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  1. Fulltext Effect of blanching treatments on antioxidant activity of frozen green Capsicum (Capsicum Annuum L. var bell pepper)
    Norafida, A., Aminah, A.
    International Food Research Journal, 2018;25(4):1427-1434.
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    Antioxidant activities were evaluated in steaming, hot water, and microwave blanching’s at different temperature, time and microwave power level on frozen green capsicum. Results showed frozen green capsicum blanched using microwave at high level/90 seconds (sample J) contain higher level of Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Potential (FRAP) compared to fresh green capsicum. Sample J and fresh green capsicum were significantly higher (p≤0.05) compared to other treatments for Total Phenolic Content (TPC), Radical Scavenging Activity (DPPH), and FRAP from 0 to 3rd month frozen storage. Overall, the sequences from highest to lowest in blanching treatments for TPC, DPPH, and FRAP were J (microwave high level/90 seconds)>A (Fresh)>H (Microwave Medium Level/120 seconds)>D (Hot Water 80°C/150 seconds)>K (Microwave High Level/120 seconds)>I (Microwave Medium Level/150 seconds)>F (Microwave Low Level/150 seconds)>B (Steam 100°C/150 seconds)>E (Boiling Water 100°C/120 seconds)>G (Microwave Low Level/180 seconds)>C (Steam 100°C/180 seconds). Frozen storage for 0 and 3rd months showed no significant difference (p>0.05) which indicated no changes on antioxidant activity during frozen storage at -18°C.
  2. Impact of Article Page Count and Number of Authors on Citations in Disability Related Fields: A Systematic Review Article
    Ahmed A, Adam M, Ghafar NA, Muhammad M, Ebrahim NA
    Iran J Public Health, 2016 Sep;45(9):1118-1125.
    PMID: 27957456
    BACKGROUND: Citation metrics and total publications in a field has become the gold standard for rating researchers and viability of a field. Hence, stimulating demand for citation has led to a search for useful strategies to improve performance metric index. Meanwhile, title, abstract and morphologic qualities of the articles attract researchers to scientific publications. Yet, there is relatively little understanding of the citation trend in disability related fields. We aimed to provide an insight into the factors associated with citation increase in this field. Additionally, we tried to know at what page number an article might appear attractive to disability researchers needs. Thus, our focus is placed on the article page count and the number of authors contributing to the fields per article.

    METHODS: To this end, we evaluated the quantitative characteristics of top cited articles in the fields with a total citation (≥50) in the Web of Science (WoS) database. Using one-way independent ANOVA, data extracted spanning a period of 1980-2015 were analyzed, while the non-parametric data analysis uses Kruskal-Walis test.

    RESULTS: Articles with 11 to 20 pages attract more citations followed by those within the range of zero to 10. Articles with upward 21 pages are the least cited. Surprisingly, articles with more than two authors are significantly (P<0.05) less cited and the citation decreases as the number of authors increased.

    CONCLUSION: Collaborative studies enjoy wider utilization and more citation, yet discounted merit of additional pages and limited collaborative research in disability field is revealed in this study.

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