In bakery production, to perform a processing task there might be multiple alternative machines that have the same functionalities. Finding an efficient production schedule is challenging due significant nondeterministic polynomial time (NP)-hardness of problem when number products, tasks, and are higher. addition, many tasks performed manually as small medium-size bakeries not fully automated....

Background: Salt content and pH degree are the quality indicators of bread which their unauthorized levels may have harmful effects on body health. Accordingly, this survey was carried out to evaluate pH and salt contents in bread samples produced in Mashhad, Iran. Methods: Totally 708 bread samples (340 loaves of Lavash, 183 loaves of Taftun, 139 loaves of Barbari and 46 loaves of Sangak br...

Baker’s asthma is one of the most common forms of occupational asthma. The increasing knowledge in exposure–response relations accumulated in recent years is important in the understanding of baker’s asthma. This development has made scientifically based prevention feasible today and baker’s asthma should not be regarded as an inevitable occurrence any more. In 1700 Bernardo Ramazzini described...

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of premature death in the 21st century. Dietary factors, such as high salt intake, are related to increased risk of CVDs{Akpolat, 2009 #21}. One of the main sources of dietary salt is bread. On the other hand, salt content is a quality indicator of bread. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the salt content in a variet...

Contamination of inanimate objects and environmental surfaces by microorganisms plays a significant role in the transmission infection. This study was carried out to ascertain countertops as infection source. A total 240 public counters including wood granite, tiles plastics different establishments were screened for presence potential bacterial fungal pathogens using standard microbiological b...

Abstract Natural sources of antioxidants are plant materials, which include dietary fiber, oligosaccharides, vitamins, and minerals. Fruits vegetables the main natural macro- microelements one popular ingredients for creating functional products that have a regulatory effect on many body systems as whole. The article examines biochemical characteristics fresh fruits in order to highlight most p...