This study was conducted to determine the perceptions of rural low-income consumers on meat quality and health issues associated with meat consumption. A total of 466 consumers in the Eastern Cape (EC) Province (South Africa (SA)) were randomly sampled, and principal component analyses (PCA) were used to analyse the data. With regard to purchasing decisions, correlation analysis was performed t...

The dependence of the frequency excess hygienic standards in surface waters on individual substances and complex indexes is investigated. It was found that some cases, there are significant dependencies production-induced factors (water withdrawal, wastewater discharge, percentage plowed lands), while other cases natural (climatic humidity, geological structure catchment areas) predominant ones...

OBJECTIVES Grooming has important utilitarian and social functions in primates but little is known about grooming and its functional analogues in traditional human societies. We compare human grooming to typical primate patterns to test its hygienic and social functions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Bayesian phylogenetic analyses were used to derive expected human grooming time given the potential a...

in recent years, one of the slogans of world health organization (who) has been: prevention is better than cure. in dentistry, this means following hygienic rules in order to maintain oral cavity’s health, hence preventing microbial diseases such as dental caries and periodontal diseases. today, the role of oral health on whole body health is fully recognized. for improving the health of the so...