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Nutrition habits and frequency of consumption of selected food products by the residents of urban and rural area from the Subcarpathian voivodeship
Background. The dynamic development and change of rural lifestyle patterns towards urban patterns has been noticeable
since the second half of the 20th century. Nutrition, as well as the lifestyle in urban and rural areas, has undergone a
process of urbanization, which is evidenced by the following an increasing number of overweight people.
Objective. The aim of the study was to compare eating habits and frequency of consumption of selected groups of
products between the urban and rural residents from the Subcarpathian voivodeship.
Material and methods. The survey was carried out on a sample of 279 persons from urban and rural areas of
Subcarpathian voivodeship. In this study, the diagnostic survey method consisting of 3 (different) parts was used. To
check the significance of differences, U Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used; whereas correlations between
variables were determined by the Spearman's rank of correlation coefficient and Pearson's chi-quadrat test.
Results. In the part concerning eating habits, statistically significant differences occurred among others; for the
circumstances of eating meals, the most commonly consumed snacks, food processing techniques and the most frequently
selected fat. In the part concerning the frequency of consumption of individual product groups, significant differences
occurred among others; for dairy products, grain products, fast food, alcohol. There was a correlation between the
frequency of consumption of individual products and socioeconomic status.
Conclusions. The quality of the diet and eating habits of urban and rural residents of Subcarpathian voivodeship does not
differ significantly. The detected differences in eating habits were more influenced by the education and socioeconomic
status of the examined group than the place of residence
Characteristic features of thermoluminescence in neodymium-doped gallium sulfide
The thermoluminescence (TL) of neodymium-doped gallium sulfide (GaS:Nd) single crystals was measured from 10 K to room temperature with various heating rates between 0.2 and 1.0 K/sec. Two peaks centered at 70.9 K and 116.0 K were observed when using a heating rate of 0.8 K/sec. Initial rise and curve fitting methods were used to obtain information on trap activation energies. Activation energies of 94 and 216 meV were found for two analyzable peaks. The heating rate dependencies of TL intensities revealed that one of the observed peaks showed normal behavior according to the one trap-one recombination model, whereas the other model showed anomalous heating rate behavior. TL experiments were also carried out at different illumination temperatures from 10 to 32 K; maximum peak temperature remained almost the same at various illumination temperatures. This behavior indicated that the revealed trapping centers are single, discrete levels. The TL glow curves of undoped GaS crystals were also investigated and the effect of Nd doping on the TL characteristics of crystals is discussed in the manuscript