That other organic When most chemists think about catalysis, they probably don’t of vegetables. But apparently should. Wenju Bai and colleagues at AbbVie used purple carrots to reduce a group nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic ketones got compounds out the end more easily than metallic catalysts can ( ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00114 ). Scientists have known for wh...

For centuries, mothers have relied on the protective power of carrots and its ability to boost their baby’s immune systems. The toddler’s golden yellow cheeks openly signal healthy development and the ability to withstand infectious adversity. Quite similarly, the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus also counts on carotenoids to evade host immune defense, in particular being attacked and kille...

In many countries around the world, including Iran, obesity is reaching epidemic proportions. Doctors have recently taken, or expressed support for, an extreme 'personal responsibility for health' policy against obesity: refusing services to obese patients. This policy may initially seem to improve patients' incentives to fight obesity. But turning access to medical services into a benefit depe...

Constructing compensation schemes for effort in multi-dimensional tasks is complex, particularly when some dimensions are not easily observable. When incentive schemes contractually reward workers for easily observed measures, such as quantity produced, the standard model predicts that unrewarded dimensions, such as quality, will be neglected. Yet, there remains mixed empirical evidence in favo...

This research investigated the application of 915 MHz microwaves in pasteurizing pre-packaged vegetables. A specially designed 915 MHz single-mode microwave-assisted pasteurization (MAP) system was used to process carrot cuboids in brine pre-packaged in 8-oz polymer pouches. Gellan gel was formulated and selected as the model food to simulate the real foods processed by the MAP system; heating ...

OBJECTIVE Most children do not meet the recommended intake of vegetables. Variety was identified as a potential factor to increase children's intake of these foods, as it was shown that variety was effective in improving meal composition in adults. Because younger children are suggested to be more responsive to internal satiation signals than to external food-related cues compared with adults, ...