#maturation

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Muscle type and meat quality of local chickens according to preslaughter transport conditions and sex in Benin

It’s important for poultry sector’s stakeholders to master the effect of intrinsic and extrinsic conditions on meat quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of muscle type on meat quality of local chickens from Benin according to preslaughter transport conditions and sex. It involved thirty-six chickens of 6 to 7 months from the two sexes comprising a control group, a slaughtered after 4 hours of rest following 2 hours of transport group, and an immediately slaughtered after 2 hours of transport group. Data on meat acidity and color were collected and an analysis of variance was performed using R software. In the three groups, the thigh pH was higher than that of the breast at several measure times (p < 0.001), namely 5.76 vs 5.35 in non-transported chickens, 5.76 vs 5.38 in 4-hour of rest chickens, and 5.86 vs 5.47 in immediately slaughtered chickens at 48 hours post-mortem. This same trend was observed for the red index (a*) at both measure times in 4 hours of rest chickens (8.15 vs. 6.12 and 8.15 vs. 7.04) and on the slaughter day in the immediately slaughtered after transport chickens (7.78 vs. 6.45) (p < 0.001). Meanwhile, the yellow index (b*) and, to a lesser extent, lightness (L*) and chroma of the two muscles showed an opposite trend to that of the red index (p < 0.001). These trends of pH and color indices between thigh and breast were also observed in both sexes for the three transport conditions. Then, whatever the sex or the preslaughter transport condition, breast meat is more acidic, more yellowish, and relatively brighter, but less red than thigh meat.

[alunah-lalunah]

The question is why only 2% of people pass the maturation line, and even fewer pass the individuation. Why do 98% of the population loyal remain members of the herd? They remain obedient citizens, listening to their parents into their 40s, doing everything they can to avoid stepping out of their role as obedient members of the human herd. That 2%–98% split is not cultural accident but structural law. Individuation in the psychological, not Jungian sense is thermodynamically expensive.

To become truly autonomous, a person must absorb what once constrained them. They must metabolize humiliation, not project it. Most people can’t do that because the process feels like psychic death. You have to internalize the dominator without becoming it, to obey necessity without losing freedom. This requires extraordinary self-stability and courage both rare. Why?

Homeostasis bias. The psyche, like any system, seeks minimal tension. Submission is energetically cheaper than self-legislation. The herd preserves equilibrium; one obeys, and anxiety subsides. Individuation raises anxiety because it demands self-generated order, a constant thermodynamic cost.

Social dependency. Most individuals outsource reality-testing to the group. The collective provides pre-made meanings and moral coordinates. To step out of that matrix is to risk social annihilation. Only those who can endure being “nobody” for long periods survive individuation.

Humiliation threshold. Individuation demands confronting dependence, realizing that what we call “our will” is built from others’ impositions. The average psyche defends against this humiliation with denial, spiritual fantasies, or ideological belonging. Only a few can bear that their autonomy is derivative.

Cognitive capacity for recursion. To individuate, one must think about thinking, to observe one’s own conditioning as object. Most operate on the first order, reacting, believing, adapting not observing the process itself. Conscious reflection is metabolically and emotionally costly.

Loss of external necessity. Modern societies remove friction for convenience, comfort, digital mediation. Without real constraints, the dominator-compliant dialectic never matures. The individual floats in infantilized freedom, never needing to build inner authority.

Thus, individuation is not a choice. It’s a rare evolutionary event. An organism that manages to internalize regulation without collapsing into rigidity or dependency. The few who manage it do so often under duress like exile, trauma, or radical solitude.

Most humans are not meant to individuate. They are meant to cooperate, reproduce, and stabilize the social field. Individuation is an adaptive mutation, not a collective destiny, the exception that pays the high price for clarity.

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Effect of maturation stage on the phytonutrient content of seeds of three species of Canavalia cultivated in the Gbèkê region (Côte d’Ivoire)

Legumes are plants with high nutritional values. It is necessary to control the nutritional quality of legumes at different stages of maturity for better popularization. This study aims to contribute to food security through determination of the phytochemical and antioxidant characteristics of the seeds of three legumes of the Canavalia genus according to their stage of maturity. Seeds of different stages collected in a field in the Gbèkê region served as biological material for this study. The seeds of three species at different stages of maturity: 30 days (S1), 40 days (S2), 50 days (S3), 60 days (S4) and 80 days (S5) after fertilization were collected and then dried in the sun and finally ground to obtain raw flour which was analyzed according to standard procedures. The results revealed that the contents of total phenolic compounds, flavonoids and tannins, suffered a decrease during seed maturation with the highest contents observed at the S1 stage. On the other hand, at the level of carotenoids, the peak was observed at stage S4 for all the seeds of the legumes studied. Overall, it appears that the best seed harvest stage for all the legumes studied is the S4 stage. This stage corresponds to the 60th day after fertilization of the flowers for species of the Canavalia genus. These seeds are potential sources of protein that can contribute to the fight against protein-energy deficiencies.

[septemberrie]

I have to believe Dove & Emmy fucked it out at some point and I can't believe it's not on ao3

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Sunday Notes: Lucas Erceg Credits Maturation For Success on Mound

Lucas Erceg’s story is fairly well known. A position player for his first seven professional seasons, the 2014 second-round draft pick converted to the mound in 2021 and went on to make his big-league debut last May after being traded from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics. The transition has been a resounding success. Now with the Royals — Kansas City acquired the 29-year-old…

Sunday Notes: Lucas Erceg Credits Maturation For Success on Mound

[frnkemog]

now I'm trying to adapt to the new life of a working woman living in a separate room ((in a communal apartment).