Drawing attention to the associations evoked in the process of food denomination, the paper attempts to reveal the traces of cannibalistic instinct in this realm. By singling out some of the principal ways used in the semantic reticulum to name food, special attention is devoted to those names that allude to particular categories of enemies (devoured as wholes or as parts of the body). What is ...

M any economies, during the early stages of monetary development, experienced what appear to be sporadic relative shortfalls of small denomination means of payment. These episodes have been broadly documented in the literature under the label of “shortages of small change.” Sargent and Velde (2002), for example, review in great detail the evidence for Europe. Hanson (1979) provides an interesti...

Ochratoxin A (OTA) was extracted from 84 rice samples and rice products by using accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) and analysed with liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection. Samples were collected from rice cultivars, local markets and supermarkets; 64 were of non-organic and 20 of organic production. 7.8% of non-organic samples had OTA levels from 4.3 to 27.3 microg/kg and...

This paper represents algorithm for recognition of the coins of different denomination. The proposed system first uses a canny edge detection to generate an edge map, then uses CHT (Circular Hough transform) to recognize the coins and further find the radii of them. Based on the radius of the coin, the coins of different denomination are classified. The experimental result shows that the Hough ...

The investigation of genetic differentiation subspecies and breeds is nowadays fundamental for understanding their adaptation to specific environments facilitating selection processes production purposes. These aspects allow us both safeguard biodiversity protect the products with a high nutritional value that derive from them which consumers today pay particular importance.In this study, genom...

DNA analysis with molecular markers has opened a way to understand complex organism's genome. It is presently being widely applied across different fields, where food takes a preeminent position. Constant outbreaks of foodborne illnesses are increasing consumer's attention towards more detailed information related to what they are consuming. This overview reports on the areas where food traceab...