In recent years, consumers have become more health conscious in their food choices but they also have less time to prepare healthy meals. As a result, minimally processed (MP) products have become an important sector of the food industry because of their ‘fresh-like’ qualities, convenience and speed of meal preparation. In this study, the physical qualities of MP potatoes (‘Désirée’ variety) st...

The purpose of this article is to examine the incidence of suicide among older people from a crosscultural perspective. A review of the theories and the evidence relied on in studies of the relationship between age and suicide introduces a comparative study of suicide in old age. Age and gender aggregates in eleven countries are examined. Societal conditions, such as educational participation, ...

iran is one of the countries with a high rate of accident casualties in highways and cities. we are amongst the pioneers in accident related deaths and casualties in the world. in just 2014, road and highway casualties and fatalities were 315,719 and 17,994 respectively. motorcycles passengers and pedestrians are the main victims of these casualties. definitely, by appropriate measures, the suf...

The task that brought about this comment required the learner, an Open University student of German, to use a concept map to make a list of all the roles he played in everyday real life, including being an online language learner. The learner then had to imagine that each of these was a job he was applying for and had to write down the qualities he could bring to each job, bearing in mind that ...

This investigation was concerned with providing a rationale for the understanding and measurement of quality of life. The investigation proposes a modified version of Veenhoven’s Four-Qualities-of-Life Framework. Its main purpose is to bring order to the vast literature on measuring quality of life; another purpose is to provide a richer framework to guide public policy in the procurement of a ...

The study evaluated the physical qualities and satisfaction in students’ housing in selectedStudents’ Housing for the University of Ibadan. Through survey method, eight hostels were purposively selected tocapture variation in gender, level of study and hostel design. The sampling frame showed that 5605 students at UI werefound in 2,147 rooms. One out of every 10 (10%) of the rooms were selected...

dena biosphere reserve located in iran and is a 550 biosphere reserve in the worlds. this research was investigated in the two protected and non-protected areas, in a dena biosphere reserve, kohkeloye va boyrahmad province, and central zagros forest, southwest of iran. inventory methods designed by systemetic-randomaiz method by use the rectangular plots that were 15×30 meters in the 100×100 m ...