When minimally processed vegetables reach their expiration date, expose an increased microbial load.This includes mainly spoilage microorganisms but also foodborne pathogens, thus affecting the quality and safety of highly consumed ready-to-eat salads.A total of 144 ready-to-eat salads from the Cypriot market were analyzed in an attempt to determin
The effects of tree spacing (5x2m, 5x2.5m, 5x3m, 5x3.5m and 5x4m) and pruning (8 buds/cane, 6 buds/cane and 4 buds/cane) on vegetative growth, physiological parameters, fruit yield and quality were studied in fig (Ficus carica L.) cv.Deanna in the 3rd and 4th year of its growth during the period 2010-12.It was observed that with increase in tree sp
The growing world population has led to a shortage of building materials, and the production of consumer goods such as plastic bottles has devastated the environment.Previous researchers have tried to solve this problem by reusing these materials as fibers, known as "PET" fibers.Because PET fibers are lightweight, they have a lower structural weigh
Despite its detrimental effects, transactional sex-for-fish is becoming more and more common in many African fishing states.The main objective of this study was to assess the dynamics of transactional sex among small-scale marine fisherfolk in the Axim, Apam, Dixcove, and Tema fishing communities along Curry Paste the coast of Ghana.Data were colle