scholarly journals Factors Affecting the Difference in Rheological Characteristics of Flour Dough Obtained from Japanese Domestic Wheat. : III. Effect of rain during ripening on the quality of wheat grain and its flour. : 2. Some varietal differences in the response against moist treatment.

1964 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-361
Author(s):  
Takashi YASUNAGA
Keyword(s):  
Rheological Characteristics ◽  
Wheat Grain ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Varietal Differences ◽  
Flour Dough ◽  
The Difference

The Public Procurement and the Quality of Services: The Case of Moscow Hospitals

2020 ◽  
pp. 118-131
Author(s):  
Margarita  V. Kravtsova
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Positive Effect

The work is devoted to the search for answers to the question: “Are there any differences in the public procurement of customers who provide services of different quality?”. The article identifies the stages of the hospital procurement process in the contract system and highlights the main customer strategies used in the auction. The results of an independent quality assessment are examined and comparative hospital characteristics with low and high quality rating are conducted. The hospital needs according to the types of purchases and their annual volumes of contracts are analyzed. The advantages of competitive procedures are determined and the key factors affecting the level of competition with possible risks of unreliable execution of contracts are identified. The empirical study is based on the database which includes 5390 contracts of 2 hospitals in Moscow for years of 2011–2017. Using the methods of econometric analysis, in particular, the method of least squares and the difference in the average, the hypothesis is tested the high competition has a positive effect on the quality of medical services. The constructed regression models show that the customer providing high quality services has low competition and small rebates at the auction. At the same time there are more contract terms, delays in the supply of goods and services as compared with the customer providing low quality services. Thus it was found that the underestimation of competition at the auction indicates the desire of the hospital to guarantee a higher quality of medical services to patients while as aggressive bids of participants lead to the supply of poor purchases. The results of the study may be useful for the competent authorities in the development of legal acts for the participants of the contract system in the field of health procurement.

scholarly journals Oral versus intramuscular administration of vitamin B12 for vitamin B12 deficiency in primary care: a pragmatic, randomised, non-inferiority clinical trial (OB12)

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e033687
Author(s):  
Teresa Sanz-Cuesta ◽  
Esperanza Escortell-Mayor ◽  
Isabel Cura-Gonzalez ◽  
Jesus Martin-Fernandez ◽  
Rosario Riesgo-Fuertes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Vitamin B12 ◽  
Vitamin B12 Deficiency ◽  
Oral Route ◽  
Treatment Quality ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Administration Routes ◽  
Intention To Treat ◽  
The Difference

ObjectivesTo compare the effectiveness of oral versus intramuscular (IM) vitamin B12 (VB12) in patients aged ≥65 years with VB12 deficiency.DesignPragmatic, randomised, non-inferiority, multicentre trial in 22 primary healthcare centres in Madrid (Spain).Participants283 patients ≥65 years with VB12 deficiency were randomly assigned to oral (n=140) or IM (n=143) treatment arm.InterventionsThe IM arm received 1 mg VB12 on alternate days in weeks 1–2, 1 mg/week in weeks 3–8 and 1 mg/month in weeks 9–52. The oral arm received 1 mg/day in weeks 1–8 and 1 mg/week in weeks 9–52.Main outcomesSerum VB12 concentration normalisation (≥211 pg/mL) at 8, 26 and 52 weeks. Non-inferiority would be declared if the difference between arms is 10% or less. Secondary outcomes included symptoms, adverse events, adherence to treatment, quality of life, patient preferences and satisfaction.ResultsThe follow-up period (52 weeks) was completed by 229 patients (80.9%). At week 8, the percentage of patients in each arm who achieved normal B12 levels was well above 90%; the differences in this percentage between the oral and IM arm were −0.7% (133 out of 135 vs 129 out of 130; 95% CI: −3.2 to 1.8; p>0.999) by per-protocol (PPT) analysis and 4.8% (133 out of 140 vs 129 out of 143; 95% CI: −1.3 to 10.9; p=0.124) by intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis. At week 52, the percentage of patients who achieved normal B12 levels was 73.6% in the oral arm and 80.4% in the IM arm; these differences were −6.3% (103 out of 112 vs 115 out of 117; 95% CI: −11.9 to −0.1; p=0.025) and −6.8% (103 out of 140 vs 115 out of 143; 95% CI: −16.6 to 2.9; p=0.171), respectively. Factors affecting the success rate at week 52 were age, OR=0.95 (95% CI: 0.91 to 0.99) and having reached VB12 levels ≥281 pg/mL at week 8, OR=8.1 (95% CI: 2.4 to 27.3). Under a Bayesian framework, non-inferiority probabilities (Δ>−10%) at week 52 were 0.036 (PPT) and 0.060 (ITT). Quality of life and adverse effects were comparable across groups. 83.4% of patients preferred the oral route.ConclusionsOral administration was no less effective than IM administration at 8 weeks. Although differences were found between administration routes at week 52, the probability that the differences were below the non-inferiority threshold was very low.Trial registration numbersNCT 01476007; EUDRACT (2010-024129-20).

scholarly journals A Study on Trophic State in Lakes of Dong Da District, Hanoi

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi The Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll A ◽  
Algal Biomass ◽  
Trophic State ◽  
Secchi Depth ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Large Particles ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Time Plot

One of approaches to assessing the condition of lakes is to look at lakes with respect to their primary production or trophic state. Protecting water quality of urban lakes from eutrophication is an important task of all governments. This study presents an analysis of the trophic state in lakes of Dong Da district, Hanoi. The tropic states of the lakes were characterized using the Carlson TSI and the Chlorophyll-a concentrations with the thresholds of US. The deviations of the Secchi depth and total phosphorus indices from the Chlorophyll-a index were used to identify limiting factors affecting to the tropic state of the lakes. It comes to a conclusion that most of the lakes in study area were hypereutrophic or eutrophic in August 2017 and eutrophic or oligotropic in March 2017. It also reveals that phosphorus were not limited factor for algal biomass but some factors such as nitrogen limitation, zooplankton grazing or toxics limit algal biomass. The time plot method suggested that transparency were dominated by non-algal factors such as color or turbidity or where very small particles predominated, whereas the difference plot method revealed that large particles were dominated. Consequently, more studies should be done to look for the real limiting factors and conditions of the lakes.

scholarly journals Meat quality of bison (Bison bison bison) longissimus thoracis et lumborum following very fast chilling

2002 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. M. Janz ◽  
J. L. Aalhus ◽  
M. A. Price
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Bison Bison ◽  
Moisture Loss ◽  
Slight Improvement ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Longissimus Lumborum ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Surface Freezing

Very fast chilling (VFC; internal muscle temperature of -1°C by 5 h postmortem) was achieved in the longissimus lumborum (LL), but not in the semimembranosus, of lean bison carcasses after only 4 or 6 h of chilling at -35°C. Rigorous chilling caused a shift in moisture loss from carcass cooler shrink to retail drip loss. Sides exposed to VFC conditions had darker LL colour at 24 h postmortem; however, the difference did not persist to 6 d. While chilling for 2 h at -35°C resulted in an increased shear over conventionally chilled samples, the application of VFC for 4 and 6 h decreased mean shear values and resulted in a slight improvement in tenderness consistency. Sensory evaluation panellists noted marginal, non-significant differences. Factors affecting tenderization were the physical prevention of sarcomere shortening due to surface freezing with increased chilling intensity and a contribution from proteolytic enzyme systems over time postmortem. Very fast chilling is an effective means of reducing carcass chilling time while improving tenderness in the LL of lean bison carcasses. Key words: Bison, meat quality, very fast chilling

A multilevel analysis of factors affecting the difference in dental patients’ and caregivers’ evaluation of oral quality of life

2008 ◽  
Vol 116 (6) ◽  
pp. 531-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Sampogna ◽  
V. Johansson ◽  
B. Axtelius ◽  
D. Abeni ◽  
B. Söderfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multilevel Analysis ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
The Difference

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EXPORT CONSIGNMENTS OF CLASS 4 WHEAT INTENDED TO BE USED AS FOOD

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Stankevych ◽  
A. Borta ◽  
A. Penaki
Keyword(s):  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Calculated Data ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Wheat Grain ◽  
Sunn Pest ◽  
Linear Programming Methods ◽  
Test Batch ◽  
The Difference

 In Ukraine, the gross harvest of grain, including wheat, is growing from year to year. However, along with this, there is a steady tendency towards deterioration in the technological properties of wheat grain: the share of food grain is reduced in comparison with non-food wheat. That is why an important yet little studied issue is how to form export consignments with the use of grain which is substandard by some quality indicators. Primarily, this relates to class 4 non-food wheat grain. In the work, the changes and reproducibility of the quality indicators of consignments formed from different quantities of class 4 wheat of different quality have been studied. It has been shown that export consignments of food wheat can be formed from local batches of non-food wheat. On analysing their class-making characteristics, the quantitative and qualitative parameters have been determined for 11 samples of class 4 soft wheat (harvested in 2019) selected at enterprises of the Odessa Region, and for batches of export wheat formed from these samples by mixing. It has been shown that mixing individual local batches of wheat grain, which belong to class 4 by their quality characteristics, makes it possible to obtain export consignments of wheat conforming to the food class standards. It has been established that the more local batches are mixed, the greater are the differences between the calculated weighed average quality indicators and the experimentally obtained values of the same parameters. The class-making parameters “quantity and quality of gluten” do not always obey the law of mixing 2–4-component mixtures, and can behave in a most unpredictable way. This applies mainly to consignments formed on the basis of local batches where a lot of grains are damaged by the sunn pest. The rest of the quality parameters, though different from the calculated data, are within the tolerance limits for each parameter. It has also been shown that from non-food wheat grains (class 4), by using linear programming methods implemented in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, one can obtain the optimal export consignments satisfying all the requirements for food wheat quality (class 3). Thus, exporting enterprises, due to the difference in prices, can receive additional profit. When a consignment is formed, the calculated quality parameters can sometimes differ from the final quality characteristics needed for the intended purpose of the export consignment. Therefore, it is not only necessary to calculate the weighed averages of the consignment quality, but also to form a test batch and experimentally determine its quality indicators in the laboratory, because some of them can deviate towards better quality as well as towards deterioration.

scholarly journals Postharvest Factors Affecting Quality of Butternut Squash during Storage

HortScience ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 599g-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vuvu D. Manseka ◽  
James R. Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Beta Carotene ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Carotene Content ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Two Stages

Butternut squash was harvested at two stages of maturity in 1994 and was cured for 10 days at 26°C and 80% or 95% relative humidity (RH) before storage in air at 12°C and 65% or 80% RH for 144 days. Fresh weight was assessed right after harvest along with carotene (milligram per 100 grams fresh weight), carbohydrates (milligrams per gram dry weight) and internal color (L, a, b). Percent weight loss and all quality components were assessed immediately after curing and every 48 days thereafter. Weight loss increased with days in storage and was substantially minimized by a humidified environment down to 6%. The 95% curing treatment reduced weight loss to levels below the upper threshold for consumer acceptance (<15%) after 144 days. Maturity at harvest did not affect weight loss during storage, but rather the percent dry weight. Beta-carotene increased by >100% during storage. A positive correlation was established between weight loss and beta-carotene and also between the a value and beta-carotene. Curing at 95% RH obviously reduced beta-carotene content to less than one-third of its corresponding amount in noncured fruit. Sucrose increased as glucose and fructose and starch decreased during storage in cured and noncured fruit. Starch was found to decrease by 26% after 144 days in storage. The lowest levels of starch were found early during storage in fruit cured at 95% RH, but the difference between treatments disappeared by the end of storage.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF TAX POTENTIAL IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE FISCAL SYSTEM

REPORTS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (330) ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
B.G. Ermekbayeva ◽  
N.D. Alimov
Keyword(s):  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Main Section ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Fiscal System ◽  
Introductory Part ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The City

The term “tax potential” is studied in the article. In the introductory part of the article, the authors compared the meaning of two concepts, such as the tax and budget potential of the region, and showed the difference between the two concepts. The definitions of different authors of the tax potential as an economic category are given. The main section analyzes the dynamics of tax revenues to the republican and local budgets of the city of Almaty for 2016-2018. The factors affecting the tax potential of the region, including the influence of the shadow economy on the state budget, are identified. The concluding section presents specific ways to increase tax potential.

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