Dill (Anethum graveolens L.) and parsley (Petroselinum crispum Mill.) were dried by using sun and oven (50oC) drying methods. Oven drying decreased the drying time approximately 50% when compared to the sun drying method for both herbs. K, Ca, P, Mg and Na were the most abundant elements in dill and parsley samples. Oven-dried samples had higher mineral values than that of the su...

Sun protection fabrics are designed to absorb or reflect the sun’s UV radiation as a means of protecting the skin from damage. The rating system for fabrics specifies an Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) value, which can be thought of as a time factor for the protection of Caucasian skin compared to exposure without any protection. For example, if a person would show visible erythema (sunburn...

I would like to begin by thanking Ron Chrisley for his interesting and detailed commentary.1 There is much I find to agree with; indeed, it seems to me that his essay can largely be read, not as a criticism of the perspective offered in my own article,2 but rather as a useful and largely complementary alternate view. I am especially grateful for the insights expressed in the last section of the...

amonhotep iv, one of egypt's most famous pharaohs, has been composer of hymns in praise of the sun or sun god, which remains in inscriptions from fourteenth century bc. amonhoteb stone inscription is the oldest document in which, at the first time, he has invited people to monotheism. mehr yasht is second long yasht, in praise of sun, mehr or sun god, remains from one thousand years bc. th...

In this paper we consider the minimal energy problem on the sphere S for Riesz potentials with external …elds. Fundamental existence, uniqueness, and characterization results are derived about the associated equilibrium measure. The discrete problem and the corresponding weighted Fekete points are investigated. As an application we obtain the separation of the minimal senergy points for d 2 < s...

The theory of the two-dimensional Liouville Quantum Gravity, first introduced by Polyakov in his 1981 work has become a key notion study random surfaces. In series articles, David, Huang, Kupiainen, Rhodes and Vargas, on one hand, Duplantier, Miller Sheffield other investigated this topic realm probability theory, both provided definitions for fundamentals objects theory: unit area quantum sphe...

backgrounds: vitamin d deficiency is a public health concern even in sunny areas, so we decided to assess the prevalence of vitamin d deficiency and its related factors among university students in shiraz. methods: this cross‑sectional study was carried out on 254 (128 male and 126 female) university students. demographic questionnaires and a questionnaire on exposure to sun light and sun prote...

the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of saffron as a natural sunscreen and moisturizer. the pollens of the saffron were dried and powdered in a grinder. the experimental formulations included a homosalate (8%) lotion reference, lotions with 2, 4 and 8% of grinded saffron, and the control lotion base without saffron. the lotions containing saffron were prepared like homosal...

abstract in recent decades, because of the vast socio-cultural changes which occurred in iran, iranian women have experienced new values and identities and they have achieved more advanced education and consciousness, so that they oppose the gender stereotypes which attribute inferior characteristics to women and cause inequalities and limitations in their everyday life. although gender stereot...