Purpose The hospitality industry in developed countries is under pressure due to labor shortages and it likely more food beverage operations will have be automated the future. This research investigates public’s perceptions of use robots learn about how public perceives automation beverage. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from a survey disseminated online 12 languages, resulting...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing this proposed rule to amend the 1994 tentative final monograph or proposed rule (the 1994 TFM) for over-the-counter (OTC) antiseptic drug products. In this proposed rule, we are proposing to establish conditions under which OTC antiseptic products intended for use by health care professionals in a hospital setting or other health care situations...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is issuing this final rule establishing that certain active ingredients used in nonprescription (also known as overthe-counter or OTC) antiseptic products intended for use by health care professionals in a hospital setting or other health care situations outside the hospital are not generally recognized as safe and effective (GRAS/GRAE)....

1 ABSTRACT High and growing rates of unemployment have been a source of great frustration to policy-makers. Although exports have been buoyant and the 1990s has been the first decade of sustained growth, unemployment has been rising by 2 percentage points each year. If the expanded definition is used, the rate of unemployment reached 41.8% in September 2002. In a context where the majority of t...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing new warning labeling for all over-the-counter (OTC) drug products containing phenylpropanolamine preparations (phenylpropanolamine bitartrate, phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride, and phenylpropanolamine maleate). Phenylpropanolamine is a sympathomimetic drug that is used in OTC weight control, cough-cold, nasal decongestant, and allergy drug pr...

The central organizing theme of this paper is to discuss the dynamics of the Serengeti grassland ecosystem from the perspective of recent developments in food-web theory. The seasonal rainfall patterns that characterize the East African climate create an annually oscillating, large-scale, spatial mosaic of feeding opportunities for the larger ungulates in the Serengeti; this in turn creates a s...

At the outset, the concept of a 'public good' was associated with economic policies. However, it has now evolved not only from a national to a global concept (global public good), but also from a concept applying solely to the production of goods to one encompassing societal issues (education, environment, etc.) and fundamental rights, including the right to health and food. Through their actio...

Objectives: We examined how adults using emergency food services report discrimination and how these reports may be associated with well-being. Methods: Data come from a survey (n=318) and from five focus groups of adults using emergency food services, conducted between 2003-2004. The survey included measures derived from the Everyday Discrimination Scale and the Centers for Epidemiologic Studi...

osteoporosis provided that the food is eligible for the claim and the claim is consistent with the current regulations. The prospective claim relating to the relationship between calcium and bone disease, specifically, increased bone density and the risk of fractures, is not consistent with the existing claim, and would misbrand any food on which it is used. Because firms can highlight the rela...