This is the first study which assessed microplastic pollution of sea salt products from Vietnam. The results obtained 9 iodate fine table and 4 raw samples collected different regions in Vietnam showed that were present 100% salts samples. mean concentration was 787±101 items/kg 340±26 for salts, respectively. For both salt, fibers predominant type microplastic, accounted more 60% total particl...

OBJECTIVE To update estimates of sodium intake in Brazil. METHODS We used data from the Brazilian Household Budget Survey of 2008-2009. Records of food purchases of households were converted into nutrients using food composition tables. Mean sodium availability per person per day and mean adjusted availability for a 2,000 kcal daily energy intake were calculated. The contribution of food grou...

High dietary Na intake is associated with multiple health risks, making accurate assessment of population dietary Na intake critical. In the present study, reporting accuracy of dietary Na intake was evaluated by 24 h urinary Na excretion using the EPIC-Soft 24 h dietary recall (24-HDR). Participants from a subsample of the European Food Consumption Validation study (n 365; countries: Belgium, ...

Excessive salt intake is a major cardiovascular risk factor. At variance to the developed countries, the main source of sodium in transitional and developing countries is salt added while cooking and/or at the table. The objective of this trial was to examine the impact of warning labels placed on home salt containers on daily salt intake.A sample of treated hypertensives (n = 150) was randomiz...

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Denial of Service (DoS) attack is one of the major problem in today's Internet. It constitutes the hardest security problems nowadays. Particularly Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack have severe impact. The main aim of a DoS is the disruption of services by attempting to control access to a system or service instead of overthrowing the service itself. Disruption-Tolerant Networks (DTNs...

This paper presents a review on digital image filtering techniques. The main emphasis is on median filtering and its extended versions like hybrid median filtering, relaxed median filtering etc. It is found that still median filtering demands some sort of enhancements as it is best for salt and pepper noise only. By conducting a survey suitable gaps are found in existing literature. In the end ...

BACKGROUND Goiter rates and iodine deficiency usually show marked improvement in efficacy studies of mandatory iodization of salt, but little is known about the short-term effectiveness of mandatory iodization. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate, after 1 y, the effectiveness of mandatory iodization of salt at an iodine concentration higher than that occurring under optional iodiza...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine the mean dietary salt intake in urban south India and to look at its association with hypertension. METHODS The Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES) is an ongoing population based study on a representative population of Chennai city in southern India. Phase 1 of CURES recruited 26,001 individuals aged > or = 20 years, of whom every ten...