the mechanism of the genesis and development of obesity is not yet known. in particular, it is not known whether the main reason is and increase in energetic efficiency, i.e. better utilization of food consumed, or hyperplasia. this study was undertaken to throw some light on this subject. obesity was produced by chemical methods, i.e. by injections of gold-thioglucose and mono-sodium glutamate...

essential oil of rosmarinus officinallis was investigated on toxicity and physiological aspect of elm leaf beetle xanthogaleruca luteola mull. for 3rd instar larvae and adults in controlled condition (25 ± 2 °c; 14:10ld; 65% rh). lc50 were estimated 2.55 and 1.11 for 3rd instar larvae and adults respectively. the effect of lc50 dose on remaining insects were investigated on nutritional indices....

irrigated agriculture is an important contributor to the expansion of national food supplies and is expected to play a major role in food security of developing countries. such countries face water crisis for securing the food staples. well designed water resource policies potentially can improve the water allocation and use efficiency as well as the food security objectives. this paper present...

Food hubs has seen substantial growth in past few decades but the overall operational efficiency and effectiveness is a concern for the managers of these facilities. The physical layout and infrastructure of the facility along with training to the operators is one of the critical part of improvements that will improve the efficiency of these facilities. Regional food hubs even though different ...

Food insecurity—defined as limited or unpredictable access to nutritionally adequate food—is associated with higher body mass in humans and birds. It is widely assumed that food insecurity-induced fattening caused by increased consumption, but there little evidence supporting this any species. We developed a novel technology for measuring foraging, intake small groups of aviary-housed European ...

Cockles Cerastoderma edule were fed two different concentrations ( approximately 0.8 and 2 mm(3) l(-1)) of two diets with different qualities ( approximately 10 and 60% of organic content) which were achieved by mixing different proportions of ashed silt particles with cells of the microalgae Tetraselmis suecica. Clearance, ingestion and absorption rates of organic matter and biochemical compon...

In recent years, food safety problems have become increasingly serious in China, and major food safety accidents have seriously affected people's daily lives, having negative influence on the healthy development of the food industry and the whole economy. Therefore, it is necessary to analyse existing problems of food safety, further study the main cause of frequent incidents of food safety, an...

The efficiency of methane production by anaerobic digestion (AD), during which energy is generated from organic waste, can be increased in various ways. Recent research developments have the volume gas AD using biochar. Previous studies used food waste itself AD, or, added wood-biochar or sewage sludge charcoal as an accelerant process. application food-waste biochar activated has not yet been ...