Mechanistic insights and predictive understanding of the spatial distributions of foragers are typically derived by fitting either field measurements on intake rates and food abundance, or observations from controlled experiments, to functional response models. It has remained unclear, however, whether and why one approach should be favoured above the other, as direct comparative studies are ra...

Analytical technology based on biosensor is an extremely broad field which has impacts on food and dairy sector as the online quality control is essential in food and dairy industry and efficient quality assurance is becoming increasingly important. Food producers are increasingly asking for efficient quality control methods to satisfy the consumer and regulatory requirements to improve the pro...

The presence of mycotoxins in food represents a severe threat for public health and welfare, and poses relevant research challenges in the food toxicology field. Nowadays, food toxicologists have to provide answers to food-related toxicological issues, but at the same time they should provide the appropriate knowledge in background to effectively support the evidence-based decision-making in fo...

Food physical chemistry is considered to be a branch of Food chemistry [1] [2] concerned with the study of both physical and chemical interactions in foods in terms of physical and chemical principles applied to food systems, as well as the applications of physical/chemical techniques and instrumentation for the study of foods.[3] [4] [5] [6] This field encompasses the "physiochemical principle...

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a major health problem that has had negative impacts on various aspects of people's lives. This study aimed to present a narrative review of reviews that have addressed the social effects of the COVID-19 epidemic. To achieve this goal, the Pubmed database was searched using keywords related to the fields of social implication, COVID-19, and review studies. Final...

background: doogh is a popular dairy beverage in iran which its main ingredient is yogurt. the aim of this study was evaluation of bacterial and fungal contamination of this product marketed in lorestan province, west of iran. methods: a total of 200 doogh samples consisted of 150 commercial samples, including five different brands and also 50 homemade samples were purchased randomly from marke...

in recent decades, biotechnologists have striven to improve the quantity and quality of food supply. producing genetically modified (gm) foods is one of the main goals and many countries all over the world have approved the distribution and consumption of the labeled gm foods in their own regions. however, there are still few groups having concerns about allergenicity of gm foods. this review h...

background: an important issue the world faces today is ensuring that households living in different countries have access to enough food to maintain a healthy life. food insecurity is prevalent in both developed and developing countries. the objective of this study was to assess the household food security status and related factors among different rural districts of neyshabur (a city in north...

conclusions the findings of this study offer information regarding the current dietary patterns among adolescent girls that can be used to design educational programs to promote healthy eating in this group. objectives the objective of this study was to examine the food consumption patterns of and obesity in female adolescents in khorramshahr high schools. materials and methods this cross-secti...