background: nuts are one of the main consumed snacks worldwide and also have an important role among iranian's food habits. natural contamination of nuts with aflatoxin is unavoidable and causes a special challenge for nuts safety and quality. objectives: the purpose of this research was to study the aflatoxin contamination in commercially-available nuts (pistachio, walnut and peanut) in the ma...

We report a 29-year-old man with secondarily generalised seizure and cardiac impairment. He was an indulger in betel nuts without other aetiological or precipitating factors, and no abnormality on neuroradiologic investigation. The occurrence of his seizures related to an overdose of betel nuts. It is clinically important to know that epilepsy may be induced by betel nut chewing.

This paper introduces gain-cost classi…cation matrix for targeting customer groups. A real life application was realized on a customer database of CCF Bank containing more than 400,000 instances. Results shows that scoring is almost insensitive to di¤erent cost-gain hypothesis; on the other hand, the optimal targeted group size and the expected global bene…t rely to cost-gain hypothesis. Keywor...

Observational studies suggest nut consumption is inversely associated with the incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer. In addition to being rich in several vitamins and minerals, unsaturated fatty acids, and fiber, tree nuts and peanuts contain numerous phytochemicals that may contribute to promoting health and reducing the risk of chronic disease. While many of these bioactive constitu...

Nuts are nutrient-dense foods with complex matrices rich in unsaturated fatty acids and other bioactive compounds, such as l-arginine, fibre, healthful minerals, vitamin E, phytosterols and polyphenols. By virtue of their unique composition, nuts are likely to beneficially affect cardiovascular health. Epidemiological studies have associated nut consumption with a reduced incidence of CHD in bo...

BACKGROUND Adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) is associated with reduced morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease. However, how the MD exerts its effects is not fully known. AIM To assess the 12-month effects of two enhanced MDs compared to a low-fat diet on inflammatory biomarkers related to atherosclerosis and plaque vulnerability in a subcohort of the PREDIMED (Prevenció...

BACKGROUND Data concerning the long-term association between nut consumption and weight change in a free-living population are sparse. OBJECTIVE The objective was to determine the relation between nut consumption and long-term weight change. DESIGN The participants were 51,188 women in the Nurses' Health Study II aged 20-45 y, who had no cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer. We prosp...