BACKGROUND Extensive work has focused on the effects of nutrition label information on consumer behavior on the one hand, and on the effects of packaging graphics on the other hand. However, little work has examined how serving suggestion depictions - graphics relating to serving size - influence the quantity consumers serve themselves. The current work examines the prevalence of exaggerated se...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare the plasma glucose and insulin responses elicited by two ready-to-eat breakfast cereals (one being high and the other being low in cereal fiber) and to see if the differences in response depended on subjects' fasting plasma insulin. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Nondiabetic men (n = 77) were studied on two occasions after 10- to 14-h overnigh...

The removal of disinfection byproducts and their precursors was investigated using a combined ozonation-ultrafiltration system. A commercial membrane was coated 20 or 40 times with iron oxide nanoparticles (4-6 nm in diameter). With this membrane, the concentration of dissolved organic carbon was reduced by >85% and the concentrations of simulated distribution system total trihalomethanes and s...

Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) treatment is an emerging technology for the valorisation of nutrients from biowaste. Selecting suitable substrates BSFL a frequent challenge researchers and practitioners. We conducted systematic assessment in Nairobi, Kenya to source more substrate upscaling existing facility. The applied approach universal considers four criteria: 1) availability costs, 2) proc...

he undergrounding of energy transmission cables is widely recognized as a good means to provide reliable supplies of power at a low total cost [1], [2]. As utilities increasingly acknowledge this and install many more high voltage (HV) and extra high voltage (EHV) cables, they will face a major challenge: namely, sourcing the increased amount of high quality power cable with the cable manufactu...

BACKGROUND When solutions of multivitamin preparations (MVPs) are exposed to light, H(2)O(2) as well as organic peroxides are generated and the concentration of vitamin C decreases. The aim of this study was to determine, using mass spectrometry, whether the generation of oxidative byproducts of vitamin C, such as dehydroascorbate (DHA) and 2,3-diketogulonic acid (DKG), accounted for the report...

This paper presents the results of the audit on pesticide residues in cereal grains throughout Poland in 2013. The number of all samples of cereal grains was 380. Altogether 292 active substances of plant protection products were checked in the audit. Qualitative and quantative analyses were done according to Polish Standard PN-EN 15562:2008, using the LC-MS/MS technique. The methods (QuEChERS)...