The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of dipping time and temperature of hot water and type of packaging on qualitative traits of Orlando tangelo variety of tangerine. This study was conducted as a factorial experiment in a completely randomized design with three repeats. The treatments consisted of dipping in hot water at seven water levels at 53°C and 58°C each for 1, 2 and 4 minutes...

Divorce is an event affecting couples, children, families, and community. Little is known about the perception of Iranian couples who intended to get divorced with regard to the process of decision making on divorce. The purpose of this study was to build a theory about the process that leads the couples to get divorced. The grounded theory in qualitative paradigm was used. Ten couples were int...

Post-harvest loss of banana in Jimma town market was accounted a total 26.5% the supply chain. Of these, more percent losses were being observed at retail (64.10%) and whole-salers level (35.90%). Mechanical damage followed by improper transport storage identified as main causes while fruit rotting ripening mechanical to level. Hence, current post-harvest management system is inadequate. There ...

OBJECTIVES Cigarette packets in many countries display emission numbers such as tar. These numbers may be misleading as they do not represent the amount of toxins delivered to human smokers. This study examined how consumers interpret and understand numerical and descriptive emission information. STUDY DESIGN A discrete choice study was conducted among adult smokers (n = 312) and non-smokers ...

one of the consequences of poor management and operation of irrigation systems, poor water delivery and distribution channels and divisions and consequently improper distribution of water level downstream. the study of simulation and performance evaluation software using hydrodynamic sobek varamin irrigation is done. in order to evaluate the network performance and compare the results of simula...

Improper handling of fruits and vegetables causes a significant postharvest loss. Among the preservation mechanisms, solar dryers are reported as sustainable suitable systems for fruit vegetable products. This paper summarizes recent advances, opportunities, challenges in drying Besides, review discusses commonly used mathematical models evaluation, design, optimization dryers. The factors that...

The composition and quality of packaging materials can have a critical impact on the performance, function, and production cost of pharmaceutical medications or drugs. Improper packaging can cause the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) in medications to degrade faster, and have shorter shelf lives. Detecting problems, impurities, or incorrect polymer compositions early in the packaging pro...