A method is disclosed of patterning the surface of an object. The graded base region encloses the bottom and the side of the first main electrode region. The cache includes multiple regions and each of the regions is defined by memory ranges having a starting index and an ending index. Each load of produce is held in the sea container or cool room but is sealed from the air of the refrigerated environment by, for example, a plastics bag. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Each of the plurality of delay branches includes a micro-regulator and a delay line.