There are many efforts to utilize the mobile phone as a computing platform in developing regions of the world. One effective approach is to build educational games for children in these regions. Existing games in this space are typically single-player affairs, devoid of the possibly beneficial element of collaboration between multiple learners. We seek to explore the feasibility of creating mul...

dehydration, as one of the practical ways to increase the shelf-life and applicability of yoghurt in various foodstuffs, is normally done by freeze drier (fd) which is an expensive and time-consuming process. for these reasons, in the present study the capability of microwave–vacuum drier (mvd), as an alternative process, was investigated. for doing so, the fat free yoghurt samples of 2.2, 4.2 ...

grape is used in large amounts and different types (fresh, raisin, vinegar, molasses, juice, unriped grape and etc). remarkable amount also are preserved in stores and cold-rooms to be supplied out of season, that causes  quality and weight decrease. this research was conducted to study different factors which affect the grape shelf-life. obtaining more information about optimum conditions and ...

improving food quality is one the major issues for the food processing industry. since food produced from fish spoils quickly, it obviously cannot be kept for an extended time. the aim of the present study was to determine the effects of sodium polyphosphate and smoking on the shelf life of fish sausage that was produced from capoeta umbla and stored at 4±1°c. therefore, we designed four groups...

Nutritional information and the visibility of healthier food products inside store are believed to be important variables in helping shoppers make healthy choices. However, there remain gaps our understanding how consumers select they include complex nutritional decision-making process, a stimuli rich environment. This research tests impact different combinations (information space management) ...

To better delineate the relative contribution of shelf and slope production to the northern California Current (NCC) pelagic community, we examined the cross-shelf distribution of d13C in 19 species of nekton, three species of Cancer decapod larvae, five gelatinous zooplankton, two dominant euphausiid species (Thysanoessa spinifera and Euphausia pacifica), calanoid copepods (Acartia sp. and Pse...

Genetic algorithms can be used to automatically find test cases to test the temporal requirements of real-time systems. There is a current trend to use “off the shelf” hardware and software to implement soft real-time systems. These off the shelf products are designed to optimize the average performance which causes nondeterministic behavior. Genetic algorithms normally used to find test cases ...