scholarly journals Lipid crystallization kinetics—roles of external factors influencing functionality of end products

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 32-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Bayés-García ◽  
Ashok R. Patel ◽  
Koen Dewettinck ◽  
Dérick Rousseau ◽  
Kiyotaka Sato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystallization Kinetics ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Lipid Crystallization ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
End Products

scholarly journals Modeling Diet-Induced NAFLD and NASH in Rats: A Comprehensive Review

Biomedicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 378
Author(s):  
Lydie Carreres ◽  
Zuzana Macek Jílková ◽  
Guillaume Vial ◽  
Patrice N. Marche ◽  
Thomas Decaens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Disease ◽  
Fatty Liver Disease ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Preclinical Study ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver ◽  
Rat Models ◽  
Factors Influencing

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease, characterized by hepatic steatosis without any alcohol abuse. As the prevalence of NAFLD is rapidly increasing worldwide, important research activity is being dedicated to deciphering the underlying molecular mechanisms in order to define new therapeutic targets. To investigate these pathways and validate preclinical study, reliable, simple and reproducible tools are needed. For that purpose, animal models, more precisely, diet-induced NAFLD and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) models, were developed to mimic the human disease. In this review, we focus on rat models, especially in the current investigation of the establishment of the dietary model of NAFLD and NASH in this species, compiling the different dietary compositions and their impact on histological outcomes and metabolic injuries, as well as external factors influencing the course of liver pathogenesis.

scholarly journals Systemic Approach to Evaluating External Factors Influencing the Resource Potential of the Catering Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (48) ◽  
pp. 143-148
Author(s):  
M. M. Kucher ◽  
◽  
H. P. Levchenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
External Factors ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Resource Potential ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Catering Industry ◽  
Indirect Impact ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
The Impact

One of the defining sectoral features of the catering business as a component of a national economy is its increased sensitivity to changes occurring in the economic situation, environment and business practices. It is a priori impossible to take into account the absolute majority of factors influencing the process of resource potential formation, so it is necessary to determine the set of those factors that have a direct or indirect impact on the catering business in general and resource potential in particular, as well as on the formation of their comprehensive evaluation system. The article is aimed at evaluating the impact of these factors on the resource potential of enterprises in the catering industry. The macroenvironment is analyzed as a set of external factors of indirect impact by the following indices: GDP, investment, consumer price index, household income. The dualistic nature of the impact made by external factors of indirect impact is established, whereas these factors can be both opportunities and threats to the catering industry depending on certain criteria of the international economic situation. A comprehensive analysis of the meso environment from the standpoint of dividing impact factors in two groups: the market group (number of business entities in catering industry; gross output and volume of sales of goods; price indices for goods and services) and resource group (financial results of the catering industry and services; investment volume and structure in this area; employment and labor costs; information technologies usage). The presence and hidden sources by types of resources are established. Synthesis of the impact areas of external factors on the activity of catering business entities is made based on a symbiosis of the following methods: PEST-analysis, SWOT-analysis, PESTEL-analysis. A set of evaluation areas of factors influencing the formation of the resource potential of an enterprise is created, providing for the application of the distribution criterion depending on the area of evaluating external factors of indirect impact. The general economic indicator (GDP) is suggested to be used as a distribution criterion, whose range of values will indicate the transition of a particular index to the plane of "threat" or "opportunity".

scholarly journals Introducing Emotioncy as an Invisible Force Controlling Causal Decisions: A Case of Attribution Theory

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Pishghadam ◽  
Hannaneh Abbasnejad
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Attribution Theory ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Judgment And Decision Making ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Causal Judgments

Abstract Given the prominence of studies aimed at determining the factors influencing causal judgments, this study attempts to introduce the newly-developed concept of emotioncy as one of the guiding factors pushing attribution judgments toward a certain spectrum. To this end, two scales of attribution and emotioncy were designed using ten hypothetical situations. A total number of 309 participants filled out the scales. The construct validity of the scales was substantiated through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Afterwards, structural equation modeling (SEM) was utilized to examine the possible relationships among the sub-constructs of attribution and emotioncy scales. The results indicated that as the participants’ emotioncy level increases, it becomes more likely for them to attribute probable causes to external factors. Moreover, it was revealed that while the involved individuals attribute causes to external factors, the exvolved ones attribute them to internal factors. In the end, implications of the findings were discussed in the realm of judgment and decision making.

scholarly journals Different and Unequal: A Qualitative Evaluation of Salient Factors Influencing Energy Intake in Adults with Overweight and Obesity

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Carlota Dao ◽  
Ellen Messer ◽  
Teresa Conigliaro ◽  
Kylie Sakaida ◽  
Alexis F. Ouellette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
The United States ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
Overweight Or Obesity

Environmental factors such as food availability and variety can function as cues for overeating in individuals susceptible to overweight or obesity, but relatively little is known about other types of environmental factors that may also be important. This qualitative study compared and contrasted categories of internal and external cues through focus groups and key informant interviews with 24 adults (26 to 77 years old) in the United States who had a body mass index within the healthy range (21.6 ± 2.5 kg/m2) or had overweight or obesity (29.1 ± 3.6 kg/m2). Five domains of external factors influencing food intake were identified: (a) Environmental cues including food availability and variety; (b) normative expectations for dietary intake; (c) food palatability; (d) overt social pressures to overeat; and (e) perceived social expectations around eating. All external domains were noted by participants with overweight or obesity to be challenging, and solutions to avoid overeating were lacking; however, overt social pressures and perceived social expectations appeared to be especially problematic. By explicitly defining different domains of external factors that challenge healthy weight regulation, this study identifies specific targets to address in interventions for healthy weight management.

Study of external factors to minimize segregation of granular particles

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 2050147
Author(s):  
Saleema Panda ◽  
Danielle S Tan
Keyword(s):  
Food Processing ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Pharmaceutical Chemical ◽  
Wall Roughness ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
End Products ◽  
Granular Particles ◽  
Scale Experiment

Segregation of granular particles affects the quality of end products in the pharmaceutical, chemical and food processing industries. Many researchers have worked on controlling the mechanical properties of granular particles to minimize segregation. In this paper, we studied different chute-related factors — inclination angle, friction, fill, channel geometry and base profile — and their effects on segregation. We conducted a small-scale experiment with chute inclined at different angles, and also numerical simulations performed using an open-source discrete element method (DEM) code — LIGGGHTS. We found the optimal condition for minimum segregation of a binary granular mixture. We concluded that segregation is minimized if the stream-wise velocity is low, for example, by keeping the chute at a low inclination [Formula: see text] and increasing the wall roughness to 0.14.

External Factors Influencing the Ethical Responsibility of Construction Project

2012 ◽  
Vol 226-228 ◽  
pp. 2273-2277
Author(s):  
Li Fei Wang ◽  
Peng Mao
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Project Organizations ◽  
The Impact

The implementation of ethical responsibility of construction projects is impacted by many external factors. According to resource dependence theory, this paper constructs the indicator system of external factors influencing the ethical responsibility of construction projects, conducts quantitative analysis on it by means of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), defines the five indicators (namely the perfect degree of laws and regulations, information symmetry, equality in status of project stakeholders, governmental supervision degree, and justice degree of contracts) as key influencing factors, and sets forth corresponding measures from three aspects aiming at the impact of the abovementioned key factors on the ethical responsibility of projects, in order to form an external restriction system for the ethical responsibility of projects, to realize the unification of self-discipline and heteronomy of project organizations, and to promote the realization of ethical responsibility objective of projects.

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