Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Enrichment culture is the use of certain growth media to favor the growth of a particular microorganism over others, enriching a sample for the microorganism of interest. . This is generally done by introducing nutrients or environmental conditions that only allow the growth of an organism of inte
Food fortification is the addition of micronutrients (essential trace elements and vitamins) to food products. Food enrichment specifically means adding back nutrients lost during food processing, while fortification includes adding nutrients not naturally present. [1]
The paradox of enrichment is a term from population ecology coined by Michael Rosenzweig in 1971. [1] He described an effect in six predator–prey models where increasing the food available to the prey caused the predator's population to destabilize. A common example is that if the food supply of a prey such as a rabbit is overabundant, its ...
Unjust enrichment, in civil law; Enriched category, in mathematics; Chaptalization, a process in winemaking; Food fortification, the process of adding nutrients to cereals or grain; Enrichment in education, activities outside the formal curriculum; Enrichment of breathing gas for scuba diving (e.g. in Enriched Air Nitrox)
Cultural enrichment can refer to: The generally understood objective within Arts in education to expose children to the arts; Culture change, a term used in public policy making that regards the role of culture on individual and community behavior; Cultural pluralism, when a society has subset groups that maintain a unique cultural identity and ...
Environmental enrichment is the stimulation of the brain by its physical and social surroundings. Brains in richer, more stimulating environments have higher rates of synaptogenesis and more complex dendrite arbors , leading to increased brain activity.
This differentiates enrichment from fortification, which is the process of introducing new nutrients to a food. 79 countries have fortification or enrichment for wheat or maize flour made "mandatory", according to the Global Fortification Data Exchange.
Next to individual antecedents, organizational circumstances such as resources and skills gained at work foster the occurrence of work–family enrichment (Voydanoff, 2004). [28] For example, abilities such as interpersonal communication skills are learned at work and may then facilitate constructive communication with family members at home.