Examination of some microbiological and biochemical parameters and tests of product quality used in a long-term fertilization trial

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 138-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Raupp
Keyword(s):  
Food Storage ◽  
Optimal Conditions ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Optimal Test ◽  
Test Conditions ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
Degradation Tests ◽  
Reliable Parameter ◽  
Chemical Contents

AbstractOn the basis of investigations with samples from a fertilization trial started in 1980, some parameters of food storage ability are evaluated. Microbial infestation of the product during incubation seems to be the most reliable parameter, but the circumstances of infestation and the optimal test conditions are unknown. There are no reliable correlations among the results of degradation tests, storage tests under optimal conditions, and chemical contents of the product. The concept of product vitality (a product-oriented quality referring to a product full of vigor) is based on results of degradation tests. Ultimately, however, food quality standards are based on human priorities (human-oriented). Therefore, not only product characteristics, but also social, psychological, and environmental criteria should be considered.

From Help Giving to Helping Relations

2018 ◽  
pp. 464-488
Author(s):  
Arie Nadler
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Help Giving ◽  
Social Psychological Research ◽  
Practical Implications

This chapter reviews social psychological research on help giving and helping relations from the 1950s until today. The first section considers the conditions under which people are likely to help others, personality dispositions that characterize helpful individuals, and motivational and attributional antecedents of helpfulness. The second section looks at long-term consequences of help and examines help in the context of enduring and emotionally significant relationships. Research has shown that in the long run help can increase psychological and physical well-being for helpers but discourage self-reliance for recipients. The third section analyzes helping from intra- and intergroup perspectives, considering how its provision can contribute to helpers’ reputations within a group or promote the positive social identity of in-groups relative to out-groups. Help is thus conceptualized as a negotiation between the fundamental psychological needs for belongingness and independence. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

An Experimental Approach to the Function of Classic Maya Chultuns

1971 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis E. Puleston
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Food Storage ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Traditional Foods ◽  
Long Term Storage ◽  
Brosimum Alicastrum ◽  
Term Storage

AbstractExperimental techniques have provided an exciting breakthrough for the functional analysis of Maya chultuns. While deep cistern-like chultuns, common at certain sites in the northern lowlands, have been shown to be functional for water storage, smaller lateral-chambered chultuns characteristic of certain parts of the southern lowlands probably had a very different function. Excavation and examination of the latter features, in light of a whole range of possibilities, suggest that they were constructed to be used for food storage. Experimental studies, however, reveal them to be unsuitable for the storage of most traditional foods, including maize. At least one local food crop, the seed of the ramon (Brosimum alicastrum, Moraceae), appears to be ideally suited for long-term storage under these conditions. Chambers constructed beneath platforms in the northern lowlands may have been used for the storage of maize. A need for more experimental work is indicated.

From cutting edge to guideline: A first step in harmonization of the zebrafish embryotoxicity test (ZET) by describing the most optimal test conditions and morphology scoring system

2015 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 64-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manon Beekhuijzen ◽  
Coco de Koning ◽  
Maria-Eugenia Flores-Guillén ◽  
Selinda de Vries-Buitenweg ◽  
Marysia Tobor-Kaplon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoring System ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Optimal Test ◽  
Test Conditions

Aging in Place

2018 ◽  
pp. 259-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Yuk Fai Fong ◽  
Vincent T. Law
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Residential Homes ◽  
The Social

Aging is a function of time and is a natural and integral part of the life cycle. Aging process differs among individuals and brings all kinds of changes, affecting not just the physical body and its functions, but also to the social, psychological and financial situations to individuals. Aging in place (AIP) is a common preference among older people for remaining in their local community and maintaining their social networks throughout the aging process. Issues about appropriateness of aging in place, long-term care, and residential homes are discussed. Some models and recommendations are discussed, completed with thoughts on future studies.

Solitary Confinement, Loneliness, and Psychological Harm

2019 ◽  
pp. 129-152
Author(s):  
Craig Haney
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Solitary Confinement ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Harm ◽  
Social Psychological Research ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
Very High

Solitary confinement subjects prisoners to extreme forms of social isolation and social exclusion that, in turn, produce very high levels of suffering and pathology and nearly unprecedented degrees of loneliness. This chapter briefly reviews the scientific literature on harmful effects of solitary confinement, connecting it more directly to social psychological research on the adverse effects of social exclusion and isolation. The author discusses findings from a recent study of loneliness among long-term isolated prisoners, as well as an earlier study performed in an especially harsh solitary confinement unit—the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at the Pelican Bay State Prison in California—which systematically assessed the prevalence of symptoms of psychological stress, trauma, and isolation-related psychopathology.

Tracing Fluid Flow in Flooded Chalk under Long Term Test Conditions

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.I. Korsnes ◽  
U. Zimmermann ◽  
M.V. Madland ◽  
S.A.R. Bertolino ◽  
T. Hildebrand-Habel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Test Conditions
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