, such as poor optical absorption and recombination limit the power conversion efficiency of ultrathin Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) solar cells. To mitigate recombination losses, two combined strategies were implemented: a Potassium Fluoride (KF) Post-Deposition Treatment (PDT) and a rear interface passivation strategy based on an Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3) point contact structure. The simultan...