32 research outputs found
What to Know about Food Flavor? A Review
Get PDFThe primary function of flavors is to add taste or aroma to foods, as they have no nutritional properties. According to Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA), flavors have a place in the food supply to meet consumer demand for a variety of safe and tasty products. This review provides an overview of the three flavor groups; natural flavors, nature-identical flavors, and artificial flavors, where they are added to replace the flavor lost through processing and to develop new products, while flavor enhancers are compounds with no intrinsic aroma or taste of their own, but when are added in low concentrations to appropriate foods, they improve the palatability of the food distinctly, a popular example is monosodium glutamate. The food industry is constantly striving to improve the quality and taste of modern food products through creating new flavors and improving existing ones. The flavors of commercially produced food products are usually created by florists who work for flavor companies. Among these commercial flavors are those that are often added to elderly food to offset the losses in their sense of smell and taste. Encapsulation can be used to treat flavors and protect them from evaporation, reaction, or disappearance from food. Flavors manufacturers need to know which ingredients are allowed in the community that includes restrictions and specific requirements for use in food applications. </jats:p
Ġāda as-Sammān fī riḥlātihā aw kayfa yuṣbiḥu al-ǧasad ḥaqībat safar
No full textIn a book entitled "The Body is a Suitcase" Ghada as-Samman publishes narratives from places visited by her in the years 1964-1976. In the form of essays and reportages she describes European and Arab cities, including many capitals. These materials that resulted finally in the abovementioned 520-page book had been earlier published separately in two Lebanese journals and one of them also in a Kuwaiti journal. In her works as-Samman do not focuses on descriptions of visited places but she shows noteworthy and often surprising phenomena or cases that should be interesting for the curious Arab reader. She picks untypical traditions and titbits referring to the daily life of the European societies and correlates them with Arabian traditions. The aim of this paper is to analyse the concept of journey in terms of Ghada as-Samman works and destabilisation as a consequence of the journey. Ghada as-Samman herself declares that destabilisation instigates the people to think. Therefore, during her journey she contemplates many important issues relevant to the cultural and political life of Arabs. Language used by the author is very colourful so in this paper it also forms an area of investigation. It is worth noticing that sometimes as-Samman’s works are full of metaphors and beautiful expressions adeptly and tastefully used by the author. On the other hand, some of her essays are written in simple language and can be understood directly – the conclusion is that Ghada Samman’s main goal was to make her works get to the broadest audience possible
Adaptive hybrid function projective synchronization in drive-response discrete networks with delay coupling
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Translation as a virtuous circle: a case of borrowing in Arabic and re-borrowing in English
Get PDFAbstract – Translation has always been viewed as a virtuous circle throughout history. The present paper examines one of the oldest translation strategies, namely borrowing which also come to be employed by language users to fulfill communicative transaction in daily use of the language. The paper also explores re-borrowing as a translation method used by translators to render borrowed words usually integrated in a Source Language (SL) text by SL author to relay his/her ideology via micro-/macro-signs. The data consists of selected examples from the translation of The Square Moon: Supernatural Tales (SMST) by Ghada Samman. The writer employs borrowing to steer the SL readership towards her ideology. The findings of the paper show that re-borrowing may bring about optimal translation in the target language (TL), but reveal discrepancies between the SL and the TL caused by failure to render the ideology. Keywords: translation, borrowing, re-borrowing, English, Arabic
Impact of Junction Length on Supercurrent Resilience against Magnetic Field in InSb-Al Nanowire Josephson Junctions
No full textSemiconducting nanowire Josephson junctions represent an attractive platform to investigate the anomalous Josephson effect and detect topological superconductivity. However, an external magnetic field generally suppresses the supercurrent through hybrid nanowire junctions and significantly limits the field range in which the supercurrent phenomena can be studied. In this work, we investigate the impact of the length of InSb-Al nanowire Josephson junctions on the supercurrent resilience against magnetic fields. We find that the critical parallel field of the supercurrent can be considerably enhanced by reducing the junction length. Particularly, in 30 nm long junctions supercurrent can persist up to 1.3 T parallel field─approaching the critical field of the superconducting film. Furthermore, we embed such short junctions into a superconducting loop and obtain the supercurrent interference at a parallel field of 1 T. Our findings are highly relevant for multiple experiments on hybrid nanowires requiring a magnetic-field-resilient supercurrent.QRD/Kouwenhoven LabQRD/Wimmer GroupQCD/Veldhorst LabBUS/Quantum DelftQN/Kouwenhoven La
Correction to: Emergency Medicine in the Kingdom of Bahrain
No full textAbstract Following the publication of the original article [1], it was brought to our attention that author Leena Alqasem was erroneously included as Leena Alqusem
An Analysis of Understanding the Text and Re-Creation in the Translation of Jailing the Rainbow According to Wilss’s Theory
No full textTranslation has an inter-disciplinary nature, and this can also be said of its various aspects, including translation analysis. Usually, when we define something, we aim to introduce its nature, its role, and its variables. The main goal of translation analysis is to discuss and evaluate translation in different respects and the relationship among all variables. The process of survey and evaluation is one of the main elements in any educational program. Any evaluation system is based on experience and analyzing needs, aims, textbooks, and the educational system. It is believed that Linguistics, psychology, and sociology are among the fields related to translation. This paper aims to put forward theoretical principles of translation analysis, and applying an analytical, descriptive and cooperative approach, discuss the ideas of Wolfram Wilss and also analyze his principles in translation analysis, and also evaluate the type, quality, and the extent of interaction among the elements he is emphasizing in his theory. Finally, to elaborate on this topic, the paper tries to apply the findings of Wolfram Wilss on the evaluation of the Persian translation of “jailing the Rainbow” by the Syrian author Ghada al-Samman. The book was translated from Arabic into Farsi by Abdol Hosein Farzad and reprinted several times
Parametric exploration of zero-energy modes in three-terminal InSb-Al nanowire devices
No full textWe systematically study three-terminal InSb-Al nanowire devices by using
radio-frequency reflectometry. Tunneling spectroscopy measurements on both ends
of the hybrid nanowires are performed while systematically varying the chemical
potential, magnetic field and junction transparencies. Identifying the
lowest-energy state allows for the construction of lowest- and zero-energy
state diagrams, which show how the states evolve as a function of the
aforementioned parameters. Importantly, comparing the diagrams taken for each
end of the hybrids enables the identification of states which do not coexist
simultaneously, ruling out a significant amount of the parameter space as
candidates for a topological phase. Furthermore, altering junction
transparencies filters out zero-energy states sensitive to a local gate
potential. Such a measurement strategy significantly reduces the time necessary
to identify a potential topological phase and minimizes the risk of falsely
recognizing trivial bound states as Majorana zero modes.Comment: Main text: 12 pages, 9 figures. SupplementaryMaterials: 12 pages, 14
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The Association Between Dietary Habits and Other Lifestyle Indicators and Dysglycemia in Saudi Adults Free of Previous Diagnosis of Diabetes
Get PDFObjective: Study the association of dietary habits and other indicators of lifestyle with dysglycemia in Saudi adults. Methods: In a cross-sectional design, data were obtained from 1403 Saudi adults (> 20 years), not previously diagnosed with diabetes. Demographics, lifestyle variables and dietary habits were obtained using a predesigned questionnaire. Fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin and 1-hour oral glucose tolerance test were used to identify dysglycemia. Regression analysis was performed to determine the associations of dietary factors and other indicators of lifestyle with dysglycemia. Results: A total 1075 adults (596 men, and 479 women) had normoglycemia, and 328 (195 men, and 133 women) had dysglycemia. Following adjustment for age, BMI and waist circumference, in men the weekly intake of 5 portions or more of red meat and Turkish coffee were associated with decreased odds of having dysglycemia odds ratio (OR) 0.444 (95% CI: 0.223, 0.881;P = .02) and 0.387 (95% CI: 0.202, 0.74;P = .004), respectively. In women, the intake of fresh juice 1 to 4 portions per week and 5 portions or more were associated with OR 0.603 (95% CI: 0.369, 0.985;P = .043) and OR 0.511 (95% CI: 0.279, 0.935;P = .029) decreased odds of having dysglycemia, respectively compared with women who did not drink fresh juice. The intake of 5 times or more per week of hibiscus drink was associated with increased odds of having dysglycemia, OR 5.551 (95% CI: 1.576, 19.55,P = .008) compared with women not using such a drink. Other lifestyle factors were not associated with dysglycemia. Conclusion: Dietary practices by studied Saudis have some impact on risk of dysglycemia, with obvious sex differences.Peer reviewe
