Future of Food: Journal on Food

The effect of wuluh starfruit (Averrhoa bilimbi L.) added on the physicochemical and antimicrobial characteristics of chitosan-PVA edible film

EDDWINA AIDILA FITRIA
Department of Agricultural Product Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ekasakti University, 25115, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia
I KETUT BUDARAGA
Department of Agricultural Product Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ekasakti University, 25115, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia
RERA AGA SALIHAT
Department of Agricultural Product Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ekasakti University, 25115, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Edible film is an eco-friendly packaging innovation that can be a solution in dealing with the plastic waste problem. Apart from that, edible film is expected to have antimicrobial properties that can extend packaged food products' shelf life. Wuluh starfruit (Averrhoa bilimbi L.), a tropical plant from Southeast Asia that contains organic acid compounds, functions as an antimicrobial that can be added to edible films. This research aims to de- termine the effect of wuluh starfruit juice addition in making the edible film in terms of its micro-bacterial and physicochemical properties. A Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with seven treatment levels and five replications was used as the experimental de- sign. The results showed that the treatment with the addition of 4% wuluh starfruit juice (Treatment C) with an antibacterial value of the disc method of 1.28 mm was the most optimal treatment because the bacterial inhibitory power at this concentration increased the most optimally compared to other treatments. The physicochemical characteristics of the treatment C edible file are moisture content of 17.29 %; thickness of 0.55 mm; water vapour transmission rate of 60.01 g/m2/day; solubility of 42.79 %; tensile strength of 22.29 kgf/cm2; elongation of 44.47 %; and pH of 6.23

Keywords : antimicrobial; edible film; physicochemical properties of wuluh starfruit .

Myanmar High School Students’ Perceptions of College and International Readiness in Western Society

Mark Speckien
Louisiana Tech University
Mark Speckien
Louisiana Tech University
International students are more likely to experience mental health issues and increased stress. Mental health is often surrounded by negative societal stigmas that act as barriers to seeking support and tend to lead to greater mental health concerns. International students tend to seek socioemotional support from other international student peers rather than seeking out counseling services. However, this study shows that LGBTQIA+ international students were less likely to seek socioemotional support from other international student peers due to fear of their sexual orientation being discovered and their families finding out about their identity. This study examines how LGBTQIA+ international students talk about their experiences on and off campus in relations to their socioemotional well-being. Specifically, this study sought to better understand the complexities of LGBTQIA+ students’ identities, and the challenges they faced in terms of their socioemotional well-being. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
Keywords : international students, socioemotional well-being, mental health, identity development, intersectionality, LGBTQIA