Abstract: The invention provides a process of roasting whole coffee beans comprising a roasting stage starting at a temperature of the beans of around 200° C., characterised in that the process comprises the step of heating said whole coffee beans such that the temperature of said beans rises from a temperature of around 200 to around 230° C. at a rate of at least around 25° C./minute.

Abstract: A transport container. The transport container is used for the packaging and transportation of silicon fragments. Where the transport container includes 8 to 14 flat film bags or 8 to 12 flat double film bags that contain an amount of the silicon fragments therein.

Abstract: In a method and system for processing a photographic image having lightness values, L*, representing one of the colorimetric values of an original scene, the photographic image is transformed. The transformed image has a gamma as a function of CIE 1976 L*, which includes a dark region having a rising slope, a light region having a falling slope, and a plateau region having a slope constantly within 5 percent of a maximum value in said plateau region. The rising slope is at least twice as large as the absolute value of the falling slope. The plateau region is between 10 L* and 30 L* wide. Gamma is a derivative of visually perceived reproduced CIE 1976 L* versus scene CIE 1976 L*. Gamma has a maximum slope between 1.5 and 2.0.