The objective of this research to study the chemical composition and microbial load
for some types of pies by performing various chemical and microbial analysis of samples
collected, from different parts of the Syrian coast which are famous for its
production.
This study showed a large variation in the chemical composition of samples by type
of the pastry and place brought from, for example, the proportion of dry matter for peppers
and chard pies collected from Banias was, 75.71% and 44.90%, respectively, and the
percentage of dry matter was 73.88% and 76.18% and the proportion of protein was,
17.76% and 24 .88% for cheese pies collected from Tartous and Latakia 1, respectively.
This study indicated that all the pies contain a high percentage of fat [the lowest in chard
pies (17.64%) and the highest in cheese pies (38.12%)]. Furthermore a high percentage of
sodium was found (the highest in cheese pies 15.31 mg / 100 g and lowest in pepper pies
7.82 mg / 100 g).
The study also showed that these meals meet international standards in terms of
content of lead, cadmium, Nevertheless they are poor in fiber content except for chard pies
which were the most balanced in terms of components, making it the best type of pies in
nutritional aspect.
Finally, the results showed that the microbial load was too high, as the total census of
bacteria was higher than 105 and the total census of yeasts and fungi was higher than 102.
In addition, all pies are not conformed to the Syrian legislation. The study also showed
absence of E.coli and St. aureus of all samples.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of handling on the quality and safety
of Sea Bass, Dicentrarchus labrax. The samples were collected from the marine waters of
Tartous, and were traced from catch till arrival to consumers. Sensorial
and microbial
examinations during fish handling were done, and some physical and chemical
characteristics of waters in the fishing area were determined. The results
showed that the sensorial characteristics differed during fish handling and started to
decrease in the marketplace. The results also showed that the number of microorganisms
increased during fish handling and reached the highest level in the marketplace. This
increase was observed particularly in summer. The gills were the most infected part by
handling followed by the scales and then the eyes. The microbial results also showed the
presence of gram positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus Aureus, and gram negative
bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Proteus sp., Salmonella spp., Shigella sp., Pseudomonas
spp.. The market was the most infecting with these microbes.
Rural transport is one of the basic requirements imposed by the daily life conditions,
so it should be has of certain conditions and basic standards which it purposed of achieving
customer satisfaction and reach the level of a certain quality of se
rvice provided by rural
public transport. For that, Many studies were focusing on a number of most important
criteria such as the waiting periods, comfort, safety, adherence regular capacity of bus,
commitment tariff set for the fare, In addition to the commitment to a specific time.
In this research, interviews with a random sample of residents of Sheikh Badr City
were producted in order to obtain the information needed to evaluation the quality and
appropriateness of public transport services on the line of Tartous-Sheikh Badr. After that
we recorded the data obtained and analyzed the results using the program (excel). One of
the most important results that we have obtained is the length of the waiting period, which
ranged from 50-60 minutes.
Search finished with evaluation the public transport, suggestions and
recommendations to improve the efficiency of transport in rural areas.
