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Specialty Food Association Trendspotter Panel Names Top 2025 Trends

Comprising 20 experts from diverse segments of the culinary world, the SFA Trendspotters track emerging specialty food and beverage products in their own work and at the bi-annual SFA Fancy Food Shows, thereby getting an early look at the flavors, formats, and ideas that will hit mainstream retailers and restaurants sooner than later.




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How Do American Consumers Perceive Alternative Sweeteners?

According to the IFIC survey, one-third of Americans (33%) reported changing their LNCS consumption habit between April 2023 and April 2024. While 10% said they increased LNCS consumption and 6% said they started consuming LNCS, 11% said they decreased LNCS consumption and 6% said they stopped consuming LNCS altogether.





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SofTop Comfort by Sherwin-Williams Wins 2023 Top Flooring Products: Specialty Flooring

Sherwin-Williams High Performance Flooring introduced SofTop Comfort flooring systems, an addition to its seamless resinous flooring collection.




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The Case for Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Flooring in Healthcare Facilities

When the static electricity in a medical office, examination room or lab is under control, it helps reduce the risks of shocks to personnel, disruption of data, malfunction of sensitive equipment, igniting flammables, and reducing contamination due to electrostatic attraction.




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Consumers Identify Health and Wellness for Pet Food

FOOD ENGINEERING talks with Mintel Consulting’s Lynn Dornblaser about consumer preferences for pet food over the last five years and what’s ahead.




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USA Flooring Launches Loyalty Program Aimed at Contractors, Installers, Designers, Realtors and Restoration Pros, Partners with Shaw Industries

USA Flooring announced the launch of a Partner Rewards Loyalty program, designed by The Incentive Group for Pro Customers, with support from Shaw Industries. 




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Alternative Flooring Career Pathways and Succession Planning for Flooring Installers

David Gross, executive director, INSTALL, shares his experience, how he came to land in a union organization and provides next steps for flooring installers who are interested in moving into another role within the flooring industry.




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Comparing Production Processes for Alternative and Animal Protein

When it comes to production, similarities exist among alternative and animal protein processes, but several differences occur, particularly around operational footprint, equipment, and water and energy usage.




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TISE Announces Winners of Third 2025 Regional Installation Competition in Dalton

The International Surface Event (TISE) named the winners of the third 2025 regional installation competition held in Dalton, Georgia on October 26, 2024 at the Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) headquarters and training facility. 




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Resilient Flooring in Healthcare: How to Select the Right Flooring, Adhesive and Installer

Taylor Adhesives Director of Technical Services Gary Scheidker walks us through the process of bidding a commercial healthcare project from material and product selection to choosing the right installer for the job to maintenance of the flooring after project completion.




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Although coronavirus dominates the headlines, other safety concerns still matter

Day-to-day operations are still the highest priority, even as food and beverage processors work to protect employees and contractors from coronavirus.




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Mannington's SimpleStairs Stair Treads Offer Exact Match for AduraMax, AduraRigid, AduraFlex and Realta Wood-Look Floors

Mannington’s SimpleStairs stair treads offer a seamless look for luxury vinyl flooring installations with treads that exactly match Mannington's AduraMax, AduraRigid, AduraFlex and Realta wood-look floors. 




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Health Claims Particularly Likely to Influence Younger Consumers, Survey Finds

The ingredients most likely to influence purchasing decisions were probiotics, vitamins and minerals and fiber.




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UPM Specialty Papers Joins Forces with Michelman on Recyclable Paper Packaging

UPM Specialty Papers has used coatings from Michelman to develop recyclable paper packaging designed for food applications.




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UPM Specialty Papers Partners with Eastman on Paper Food Packaging with Compostable Coating

The solution integrates Eastman’s biobased and compostable Solus performance additives with BioPBS polymer to form a thin coating on UPM’s compostable and recyclable barrier base papers.




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Control Station Introduces System Health Monitoring Service

Control Station has launched System Health Monitoring (SHM), a tiered service offering that leverages intelligence captured by the company’s PlantESP Loop Performance Monitoring solution.




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Kerry Launches Tastesense Advance—Sugar Alternative

The company’s new sugar alternative is stated to combine sustainability and full-bodied taste without increasing carbon emissions.




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Nestlé Health Science Announces Startup Challenge Winners

The winners will receive mentorship, strategy guidance and technical support along with a one-year membership on the Friedman School's Food & Nutrition Innovation Council.




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Daltile Partners with Gary Sinise Foundation to Support Wounded Veterans

This Veterans Day, Daltile continues its ongoing partnership with the Gary Sinise Foundation, supporting the construction of specially adapted smart homes for severely wounded veterans through the foundation's R.I.S.E. Program.





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Speculative caring collaboratories: mattering research alternatives.

Children's Geographies; 02/26/2022
(AN 155449570); ISSN: 14733285
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"Out and about": relationships between children's independent mobility and mental health in a national longitudinal study.

Children's Geographies; 08/30/2024
(AN 179318554); ISSN: 14733285
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  • INSTITUTIONAL care of children
  • GENERALIZED estimating equations
  • MENTAL illness
  • FREEDOM of movement
  • INCOME

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The Influence of Clan Culture on the Demand for Family Commercial Health Insurance: The Case of China

Journal of Family History, Ahead of Print. This article examines the reasons for the underdevelopment of commercial health insurance as a family risk-sharing mechanism, from the viewpoint of traditional Chinese clan culture. Using genealogical data to create city-level indicators of clan culture, this study investigates its impact on the demand for family-oriented commercial health insurance. […]

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Four Quebec Paper Excellence Group Mills Recognized in 2023 Health and Safety Rankings




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Assessing the health status of migrants upon arrival in Europe: a systematic review of the adverse impact of migration journeys

Numerous studies have explored the impact of pre- and post-migration factors on the overall health of migrant populations. The objective of this study is to enhance our understanding of additional determinants… Read the full article ›

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Factors Influencing Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Scoping Review of Health and Care Workers’ Experiences

Volume 20, Issue 3, July-September 2024, Page 292-310. Read the full article ›

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The Use of Contribution Analysis in Evaluating Health Interventions: A Scoping Review

Evaluation &the Health Professions, Ahead of Print. Contribution Analysis (CA) is a promising theory-based evaluation approach for complex interventions, yet its application in health interventions remains largely unexplored. To bridge this gap, we conducted a scoping review to examine the extent of such applications and the methodologies, strengths, and limitations of this approach in health […]

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Factors Influencing the Translation of Evidence Into Clinical Practice for Hospital Allied Health Professionals in Terms of the Domains of Behaviour Change Theory: A Systematic Review

Evaluation &the Health Professions, Ahead of Print. This systematic review provides an overview of the unique challenges allied health professions face in the translation and implementation of evidence into practice, which remain relatively under reported and uninformed by a theoretical basis of behaviour change. MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and Scopus databases from 2010 to 2022 were […]

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The association between neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and mental health in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Ahead of Print. Background:Environmental research on mental health primarily originates from high-income countries, while information about the rest of the world remains limited.Aims:This study examined: (1) the available published research evidence regarding the association between neighborhood-level deprivation and indicators of mental health and illness in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), […]

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Clinical, Quality of Life, and Health Care Utilization Outcomes of Switching the Administration Route of Antipsychotic Medications Among People With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Ahead of Print. Background:Using long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotic medications can improve the outcomes of patients with schizophrenia, such as reducing symptom severity and hospitalization risk. However, the outcomes of switching from oral to LAI antipsychotic medications are unclear.Aims:The purpose of this review is to provide a summary of […]

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