abstract background: processes such as drying, sauce making, extracting and doping reduced nutritional value and unique sensory characteristics of pomegranate. on the other hand, the difficulty in peeling and removing the arils has limited its fresh consumption. for this reason, the “ready-to-eat” pomegranate may represent a possible option to implement fresh fruit consumption. in this study, t...

Present study was aimed to develop acceptable shelf stable chicken sausages using textured soya protein as a humectants and lactic acid as a acidulent along with the use of Nisin to extend the shelf life of hurdle treated chicken sausages. Chicken sausage was prepared from emulsion of minced and chopped meat along with addition of non meat ingredients such as textured soya protein including spi...

Previous literature suggests that daily changes in US natural gas (NG) futures prices and their variance can be explained by oil volatilities, storage announcements, temperature shocks. These studies measure shocks using the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration definitions of heating degree day (HDD) cooling (CDD). We show how hourly temperatures used to better long as well much depart a...

BACKGROUND Immunization programs are among the most effective public health strategies worldwide. Adequate vaccine storage is a prerequisite to assure the vaccines' effectiveness and safety. In a questionnaire survey among a random sample of German primary care physicians, we discovered vaccine storage deficits: 16% of physicians had experience with cold chain breaches either as an error or nea...

Recent populations of the red sunflower seed weevil, Smicronyx fulvus LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), have been inconsistent or declining, particularly in North Dakota. Consequently, research on weevil biology, including development of resistant germplasm, has been limited. To determine whether cold storage of diapausing larvae could be improved, nonconstant temperature treatments (fluctua...