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The Determinants of Progressive Era Reform: The Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906 [PDF]

open access: yes
We examine three theories of Progressive Era regulation: public interest, industry capture, and information manipulation by the federal bureaucracy and muckraking press.
Gary D. Libecap, Marc T. Law
core  

Trapped in the Cave: Toward a Platonic Theory of Ideology

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper is about showing that Plato has a theory of ideology in the broadly Marxist sense of distorted self‐consciousness of social life. Focusing on the Allegory of the Cave and related passages in the Republic, the paper argues that in the Cave, Plato illustrates the social mediation of human psychology, which contributes to the soul's ...
John D. Proios
wiley   +1 more source

Semi-Quantitative Detection of Borax Adulteration in Wheat Flour Based on Microwave Non-Destructive Testing and Machine Learning

open access: yesFoods
The adulteration of wheat flour with borax poses a serious food safety risk, yet conventional rapid non-destructive screening methods remain limited.
Mei Kang, Jiming Yang, Ya Ren, Xue Bai
doaj   +1 more source

The demography of an Osprey population under natural recolonisation and translocation processes

open access: yesIbis, EarlyView.
In a context of global biodiversity loss, studying the processes underlying the recolonisation—whether natural or assisted—of expanding species provides essential insights for the development of effective conservation strategies. Since the 1980s, the Osprey Pandion haliaetus has naturally recolonized mainland central and eastern France, increasing from
Marie Thalhammer   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remaking State Power Through a Paraquat Ban in Malaysia

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of the state in its ability to enact environmental regulations. Specifically, this study investigates how Malaysian state actors changed, shifted and betrayed various, oftentimes competing interests to ban paraquat, an acutely toxic herbicide.
Caitlyn Sears
wiley   +1 more source

Quality and Authenticity Control of Fruit Juices-A Review

open access: yesMolecules, 2019
Food fraud, being the act of intentional adulteration of food for financial advantage, has vexed the consumers and the food industry throughout history.
Marilena E. Dasenaki   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating the minimal cost of delivering nutrition‐specific and nutrition‐sensitive interventions in Ethiopia

open access: yesMaternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
The minimum cost of the 10 years on identified nutrition‐specific and nutrition‐sensitive interventions of the National Food and Nutrition Strategy in Ethiopia is estimated to be US$ 2.55bn with an average annual cost of $250 million over 10 years (2021–2030), which is only 2.3% of the Ethiopian Annual GDP 111.27 billion US dollars in 2021 (World bank).
Yetayesh Maru   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non‐Destructive Analysis of Phenolic and Flavonoid Contents in Medicinal Plant Powders Using Hyperspectral Imaging and Variable Selection

open access: yesAnalytical Science Advances, Volume 7, Issue 2, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Phenolic and flavonoid contents in medicinal plants are essential to their growth and development and provide numerous health benefits, yet their quantification using traditional wet chemistry is labor‐intensive and time‐consuming. This study utilized the combination of two benchtop hyperspectral imaging (HSI) systems, namely short‐wave ...
Rahul Joshi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recentering Resource‐Based Livelihoods: Prosperity Beyond Extractivism and Pastoralism

open access: yesCanadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 63, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This research note, informed by qualitative fieldwork with resource harvesters in Nova Scotia, explores the effect of economic change and ecological crisis, the outcomes of rural development strategies, and demographic shifts that have shaped the province's rural areas in recent years.
Evan Curley
wiley   +1 more source

The application of portable NIR spectroscopy for food authentication and quality control

open access: yesJurnal Teknologi & Industri Hasil Pertanian
Food authentication and quality control have become major challenges in the global food industry, particularly due to issues of food adulteration that impact consumer health and product integrity in the market.
Widyaningrum, Sakinah Ahyani Dahlan
doaj   +1 more source

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