Processing Effect on Antioxidant Composition of Processed Products of Wild Edible Fruits of Sikkim Himalayas

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 129-133
Author(s):  
Ningma Doma Sherpa ◽  
Karma Diki Bhutia
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Bioactive Compound ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
Processing Effect ◽  
Wild Fruits ◽  
Hippophae Salicifolia ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Wild Edible Fruits ◽  
Processed Products

The processing effect on the processed products of wild edible fruits found in Sikkim Himalayas namely Chuirri (Diploknema butyracea), Achuk (Hippophae salicifolia), Mehel (Docynia indica), Muslendi (Elaeagnus latifolia) and Famphal (Machilus edulis) was quantified in this study. The value of the fruits is high enough to contribute and enhance the nutrient daily requirements of humans. Therefore, a study to assess the loss or change in their antioxidant composition before and after processing was carried out. The phytochemical characteristics of the fruits were analyzed according to standard methods on both the fresh and its various processed products. Comparing all the five wild fruits and their processed products, it was observed that there was a significant loss of nutrients during processing which occurred in its bioactive compound and composition of their processed foods. Although it has a potential to be a source of antioxidants, other nutrients also implement for utilization as food preserves and consumed in the form of food supplements. It will be promote the nutritional potential of the wild fruits as well as add value to the processed products among local people for consumer acceptability which can be further fortified as export items and to uplift the socio-economic status of the local community.

scholarly journals Lively Social Space, Well-Being Activity, and Urban Design: Findings From a Low-Cost Community-Led Public Space Intervention

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 685-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Anderson ◽  
Kai Ruggeri ◽  
Koen Steemers ◽  
Felicia Huppert
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

Empirical urban design research emphasizes the support in vitality of public space use. We examine the extent to which a public space intervention promoted liveliness and three key behaviors that enhance well-being (“connect,” “be active,” and “take notice”). The exploratory study combined directly observed behaviors with self-reported, before and after community-led physical improvements to a public space in central Manchester (the United Kingdom). Observation data ( n = 22,956) and surveys (subsample = 212) were collected over two 3-week periods. The intervention brought significant and substantial increases in liveliness of the space and well-being activities. None of these activities showed increases in a control space during the same periods. The findings demonstrate the feasibility of the research methods, and the impact of improved quality of outdoor neighborhood space on liveliness and well-being activities. The local community also played a key role in conceiving of and delivering an effective and affordable intervention. The findings have implications for researchers, policy makers, and communities alike.

scholarly journals Cognitive output of a neuropsychological stimulation program in an elderly day care center with low educated participants: An observational study

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-168
Author(s):  
Maria Vânia Silva Nunes ◽  
Ana Almeida Pinho ◽  
Helena Mauricio Campos ◽  
Paula Abreu ◽  
Isabel Pinto Gonçalves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Cognitive Stimulation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Social Economic Status ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Low Educated

ABSTRACT Objective: In the present paper we present an observational study of the implementation of a Neuropsychological Stimulation Program at an Elderly Day Care Center in low-educated participants with very similar backgrounds concerning social economic status. Methods: The implemented program tackled several dimensions, including daily orientation sessions, cognitive stimulation sessions twice a week, followed by movement sessions, and structured sessions conducted every two weeks. Cognitive Evaluation was performed before and after implementation of the program. Results: Results are discussed taking into consideration cognitive outputs as well as non-cognitive outputs and the specificities of community-based intervention. Conclusion: It was concluded that community-based intervention is set to become vital in promoting dementia prevention.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of music therapy on reading skills of pupils with intellectual disability

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 251-265
Author(s):  
Udeme Samuel Jacob ◽  
Jace Pillay
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Special Schools ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test

Objective: Reading is an indispensable skill. The study investigated the effects of music therapy on the reading skills of pupils with intellectual disability. Methods: An experimental research design was used. The sample was purposively selected from two special schools for pupils with intellectual disability in Ibadan, Nigeria. Seventeen pupils were randomly assigned to two groups (music therapy and control groups). Eighteen sessions of music therapy were conducted with the experimental group only. The Reading Skills Test was used before and after the intervention to collect data. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used for data analysis. Results: The data indicated that there was a significant statistical difference between pre-test and post-test results. The interaction effect of treatment and parents’ socio-economic status was not significant for the participants’ reading. Conclusion: Music therapy enhanced the reading skills of pupils with intellectual disability and should be adopted in teaching pupils with intellectual disability.   Keywords:  Music therapy; parents’ socio-economic status; pupils with intellectual disability; reading skills

scholarly journals Multivariate analysis of the factors involved in loss of renal differential function after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: a role for warm ischemia time

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Frédéric Pouliot ◽  
Allan Pantuck ◽  
Annie Imbeault ◽  
Brian Shuch ◽  
Brian Calimlim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Partial Nephrectomy ◽  
Tumour Size ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
Differential Function ◽  
Small Renal Masses ◽  
Renal Masses ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Tomography Scan

Background: Partial nephrectomy (PN) is now the gold standardfor the surgical treatment of small renal masses. We evaluated theeffect of WIT and other factors on RDF assessed by preoperativeand postoperative renal scintigraphy.Methods: Between 2003 and 2008, 182 consecutive laparoscopicPN (LPN) were performed in an academic centre. Among those,56 had mercaptoacetyl triglycine (MAG3) lasix renal scintigraphypreoperatively and postoperatively.Results: Medians for age, preoperative estimated glomerular filtrationrate and computed tomography scan tumour size were 62years, 82 mL/min/1.73m2 and 26 mm, respectively. Median WITand preoperative RDF were 30 minutes and 50%, respectively.Median loss of RDF after surgery was 14%. Linear regression curvesshowed that loss in RDF rate was 0.2% per minute when WIT was<30 minutes and 0.7% per minute when WIT was ≥30 minutes.In multivariate analysis, length of WIT and endophytic tumourlocation were associated with a statistically significant loss of RDF(p < 0.05), but only in the group who experienced >30 minutesof WIT.Interpretation: Our results suggest that the factors associated withloss of RDF are not the same before and after 30 minutes of WITand that the rate of loss in RDF increases after 30 minutes. Since,the effect of WIT is small up to 30 minutes, we believe that surgeryshould focus on limiting the resection of normal parenchymaand to ensure negative margins and hemostasis, rather than onpremature unclamping.

scholarly journals Benefits of Gardening Activities for Cognitive Function According to Measurement of Brain Nerve Growth Factor Levels

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sin-Ae Park ◽  
A-Young Lee ◽  
Hee-Geun Park ◽  
Wang-Lok Lee
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factors ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
Nerve Growth ◽  
Nerve Growth Factors ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Garden Plot

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of gardening activities in senior individuals on brain nerve growth factors related to cognitive function. Forty-one senior individuals (age 76.6 ± 6.0 years) were recruited from the local community in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea. A 20-min low-to-moderate intensity gardening activity intervention, making a vegetable garden, was performed by the subjects in a garden plot located on the Konkuk University (Seoul, South Korea) campus. The gardening involved six activities including cleaning a garden plot, digging, fertilizing, raking, planting/transplanting, and watering. To determine the effects of the gardening activities on brain nerve growth factors related to memory, blood samples were drawn twice from each subject before and after the gardening activity by professional nurses. The levels of brain nerve growth factors, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and platelet derived growth factor (PDGF), were analyzed. Levels of BDNF and PDGF were significantly increased after the gardening activity. This study revealed a potential benefit of gardening activities for cognitive function in senior individuals.

scholarly journals What if we combine Quit and win and individual approach to help smokers quit at the community level?

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Kovacevic ◽  
D Zombori
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Individual Approach ◽  
Effective Interventions

Abstract Issue Tobacco eventually kills up to a half of its users. Helping smokers who wish to quit is one of the six cost effective interventions listed by World Bank to decrease smoking harm. Tobacco Control Scale in 2016, shows diversity in approaches and coverage to help smokers quit across Europe. Comprehensive interventions are most effective. Combining contest, financial incentives, individual approach and triggers (start of Lent or other) could be implemented in other settings. Description of the problem Contest to motivate smokers for a quit attempt and individual help provided, has been conducted yearly since 2015 in a local community in Pozega-Slavonia County in Croatia. Data on all participants from 2015 through 2018 contests were collected by questionnaires and long term smoking status (6 months) evaluated by phone interviewing. Statistical analysis was conducted in SPSS. The objective was to determine how effective in helping smokers quit is a novel combination of evidence-based approaches “Quit and win” and individual support in local setting and to establish certain smokers characteristics as possible predictors of outcome. Results Data for 153 participants were collected. There were more (54%) male participants. Participants mean age was 35.8 years (range 18-67). Short term (30 day) abstinence rate was 73.9% (113/153) and out of those 34.1% (31/91) abstained long term (6 months). Long term follow-up was 80.5% (91/113). Overall, long term quit rate was 23.7% (31/131). There were no statistically significant differences in short and long term quit rates depending on age, sex, education, employment or socio-economic status, pack-year measure or personal success estimates. Lessons Comprehensive contest approach was found to be effective in helping smokers quit. Interest for implementation was shown by several counties and cities in Croatia. Effectiveness regardless of personal and social characteristics of contestants shows potential in different settings. Key messages Comprehensive interventions that include contest, financial incentives, individual approach and triggers in smoking cessation helped one in four involved smokers to quit. This approach has potential for implementation in diverse local communities as no difference in quit rates in different sex, age or socioeconomic groups were detected.

Non-Financial Determinants and economic fluctuations – evidence from Yemen

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 376-391
Author(s):  
Sulaiman Abdullah Saif Alnasser Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Research Review ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Additional Reference ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to examine, by way of an analytical research review, the reasons for the fluctuations in the economic growth of the country of Yemen during the period from 2000 to 2014. The authors are trying to generate the answers to the following questions: Has tourism, oil price, politically instability improved? What is the impact of tourism, oil price and politically instability on economic growth before and after turbulence time? We have found that very low number of papers have written about the topic. Yemen, as a developing country, has been under the influence of an turbulence time. The term “turbulence time” refers to the series of independent uprisings that occurred in 2010 across the Arab world. There is a lack of understanding concerning the economic growth status in the existing literature during this period. Design/methodology/approach The authors use vector error-correction model to examine the impact of candidate variables .This review and analysis could provide an additional understanding in terms of the factors contributing to economic growth in Yemen; particularly before and after the turbulence time. Findings Despite oil prices having appreciated and the unemployment rate having improved, particularly after the Arab Spring, political instability has dominated the scope of determinants for economic growth in Yemen. To address the objective of this study. Originality/value This paper provides an additional reference about the economic status of Yemen.

The heuristics that guide healthiness perception of ultra-processed foods: a qualitative exploration

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (16) ◽  
pp. 2932-2940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Machín ◽  
Lucía Antúnez ◽  
María Rosa Curutchet ◽  
Gastón Ares
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Processed Foods ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
Processed Products

AbstractObjective:To explore the conceptualisation of healthy food by citizens and how they judge the healthiness of ultra-processed foods.Design:Four focus groups were conducted using a semi-structured discussion guide. Focus group discussions were held about the concept of healthy food, what characterise a healthy product and healthiness perception of ultra-processed products. Transcripts of the focus groups were analysed following an inductive coding approach.Setting:Uruguay, one of the Latin American countries with the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity.Participants:Fifty-two adult Uruguayan participants, diverse in terms of gender, age, educational level and socio-economic status.Results:In agreement with previous studies on lay perceptions of healthy eating, the conceptualisation of healthy food was mainly focused on food characteristics. Although participants regarded lack of processing as a cue for healthiness, they did not categorise all ultra-processed products as unhealthy. Albeit some product categories were automatically regarded as unhealthy, participants considered that other categories could include healthy and unhealthy products. In such cases, they explicitly referred to several simplified cognitive strategies to judge whether an ultra-processed product is healthy or not. Results showed that participants tended to rely on simple cues, such as label design, nutrient claims, brand, price and country of origin as indicators of product healthiness.Conclusions:Healthiness perception of ultra-processed products seems to be largely influenced by heuristics, which stresses the need to implement policies that make the potential negative effects of ultra-processed products salient.

scholarly journals Wild Edible Fruits: A Systematic Review of an Under-Researched Multifunctional NTFP (Non-Timber Forest Product)

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mallika Sardeshpande ◽  
Charlie Shackleton
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Habitat Conservation ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Taxonomic Descriptions ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products ◽  
Wild Edible Fruits ◽  
Processed Products

Wild edible fruits (WEFs) are among the most widely used non-timber forest products (NTFPs), and important sources of nutrition, medicine, and income for their users. In addition to their use as food, WEF species may also yield fiber, fuel, and a range of processed products. Besides forests, WEF species also thrive in diverse environments, such as agroforestry and urban landscapes, deserts, fallows, natural lands, and plantations. Given the multifunctional, ubiquitous nature of WEFs, we conducted a systematic review on the literature specific to WEFs and highlighted links between different domains of the wider knowledge on NTFPs. We found that literature specific to WEFs was limited, and a majority of it reported ethnobotanical and taxonomic descriptions, with relatively few studies on landscape ecology, economics, and conservation of WEFs. Our review identifies priorities and emerging avenues for research and policymaking to promote sustainable WEF management and use, and subsequent biodiversity and habitat conservation. In particular, we recommend that ecosystem services, economic incentives, market innovations, and stakeholder synergies are incorporated into WEF conservation strategies.

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