It is well known that higher unemployment bene…ts lead to longer unemployment durations. This result has been interpreted as evidence of “moral hazard”–a behavioral response to distorted marginal incentives to search. This paper shows that unemployment bene…ts also raise durations through a “liquidity”e¤ect for households who cannot smooth consumption perfectly. The empirical importance of the ...

Contamination of pistachio nuts by aflatoxigenic strains of Aspergillus species is the greatest constraint to production and export of pistachio nuts in Iran, the leading producer of pistachio nuts in the world. Kerman province is the main region in Iran where 85%, of pistachio nuts are produced. Determining the population density of Aspergillus spores in the orchards and terminals which are th...

India is one of the leading producers of coconuts in the world producing 13 billion nuts per annum. The area is distributed in 18 states and three Union Territories under different agro climatic conditions and a 3000 years tradition in coconut cultivation. About 48% of the total production of coconut in the country is used for edible and religious purposes, 31% for conversion into mill copra, 8...

About 75% of all kidney stones are composed primarily of calcium oxalate and hyperoxaluria is a primary risk factor for this disorder. Since absorbed dietary oxalate can make a significant contribution to urinary oxalate levels, oxalate from legumes, nuts, and different types of grain-based flours was analyzed using both enzymatic and capillary electrophoresis (CE) methods. Total oxalate varied...

A new species, Quercus xuanlienensis Binh, Ngoc & Bon, is described from Xuan Lien Nature Reserve, Vietnam. The new species is morphologically similar to Q. edithiae Skan, in having 8-11 pairs of secondary veins, bowl-shaped cupules and ellipsoid to cylindrical-ellipsoid and basally convex nuts. It differs in having serrulate leaf margins only at apical 1/5-1/7, almost entire margins of bracts ...

We report the case of a 16-year-old male who, 30 minutes after beginning to play football with previous ingestion of pistachio nuts, experienced an anaphylactic reaction. Prick-by-prick test with roasted pistachios was negative. Specific IgE antibodies to pistachio, cashew nuts and mango were negative. An open oral challenge test with pistachio in resting conditions was negative. Treadmill ergo...

this study examined the influence of pre-frying treatments and oil type on the moisture outflow and oil uptake during the frying of potato strips. the pre-treatments were 6 min blanching in a 85°c a water bath containing 0.5% calcium chloride and immersion in a 1% solution of carboxymethyl cellulose; 6 min blanching in a 85°c water bath containing 0.5% calcium chloride and immersion in a 2% sol...

The beneficial effects of nut consumption on cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been widely documented. These protective effects are mainly attributed to the role of nuts in the metabolism of lipids and lipoproteins. As chronic inflammation is a key early stage in the atherosclerotic process that predicts future CVD events and is closely related to the pathogenesis of insulin resistance, many re...

pistachio nuts are the major non-oil export agricultural commodity in iran. the existence of empty shells among the shells with kernels reduces the quality of the nuts and, consequently, their market value. in pistachio processing plants, empty shells are generally separated from shells with kernels by the flotation method. but this method is not precise and may encourage the growth of fungi in...