In recent years, the growing number of digital audiovisual media files available over the internet or even on users hard discs is overwhelming. In order to support efficient storage and retrieval of those data, several comprehensive and rich multimedia retrieval systems (MMRS) have been introduced. Unfortunately, a standardized query format does not yet exist and almost every retrieval framewor...

this study was conducted at the aim of determining development strategies for marketing healthy food products. the study data was collected by conducting field survey and compeleting a questionnaire. using simple random sampling, about 400 hamedan citizens were selected in 2013. the data analysis was conducted by ordinal logit model with method of maximum likelihood. according to the results, 3...

There is rising concern for food safety as it relates to all phases of food production and preparation from “farm to fork." The growing importance of food safety in schools is evident with the recent adoption of the following food safety position statement by the American School Food Service Association (ASFSA, 2002): “ASFSA will initiate and support collaborative efforts to ensure that schools...

In 2014, Brazil hosted one of the most popular sport competitions in the world, the FIFA World Cup. Concerned about the intense migration of tourists, the Brazilian government decided to deploy a food safety strategy based on inspection scores and a grading system applied to food services. The present study aimed to evaluate the results of the food safety strategy deployed during the 2014 FIFA ...

To address the current limitation of Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) in tackling urban–rural sustainability issues, this study proposes a Cooperative Human-Agent Service System (CHASS) by leveraging decentralized communication and coordination capability multi-agent system. The unique feature CHASS is collaboration between humans agents for real-world deployment. From perspective Service-Domin...

In March 2007, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) was asked to evaluate the noise exposure of employees in the Nutrition and Food Services Department of a large hospital, because of noise concerns raised after the installation of the PowerSoak dishwashing system. Eleven employees (two cooks, eight food service workers, and a materials handler) contributed 13 full-...

Cancer therapy causes side effects that interfere with oral intake. Frequently, patients undergoing such therapy suffer from anorexia, nausea, vomiting, food aversions, dysgeusia, and xerostomia, all which adversely affect oral intake. Adequate nutrition intake is an important part of therapy for the cancer patient, especially when that patient is a child. Children who are well nourished are be...

patient satisfaction is one of the sensitive indicators in determining the effectiveness of service rendered in hospitals. the study focus on comparing the health care services of  two cardiology based corporate hospitals in hyderabad, andhra pradesh, india. the data for the study was collected through a questionnaire consisting of two sections. an attempt has been made to elicit the informatio...