The present study investigates the structure of attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) food. A total of 431 respondents completed a questionnaire measuring their overall attitude, cognition and affect towards GM food. A model with distinct positive and negative, affective and cognitive components and a separate factor for perceived risk and worry best accounted for the data. Negative--but ...

In a recent very interesting paper on Indian Indigenous Drugs (The Held for Research in Indian Indigenous Drugs?by R. N. Chopra, m.a., m.dv Lieut.-Gol., i.m.s., The Patna Journal of Medicine, Vol. Ill, No. 3, July, 1928), Col. Chopra has discussed the chemical, pharmacological and clinical aspects of the subject and has also pointed out a few of the economic and scientific aspects of the questi...

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Over the years, genetically modified organism (GMO) development and regulation in China have regularly attracted international attention. In the early 1990s, China became the first country to commercialize a genetically modified (GM) crop with planting of a virus-resistant transgenic tobacco variety on a relatively large scale, while other parts of the world were debating about the risks of GMO...

A novel hydro-mechanical formulation is presented to simulate the fast wetting of bentonite pellet fills. The model based on a triple porosity concept, but its uses double structure for simplicity. It assumed that process results in liquid pressure inter-pellet voids equal boundary pressure. This enables system equations be solved have same than used analyse behaviour blocks with numerical tool...

In recent years scientific literature has seen an increase in publications describing new transgenic applications. Although technically-sound, these promising developments might not necessarily translate into products available to the consumer. This article highlights the impact of external factors on the commercial viability of Genetically Modified (GM) animals in the pharmaceutical and food s...