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PYRAMID POWER PROJECT
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Abstract
Due to technology in the current world, food preservation has become an integrated process from farms to houses. It is not all about mass production of foods from the farms, but safe, innocuous, and healthy production and preservation. The current food production methodology, in a way, interferes with the nutrient's contents, vitamins, and the quality of the foods, which alters the tastes of the foods. The pyramid power combines a technique that combines both preservation and food packaging in one process. The pyramid concept lies in the positive advantage experienced on the foods and items placed on them. The process borrows the mystery of the dimensional ratio of great Egyptian pyramids, which affects the growth of microorganisms on the preserved foods in the containers and food packages. The shape of the pyramid plays a role in preserving any other chemical or physical treatment. The foods are dehydrated without spoiling, the bacterial culture's growth rate is negatively affected as the plant's growth rate is massively increased. The paper also presents the effectiveness and efficacy of preserving the pyramid power on different PH, bacterial counts, color, and odor. The pyramids are of various kinds built in other regions worldwide from the Egyptian concept. Its application is used on many occasions to preserve different foods. The idea has been borrowed by various students who have tried to better the idea and develop a more practical machine for proper food preservation and production.
Pyramid power
. The nutritional contents of the foods are retained (Abdelsamie, Rahman & Mustafa, 2014). Unlike many of the current food preservation and packaging techniques, the power source of the pyramid power is inexhaustible and free. Its logistics are well known and can be employed anywhere, be it at the home, office, or any other place. The science behind it is pretty simple and does not require any technology. It was only filling the pyramids with packets of food which is an endless activity.
Method
Participants
The research was conducted with 16 participants. 13 female, two male, and one Nonbinaries individual. The participants age ranged between 18 years to 45 years.
Materials
The materials used in the study's administration were questionnaires that had open and closed-ended questions on the background information on the pyramid power. Oral questions were also used for illiterate individuals who were not able to read and write well.
Pre-belief was measured with a 12-item scale (where 1 = "this is definitely false" to 5 = "this is definitely true"). Six items were related to information that was covered in the belief manipulation, all having to do with pyramids' preservative power (e.g., "A pyramid will dehydrate and mummify things, without decay or mold growing"; α = .84). Six additional items were related to information that was not covered, all having to do with the impact of pyramids on living things (e.g., "Standing under a pyramid for a minute helps the athlete perform better"; α = .94).
Post-test Belief.
Post-belief was measured with the same 12-item scale but with the items in a new random order. For material covered in the manipulation, α = .94
Experience.
The experience was measured from how every individual articulated their issues and answered their questions.
Results
Paired t-test
The data were analyzed using a dependent samples t test. The independent variable was the belief on pyramids’ preservative power on various items, and the conditions were items included in the pyramid search and items not included in the pyramid. The dependent variable was rated True/False on a scale of 1 to 12, (where 1 = "this is definitely false" to 12 = "this is definitely true").The mean rated True/False for Items included in the pyramid search was 6.31while the Standard Deviation(SD) for the same was 4.16.The mean rated True/False Items not included in the Pyramid search was 2.75 while the Standard Deviation (SD) for the same was 3.87. With alpha = .94, the two population means were significantly different, t (24) = 3.88, p < .001, d = .89
Discussion
Pyramid Research.
The use of food technology around the globe has resulted in food preservation becoming an integrated process from farms to houses. The pyramid power is a technique that combines both the packaging and preservation processes of food in one process. The nutritional contents of the food are usually retained. In the pyramid power the power house is inexhaustible and free. The idea behind it is to ensure that the pyramid is filled with packets of food which are endless.
Connection with literature review
This research was applied to 16 participants who ranged between 18 and 45 years. 13 participants were male , 2 participants were female and one who identified as non binaries. The method applied was use of questionnaires for the literate participants and interviews for the illiterate participants. Both a pre-test belief and a posttest belief were conducted on a 12-item scale and their results recorded. Every participant had a different way of articulating their experience thus findings were recorded as per the different articulations by the participants.
Conclusion
The pyramid research was therefore concluded to be beneficial in food preservation and packaging especially for those people who have knowledge on how the pyramid power works. Thus the benefits of the pyramid power motivate use of the pyramids more than other methods because of the economic advantages and its advantages in food preservation.
References
Abdelsamie, M. A., Rahman, R. A., & Mustafa, S. (2014). Pyramid shape power as a new halal-compliant food preservation and packaging technique. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 121, 232-242.
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