Food Production Capacity of Japan

Biomass production, antioxidant capacity and removal of nitrate and phosphate by marine microalgae Tetraselmis tetrathele cultivated in food wastewater

This study was conducted to investigate the cultivation of Tetraselmis tetrathele in food effluent and the effect of different concentrations of effluent on specific growth rate, biomass, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total carotenoids and comparing them with Conway medium. Meanwhile, in this experiment, the percentage of phosphate and nitrate removal from food effluent by T. tetrathelewas eval...

Issues in Caribbean Food Security: Building Capacity in Local Food Production Systems

Work Capacity of Older Adults in Japan

This study examines the work capacity of older adults in Japan. First, we estimate the relationship between a variety of health indicators and work status. Work status is divided into full-time work, part-time work, and retired for those in their 50s who are not yet age-eligible for public pension benefits. Then, we simulate work capacity for those in their pension-eligible 60s and the first ha...

‏‎faciliting lexical access for the fluent production of speech‎‏

‏‎the hypothesis is that recent and frequent exposure to lexical items leads to a more fluent production of speech in terms of rate of speech. to test the hypothesis,a one-way anova experimental design was carried out. 24 sednior students of efl participated in a one-way interview test. data analyses revealed that those who were exposed frequently to the lexical items over a week prior to inter...

[Safety of food additives in Japan].

Recently, many accidents relating to food happened in Japan. The consumer's distrust for food, food companies, and the administration is increasing. The consumer especially has an extreme refusal feeling for chemicals such as food additives and agricultural chemicals, and begins to request agricultural chemical-free vegetables and food additive-free food. Food companies also state no agricultur...