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De la perception sensorielle à la consommation du vin. Les consommateurs de vins
2011
PDF à ne pas diffuser; National audience; Appréciation et consommation du vin : un processus d’apprentissage. L’appréciation des boissons alcoolisées n’est pas innée. D’après Rozin et Vollmecke (1986), ces boissons ne sont pas palatables et leur appréciation résulte d’un processus d’apprentissage encore méconnu. L’enquête Vinifhlor-Crego réalisée en 2005 sur 4 036 personnes a montré que 55 % des Français disent ne pas aimer le goût du vin, et pourtant seulement 40 % de ces mêmes Français sont non consommateurs de vin. Cela signifie que 15 % des répondants consomment du vin sans en apprécier le goût. Ce chiffre doit être en réalité plus important car les consommateurs essaient généralement …
Impact flavor compounds in cooked rice cultivars from the Camargue area (France)
2010
International audience; Rice from two scented (Aychade, Fidji) and one nonscented (Ruille) cultivars from Camargue area (France) together with one Asian scented rice (Thai) were cooked and volatile compounds were extracted by dichloromethane/pentane (1;2, v/v) solvent mixture. 40 odorous compounds were noticed during GC-O analysis of the organic extracts, amongst which oct-1-en-3-one and 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline were altmost constantly perceived. Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) of perceived odours enabled to distinguish the groups of rice cultivars. 60 compounds were identified and quantified by GC-MS. New odour-active components of cooked rice were detected for the first time including oct…
Impact flavor compounds in cooked rice cultivars from Camargue area (France)
2008
International audience; Efforts have been undertaken for the last decades to promote the production of scented rice cultivars in Camargue, a traditional rice cultivation area in the south of France. Volatile compounds of cooked rice from two scented Camargue rice cultivars (Aychade and Fidji) were analysed and compared to that of a marketed Asian scented rice one (Thai)(1). Additionally volatile analysis from a cooked rice of a non-scented cultivar (Ruille) grown in Camargue was performed. (...)
Approximation of pore space with ellipsoids: a comparison of a geometrical method with a statistical one.
2018
International audience; We work with tomographic images of pore space in soil. The images have large dimensions and so in order to speed-up biological simulations (as drainage or diffusion process in soil), we want to describe the pore space with a number of geometrical primitives significantly smaller than the number of voxels in pore space. In this paper, we use the curve skeleton of a volume to segment it into some regions. We describe the method to compute the curve skeleton and to segment it with a simple segment approximation. We approximate each obtained region with an ellipsoid. The set of final ellipsoids represents the geometry of pore space and will be used in future simulations.…
Rôle des enzymes du métabolisme des xénobiotiques dans la perception de la caféine chez la drosophile
2010
National audience; Les animaux ont développé des systèmes de communication avec leur environnement indispensables à leur survie et leur reproduction. Les systèmes chimiosensoriels gustatifs et olfactifs détectent et transmettent au niveau central les informations chimiques de l’environnement (xénobiotique) afin que l’individu distingue les sources alimentaires des substances toxiques et reconnaisse ses proies de ses congénères. Ces systèmes, pour être efficaces, doivent être très sensibles et discriminants, et éviter la saturation des récepteurs. Dans l’espace péri-récepteur, les enzymes du métabolisme des xénobiotiques (EMX), impliquées normalement dans la détoxication, pourraient égalemen…
Col : A Data Collection Protocol for Vanet
2012
International audience; In this paper, we present a protocol to collect data within a vehicular ad hoc network (VANET). In spite of the intrinsic dynamic of such network, our protocol simultaneously offers three relevant properties: (1) It allows any vehicle to collect data beyond its direct neighborhood (i.e., vehicles within direct communication range) using vehicle-to-vehicle communications only (i.e., the infrastructure is not required); (2) It tolerates possible network partitions; (3) It works on demand and stops when the data collection is achieved. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first collect protocol having these three characteristics. All that is chiefly obtained thanks…
Integration of high resolution spatial and spectral data acquisition systems to provide complementary datasets for cultural heritage applications
2010
International audience; Modern optical measuring systems are able to record objects with high spatial and spectral precision. The acquisition of spatial data is possible with resolutions of a few hundredths of a millimeter using active projection-based camera systems, while spectral data can be obtained using filter-based multispectral camera systems that can capture surface spectral reflectance with high spatial resolution. We present a methodology for combining data from these two discrete optical measuring systems by registering their individual measurements into a common geometrical frame. Furthermore, the potential for its application as a tool for the non-invasive monitoring of painti…
Effect of Multi-Impact on Qiqh Carbon/Epoxy Composite LaminateEffect of Multi-Impact on Qiqh Carbon/Epoxy Composite Laminate
2018
This work is motivated by increasingly used of composite structures under severe loading conditions. During their use, these materials are often subjected to impact as for example, in the aeronautical field the fall of hailstone on structure composites. In fact, the low energy traditional impact tests don’t allow to see the evolution of the damage and don’t permit also to compare the best tolerance to impact between different stratifications. The multi-impact tests made it possible to find a solution to this problem. In this work, multi-impact tests are performed on three carbon/epoxy stratifications. The final goal is to predict the durability of the composite structures during impact load…
Temporal Denoising of Kinect Depth Data
2012
The release of the Microsoft Kinect has attracted the attention of researchers in a variety of computer science domains. Even though this device is still relatively new, its recent applications have shown some promising results in terms of replacing current conventional methods like the stereo-camera for robotics navigation, multi-camera system for motion detection and laser scanner for 3D reconstruction. While most work around the Kinect is on how to take full advantage of its capabilities, so far only a few studies have been carried out on the limitations of this device and fewer that provide solutions to enhance the precision of its measurements. In this paper, we review and analyse curr…
Divided Wall Column Modeling and Simulation in an Open-Source Environment
2020
The divided wall column (DWC) can achieve sharp separations of three or more components in a single shell, substituting conventional sequences of two or more binary distillation columns, with lower expenses. Despite these advantages, DWC models are not available in commercial chemical process simulators. To simulate DWC, users must employ instances of conventional column model and couple them in different configurations. In this paper, a DWC model was developed in EMSO (Environment for Modeling, Simulation and Optimization). DWC model was then used for simulating the separation of an equimolar mixture of three hydrocarbons. Results show that, depending on the number of trays, DWC presented …