When an RBD is required, Failure distribution and Outage distribution are requested as inputs for each block. Should field data exist, the two distributions can be obtained by managing data in the most appropriate manner. While the Failure distribution is often a right censored data set, the outage distribution is always a time-to-failure distribution obtained through the RRX interpolation. Moreover, being the reliability approach conservative, the weibull 3P assumption is welcome, because the gamma value, in this particular circumstance, guarantees a minimum outage duration. However it has been noticed that while the 2P sometimes could be not-conservative enough, the 3P could result too much conservative with the risk of declaring a lower target than the actual one and hence with the consequence of not being commercially competitive. The proposed approach applies and develops the mixed weibull application, where each subpopulation distribution comes out from a single dataset, which represents a step forward after the traditional 2P and the more conservative 3P.

Minimally processed fruit presents a short shelf-life because of cellular endogenous metabolism or microbial development. Fruit browning mostly results from phenolic compound oxidation. Banana (Musa acuminata Cavendish) cuts are particularly prone to enzymatic browning, resulting in unattractive color and modifications of aroma. In this study, the effect of two different eco-sustainable packaging films on minimally processed banana is investigated. The films differ by the substrate, either polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or a fully biodegradable mix of polylactic acid (PLA) and polybuthylene adipate terephtalate (PBAT). They are coated with an amorphous PLA layer containing as antioxidant an active agent deriving from olive processing wastes. Minimally processed banana slices are prepared, packed, and stored at 4°C. Microbiological quality, color, pH, firmness, and polyphenol oxidase activity are evaluated during storage. The PET films show a better efficacy to limit browning, mainly due to the higher oxygen barrier properties compare to the PLA/PBAT. Best results are obtained with PET films with 5% of active phase.

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