Purpose: To predict the minimum value of additional material volume for an acceptable preform product. To predict an acceptable preform product without shape defect such as unfilling in a closed-die forging operation. Design/methodology/approach: In order to reduce the number of experiments, an orthogonal array from the Taguchi’s experimental method will be utilized to design the process parame...

BACKGROUND Dietary diversity has long been recognized as a key element of high quality diets. Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) is the consumption of four or more food groups from the seven food groups. Globally, only few children are receiving nutritionally adequate and diversified foods. More than two-thirds of malnutrition related child deaths are associated with inappropriate feeding practice...

Nutrition ecology is an interdisciplinary scientific discipline that encompasses the entire nutrition system, with special consideration of the effects of nutrition on health, the environment, society, and the economy. Nutrition ecology involves all components of the food chain, including production, harvesting, preservation, storage, transport, processing, packaging, trade, distribution, prepa...

The objective of most published tuning rules is “tight” or fast control, subject to avhieving acceptable robustness. This gives a maximum limit on the controller gain. In industrial practice, however, the objective is often “smooth” or slow control, subject to achieving acceptable performance in terms of disturbance rejection. This paper provides the corresponding minimum limit on the controlle...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of a health and nutrition intervention, implemented in primary schools of Crete, on health knowledge, nutrient intakes and physical activity of the intervention population. METHODS The intervention group consisted of 24 schools while the control group consisted of 16 schools. The overall duration of the intervention was six years, while the topics of the inter...

Introduction: Complementary feeding is defined as the process starting when breast milk no longer sufficient to meet nutritional requirements of infants then other foods and liquids are needed, along with milk. This study was conducted assess complementary practice among mothers 6-23 months aged children. Methods: A cross-sectional in Kathmandu 240 children attending pediatric outpatient depart...

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact on infant and young child nutrition knowledge and practice of mothers who were neighbors of mothers participating in a nutrition Behavior Change Communication (BCC) intervention in rural Bangladesh. METHODS We analyzed data from 300 mothers whose neighbor participated in a nutrition BCC intervention and 600 mothers whose neighbor participated in an intervention...

Introduction : Nutritional status of any community is influenced by interplay of various factors including beliefs, customs, food availability in the region. Children from tribal groups are particularly under privileged. They have higher rates of morbidity and are known to receive less than desired nutritional intake. The present study was conducted with the objectives to study the feeding prac...

The European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is a quarantine pest for several fresh commodities, including corn-on-the-cob, bell peppers, and green beans. Methyl bromide fumigation is the usual phytosanitary treatment, but the fumigant is under increasing regulation as a stratospheric ozone-depleting substance. Ionizing radiation is a relatively new commercial ...