Is it safe to eat an Apple Coated with Wax?

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Is it safe to eat an Apple Coated with Wax?

Apple is one of the most grown fruits worldwide. The scientific name of an Apple is Malus domestica Borkh. It is rich in vitamins C&E, zinc, iron, and polyphenols. This is the reason why “An apple a day keeps Doctor away” is popular among. It helps to mitigate chronic disease and nutrient deficiencies in human body.

Why are apples coated with wax?

Apples are coated with Edible wax to improve their appearances. It also helps to preserve food quality, reduce moisture, prevent contaminations from pathogens, and extend shelf life. Shellac resin and Carnauba wax are commonly used edible wax on apple.

Is Edible wax safe to consume?

Some research papers claim that edible wax is not harmful to human, and it plays a vital role to prevent food waste. The coating done in post-harvest methods help to increase shelf life. However, most consumers reject wax coated apple thinking that it may cause health issues by consuming it.

How to consume wax coated apple?

Some people rinse an apple with warm water to get rid of wax before consuming. You can also use vinegar water to remove the wax. By peeling you can remove both wax and skin of an apple.

ICC World Cup: South Africa first win in Super Eight against USA

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ICC World Cup: South Africa first win in Super Eight against USA

It’s a heart-breaking news for USA cricket followers where USA lost their first game of super eight with South Africa played on 19th June 2024 at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua.

USA won the toss and elected to bowl first against South Africa. US bowler Netravalkar got the early wickets of Reeza Hendricks in powerplay; however, Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram played a match winning partnership of more than one hundred runs. Quinton de Kock played a superb knock of 74 runs hitting five sixes and seven fours. Aiden Markram scored 46 runs hitting one six and four fours.

US bowlers were not able to get opponents wickets in regular interval. As a result, South Africa scored mighty total of 194 runs in 20 overs losing four wickets. In response, USA scored 176 runs losing six wickets.

A Business Analysis Tool SWOT

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A Business Analysis Tool SWOT

Business analysis tools are used to analyze internal and external environment of any business. The tool will answer all the questions on business opportunities. There are different types of business analysis tools and SWOT is one of them. A SWOT analysis is a powerful way to examine internal and external factors that affect a company’s performance. It is applied mainly in initial stages before the company launches new plans, mainly strategic marketing plans.

There are four contributing elements that must be examined to complete the analysis, that are; strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Among them, strengths and weaknesses are under the control of a company. Therefore, they are also called internal factors. Whereas external analysis focuses on examining external factors. These factors are grouped into opportunities and threats to the company. SWOT analysis help to analyze four factors i.e. Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threat.

  • Strengths: Strengths are internal factors of an organization that helps to achieve its goal and objective. It will differentiate and help to attain competitive advantage.
  • Weaknesses: Weakness are those attributes inside the company which are unfavorable to achieve organization objective.
  • Opportunities; Opportunities are external factors and are favorable for achieving the organization’s objective.

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Gram Negative- Enterobacteriaceae

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Gram Negative- Enterobacteriaceae

The Enterobacteriaceae is large family of Gram-negative bacteria. They are isolated in the medical setting and are responsible for several types of infections counting urinary tract infections, blood stream infections, food borne infections, and meningitis among others. The natural habitat of the bacteria is the intestinal tract of man and animals. The Enterobacteriaceae comprises rod-shaped bacteria that are metabolically active and can grow in artificial media. They can grow in either aerobic or anaerobic condition. Some species are motile can ferment wide range of carbohydrates. They also have a complex antigenic structure, and able to produce toxins and other virulence factors.

The Enterobacteriaceae family is composed of several defined groups of bacteria, such as, Shigella, Escherichia, Klebsiella, Enterobacter etc. Each group is classified according to the similarity of biochemical reactions displayed by the organisms. For an instance Shigella and Escherichia are closely related to each other, both biochemically and serologically. The organisms with same phenotypic properties were categorized into same group or species. However, in recent days, the techniques like nucleic acid hybridization and nucleic acid sequencing are widely used to identify the bacteria species. They are also used to determine the relationship between different organisms. The Enterobacteriaceaeinclude more than 63 genera and 100 species. Nonetheless, 20-25 species are clinically important and others are encountered rarely.

(Source: Gomella LG, Haist SA; Clinician’s Pocket Reference, Eleventh Edition: http://www.accessmedicine.com)

What is Business Plan?

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What is Business Plan?

Business plan is written document which serves as a map. It consists of business goal and methods to achieve these goals. It helps to make crucial business decisions, understand financial aspects, set specific goals, collect important information related to market or industry and avoid obstacles that are expected to be encountered.

Type of Business plan

There are different types of business plan that used by different companies. Startup plan, internal, strategic, annual and growth etc. are the examples of business plan.

1.     Lean Startup Plan

Lean Startup Plan is the most typical plan and is designed to help to start the firms. It includes the company description, product and service, market evaluation and the projected investment and management team.

2.    Internal Business Plan

Internal business plan targets specific group of people within the business. This will give more details on company’s current situation in terms of profit, operation cost and help to summarize market size and impact on company profit.

3.    Strategic Business Plan

Strategic business plan helps to lay out a foundational plan for entire company. It also provides a high-level view of firm goal. It helps the firm to understand their customer need and gaps that need to be filled. It also allows company to make a change to improve and grow from their past progress by influences all the employees to work as a team for common goal with appropriate policy in the firm.

4.     Annual or Operational Business Plan

The Annual or operational business plan is vital for operational business management and gives a company the detail of the nature of its business and the sales and marketing strategy for the business success. It also helps an organization to know about where the essential resources can be attained, reduce possible risks, and prepare required and contingency plans.

5.     Growth or Expansion Business Plan

The growth plan or expansion business plans are in-depth description of proposed growth. This can be prepared for internal or external purposes. For an example, if the company required growth in sales, a growth plan may include complete plan for marketing and investment plan to satisfy the investors.

Reference

Paige, A. (2019, January 31). 6 Types of Business Plans. Retrieved from Chron: smallbusiness

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