The replacement in the diet of refined carbohydrate and fat with fibre and protein has been shown to promote satiety and improve glucose and insulin profiles. It is less clear whether the macronutrient composition of individual foods such as snacks have any meaningful impact on metabolic parameters and satiety. We examined if the consumption of higher protein higher fibre snack bars would resul...

Previous studies show that children who are sensitive to the bitter taste of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) report more frequent intake of sweets and less frequent intake of meats (savory fats) relative to children who are PROP insensitive. Laboratory studies are needed to confirm these findings. In this study, seventy-nine 4- to 6-year-olds from diverse ethnicities attended four laboratory sessio...

Since modern transport aircraft cruise at transonic speeds, shock buffet alleviation is one indispensable challenge that civil research needs to be addressed. Indeed, in the flow regime shock-induced separation and compromise flight envelope of an aircraft, therefore its operational safety structural integrity. One possible solution control delay boundary layer separation. The aim this work was...

By expressing prior distributions as general stochastic processes, nonparametric Bayesian methods provide a flexible way to incorporate prior knowledge and constrain the latent structure in statistical inference. The Indian buffet process (IBP) is such an example that can be used to define a prior distribution on infinite binary features, where the exchangeability among subjects is assumed. The...

The quest for a model that is able to explain, describe, analyze and simulate real-world complex networks is of uttermost practical, as well as theoretical, interest. In this paper we introduce and study a network model that is based on a latent attribute structure: each node is characterized by a number of features and the probability of the existence of an edge between two nodes depends on th...

The Indian Buffet Process (IBP) is a stochastic process on binary features that has been applied to modeling communities in complex networks [4, 5, 6]. Inference in the IBP is challenging as the potential number of possible configurations grows as 2 where K is the number of latent features and N the number of nodes in the network. We presently consider the performance of three MCMC sampling app...

During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, self-service restaurant sector, as well other types of food services, are facing an unprecedented crisis needing to adapt their service avoid closing doors. With varied and quick meals, buffet is one most important outside services. However, type where clients follow a line on serve meals has impaired traditional operation during pandemic and, perhaps, after it. ...

The objectives of this study are: 1) to learn the opinions entrepreneurs regarding adjustment buffet restaurant business in Bangkok under epidemic situation; 2) suggest a guideline for situation. used phenomenological research methodology by collecting data with in-depth interviews using semi-structured from key informants apply descriptive analysis. results showed that most pay more attention ...