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Is there any scope for the collaboration in the field of food & nutrition as a joint guide
(Ph. D Supervisor) for the research scholar. Please feel free to contact.
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Lankaran State University, Azerbaijan; mikailbyst@mail.ru
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Every food is risky if you are not consuming as per the requirement.
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International Conference of Biological, Environment, Agriculture, and Food (ICoBEAF) 2024 organized by "BPI LPPM UAD" with the theme Advancing sustainable development on Biological, Environmental, Agriculture, and Food for a Life Well.
The 100 best papers selected and presented will be published in Proceeding/journal-indexed Scopus.
More information can be accessed at https://adis.uad.ac.id/ad-icobeaf/#submissionicobeaf
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Salut j'espère que vous allez bien
Je veux participer à cette conférence si possible.
Merci cordialement,
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Give in detail with available literature and website links for submissions
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Unluckily, just similar to an expensive car, your brain can be damaged if you ingest anything other than premium fuel.
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Your brain requires high-quality nutrients to function optimally. Consuming poor-quality or unhealthy foods can impair cognitive functions, affect your mood, and increase the risk of mental health issues. It’s crucial to provide your brain with a balanced diet rich in vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients to keep it performing at its best.
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Enzymatic hydrolysis has emerged as a highly effective approach for obtaining bioactive peptides. Is there an extensive investigation into the impacts of enzymatic hydrolysis on the physicochemical properties of proteinaceous raw materials and the subsequent processing of enzymatically hydrolyzed proteins in the domains of feed or food? Furthermore, are there any notable scholars specializing in research related to this area?
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Dear sir,
Could you please assist me? I am planning to conduct an enzymatic hydrolysis of whey proteins, but I have been unable to find detailed references or protocols for this procedure. If you could provide guidance or help me locate relevant information, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
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What is the immunological test through which we determine the activation of microglia cells?
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One common immunological test to assess microglial activation is immunohistochemistry, where specific markers like Iba1 or CD68 are used to visualize and quantify activated microglia in brain tissue.
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I (a biologist by education) was substitute teaching when a high school student wanted me to tell them an easy way to remember the definition of life. They said the scientific definition was difficult to remember. So I thought for a moment, …then responded with:
”An easy way to remember is, Eat, drink, breath, reproduce, & go to the bathroom.”
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Scintifically life can be defined as integrated biological functions of all cells, tissues,body parts at its optimum threshold in an living organisms.
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This question is a very extraordinary question mark regarding calciphytolite. Because if calciphytolite has a gene that can be changed then there will be no problems with every food we consume, such as symptoms of itching or irritation due to calcium oxalate crystals.
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One possibility is that calciphytolite is a product of biomineralization, a process by which living organisms produce minerals, such as calcium carbonate, silica, or iron oxide, to serve various functions, such as structural support, protection, or detoxification1. Biomineralization is controlled by genes that encode proteins, enzymes, or organic molecules that regulate the nucleation, growth, and shape of the mineral crystals2. Therefore, different plants may have different calciphytolite genes that determine the amount, composition, and morphology of the mineral they produce.
Another possibility is that calciphytolite is a result of biogeochemical cycling, a process by which living organisms interact with the physical and chemical environment to alter the distribution and availability of elements, such as carbon, nitrogen, or phosphorus3. Biogeochemical cycling is influenced by environmental factors, such as temperature, moisture, pH, or nutrient availability, that affect the activity and diversity of the organisms involved. Therefore, different plants may have different calciphytolite levels depending on the conditions of their habitat and the interactions with other organisms.
In summary, calciphytolite is a fictional mineral that could be produced by plants through biomineralization or biogeochemical cycling. The variation in calciphytolite among plants could be explained by genetic or environmental factors, or a combination of both. However, this is only a hypothetical scenario and more research is needed to confirm the existence and properties of calciphytolite.
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Hello all,
I hope everyone is doing well.
We are preparing buttermilk from standardized milk. In this regard we need to increase the pH of the buttermilk. We used sodium citrate (0.4% & 4%) and sorbitol (0.4%) to check any change in the pH. Unfortunately, there were no significant changes observed.
Please suggest any recommendation to increase pH using any natural or food-grade chemical compounds and any other alternative options.
Thank you in advance.
Keep smiling and Stay healthy.
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If this is for cooking, a quick recipe swap is to add vinegar (the acidity here is acetic acid) to regular milk to mimic the tangy flavor of buttermilk. It's a spoonful or two (about 15-30 ml) vinegar per 240 ml milk.
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Hi, does anyone know what program/software I can get food figures like these from?
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Hello Alex,
The best type of software, in my humble opinion, that my company uses is "Royalty-Free" software. This means that once it is purchased the company that one bought it from cannot not insist on more monies to use the images. I use software from Softkey International Inc. for my food research. I added two images of two types of breads and one of a slice of the lemon citrus fruit.
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How could this impact
Suggestions and answers were welcome
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Personally, I very regret about the decision to retire projects in RG. This was a good possibility to order publications by subjects, to inform the community about the progress of own long-term projects, and to get informed about the progress of projects of other researchers. - You may try to contact RG's support team at https://www.researchgate.net/contact. If many users complain, perhaps the decision will be revised. I have sent my opinion to them.
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Hi, I am looking for a company operating in the field of artificial meat. By operating, I mean production or advanced stage of pre-production.
I am looking for because we have some good solutions to offer to this kind of company.
Thank you.
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thank you
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Currently, I am looking for free-to-publish journals with an impact factor of more than 4 or 5 in food science and nutrition. It would be very helpful if anyone could suggest some good journals with free or low-cost publication processes. Thanks, anyone in advance if you provide any information or guidance.
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I would aim for subscription-based journals (or hybrid journals where you decline the open access option), these journals are in most cases free of costs. Some examples are:
-Journal of Food Science and Technology (JFST) (https://www.springer.com/journal/13197 ). Impact factor 3.117
-Journal of Food Science (https://ift.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17503841 ). Impact factor 3.693
-Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10970010 ). Impact factor 4.125
-Food Bioscience (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/food-bioscience ). Impact factor 5.318
-Food Chemistry (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/food-chemistry ). Impact factor 9.231
If you consider journals without the impact factor >4-5 ‘requirement’ you might check the list of open access journals free of costs:
Best regards.
PS. Try to avoid predatory journals. Potential predatory publishers you can check in the Beall’s list (https://beallslist.net and https://beallslist.net/#update ) and potential predatory so-called stand-alone journals you can check here https://beallslist.net/standalone-journals/ and https://beallslist.net/standalone-journals/#update
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Dear friends;
What is the titratable acidity of plasma in butter?
How can I measure?
Thanks in advance.
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First you should determine fat content in butter. The rest is butter plasma. Example: fat content is 80% (butter plasma is 20%) and total acidity is 0.05%. The acidity of butter plasma is 100*0.05/20 = 0.25%
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The decline in agricultural production and exports in many countries is pushing up food prices. The scale of food shortages will increase in many countries and the risk of a food crisis is growing. More and more data confirms that after the recent pandemic economic crisis 2020, the growing economic crisis caused by high inflation, the developing energy crisis in 2023, there will also be a food crisis in many parts of the world. In the current 2022, a number of factors have simultaneously emerged that could lead to a food crisis and hunger in many countries of the world. These include the following factors:
1. the war in Ukraine (production and exports of cereals and other agricultural crops from Russia and Ukraine have fallen significantly).
2. Record heat, drought, forest and crop field fires in many parts of the world (in India, record heat reaching 50 ct. C in the shade; drought throughout the western states of the USA; in central and eastern Africa the worst drought in 40 years).
3. Flooding of farmland in China in 2021 (30 million acres of farmland under water. Chinese authorities have announced that the 2022 crop yield could be the lowest in the context of the previous few decades).
4. postcovid broken chains of international logistics and supplies.
5. in 2020, the Lebanese capital Beirut suffered a gigantic explosion at the port that destroyed all infrastructure, including huge grain silos.
For these and other reasons, the number of people in the world at risk of hunger has increased by 80 per cent in the last five years, from 108 million to 183 million people.
After Vladimir Putin ordered 200,000 Russian troops into Ukraine, the global food situation went from poor to bad. Especially this negative trend is developing in poor countries, where economies are underdeveloped and income levels of citizens are also low.
Before the war, Ukraine was the 5th economy in terms of global wheat exports, 3rd in barley exports, 3rd in maize exports and 1st in oilseed exports (e.g. sunflower). In Ukraine, areas of fertile chernozem extend as far as Manzuria. Before the war, Ukraine produced 9 per cent of the world's wheat, and together with Russia, this is now 30 per cent. Ukraine generated 20 per cent of the world's maize exports. By contrast, Ukraine's exports of sunflower oil account for as much as 75 per cent of the global share. Food exports from Ukraine are also estimated at 1/8 of all calories sold globally. Most of these exports before the war, i.e. before 24 February 2022, were loaded onto ships in Odessa and Novorossiysk and transported to the Middle East and elsewhere in the world. The war has created serious problems for food production and export in Ukraine. The Russians have blockaded the Black Sea ports with their Black Sea fleet.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the honourable community of scientists and researchers:
How can the scale of the development of the food crisis be reduced?
What is your opinion on this topic?
Please reply,
I invite you all to discuss,
Thank you very much,
Regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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This is done by reducing global warming and reclaiming agricultural land
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Every third child under the age of five in the world is a victim of malnutrition. At the same time, the situation is even worse in India where 50 percent of the children are malnourished. Government and non-governmental organizations are working on many measures for this. There is a need to identify and implement evidence-based high-impact approaches. Government and non-governmental organizations are working on many measures for this. There is a need to identify and implement evidence-based high-impact measures.
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Dear Indresh
health/ nutritional education always played an important role in improving society's health quality. providing accessible health centres all over the rural areas to make this group's education in families in the long term can improve the society's health knowledge and control the malnutrition in the future.
however, in the short term, providing protein (30-35g of high-quality protein per serving) fortified foods or drinks for high risky people till the educational courses are made can be the best option to lower the risk. in addition, giving a "Basket of living goods" to families with financial limitations can be helpful.
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Towards a holistic water vision for national water and food security The discussion focuses on the analysis of comprehensive national water balances: underground and surface water "Blue Water", soil water reserves "Green water", and the net "Virtual Water" flux related to foodstuffs imports/exports; in order to conciliate in a sustainable way water resource supply with the whole demand, including food demand.
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Dear Prof Jamel Chahed
Appreciated you, for Very vital and interesting discussion, as far as the all evidences have showed that climate change would have adverse impact on world water resources and food production!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rising global food production has put pressure on freshwater resources, especially in countries with high growth rates of food demand.....
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Do humans who eat food prepared in a restaurant face a higher risk of contracting an illness than those who eat packaged food?
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Thanks for nice question and very well answered by Prof Barbara, would like to add that : Food can be contaminated when it is handled, stored or prepared incorrectly!, Care in processing, transport, storage, preparing and serving of food is necessary to reduce the risk of contamination. The holistic approach of your question should be investigated in each country due to their own conditions probably.
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I’m looking for free online conferences on plant science / food and nutrition / agriculture / horticulture etc.
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Check OMICS International
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I’m a PhD student. I’m looking for a short term scholarship for PhD students.
The aim of it is to prepare a common publication (selenium, zinc, bioactive compounds in plants).
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i am in innovation commercialisation and would like to get funding for the project, not a PHD studentship
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How long will it take for arthropod ingredients to appear on our menu?
Recently, Nestle has released food for dogs and cats, in which, in addition to the usual chicken, they added chopped fly larvae. And no, the global corporation does not save on cats. Livestock is one of the drivers of climate change, and replacing cows with insects can reduce its turnover. Some insect products have been on the market for a long time. Tell us who you can try and what sensations to expect?
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Depends on the country and culture. Unlikely in Brazil. Most likely in China.
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How ultra-processed foods modify and command our food preferences?
It responds to the growing interest in ultra-processed foods among policy makers, academic researchers, health professionals, journalists and consumers concerned to devise policies, investigate dietary patterns, advise people, prepare media coverage, and when buying food and checking labels in shops or at home. Ultra-processed foods are defined within the NOVA classification system, which groups foods according to the extent and purpose of industrial processing.
Processes enabling the manufacture of ultra-processed foods include the fractioning of whole foods into substances, chemical modifications of these substances, assembly of unmodified and modified food substances, frequent use of cosmetic additives and sophisticated packaging. Processes and ingredients used to manufacture ultra-processed foods are designed to create highly profitable (low-cost ingredients, long shelf-life, emphatic branding), convenient (ready-to-consume), hyper-palatable products liable to displace all other NOVA food groups, notably unprocessed or minimally processed foods.
A practical way to identify an ultra-processed product is to check to see if its list of ingredients contains at least one item characteristic of the NOVA ultra-processed food group, which is to say, either food substances never or rarely used in kitchens (such as high-fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated or interesterified oils, and hydrolysed proteins), or classes of additives designed to make the final product palatable or more appealing (such as flavours, flavour enhancers, colours, emulsifiers, emulsifying salts, sweeteners, thickeners, and anti-foaming, bulking, carbonating, foaming, gelling and glazing agents).
What do you think about that?
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More ultra-processed foods in the diet associates with higher risks of obesity, heart disease and stroke, type-2 diabetes, cancer, frailty, depression and death. These harms can be caused by the foods' poor nutritional profile, as many are high in added sugars, salt and trans-fats. https://theconversation.com/the-rise-of-ultra-processed-foods-and-why-theyre-really-bad-for-our-health-140537
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I'm a MSc Biotechnology student and I have graduated in the same field. I've been becoming aware of my interests and I am inclined towards how the diet can potentially be used to regulate the health. What should I do after my Masters to pursue this interest? I'm not sure what it's called therefore I cannot accurately google it. Any help would be appreciated!
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I have a freeze dried dairy probiotic mix that contains 2 bacterial species that i want to isolate to use in my research, I'm planning to seperate them on blood agar but what do you recommend i do prior to that? Is mixing in distilled water or nutrient broth sufficient? I have 2 other pure ATCC bacteriums I'm using that method for but I'm not sure if it's different for milk based cultures
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check the article below may help you Nadeen Al-Otaiby
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What can be possible ways to complete the requirement of PG level final year projects in on Food science, food nutrition and food technolgy, with quality work under such crucial time of pandemic and lock down? One side concern for health and other side tension of timely degree completion?
Kindly suggest
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Ecopedagogy is not just the knowledge, it is also a value and behavior - you live it. Habits formed at earlier stage of our lives. So, it is imperative that we introduce ecology as early in someone's life as possible. How early can you do this? Further more, if you introduced 'food garden' it has multiple benefits: it integrates knowledge from many domains, it let's you experience nature as a system as well as helping realize many pedagogical objectives such as promoting attention, creativity, patience and perhaps even multilateral thinking. It also fosters global citizenship. Knowledge in growing things is also a 'preparedness' to catastrophes to minimize their impact. In that sense, its an existential skill for survival. Agricultural literacy is shrinking every day. You can do this much better when they are small as they are also in close proximity to the soil. If they are exposed to diverse crops involved in growing, they are most likely to have diverse diet than those who are not - studies and experience backs up. Then what's the early ecopedagogy is like? Most importantly are there any negative side affects of it, if at all?
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I really like a song by a Cuban singer-songwriter Lidis Lamorú, entitled "Nature", I think it's a good way to bring children closer to agricultural work, motivating them through music, about the importance of this work.
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If you read the labels on food, you'll see the words "natural flavoring" or "artificial flavoring". The initial impression may be that the first must be good, while the second must be bad but if we look at what natural & artificial really mean in practice, most natural & artificial flavors are exactly the same chemical compounds, differing only by their source and both natural & artificial chemicals are or will be purified in a lab.
Is natural really better or safer or more tasty than artificial?
In some cases, natural flavoring may be more dangerous than artificial flavoring (e.g., natural flavor extracted from almonds can contain toxic cyanide but the artificial flavor has the taste but does not have cyanide).
Few years ago, my students prepared natural & artificial strawberry jams in a practical course. The taste of the artificial was judged to be better unanimously by the technician, my students & me.
Few years ago, a colleague's students made real strawberry ice cream & artificially- flavored strawberry ice cream. I tasted both & the second was more delicious, for me.
These two observations puzzled me. I know something about flavoring but I am not a full-fledged expert so I am asking to learn: Are natural flavorings really better & safer than the artificial counterparts? Is the public health at risk upon consuming foods & drinks with artificial flavors?
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The term natural flavor or natural flavoring means the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating, or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, etc. Artificial flavors, on the other hand, are made from anything else that doesn't fall under the "natural" umbrella. Interestingly, both types of flavors are made in the lab by scientists called "flavorists," who blend various chemicals together. The flavorist creating an artificial flavoring must use the same chemicals in his formulation as would be used to make a natural flavoring, however. Otherwise, the flavoring will not have the desired flavor. Although "natural" sure sounds better than "artificial," ingredients that come from nature aren't always safer than those that are artificially made. There are many deadly toxins that are produced in nature. In addition, artificial flavorings are simpler in composition and potentially safer because only safety-tested components are utilized. Besides health effects, natural flavors also may have more negative environmental impacts than artificial flavors. An example of massoia lactone, which is used for a creamy, coconut, spicy flavor. Harvesting it from the massoia tree in Malaysia kills the tree because harvesters have to remove the bark. In other cases collecting natural flavors involves clear-cutting and carbon emissions, which doesn't happen when flavors are created in the lab.
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As the land availability for conventional farming is decreasing, what percentage of worldwide farming is being done through soilless route (including hydroponics, aeroponics, aquaponics)?
Any literature highlighting the same will be helpful please.
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Thank you for sharing this question
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We know that bamboo shoots are highly nutritious, low in fat and calorie. Did you ever tasted bamboo shoots recipe? If yes in what form.
What is the name of the recipe in your native place or language?
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Yes, I can confirm that bamboo sprouts are tasty. I ate bamboo sprouts as a side dish in various dishes, most recently in broth with soy noodles.
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
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I used to notice in our food culture in Iraq that a person who suffers from anemia or loses blood is advised to eat celery with the spleen, and I did not know the reason until after my academic studies of plant pigments (chlorophyll) and the Similarity large between them and hemoclobin, as well as that the spleen is the cemetery of iron.
How can some customs and traditions be correct even though at the time of their spread there was no great scientific progress as is the case at the present time?
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Hemoglobin is the red pigment in blood that is capable of transporting oxygen Chlorophyll is the green pigment in plants and certain organisms that is capable of trapping the energy of the sun to enhance the process of photosynthesis.
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In this micrograph you can see processed cheese spread with buttermilk powder taken by SEM. I suppose it can be the result of interactions between proteins and the buttermilk powder used as thickener but I'm not sure. I will be glad if anyone could help me in this matter. Thank you.
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As Dr Dusevich said, it looks like topographical contrast. I'd add that it can be just a local charging. Try to decrease the accelerating voltage. Have you coat the sample with something conductive?
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There is some misinformation and myths about the benefits of eating figs and olives, do you have information about studies dealing with this topic?
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Yes, I believe in the Holy Qur’an and what is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an is a tribute to these two plants, but with regard to mixing one fig with 7 olives, it is not mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. The site I mentioned did not mention the source of this information, and I searched for its source and did not find it. If I knew the source of the information or research, please send it to me.
And thank you very much Chinaza Godswill Awuchi
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We all are thinking for climate change, sea-level rise, Global warming, poverty etc. big issues. But, at the same time, we also triggering those issues by our unsustainable food consumption practices.
Every year, we are generating about 1.3 billion tons of food waste. This food waste accounting in greenhouse gas emissions (about 4.4 gigatons of GHGs ,annually) and environmental degradation. Developing and developed, both countries are wasting about 40% foods.
If we don't waste our foods, it will be enough to feed others 3 billion people annually. We have to be aware of proper consumption of our foods and proper management practices of food wastes globally.
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My colleagues discussed the topic well above, but I want to discuss it from another point of view: There are those who abuse the concept of "protecting the environment" so they sell you, for example, a phone for a large amount and does not give you the charger with the phone box, claiming that it preserves the environment even though it took a large amount from you and you will have to buy the charger So you will have two cans to throw in the trash.
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I have published two papaers in this year. I learn adobe illustrator logo design , R program and so many new recipes . What about you?
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Congrats to Chriss Kabongo for the beautiful achievements despite 2020 challenges. I envy you.
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WHO recommends a fat intake of no less than 15% of the daily caloric requirements (https://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/publications/trs916/en/).
However, imagine a catastrophic situation in which a population somehow lost access to fat-rich foods for several years, while still having access to a good supply of carbohydrates, protein and micronutrients. Is there a point at which nutritional problems would arise if the consumption of fat was near zero? Would people survive if this was the case? what if the consumption was 5% or 10% of the total caloric intake?
Could the body survive via its own capacity to synthesize fats from carbohydrates?
-Please assume that essential fatty acid consumption (linoleic and alpha linoleic) is covered in this scenario-
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Current Dietary Fat Intake Recommendations for Adults by WHO (Fats and fatty acids in human nutrition Report of an expert consultation. FAO Food Nutr Pap. 2010;91) -
Total: 20-35%, Saturated: <10%, Trans: <1%, n-6 PUFA: 2.5-9%, n-3 PUFA: 0.5-2%.
Lichtenstein & Van Horn (1998) defined "a very low fat diet is defined as one in which ≤15% of total calories are derived from fat (33 g for a 2000-calorie diet, 50 g for a 3000-calorie diet) with fat calories distributed approximately equally among saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Approximately 15% of total daily calories consumed should be derived from protein and ≥70% from carbohydrates."
In contrast, at this time, no health benefits and possible harmful effects can be predicted from adherence to very low fat diets in certain subgroups. In addition to young children, the elderly, pregnant women, and persons with eating disorders should not attempt a very low fat diet. Persons with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, elevated TG levels, and carbohydrate malabsorption illnesses should also avoid such a diet.
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I want a sample preparation method for lowry & biuret method for protein quantification from curd, cheese, paneer that I prepared from ground nut milk. Kjeldahl apparatus is not present in working conditions, so is it possible to quantify protein content by biuret/folin-lowry method?
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Total protein content from groundnut milk products like curd, paneer, cheese etc.lowry & biuret method for protein determination is used.
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Which nutrient analysis databases do you prefer for feeding studies and metabolically controlled research? Which include the most up-to-date product lines, can support adding foods, and are affordable with multiple licenses? I am aware of several and have an idea of what we want to change to, but I would like more feedback from those who use this type of software in a CTRC or other research setting.
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For the kind of research I conducted, NUTRISURVEY was most suitable. I think ones choice will depend on the type of study.
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% of calorie, iron, protein and fat in a balanced diet or the amount of such nutrients in a balanced diet
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That's a good question
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There are no conclusive gulde lines on this topic.
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I am currently trying to use species distribution model to model a few food crops changes in the different climate scenarios. I am wondering if there is any existing metric that I can use to rank each crop nutrition values on a single metric for comparison so as to determine what crops to promote during climate change to achieve food security.
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Gustafson, D., Gutman, A., Leet, W., Drewnowski, A., Fanzo, J., & Ingram, J. (2016). Seven food system metrics of sustainable nutrition security. Sustainability, 8(3), 196.
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Due to high number of cancer in the world ,researchers seek investigation to cancer, The proposals that cancer might be preventable, and that food, nutrition, physical activity, and body composition might affect the risk of cancer, were first made before science emerged in its modern form in the 19th and 20th centuries. Throughout recorded history, wise choices of food and drink, and of habitual behaviour, have been recommended to protect against cancer, as well as other diseases, and to improve well-being. Reports such as this, which incorporate systematic examination of all relevant types of research, differ from ancient, historical, and even relatively recent accounts, and descriptive studies of the type detailed of cancer , not only in the quantity and quality of evidence, but also in the reliability of the evidence given to cancer promotion.so can we reach to cancer apperance in early stage?
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Several studies reports that eating more garlic could lower the risks of stomach, prostate and colorectal cancers.
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Zero Budget Natural Farming can fulfill the food and nutritional security requirements in the increasing global population?
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it depend upon the resources available with you and vicinity which enhances the crop production levels at optimum level.
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In traditional Indian diets bitter gourd is considered as diabetes controlling i.e hypoglycemic agent but literature published by NIN shows that it is hypocholesterolemic. In fact, processing techniques involved to prepare vegetable may destroy its medicinal quality as most of the times high fat and sugar or jaggery and lime juice or tamarind pulp is used to get rid of its bitterness.  
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Studies from the American Society of Alternative Medicine indicate that bitter cucumbers are effectively treated for diabetes, cancer and AIDS because they contain a mixture of steroids, which lower blood sugar.
Some clinical studies released by the American Diabetes Association reveal the effectiveness of bitter cucumbers in the treatment of type 1 diabetes, which is based on insulin injections through its substance Mordordica, which contains insulin-like polypeptides, which reduces the level of glucose In the blood, especially in patients with type 1 diabetes.
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Use of Spirulina in baby foods.
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The answer to your question is "Yes"! Please see the following RG link.
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A lot of literature is being generated that is showing evidence for herbal remedies to lower blood pressure and other diseases. With the alarming rate of hypertensive patients in the world and the need to find an effective therapy, why is the world delaying in doing clinical trials for most of the proven herbs in our yards?
Could there be a hidden agenda somewhere? If we are conformable with the DASH diet which by the way consist of fruits and vegetables, why not herbs?
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Fruit and vegetable consumption reduces the risk of hypertension. Please see the following PDF attachments.
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I am working on comparative analysis of household food security and nutritional status of coffee growers and what producer households of Ethiopia. Recently, Food and nutrition security is considered as single entity, rather than treating them as separate subjects. However, I couldn't find clear and sufficient sources to refer and work with. Most of researches indicated the title as " food and nutrition security" and yet their analyses came up with " food security" and " nutrition security " separately rather than "food and nutrition security" as combined analyses. I would appreciate if, anyone can help me to in this regard?
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World Recognized Definition of Food Security means that When All people at all time have physical and economic acess to safe, sufficient and nutritious food for their healthy and an active life
Nutritional Security
When all people at all times have physical and economic acess to provision of adequate nutrients for their healthy and an active life
Both these are related to each other as most developed nations are now mitigating nutritional Security since they have achieved food security whereas Developing nations are facing both food security as well as nutritional Security. Owing to it's immense importance it has now been included in SDGs goal 2 addressing Hunger, Food Security and Nutritional security comparatively.
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How we will achieve food and nutritional security to the people in changing climate , what would be the research priorities to achieve it.
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Thank you tarafdar,sir
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Hi, I'm seeking suggestions for conferences that include food and nutrition security in developed countries as one of their topics. I am looking to present my research work (community development and action to address food and nutrition security) at an established conference. I do not want to host a conference, but seeking to present my own work. Specifically for 2020 would be great, thank you in advance.
Geoff
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Dear Geoff Kira,
Very good idea. Go ahead.Actually it always haunting me that how do they (poor people) survive. Sometimes it is difficult to understand their economics. However, that will be a great opportunity to probe deeply into their life and living taking the fragmented population into account as sample.
Hope your endevour will bring a grand success.
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Árni Mathiesen, Assistant Director-General, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture made that suggestion at the World Aquaculture Society meeting in France last month.
“When we look to the future we must recognise that there are some constraints that both aquaculture and agriculture have to face up to,” he reflected.
“Due to the deteriorating state of soils, biodiversity loss, climate change etc, the sunlight driven primary production on land might be limited in the future. Therefore aquaculture cannot rely on land-based external inputs as it has done so far and will still do in the short term future.”
As a result, Mathiesen pointed out, it is now crucial to look to the oceans.
As he explained: “Since both the overall and per area primary production of the oceans is far smaller than on land the overall contribution to food and nutrition is much lower, we must look to the ocean’s vast expanse and the fantastic turnover of plankton – both bacteria as well as phyto- and zoo-plankton – to seek opportunites to utilise sun-driven primary production in the oceans.
“Doing this we must look to reposition marine aquaculture in the food pyramid and create an all-inclusive marine aquaculture, sun-driven, primary production food system for the long term future.”
Might interest Dr Inigo Everson.
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Yes, we should, but not all proteins have to come from fish! We need to think about other aquaculture models/practices, such as Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA).
I started to write a column in International Aquafeed. Below are the links to the first three columns:
The next column should be on IMTA.
Happy reading and all the best,
Thierry Chopin
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I am looking forward to developing research proposals for the BBSRC call for proposals. Thanks.
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Hi Sylester,
You should contact: Prof. Nicolas Lampkin at the Welsh Institute of Rural Studies, The University of Wales in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. At the same university more people who may me interested in collaborating with you could be: Susanne Padel, Sue Fowler, Lesley Langstaff and Tony O' Regan. Good Luck!
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We are trying to determine the physical characteristics of cooked idli.
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Tie Idli with a knot. Weigh it on weighing balance. Place a jar full of water on weighing balance. Tare the weight . Make idli float with help of knot (Insignificant volume ) . Measure the weight . by dividing these two weights you can get density of Idli very quickly
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spices you should be incorporating into your diet on a regular basis
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there are number of spices but turmeric tops the list for anti cancer properties
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People who have high or slightly elevated blood pressure have a high risk of developing health problems related to salt consumption. Whereas, NaCl present a good advantages : food preservation, low water activity and tasty foods. Can we replace NaCl and preserve these advantages without health risks ?
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One can use potassium chloride or a mixture of sodium chloride and potassium.
Potassium intake reduces blood pressure and is recommended for people with high blood pressure.
Of course, excessive consumption of potassium chloride has side effects and should maintain moderation.
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Project: We are accepting submissions to launch issue 02 of the North African Journal of Food and Nutrition Research:
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Is the journal University-based and does it have hard copy? If yes, which University?
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Hi, I am a final year Event Management student in the process of writing my dissertation.
I need the following questions answered (as elaborate as possible please). You will remain anonymous and I will really appreciate your participation.
Research Questions:
  • How would you describe the difference in characteristics between vegan food festivals and standard food festivals?
  • Why do you think there has been a sudden increase in vegan food festivals?
  • What are the benefits of vegan food festivals from an organiser's perspective?
  • What are the benefits of vegan food festivals from a visitor's perspective? (social, environmental, health, animal rights)
  • What are the challenges of organising vegan food festivals and attracting visitors?
  • Would you describe vegan food festivals as authentic and why?
  • More supermarkets are releasing their own vegan ranges, how do you think this will affect the demand for vegan food festivals?
  • What do you think will happen in the future for vegan food festivals?
  • How will this affect the veganism movement in future?
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You may check out my profile on RG to see if my work on "Food Tourism in Local Economic Development and National Branding... " would be of help.
Best regards.
Eddy.
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which countries in europe are the exporting?
which countries in europe already consuming insects for human use?
which countries are already using insects for animal feed?
how much protein can be supplied by insects in broiler feed?
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Canada, South Africa.
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At present, the hegemonic consideration of food in the dominant industrial food system is that food is just a commodity, and thus it is best governed by market mechanisms. As a commodity, the tradeable features prevail and obscure the non-economic considerations of food as (a) an essential resource for humans, (b) produced by nature, (c) considered largely as a human right, (d) undoubtedly being a cultural determinant at individual and societal level, and (e) being governed and subsidized throughout history and at present in most countries as a sort of public good with a public interest. The consideration of food as a commodity is a social construct that has been built by a combination of corporate interest and academic support from the neoclassical economists after WWII. This consideration privileges specific policy solutions and locks policy and legal alternatives that do not conform with the commoditized vision of food. In order to tackle the paramount difficulties the global food system will certainly face during the XXI century, the diversity of value-based narratives of food has to be accepted and legitimized, recognizing that food has multiple meanings (most of them non economic) and that can be governed as a commons or public good based on other moral grounds (not purely based on profit maximization and utilitarian mores).
I would appreciate your insights on these valuations of food (as a commodity, commons or public good) and/or examples where non-commoditized narratives of food prevail or substitute the commoditized vision. Thanks in advance.
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Couldn't agree more. Time for a new paradigm. Or at least for the rediscovery of a forgotten yet incredibly valuable heritage.
On the biosocial role of meat (induviduals and societies):
And on the damaging reduction of meat to the "commodity" level (or: when the zoophage becomes carnophage):
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In his "Essay on the Principle of Population" published in 1798, Thomas Robert Malthus speculated that human populations grow exponentially whereas the food production grows at an arithmetic rate. According to his theory, it is predicted that in the future there will be a time when humans would have no more resources to survive on ...
Is the Malthusian Theory of Population still valid today?
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When Malthus lived (1766 – 1834) the global population reached its first billion (in 1804). Today we have 7.6 billion. Even when we can find many arguments that this number is far too high for a sustainable situation on our planet there is statistically enough food produced for everybody of these 7.6 billion. Malthus predicted already in 1798 that population will outrun food supply leading to famine, conflicts over resources, etc.
Although since then many famine have happened, not all were the result of insufficient food production, and in all cases it affected poor populations. Most famines of the 20th century had in addition to povery specific situations, such as wars, civil wars, etc. It is very difficult to argue that they were soley the result of crop failures or sharp population growth.
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In any developing country where there is various research centers (in almost every aspect) present and also conducting good research in priority sectors of food and nutrition security but the ultimate consumer (farmers, traders, and food processors) do not have enough privilege due to poor extension or policy whatever prevail over there. What should be the policy intervention or extension arrangement needed for such scenario?
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I agree with Gebrekidan
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We would like to test some biological product which should increase available nutrients in soil. Our trails will take place in apple orchards and may also in some stone fruits. Therefore we would like to measure nutrient content in the leafs. We need some good standard method which give us information when to take samples, how many leafs and how to store them. 
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You need to identify index leaves of who h age, which leaf portion, which type of terminals leaves have to come from ; and lastly the number of such represe tative leaves , all collectively called as leaf sampling technique following leaf analysis, we need to use  leaf nutrient standsrds to interpret your leaf analysis results...
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Anyone aware about Miraculin? It is present in Miracle fruit. 
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I think it's because of the climate there in India. Miracle berries grow in the tropics
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1. FDA stated that low calorie food contains 120 kal/g or less,
2. Tharp & Young on 'Ice Cream: An Encyclopedic Guide to Ice Cream Science' book, stated that most typically, 'reduced calorie' product provide >25% fewer calories per serving than predetermined standard,
3. US regulations stated that low fat ice cream contains 3g fat or less per serving (about 120mL).
However, I couldn't find information  about how many calorie (maximum) are in low-calorie ice cream (based on regulations/ products in general).
Thank you in advance for helping.
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Now low calorie ice creams with low glycemic index are available in market which are stevia or artificial sweeteners like aspartame based. But original taste is altered.
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In a project for Myanmar, I would like to conduct an analysis on commercialization and food and nutrition security. I'm looking for an existing household survey at regional or national level. Any suggestion would help! 
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I do not have any related data or any study/research conducted in Myanmar but I can only help by contacting some colleague who are from Myanmar as some of them in my networking contact in 2 different Universities in that country. They might be able to help or guide us to where to find or get such required data that you wanna use for you ongoing study.  Anyway, I will contact them and once I get any positive feedback, I will for sure inform you Dear Vincent Linderhof . Kind regards,
Thanks
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I am nowadays working on questions of logistics related to malnutrition decrease in Emerging countries. I am trying to search to which field those researches can be related and I found that almost all humanitarian logistics works deal with disasters or emergencies, even during the disaster or post-disaster, but I have difficulties to find non-emergency works. Can someone help me to find a terminology to name this logistics field and know if some authors worked on this. I found a few works on social improvement or social welfare logistics, but the field does not seem to be unified and maybe the terminology is different. Thank you in advance
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I do not understand what Edward wants exactly to say ... Yes, I understand that a definition needs to say what a thing is and what it is not but in the case of non-emergency humanitarian logistics? However, thank you very much for all your answers. I found the term "social welfare logistics" (and "social improvement logistics") which are close to what I intended to say: the logistics operations that allow a social improvement of in general low income or fragile populations.
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Scientific data or legal  data concerning the safe level of rutin for children.
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Many Thanks
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Hi I need to know  what nutritional disbalance could make that aerial parts of pineapples plants growth so much than the radicular parts and with a huge  acumulation of water on the leafs.
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Imbalance between radicular and aerial parts of pineapple could only happen , when proportion of nitrogen to other nutrients like phosphorous and potassium is proportionately higher . But , best course would be to get leaf analysis done  , and interpret  the leaf analysis results on the basis of nutrient ration , instead of individual nutrient concentration . DRIS concept is one such concept , which can address such issues, besides giving an idea about the order in which different nutrients are causing such imabalnces.  Here is a PDF enclosed to spell out the procedure to be adopted for collection of leaf samples as under:  
‘D’-leaves from 10 different plants were collected at 30 days interval from one representative pineapple field . The basal 4 cm portion from each of the collected leaf samples  to be separated,packed in perforated polythene bags, and brought to the laboratory for onward analysis. 
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I have powdered leaf sample and i wish to estimate individual particle volume excluding voidage/pores in it. is there any procedure/protocol for the estimation other than BET analysis and please do link if there are any with references.
Thank you in advance... 
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Hi Jagan,
I have two ideas which may solve your purpose those are appended below.
1) You can assume individual particle as a spherical in shape, then measure the individual diameter of particles of a representative sample viz., SEM. Hence, the formula for volume calculation of sphere can be applied.
2) You can get the specific surface area in mm2/mm3 using a Laser Particle Size Analyzer whose theory is based on the preliminary assumption that the particle is spherical in shape.
Best wishes,
Bhupendra
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I am looking for simple, computer-based stress triggers. Basically, I am interested in reliable alternatives to the TSST standard. Also, what would qualify as a control condition to an IQ test?
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Thank you, I might use this in future projects!
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Is anyone aware of the % contribution of snacking to total daily energy intake in the UK? I have visited nationally representative survey data to no avail, and consequently struggling to find any literature that may offer suggestion. 
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I would like to study the effects of human intestinal bacterial on flavonoid, and some one suggested I use sheep's gut as the animal experimental model. Any one have some experiences about this, for example what's kind of medium do you use? Thanks a lot for your help.  
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Test rats
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Overeating can be controlled by the food restriction procedures that may prevent the consumption of various xenobiotics that may disrupt astrocyte-neuron interactions in the hypothalamus that are responsible for appetite control.
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I don't think that this issue is that simple. In fact most research in weight loss in humans supports the idea that energy deprivation results in a state were there is a loss of appetite control, specifically disturbed responses of appetite related hormones to food intake, alterations in adipose tissue physiology and overall increase in food craving. 
An interesting review has been published recently...!
Anastasiou, C.A., Karfopoulou, E., Yannakoulia, M. Weight regaining: from statistics and behaviors to physiology and metabolism. Metabolism 64: 1395-407, 2015
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As pointed by Greenfield (1999) and Roulston & Cane (2000), pollen is easily digestible: special adaptations are not needed since pollen grains may be simply destroyed mechanically or through osmotic shock. However there exist a belief that pollen is hardly digestible (mostly because of chemical protection by extracellular wall). Lots of invertebrates belonging to various groups are known to supplement their diets with pollen (even predators). So is pollen easily or hardly digestible? Do you know any papers related to this issue? 
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Dear all,
I would like to mention toxicity of pollen which plays a major role for oligolectic bees; see for example: Praz C.J., Müller A., Dorn S. (2008) Specialized bees fail to develop on non-host pollen: Do plants chemically protect their pollen? Ecology 89, 795–
804.
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I have a number of items that I need converting from grams per day to serving per day. Indeed, how much is a serving per day potato as grams per day?
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Hi Milad,
This would be dependant on what your country (or country where analysis was conducted) classifies as a serving. In the UK, for example, a serving of vegetables is commonly defined as 80g. Therefore if an individual consumed 160g carrots per daily this would equate to 2 servings. Alternatively, you could look at nationally representative nutrition surveys that detail dietary habits of a certain population (average servings sizes etc) and work things out that way.
Hope this information begins to help a little.
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There is substantial evidence that the Western diet is deficient in potassium and supplementing would be easy through adding it to cooking salt which is used daily. It would also lower the sodium intake (since KCl would replace NaCl). The same has already been done with iodine as a global public health action.
Hypertension is an enormous health problem on its own, but also an important risk factor for inducing numerous other long term lethal or debilitiating pathologies, mostly cardiovascular ones. This could be a cheap and effective method to lower the incidence - one which doesn't bear any signficant risks since potassium is tightly regulated in homeostatic terms and the risk of potassium overdose is the same as causing damage with a large acute intake of cooking salt.
Has there been any iniciatives regarding this topic and has it been brought up in scientific, medical or even economic circles? I've never heard of such an idea for a public health intervention. Please comment and share your ideas, especially if you're involved directly or indirectly in medical field. Am I wrong or right to propose such a measure? 
Interesting articles which show the importance of potassium are linked below.
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