Amaranth [Amaranthus hypochondriacus, A. cruentus (Grain type) & A. tricolor (Vegetable type)] is an herbaceous annual with upright growth habit, cultivated for both its seeds which are used as a grain and its leaves which are used as a vegetable or green. Both leaves and seeds contain protein of an unusually high quality. The grain is milled for flour or popped like popcorn. The leaves of both...

BACKGROUND In May 2000, eight persons who had formerly worked at a microwave-popcorn production plant were reported to have severe bronchiolitis obliterans. No recognized cause was identified in the plant. Therefore, we medically evaluated current employees and assessed their occupational exposures. METHODS Questionnaire responses and spirometric findings in participating workers were compare...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of obesity-related behaviors and attitudes in children's movies. METHODS A mixed-methods study of the top-grossing G- and PG-rated movies, 2006-2010 (4 per year) was performed. For each 10-min movie segment, the following were assessed: 1) prevalence of key nutrition and physical activity behaviors corresponding to the American Academy of Pediatrics obesi...

Tunicate maize, commonly known as pod corn, is a peculiar type in which the kernels are enclosed, as they are in wild grasses, in floral bracts called "glumes." Pod corn has been regarded as the ancestral form of cultivated corn by a number of nineteenth century students of maize and in this century by Mangelsdorf and Reeves, 2 whohave reviewed the extensive literature on the subject. A genetic...

We study cold and dense nuclear matter by using the gauge/gravity duality. To this end, we use Witten–Sakai–Sugimoto model V-QCD models with an approach where is taken to be spatially homogeneous. focus on “popcorn” transitions, which are phase transitions in phases induced changes layer structure of configuration gravity side. demonstrate that equation state for homogeneous becomes approximate...