In the present era, consumers wish to have a wide range of foods that are nutritious and flavorful and have long shelf life without added preservatives. Sourdough is an important modern fermentation of cereal flours and water based upon an earlier spontaneous process. The sourdough microflora is dominated by lactic acid bacteria and, along with yeast, they play a key role in the fermentation of...

Power systems are underlying inevitable changes. Their transition phase from traditional into smart power systems is analysed by means of the three main components: power plants, grid and consumers; their management systems and the operators’ role. Results show that power systems are undergoing a spiral evolution process with revolutionary elements only in the first transition phase of the inte...

The traditional architecture is the achievement of mankind experiences in different geographical/cultural and social domains. The traditional architecture of Iran as a valuable outcome is one of the live and spirited instances of the history of human life that through pondering and research and close relationship with its natural, historical and human environment would be obtained. The repea...

Defending the Traditional Polish Way of Life: The Role FantasiesThe current escalation cultural conflict in Poland is described as a war between neo-traditionalist and liberal worldviews. Drawing on psychoanalytic political theory Poststructuralist Discourse Theory (PDT), fantasmatic narratives are deemed an instrument to conceal non-necessary character identities. Based direct observation coun...