What are the main obstacles to turning foods healthier through probiotics incorporation? a review of functionalization of foods by probiotics and bioactive metabolites

EPR Pereira, JS da Graça, BM Ferreira… - Food Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Functional foods are gaining significant attention from people all over the world. When
added to foods, probiotic bacteria can turn them healthier and confer beneficial health …

The association between plant diversity and perceived emotions for visitors in urban forests: A pilot study across 49 parks in China

H Wei, J Zhang, Z Xu, T Hui, P Guo, Y Sun - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urbanization introduces uncertainties to the biodiversity of plant communities. The
perception of biodiversity can be associated with positive mental health and well-being, but …

Relationship between environmental factors and facial expressions of visitors during the urban forest experience

H Wei, B Ma, RJ Hauer, C Liu, X Chen, X He - Urban forestry & urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
A forest environment can promote the mental state of people and the effect can result within
short frames (eg, minutes of visit). Most studies to date have used questionnaire …

Functional needs, emotions, and perceptions of coffee consumers and non-consumers

A Samoggia, M Del Prete, C Argenti - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages worldwide. Over the last decades coffee has
become a specialty product. Drinking a coffee beverage entails several mixed factors, such …

The state of automated facial expression analysis (AFEA) in evaluating consumer packaged beverages

SJ Kessler, F Jiang, RA Hurley - Beverages, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the late 1970s, analysis of facial expressions to unveil emotional states began to grow
and flourish along with new technologies and software advances. Researchers have always …

A forest experience does not always evoke positive emotion: A pilot study on unconscious facial expressions using the face reading technology

H Wei, RJ Hauer, X He - Forest Policy and Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Studies have demonstrated that a forest experience can improve the mental state of visitors.
The questionnaire methodology accounts for most of current findings, but subjective bias in …

Physiological responses to basic tastes for sensory evaluation of chocolate using biometric techniques

TM Gunaratne, S Fuentes, NM Gunaratne, DD Torrico… - Foods, 2019 - mdpi.com
Facial expressions are in reaction to basic tastes by the response to receptor stimulation.
The objective of this study was to assess the autonomic nervous system responses to basic …

Examining the effects of negative performance feedback: the roles of sadness, feedback self-efficacy, and grit

D Motro, DR Comer, JA Lenaghan - Journal of Business and Psychology, 2021 - Springer
We investigate the effects of performance feedback on a subsequent performance task and
the mediating role of sadness. Drawing on the appraisal tendency framework, we expect that …

Consumers' sensory perception and emotional response towards animal and plant-based soups (familiar food items) with the addition of shio-koji (an unfamiliar …

E Dolan, L Baxter, R Moss… - International Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Globally, consumers continue to seek out novel foods and ingredients from different cultures
and regions. Shio-koji is a fermented seasoning that is usually made by fermenting rice with …

Functionalization of soya press cake (okara) by ultrasonication for enhancement of submerged fermentation with Lactobacillus paracasei LUHS244 for wheat bread …

G Juodeikiene, K Trakselyte-Rupsiene, B Navickaite… - Lwt, 2021 - Elsevier
This study was dedicated to the functionalization of soya press cake (SPC) by
ultrasonication and fermentation to produce wheat bread enriched with okara nutrients …