OBJECTIVE Global health challenges include non-communicable disease burdens, ensuring food security in the context of rising food prices, and environmental constraints around food production, e.g., greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions. We therefore aimed to consider optimized solutions to the mix of food items in daily diets for a developed country population: New Zealand (NZ). METHODS We conducted...

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium was grown at salt concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 7.5% in minimal medium with and without added osmoprotectant and in a rich medium. In minimal medium, the cells showed an initial decline period, and consequently the definition of the lag time of the resultant log count curve was revised. The model of Baranyi and Roberts (Int. J. Food Microbiol. 23:277...

the results of researches in the field of the using x-ray in all over the world have been successful. the main subject which needs more investigation and have been allocated part of the researches in most of the atomic research institutes, is the research about possible harms of irradiated food for human beings, base on the researches, using irradiation for inhibition of sprouting and preservat...

Background : Low food intake is a frequent problem in undernourished hospital patients. Objective : To study whether a reorganization of a hospital catering system enabling patients to choose their evening meal individually, in combination with an increase in the energy density of the food, increases the energy and protein intake of the patients. Design : Observational study comparing the food ...

Uterine fibroids are often found in women of reproductive age. Different types of fibroids may affect reproductive outcome to a different extent, with submucous, intramural and subserosal fibroids being (in decreasing order of importance) a cause of infertility and pregnancy wastage. Fibroids may also produce a number of complications during pregnancy. Women who are scheduled for assisted conce...

imamiyah jurists have had different views regarding the rights of the trustee in terms of abuse and wastage in the lent (trust); from the known theory of the claim for damages not being associated with the abuses and wastage on the basis of the generalities of the ‘on the hand’ rule to the theory of the relationship between fault and damage according to the general rules of liability and istīmā...

The global burden of foodborne disease due to the presence of contaminating microorganisms remains high, despite some notable examples of their successful reduction in some instances. Globally, the number of species of microorganisms responsible for foodborne diseases has increased over the past decades and as a result of the continued centralization of the food processing industry, outbreaks n...

In a time of escalating costs for patients and hospitals, waste-reduction strategies in healthcare are increasingly relevant and worthy of consideration. Within anesthesia departments, a significant portion of the operating budget is devoted to pharmaceuticals; wastage of anesthesia drugs is common and a possible target for cost-reduction strategies (Weinger, 2001). Targeting drug wastage is pa...

Abstract Food waste is a significant challenge, and our societal behaviours play role in the amount of food items discarded. Thus, an effective method to inform consumers about high wastage patterns may help reduce thrown away. This research investigates how Augmented Reality can be harnessed enlighten work towards addressing patterns. Yet on this topic still very much its infancy. To pursue so...

The aim in this paper is to investigate the effect of age factor of mother as a cause of pregnancy wastage and delivery types. Using the information from 2967 mothers of Rajshahi District within the reproductive span (15-49 years), we have found that the proportion of pregnancy wastage to live birth in two edges of reproductive span is tremendously dodgy whereas in other age groups between 20 a...