Increasing interest in welfare assessment in recent years has enabled the use of a wide variety of statistical and decision-making techniques to measure well being at regional and national levels. One of the most important ...

The apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) is an important agricultural crop that widely cultivated in most of the Mediterranean and Central Asian countries. As known, the fruit of apricot has an important place in human nutrition, ...

Obesity is a complex and multifactorial disease that is defined by excessive fatty tissue accumulation and is increasingly common in the world. The prevalence of overweight children and adolescents has tripled in the last ...

Tiger nut (Cyperus esculentis), also known as “chufa,” is a notable plant mainly grown in African or Middle Eastern countries. The significance of the tiger nut rises from its high contents of lipids, fiber, protein, and ...

to diminish the consequences of acquired infections, which results in infant mortality even in modern healthcare settings [2]. In the first several months after birth, breastfeeding is unquestionably the "gold standard" ...

Chestnut (Castanea sativa), also known as sweet chestnut or European chestnut, belongs to the botanical family of Fagaceae. The high contribution to the world production of this fruit is mainly originated from China, Bolivia ...

The automotive sector, which is a considered as a strategic sector in almost all developed countries, operates with a fully clustering approach. Clustering is defined as the geographical concentration of firms, specialized ...

Fig fruit has an important role in human health due to its rich composition of such bioactive components as phenolics, phytosterols, organic acids, and hydrocarbons. The fruit could either be consumed in fresh or dried ...

Today, increasing numbers of children gain early access to computers in their homes, and computers have become an ordinary feature of most classrooms, with the ratio of computers to children in the U.S. increasing to one ...

This book analyzes curriculum studies in Turkey from the perspective of three paradigms—religion, science, and ideology—since the early 19th century. Using Islam as a guiding point, Turkish curriculum theory later evolved ...