Excessive sodium intake leading to hypertension, stroke, and stomach cancer is mainly caused by excess use of salt in cooking. This study was performed to estimate the salt content in school meals and to compare differences in perceptions related to sodium intake between students and staffs working for school meal service. We collected 382 dishes for food from 24 schools (9 elementary, 7 middle...

This paper presents various aspects of our recent fireball studies and new experimental results of fireballs ejected from various solid and liquid substrates (e.g. copper, salty water, silicon, carbides). Our ongoing experimental analyses of these fireballs include measurements of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) performed at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), optical spectr...

Abstract For a quasi steady state condition, the water vapor flux from the ocean to atmosphere typical of the salty subtropics must be compensated by ocean processes that transfer freshwater into the evaporative regime. Observations of the North Atlantic subtropical sea surface salinity maximum region frequently reveal the presence of eddies with distinct salinity/temperature signatures of up t...

For removal of radium from saline waters in Upper Silesian mines, several methods of purification have been developed. The most efficient one is based on application of barium chloride, which was implemented in full technical scale in two Polish coal mines several years ago. Very good results of purification have been achieved-the removal efficiency exceeding 95% of the initial activity. Anothe...

Plants have a deep-rooted trust in gravity, but it is not unconditional. A new study shows that, if plant roots sense high doses of salt coming up from below, they dump gravity responses and grow away from the salt contamination.

Small and salty CO2 reduction scheme Most artificial photosynthesis approaches focus on making hydrogen. Modifying CO2, as plants and microbes do, is more chemically complex. Asadi et al. report that fashioning WSe2 and related electrochemical catalysts into nanometer-scale flakes greatly improves their activity for the reduction of CO2 to CO. An ionic liquid reaction medium further enhances ef...

Using both theoretical modeling and computer simulations we study a model system for DNA interactions in the vicinity of charged membranes. We focus on the polarization of the mobile charges in the membranes due to the nearby charged rods (DNA) and the resulting screening of their fields and inter-rod interactions. We find, both within a Debye-Hückel model and in Brownian dynamics simulations, ...

Broth is a product made from beef or poultry by cooking ingredients rich in protein and water, with without the addition of spices, vegetable fat sodium chloride. This study aims to determine physicochemical properties including crude protein, ash, fat, carbohydrates, water activity, pH as well organoleptic tests three types broth different chicken meat, namely broiler, free-range chicken, IPB-...

Received: Revised: Accepted: December 26, 2013 February 03, 2014 February 05, 2014 Dermatophilosis caused by Dermatophilus congolensis has a wide host range, including cattle, horses, camels, and bears. The present case was characterized by severe exudative dermatitis with thick scab formation on the face and whole body of a polar bear in Seoul Zoo, Korea. For diagnosis, fresh crusts from the f...

A layer of fluid lies between two parallel horizontal walls and the solute concentration and temperature are higher at the bottom wall. The onset of time-periodic instability in this double diffusion problem in three dimensions is analyzed. Periodicity with respect to the hexagonal lattice is assumed. The no-slip condition is imposed at the top and bottom boundaries. There are 11 bifurcating so...