scholarly journals The Impact of Covid-19 on the Food Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyazyah Alhefeiti ◽  
Hessa Aldhanhani ◽  
Reem Almatrooshi ◽  
Gyanendra Singh Sisodia
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Cooking Skills ◽  
Food Industries ◽  
Ordering Systems ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Do So

COVID has largely affected organizations and individuals. The current study explores the effect of covid on food industries in the Middle East. We have found that during the pandemic, people tend to choose eating home-cooked meals instead of ordering from restaurants as they think it is “unsafe” to do so. This resulted in an improvement in their cooking skills. Additionally, it is clear that the availability of essential foodstuff hasn’t been majorly affected by the outbreak. Our observations strongly support the fact that people are spending more money on groceries than they used to before the outbreak, and the majority prefers to do so through applications and websites that offer delivery of groceries. This study indicates a development of new digital markets that support the integration of multiple food channels and easy food ordering systems.

scholarly journals Religion and Politics in the Middle East

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-119
Author(s):  
Carool Kersten
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Liminal Spaces ◽  
Sayyid Qutb ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Said Nursi ◽  
Do So

In the final decades of the twentieth century, a new strand of Islamic intellectualismbegan inserting itself into contemporary Muslim discourses onpolitics, law, and human rights. Not fitting into existing neat categoriessuch as traditionalist, revivalist, and modernist-liberal Islam, its promotersoperate on the interstices of established traditions and practices within theMuslim world, as well as the liminal spaces between cultures and civilizations.With the advent of the new millennium, the impact of their alternative, cosmopolitan or culturally hybrid ways of engaging with the Islamicheritage, or turath, is receiving increasing recognition.In his latest book, Religion and Politics in the Middle East, which examineswhether religion has primacy over politics or the other way around,Robert D. Lee’s focus has shifted from individuals (Muhammad Iqbal,Sayyid Qutb, Ali Shariati, and Mohammed Arkoun) to a quartet of countries(Egypt, Israel, Turkey, and Iran). At the same time, he continues toacknowledge the significance of maverick thinkers such as the EgyptianNasr Hamid Abu Zayd, Turkey’s Said Nursi and Fethullah Gülen, and theIranian Abdolkarim Soroush and Mohsen Kadivar in questioning, challenging,and transforming the intellectual and political scenes in their respectivecountries and beyond—although often forced to do so from abroad asexilic intellectuals ...

scholarly journals Wpływ wybranych czynników w Polsce na produktywność zasobów w przetwórstwie przemysłowym ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem przetwórstwa żywności

2014 ◽  
pp. 145-158
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Łukiewska
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
Food Industries ◽  
Capital Productivity ◽  
Total Productivity ◽  
The Impact

The study assesses the level of selected factors and their impact on the productivity of the food industry against the background of manufacturing in the years 1995–2011. The influence of wages, investment, innovation and technical infrastructure on labor productivity in manufacturing and food industries was observed. The impact of investment and innovation on total productivity, as well as investment in capital productivity and innovation on labor productivity in manufacturing was revealed (correlation coefficients were high and statistically significant). The coefficients of determination in most of these cases showed a good fit of regression models to empirical data. The level of productivity factors was generally lower in the food industry than in manufacturing. However, there was an increase in investment activity and innovation and technical equipment working in the food industry during the Polish accession to the EU. However, to continue productivity growth of the food industry in the long term, it will be necessary to make non-technological innovation.

Latent heat storage for hot beverages

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 5653-5664
Author(s):  
M. S. M. Al-Jethelah ◽  
H. S. Dheyab ◽  
S. Khudhayer ◽  
T. K. Ibrahim ◽  
A. T. Al-Sammarraie
Keyword(s):  
Latent Heat ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Food Storage ◽  
Thermal Engineering ◽  
Engineering Applications ◽  
Latent Heat Storage ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Encapsulated Phase Change Material ◽  
Change Material

Latent heat storage has shown a great potential in many engineering applications. The utilization of latent heat storage has been extended from small scales to large scales of thermal engineering applications. In food industry, latent heat has been applied in food storage. Another potential application of latent heat storage is to maintain hot beverages at a reasonable drinking temperature for longer periods. In the present work, a numerical calculation was performed to investigate the impact of utilizing encapsulated phase change material PCM on the temperature of hot beverage. The PCM was encapsulated in rings inside the cup. The results showed that the encapsulated PCM reduced the coffee temperature to an acceptable temperature in shorter time. In addition, the PCM maintained the hot beverage temperature at an acceptable drinking temperature for rational time.

The Impact Of Financial Sector Development On Economic Growth In The Middle East And North Africa

2019 ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
محمد سعيد محمود بللور ◽  
عامر عبدالفتاح زكريا باكير
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Financial Sector Development ◽  
The Impact

Enzyme Immobilization on Nanomaterials for Biosensor and Biocatalyst in Food and Biomedical Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (24) ◽  
pp. 2661-2676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sundaresan Bhavaniramya ◽  
Ramar Vanajothi ◽  
Selvaraju Vishnupriya ◽  
Kumpati Premkumar ◽  
Mohammad S. Al-Aboody ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Enzyme Immobilization ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Immobilized Enzymes ◽  
Food Industries ◽  
Physiological Processes ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Simple Processing ◽  
Biomedical Industry

Enzymes exhibit a great catalytic activity for several physiological processes. Utilization of immobilized enzymes has a great potential in several food industries due to their excellent functional properties, simple processing and cost effectiveness during the past decades. Though they have several applications, they still exhibit some challenges. To overcome the challenges, nanoparticles with their unique physicochemical properties act as very attractive carriers for enzyme immobilization. The enzyme immobilization method is not only widely used in the food industry but is also a component methodology in the pharmaceutical industry. Compared to the free enzymes, immobilized forms are more robust and resistant to environmental changes. In this method, the mobility of enzymes is artificially restricted to changing their structure and properties. Due to their sensitive nature, the classical immobilization methods are still limited as a result of the reduction of enzyme activity. In order to improve the enzyme activity and their properties, nanomaterials are used as a carrier for enzyme immobilization. Recently, much attention has been directed towards the research on the potentiality of the immobilized enzymes in the food industry. Hence, the present review emphasizes the different types of immobilization methods that is presently used in the food industry and other applications. Various types of nanomaterials such as nanofibers, nanoflowers and magnetic nanoparticles are significantly used as a support material in the immobilization methods. However, several numbers of immobilized enzymes are used in the food industries to improve the processing methods which not only reduce the production cost but also the effluents from the industry.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF TAXATION IN THE BIBLE: IMPROVEMENTS IN COUNTING, MEASUREMENT, AND COMPUTATION IN THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel L. Jose ◽  
Charles K. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Income Taxes ◽  
Property Taxes ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Indirect Taxes ◽  
Special Assessment ◽  
The Impact

This paper traces the development of five taxation types in the Bible — income taxes, property taxes, special assessment taxes, poll taxes (all direct taxes), and indirect taxes. The development of these taxes is discussed within the context of Israel's historical development. The impact of counting, measurement, and computation on the development of taxation is also considered.

Reconstituting the International, 1918–1923

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Talbot C. Imlay
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Events ◽  
Great War ◽  
Bolshevik Revolution ◽  
Meaning And Purpose ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Do So ◽  
Lengthy Process

This chapter examines the post-war efforts of European socialists to reconstitute the Socialist International. Initial efforts to cooperate culminated in an international socialist conference in Berne in February 1919 at which socialists from the two wartime camps met for the first time. In the end, however, it would take four years to reconstitute the International with the creation of the Labour and Socialist International (LSI) in 1923. That it took so long to do so is a testimony to the impact of the Great War and to the Bolshevik revolution. Together, these two seismic events compelled socialists to reconsider the meaning and purpose of socialism. The search for answers sparked prolonged debates between and within the major parties, profoundly reconfiguring the pre-war world of European socialism. One prominent stake in this lengthy process, moreover, was the nature of socialist internationalism—both its content and its functioning.

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