Introduction. Quality of life is a multidimensional concept that includes social, affective, cognitive, and physical domains. people with disabilities include persons sensory impairments, i.e., the visually impaired, blind, hard hearing, deaf, deafblind. Their diagnosis real challenge ineveryday because it hinders them from gather- ing visual auditory information environ- ment. This affects the...

this study investigated of antibacterial and antioxidant activity of garlic and lemon extract (1.5 %) on the quality and shelf life of fillet, vacuum-packaged rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) during refrigerated storage. were studied by monitoring the microbiological (totalviable count, psycrotrophic), chemical (tba), ph and sensory changes for a period of 20 days in (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20). e...

BACKGROUND Limited scientific information is available on the eating quality of potato cultivars in South Africa. This study aimed to determine, describe and compare the eating quality of three potato cultivars from two production regions (dry land and irrigated land) in South Africa, through sensory and physical evaluation. Sensory descriptors were identified for the sensory attributes and a l...

Sustainable and environmentally-conscious fruit growing is a main concern in European agriculture. Using modern breeding technologies, several disease-resistant apple varieties have been developed in recent years. These varieties can be grown with low pesticide use, which means not only sustainable fruit growing, but lower production costs. Before these varieties are used in orchards, it is ess...

The color, flavor, texture, and the nutritional value of fresh-cut fruit and vegetable products are factors critical to consumer acceptance and the success of these products. In this chapter, desirable and undesirable quality attributes of fresh-cut fruit and vegetable products are reviewed. Both instrumental and sensory measurements for determining these critical quality attributes are discuss...

given the significance of relativism in molding our worldview and uncovering the nature of truth, this study using the newly-developed concept of emotioncy, attempted to introduce sensory relativism as a new perspective based on which senses can relativize our understanding of the world. to espouse the theory, 24 individuals were interviewed on their experiences of phlebotomy. the results were ...