Neighborhood characteristics, such as healthy food availability, have been associated with consumption of healthy food. Little is known about the influence of the local food environment on other dietary choices, such as the decision to consume organic food. We analyzed the associations between organic produce consumption and demographic, socioeconomic and neighborhood characteristics in 4,064 p...

Organic food market in Poland is still at the early stage of development and there are many barriers to overcome, related to both supply as well as demand for organic produce, in order to develop domestic organic food market. Analyses of own data from 2004, 2005 and 2007 face to face interviews with representative samples of Polish consumers show that the most important factors driving purchase...

Organic production and consumption provide a delineated food system that can be explored for its potential contribution to sustainable diets. While organic agriculture improves the sustainability performance on the production side, critical reflections are made on how organic consumption patterns, understood as the practice of people consuming significant amounts of organic produce, may also be...

Over the past few decades, consumers have become more concerned about health and nutrition, which is displayed by an increased demand for organic foods. Once considered a niche product, organic food has become more affordable for consumers through its availability in conventional supermarkets. In 2010, organic food and beverages showed a 7.7% increase in annual sales compared to 2009 sales, wit...

quintet novel “cities of salt” is considered as a turning point in arabic story-writing literature. in this novel under the influence by story- writing modern stream, munif (1933-2004) has tried to create neology and innovation in some story artistic elements by being committed to some of arab story- writing principles. he tries in this novel to follow russian structuralists, particularly mikha...

In this paper, I analyze selected art shows, that took place in Warsaw clubs (Le Madame and M25) the early 2000s. describe performances of collective Suka Off play “Miss HIV” directed by Maciej Kowalewski, as well reception these shows. Described actions boldly innovatively addressed issues human carnality non-normative sexuality. article, attempt to include a local queer history – while trying...

lover’s person's life, often the source of the narrators and transmitters. for this reason, love stories in literature people of different have occupied a large space. the stories have many similarities in structure. layla and majnun story is the most famous and most ancient arabic tales has a major influence in the development of persian literature. iranian literary love stories and the s...

This paper analyzed three middle grade novels and a short story from two cultures using the journey motif as the vehicle for the analysis. The three novels are Bud Not Buddy and The Watsons Go to Birmingham both by Paul Curtis   and Journey to Jo’burg by Naidoo (1986). The short story is My Two Dads by M. Lee.  The three novels and a short story were chosen because these no...

In this study, the seismic inter-story drift of structures is estimated by a combination of mode-acceleration equations with the modelling of high-rise buildings with flexural and shear cantilever beams. In the equation presented for calculating the inter-story drift, having less knowledge of the building is adequate and this issue is of significance in estimating the nonstructural component fo...