A number of previous studies have reported on the aspects of hospital food service that patients value, but usually as a secondary finding, and not generally based upon patient-centred approaches. This study employed a questionnaire produced ab initio from interviews with patients and hospital staff, the data from which were subjected to factor and cluster analysis, in order to identify and pri...

The augmented Lagrangian method (ALM) is one of the most useful methods for constrained optimization. Its convergence has been well established under convexity assumptions or smoothness assumptions, both assumptions. ALM may experience oscillations and divergence when underlying problem simultaneously nonconvex nonsmooth. In this paper, we consider linearly with a (in particular, weakly convex)...

What could it mean to take a designerly perspective of robotic eating aid get more holistic understanding meals as social and embodied experiences? In this article, we provide new bodily experiences assisted feeding. We apply “designerly framing” in the context Human Robot Interaction (HRI) contribute with insights for researchers backgrounds other than design into how can foreground aesthetic ...

The present paper reviews the development of some of our ideas of how physiological stimuli on the gastrointestinal tract contribute to the onset of satiety. The various signals originating from the gut caused by stretch, osmo-concentration or specific chemical stimuli must be relayed to the brain, either neurally or hormonally, to be integrated with post-absorptive signals from other sites inc...

Ward outings provide patients the opportunity to practice what they have learnt during their inpatient admission in a real-life context, to learn to feel comfortable eating out in public. The ward outing is for patients that are progressing well and have demonstrated that they can manage their meal plans on the unit and on leave. The outing provides patients with an opportunity to challenge the...

background: this study aimed to assess the relationship between meal frequency with mental distress and violent behavior among a nationally representative sample of iranian children and adolescents. materials and methods: the participants of this national study were 14,880 iranian students with 6 to 18 years of age. they were selected from urban and rural regions of iran by multi-stage cluster ...

The dining experience is an opportunity for residents to experience the independence they once knew and still desire. Through appropriate meal consistencies an optimal dining room setting, and coordination of the total healthcare team, these desires can be reached. The resident benefits from this emphasis on the dining experience, while the interdisciplinary team members gain more insight into ...

Consumers’ experienced utility is often shaped not only by intrinsic aspects of consumption experiences themselves, but also by extrinsic pre-consumption information about those experiences. For instance, consider critics’ ratings of a film, the price or country-of-origin of a bottle of wine, the brand-name of a cola, whether a meal is made from organic ingredients—in these and countless other ...

A Mathematically-Based Technique of Matching Music to Food to Affect the Culinary Experience Barbara T Werner and Robert M Bernstein, MD Chef, Cobleskill University, NY 12043, USAjdlfjdfjdkl;fjkldjfkl;dfjdkl;fjkdjflkdjfkl;djfkl;djfkl;jdklfjdklfjkldfjkldjflkdjfkl;djflkdjfldkkkkkk Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, USA dfjdlfjdklsjfkldjfkldsjaklfsdjlkfjskdfdfdfdfdfd...