The aim of the research was analysis of rice producers’ perceptions of participatory communication in the use of integrated pest management (IPM). Research population was consisted of rice producers in the west of Mazandaran province (N=16126), whose 187 ones were selected using Cochran’s formula. Data were gathered by systematic random sampling method. The instrument for data collection was a ...

in this study, the effect of edible coat (carboxy methyl cellulose) before osmotic dehydration anddifferent drying methods on sensory and physical properties of dried apple (v. golden delicious)rings was investigated. the coated and non-coated samples pretreated with 50% sucrose osmoticsolution and dried in freeze drier (-40 to -50°c, 0.026-0.017 mbar, 24 hr), vacuum drier (70°c, 200mbar, 8-10 ...

Patients with schizophrenia and related psychoses have an excess of minor neurological abnormalities (neurological soft signs) of unclear neuropathological origin. These include poor motor coordination, sensory perceptual difficulties and difficulties in sequencing complex motor tasks. Neurological soft signs seem not to reflect primary tract or nuclear pathology. It still has to be established...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) constitute a single continuum of neurodevelopmental disabilities with multifactorial etiology and significant individual variability according to the recently published Diagnostic and statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V (DSM-V) [1]. ASD is characterized by a rising prevalence, currently amounting to 11/1000 [2] but expected to slightly decrease due to DSM-V c...

A key factor that determines the price of olive oil is its sensory profile. The International Olive Council (IOC) establishes four quality categories and a method to classify a sample of olive oil into one category, depending on its sensory characteristics. To do so, a taster panel is rigorously trained to provide the intensity perceived on a 10-cm scale for each organoleptic characteristic. Th...

The brain is an important organ that controls all sensory and motor actions, memory, and emotions. Each anatomical and physiological modulation in various brain centers, results in psychological, behavioral, and sensory-motor changes. Alcohol and addictive drugs such as opioids and amphetamines have been shown to exert a great impact on brain, specifically on the hippocampus. Emerging evidence ...

While much of the research on aging and driving has focused on sensory and motor changes, little is known about older drivers and the actual self-regulation adjustments they employ to continue driving safely. This research looks at how older drivers have made changes to driving patterns and behaviors that have allowed them to continue to drive without compromising their perceived safety, indepe...

Many Forth systems provide means to call C functions, but these interfaces are not designed to be portable between platforms: A call to a C library function that works on one platform may fail on the next platform, because the parameter and return value types of the C function may be different. In this paper, we present an interface that avoids this problem: In particular, the actual calls can ...

BACKGROUND Emerging research suggests that perceptions of injustice after musculoskeletal injury can have a significant impact on a number of pain-related outcomes. AIMS The purpose of this paper is to review evidence linking perceptions of injustice to adverse pain outcomes. For the purposes of this paper, perceived injustice is defined as an appraisal cognition comprising elements of the se...

The key tenet for understanding brain and mind is that all knowledge of the world derives from perceptions that are created by anticipatory neural activity emerging in the brain. That activity moves the body through the environment while simultaneously predicting the changes in sensory input that accompany actions. Brains learn about the world by assimilating to the sensory consequences of thei...