Product line of selected agricultural entity in Slovakia and suggestion for its expansion based on analysis of consumers' interest in dairy and meat products

Studies on primary agricultural production in Slovakia aimed mainly at biological, economic, or market point of view and there is a lack of managerial approach providing a specific recommendation for farmers according to their production lines or planning process. As a reaction, we are providing a practically oriented study based on the selected livestock producer, which is aimed at statistical significances as an establishment for further recommendations for management and marketing of this entity. The paper aims to analyze the views and preferences of customers of the monitored company, which sells its meat and dairy products in its stores and verify the expected success of the planned expansion of the product lines. Regarding this, the online questionnaire study was conducted on a sample of 202 respondents. Realized statistical analysis based on the Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test and subsequent Bonferroni post hoc correction signify that meat products, fresh meat, and slaughter specialties are the most favorite products among customers of the monitored company. Fresh milk, on the other hand, is not as attractive as a meal for them. However, selling it from vending machines placed out of the store would increase the sales. Dairy products of own production should be even more successful, as we assume they would be as interesting for customers as the currently expanding portfolio of meat products. The benefit of this study lies in the consideration of the practical use of the obtained results in the business practice of the monitored company. Regarding this, we are providing a set of recommendations, according to the planning of their product lines and connected marketing tools for their successful placement on the market.

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Research of consumer preferences in the production of bioactive pates for nutrition of pregnant women

Proceedings of the Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies ◽

10.20914/2310-1202-2020-3-164-169 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 82 (3) ◽

pp. 164-169

Author(s):

T. V. Alekseeva ◽

E. N. Artemova ◽

E. V. Belokurova ◽

D. I. Potapova ◽

O. A. Guseva ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Pregnant Women ◽

Consumer Preferences ◽

Demographic Data ◽

Meat Products ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Product Line ◽

The Body ◽

Product Lines ◽

Cross Sectional

The article discusses the demand for product lines for pregnant women in the consumer market. The objects of research were pregnant women and women planning to become pregnant. The socio-demographic data of the respondents included: age; employment; physical activity. In the process of work, a one-stage cross-sectional study was carried out. The first block included questions about the respondents' diet. The second block contained questions about the volume and composition of food. The answers to the questions of the third block made it possible to give a tentative assessment of the demand for enriched products of a therapeutic and prophylactic orientation. The authors have developed a recipe and technology for the production of an enrichment additive. An assortment of pates for nutrition of women during pregnancy, enriched with a bioactive additive, was obtained. The paper presents information on satisfying the daily needs of the body in accordance with the norms of physiological needs for energy and nutrients. In the course of the work, the marketing potential of products with bioactive additives was consistently analyzed. As a result of the work, the following information was established. The bulk of the respondents do not receive additional vital nutrients in their daily diets and are ready to purchase them additionally. The offered product line of pates of a therapeutic and prophylactic orientation will correct disorders of the body's homeostasis and will be in demand among women during pregnancy. The increase in the price of developed finished products does not go beyond the purchasing power of the target audience. The conducted research allows us to conclude that the use of an enrichment additive for the production of bioactive meat products for the nutrition of pregnant women is cost effective.

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Directly Observed Treatment: planning perspectives, improvisation and transfer of policy

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0493 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 71 (4) ◽

pp. 1940-1948

Author(s):

Rarianne Carvalho Peruhype ◽

Simone Gomes Costa ◽

Juliana Feliciati Hoffmann ◽

Karen Bissell ◽

Fernando Mitano ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Planning Process ◽

Negative Association ◽

Point Of View ◽

Operational Planning ◽

Tuberculosis Control ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Political Will ◽

Control Programs ◽

Directly Observed Treatment ◽

Contextual Change

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the possibilities of positive and negative association of improvisation and the understanding of what will be the planning by managers and coordinators of tuberculosis control programs, in a context of transference of the Directly Observed Treatment policy. Method: this is a qualitative study, developed through semi-structured interviews analyzed in the light of French Discourse Analysis. Results: there was a weakening of the constructive and operational planning process, which is at the mercy of political will and the need of putting out fires. This, in turn, along with achômetro (Brazilian popular expression used on unsubstantiated point of view or opinion that is based solely and exclusively on the intuition of the person who says it), composed the metaphor of improvisation in its negative perspective, understood by automatism and unsystematization process. Improvisation, however, emerged as a representation of innovation, creativity, and contextual change. Final considerations: both the planning and the transfer of public policies constitute processes that need to be strengthened and qualified in the field of public health.

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Dietary Intake, Nutritional Adequacy, and Food Sources of Protein and Relationships with Personal and Family Factors in Spanish Children Aged One to < 10 Years: Findings of the EsNuPI Study

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu13041062 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 1062

Author(s):

Casandra Madrigal ◽

María José Soto-Méndez ◽

Ángela Hernández-Ruiz ◽

Teresa Valero ◽

Federico Lara Villoslada ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Dietary Protein ◽

Total Protein ◽

Dairy Products ◽

Protein Intake ◽

Meat Products ◽

Food Sources ◽

Animal Origin ◽

Total Protein Intake ◽

Fish And Shellfish ◽

Milk And Dairy Products

Diet in the first years of life is an important factor in growth and development. Dietary protein is a critical macronutrient that provides both essential and nonessential amino acids required for sustaining all body functions and procedures, providing the structural basis to maintain life and healthy development and growth in children. In this study, our aim was to describe the total protein intake, type and food sources of protein, the adequacy to the Population Reference Intake (PRI) for protein by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) by the Institute of Medicine (IoM). Furthermore, we analyzed whether the consumption of dairy products (including regular milk, dairy products, or adapted milk formulas) is associated with nutrient adequacy and the contribution of protein to diet and whole dietary profile in the two cohorts of the EsNuPI (in English, Nutritional Study in the Spanish Pediatric Population) study; one cohort was representative of the Spanish population from one to < 10 years old (n = 707) (Spanish reference cohort, SRS) who reported consuming all kinds of milk and one was a cohort of the same age who reported consuming adapted milk over the last year (including follow-on formula, growing up milk, toddler’s milk, and enriched and fortified milks) (n = 741) (adapted milk consumers cohort, AMS). The children of both cohorts had a high contribution from protein to total energy intake (16.79% SRS and 15.63% AMS) and a high total protein intake (60.89 g/day SRS and 53.43 g/day AMS). We observed that protein intake in Spanish children aged one to < 10 years old was above the European and international recommendations, as well as the recommended percentages for energy intakes. The main protein sources were milk and dairy products (28% SRS and 29% AMS) and meat and meat products (27% SRS and 26% AMS), followed by cereals (16% SRS and 15% AMS), fish and shellfish (8% in both cohorts), eggs (5% SRS and 6% AMS), and legumes (4% in both cohorts). In our study population, protein intake was mainly from an animal origin (meat and meat products, milk and dairy products, fish and shellfish, and eggs) rather than from a plant origin (cereals and legumes). Future studies should investigate the long-term effect of dietary protein in early childhood on growth and body composition, and whether high protein intake affects health later in life.

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The perception of COVID-19 among Italian dental patients: an orthodontic point of view

Progress in Orthodontics ◽

10.1186/s40510-021-00355-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Stefano Martina ◽

Alessandra Amato ◽

Paolo Faccioni ◽

Alfredo Iandolo ◽

Massimo Amato ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Orthodontic Treatment ◽

Point Of View ◽

Dental Practice ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Chi Square ◽

Dental Patients ◽

Patient Health ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Orthodontic Patients ◽

Level Of Significance

Abstract Background The present study aimed to investigate the patients’ perception of the dental practice during the COVID-19 outbreak, and whether the pandemic will affect the attendance of orthodontic patients at the dental practice. An online questionnaire, including the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4), was submitted to Italian dental patients with items about their perceived risks when going to the dentist, concerns about continuing orthodontic treatment, and the onset of temporomandibular disorders (TMD). Data were analyzed with a chi-square test and logistic regression analysis. The level of significance was set at P < 0.05. Results A total of 1566 subjects completed the survey, including 486 who were under orthodontic treatment or who had a child in orthodontic treatment. A total of 866 participants (55.3%) thought the risk of contracting the COVID-19 infection was higher in a dental practice; this perception was associated with gender (women more than man), age (over 60 years old) and high levels of distress (P<0.001). However, 894 patients (57.1%) felt comfortable going back to the dentist. Most of the orthodontic patients (84%) would continue their treatment. After the lockdown, there was a slight increase in the frequency of TMD pain (356 versus 334). Conclusions Most of the participants believed that the dental practice is a place at greater risk of contracting COVID-19, even if they continue to go to the dentist. Gender, age, and the level of distress were associated with the increase in the fear of going to the dentist due to COVID-19. Because of the pandemic, 16% of patients undergoing orthodontic treatment would not return to the dental practice to continue their orthodontic treatment after the lockdown. The prevalence of TMD pain in the population increased due to the pandemic.

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The North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey: mineral intakes in 18–64-year-old adults

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1079/phn2001189 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 4 (5a) ◽

pp. 1081-1088 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

EM Hannon ◽

M Kiely ◽

KE Harrington ◽

PJ Robson ◽

JJ Strain ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Food Consumption ◽

Dairy Products ◽

Meat Products ◽

Nutritional Supplements ◽

Old Adults ◽

Food Consumption Survey ◽

Excessive Intake ◽

Daily Intakes ◽

Potato Products ◽

Cu And Zn

AbstractObjectiveTo measure mineral intakes and the contribution of different food groups to mineral intakes in adults aged 18–64 years in Ireland. Intakes are reported for Ca, Mg, P, Fe, Cu and Zn. The adequacy of mineral intakes in the population and the risk of occurrence of excessive intakes are also assessed.DesignFood consumption was estimated using a 7-day food diary for a representative sample (n = 1379; 662 men, 717 women) of 18–64-year-old adults in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland selected randomly from the electoral register. Mineral intakes (Ca, Mg, P, Fe, Cu and Zn) were estimated using tables of food composition.ResultsMean nutrient density of intakes was higher for women than men for Ca and Fe and increased with age for all minerals, except Ca for men and Fe for women. Meat and meat products were the major contributor to mean daily intakes of Zn (38%), P (23%), Fe (18%), Cu (15%) and Mg (13%); dairy products (milk, yoghurt and cheese) to Ca (44%), P (22%), Zn (14%) and Mg (11%); bread and rolls to Fe (21%), Cu (18%), Ca and Mg (17%), Zn (13%) and P (12%); potatoes and potato products to Cu (16%), Mg (14%) and Fe (10%); and breakfast cereals to Fe (13%). In women of all ages nutritional supplements contributed 7.6%, 4.4%, 3.6% and 2.2% of mean daily intake of Fe, Zn, Cu and Ca, respectively, while in men of all ages, nutritional supplements contributed 2.7%, 2.3%, 1.7% and 0.6%, respectively, to mean daily intakes of Fe, Zn, Cu and Ca. Adequacy of minerals intakes in population groups was assessed using the average requirement (AR) as a cut-off value. A significant prevalence of intakes below the AR was observed for Ca, Fe, Cu and Zn but not P. A higher proportion of women than men had intakes below the AR for all minerals. Almost 50% of 18–50-year-old females had intakes below the AR for Fe, while 23%, 23% and 15% of women of all ages had intakes below the AR for Ca, Cu and Zn, respectively. For men of all ages, 11%, 8% and 13% had intakes below the AR for Ca, Cu and Zn, respectively. There appears to be little risk of excessive intake of Ca, Mg, P, Cu or Zn in any age/sex category. However, 2.9% of women of all ages had intakes above the tolerable upper intake level for Fe (45 mg) due to supplement use.ConclusionAlmost 50% of women aged 18–50 years had Fe intakes below the AR and relatively high proportions of women of all ages had intakes below the AR for Ca, Cu and Zn. With the possible exception of iron intake from supplements in women, there appears to be little risk of excessive intake of minerals in the adult population. Meat and meat products, dairy products (milk, cheese and yoghurt), Keywords bread and rolls, potatoes and potato products and breakfast cereals are important Mineral intake sources of minerals; nutritional supplements make only a small contribution to Ireland mineral intakes in the population as a whole but may contribute significantly to Food consumption survey intakes among supplement users.

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Light Effects on Food

Journal of Food Protection ◽

10.4315/0362-028x-53.5.430 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 53 (5) ◽

pp. 430-440 ◽

Cited By ~ 79

Author(s):

MIRAY BEKBÖLET

Keyword(s):

Dairy Products ◽

Light Exposure ◽

Meat Products ◽

Fats And Oils ◽

Food Groups ◽

Visual Appearance ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Off Flavors ◽

Interval Type ◽

Induced Changes

Current research studies carried out on light-induced changes in dairy products, fats and oils, and meat products are reviewed. General factors affecting thus formed off-flavors in these food groups are the intensity of light, exposure interval, type of packaging, and some specific nutritive constituents. In dairy products, riboflavin degradation, losses of vitamin A and C are the major effects, whereas in fats and oils the effective constituents are ß-carotene, tocopherols, the undesirable flavors being related mainly to photosensitized oxidation. In case of meat products, the visual appearance seems to be the most important effect due to the formation of oxidized pigment metmyoglobin from oxymyoglobin upon light exposure. The effects of packaging materials and types on photooxidation are also being discussed for each of the above three food commodity groups.

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Fragment-oriented programming: a framework to design and implement software product line domain components

DYNA ◽

10.15446/dyna.v85n207.71908 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 85 (207) ◽

pp. 74-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daniel Correa ◽

Raúl Mazo ◽

Gloria Lucia Giraldo Goméz

Keyword(s):

Software Product Line ◽

Preliminary Evidence ◽

Product Line ◽

Software Systems ◽

Software Components ◽

Product Lines ◽

Reusable Software ◽

Software Products ◽

Manual Intervention ◽

Software Product

Software product lines facilitate the industrialization of software development. The main goal is to create a set of reusable software components for the rapid production of a software systems family. Many authors have proposed different approaches to design and implement the components of a product line. However, the construction and integration of these components continue to be a complex and time-consuming process. This paper introduces Fragment-oriented programming (FragOP), a framework to design and implement software product line domain components, and derive software products. FragOP is based on: (i) domain components, (ii) fragmentations points and (iii)fragments. FragOP was implemented in the VariaMos tool and using it we created a clothing stores software product line. We derivedfive different products, integrating automatically thousands of lines of code. On average, only three lines of code were manually modified;which provided preliminary evidence that using FragOP reduces manual intervention when integrating domain components.

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Survey on energetic short rotation forestry systems – Possibilities of spatial development and job creation

Acta Agraria Debreceniensis ◽

10.34101/actaagrar/42/2652 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 7-11

Author(s):

József Antal ◽

Gábor Grasseli

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Structural Characteristics ◽

Job Creation ◽

Product Line ◽

Point Of View ◽

The European Union ◽

Short Rotation ◽

Support Policy ◽

Education Profession ◽

Structural Point

Both the European and the Hungarian rural areas suffer multi dimensional problems. Beside infrastructural under development the most important difficulty is employment. Unemployment is significant in the rural areas, while other structural characteristics like education, profession, work circumstances and seasonality worsen this unfavourable situation. It can be stated that the challenge with the highest priority in rural and spatialdevelopment is to create jobs and to strengthen local employment. The authors examine the job generating possibilities of energetic biomass of agricultural origin in a structural point of view. The aim is to develop spatial biomass product line models that permanently support the raise of employment by utilizing the possibilities of the European Union support policy and the popularity of this branch.

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Prospective preschool and primary school teachers’ knowledge and opinion about gamification

Acta Didactica Napocensia ◽

10.24193/adn.14.1.8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 104-114

Author(s):

Edina-Tímea OPRIȘ ◽

Éva BÁLINT-SVELLA ◽

Iuliana ZSOLDOS-MARCHIȘ

Keyword(s):

Preservice Teachers ◽

Primary School ◽

Time Allocation ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

Point Of View ◽

School Teachers ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Primary School Teachers ◽

Open Questions ◽

High Level

Abstract. Gamification is a rather new method in education and unfortunately is not a widely known method among Hungarian primary school teachers in Romania. This paper presents the knowledge and opinion of pre-service preschool and primary school teachers about gamification and its use in education. In this study 81 Primary and Preschool Pedagogy students from BabeșBolyai University were participated, 80 of them were female and 1 male. 40 students are in first year and 41 in second year of their studies. The research was carried out during February-March 2020 at Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania. To get to know their point of view and knowledge about gamification, an online questionnaire was developed by the authors. The obtained data was quantitatively (closed questions) and qualitatively (open questions) analyzed. According to the results, half of the students think that there is no difference between gamification and game-based learning and for three quarter it is difficult to see the differences. This is surprising as students were taught about gamification before filling in the questionnaire. Students perceive a high level of utility of gamification in education. The most frequently mentioned benefits by the participants are that gamification motivates and actively involves students. Even if participants gave many advantages of integrating gamification in education, the biggest disadvantage is related with the time necessary for preparation of a gamified lesson and for the time-allocation during the lesson. As obstacles of using gamification, they mentioned the negative attitude or/and lack of methodological knowledge of some teachers and the constrains of the curriculum. Most of the preservice teachers prefer both paper-pencil based and technology-aid gamification. They consider solving exercises the most suitable for gamification.

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Don't Have a Cow, Man: Consumer Acceptance of Animal-Free Dairy Products in Five Countries

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems ◽

10.3389/fsufs.2021.678491 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

Author(s):

Oscar Zollman Thomas ◽

Christopher Bryant

Keyword(s):

Dairy Products ◽

Predictive Power ◽

Meat Products ◽

Consumer Acceptance ◽

Taste Perception ◽

Purchase Intent ◽

Consumer Adoption ◽

Willingness To Buy ◽

The Usa ◽

The Uk

Concern with the ethical, environmental and health consequences of the livestock industry is pushing the growth of a sector of animal-free alternatives. Advancing research is allowing these products to increasingly deliver experiences on a par with and beyond the products they originally sought to emulate, but widespread consumer adoption has not yet been realised. This research surveyed 5,054 individuals from Brazil, Germany, India, the UK and the USA, examining the nature and extent of acceptance of dairy products derived from precision fermentation, one of the three main pillars of alternative proteins. We find substantial consumer acceptance across countries for these products, animal-free dairy cheese, seeing 78.8% of consumers as probably or definitely likely to try such a product, with 70.5% probably or definitely likely to buy, substantially higher than previous research has found for cultivated meat products. Consumers anticipated animal-free dairy cheese to be significantly more tasty than current vegan cheese products, and just as tasty and safe as basic animal-derived cheese while rating it as significantly more ethical and environmentally friendly. Multiple linear regression revealed that within dietary identifiers, vegetarianism and veganism were strong predictors of willingness to buy but flexitarianism showed the strongest predictive power for willingness to buy. Of all variables, the strongest predictor of willingness to buy was current level of cheese consumption. Further regressions revealed that taste perception was key to driving purchase intent across all countries. The implications of these results for the development of the animal-free dairy sector are discussed.

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