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Red Meat And Our Health: Separating Scientific Fact From Politics, Emotion And Misinformation, Peter Ballerstedt

Forage Symposium at the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Convention

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends restricting our intake of saturated fat to less than 7 percent of calories, and our cholesterol intake to less than 300 mg per day (less than two eggs). They promote the use of low-fat milk and lean meat, and the use of “meat substitutes” in school lunches. These recommendations are consistent with the official dietary policy that began in 1977 with the release of the first Dietary Goals for the United States by the United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. These guidelines were not justified by the then-available science. …

Animal Welfare--Animal Rights: "Protecting Animals Or A Threat To U.S. Food Production And Our Way Of Life?", W. Roy Burris

Forage Symposium at the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Convention

Cattle producers are accustomed to dealing with many forms of adversity. Adversity generally comes in the form of blizzards, droughts, floods and economic conditions but now we must deal with animal activists who have their own opinions of what we can and cannot do as it relates to animal welfare and animal rights.

Zinc Deficiency-Associated Dermatitis In Infants During A Nationwide Shortage Of Injectable Zinc--Washington, Dc, And Houston, Texas 2012-2013, Duke Ruktanonchai, Michael Lowe, Scott A. Norton, Tiana Garrett, Lamia Soghier, Edward Weiss, June Hatfield, Jeffrey Lapinski, Steven Abrams, Wanda Barfield

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

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Emu Today, January 17, 2014, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Snap And Food Consumption, Hilary W. Hoynes, Leslie Mcgranahan, Diane W. Schanzenbach

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

In this paper we describe the relationship between SNAP and food consumption. We first present the neoclassical framework for analyzing in-kind transfers, which unambiguously predicts that SNAP will increase food consumption, and then describe the SNAP benefit formula. We then present new evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey on food spending patterns among households overall, SNAP recipients, and other subgroups of interest. We find that a substantial fraction of SNAP-eligible households spend an amount that is above the program’s needs standard. We also show that the relationship between family size and food spending is steeper than the slope of the …

Presumed Vs Confirmed Full Code, K M. Rogers, Lisa Marr

Hospital Medicine

Background Many problems exist regarding inpatient code status: advance directives are rarely completed in outpatient and inpatient settings; patients preferences regarding code status are often not elicited; physicians do not provide adequate information to allow patients to make informed decisions about code status; code status discussions are often delayed during an admission until it is too late for the patients to participate; and providers inappropriately extrapolate DNR orders to limit other treatments (such as artificial nutrition, ICU admission, etc.) Most hospitals default to 'Full Code' as the status for patients admitted, particularly in patients with whom a code status discussion …

Developmental Link Between Sex And Nutrition; Doublesex Regulates Sex-Specific Mandible Growth Via Juvenile Hormone Signaling In Stag Beetles, Hiroki Gotoh, Hitoshi Miyakawa, Asano Ishikawa, Yuki Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Sugime, Douglas J. Emlen, Laura C. Lavine, Toru Miura

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Sexual dimorphisms in trait expression are widespread among animals and are especially pronounced in ornaments and weapons of sexual selection, which can attain exaggerated sizes. Expression of exaggerated traits is usually male-specific and nutrition sensitive. Consequently, the developmental mechanisms generating sexually dimorphic growth and nutritiondependent phenotypic plasticity are each likely to regulate the expression of extreme structures. Yet we know little about how either of these mechanisms work, much less how they might interact with each other. We investigated the developmental mechanisms of sex-specific mandible growth in the stag beetle Cyclommatus metallifer, focusing on doublesex gene function and its …

The Pacifican January 16, 2014, University Of The Pacific

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Downtown Tasting Event Jan. 15 Features Nutrition With Flavor, Staff

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Erratum: Peg3 Mutational Effects On Reproduction And Placenta-Specific Gene Families (Plos One (2014) 9:1 Doi: 10.1371/Annotation/8de03ec5-E62c-4135-87ee- 4928475090a8), Joomyeong Kim, Wesley D. Frey, Hongzhi He, Hana Kim, Muhammad B. Ekram, Arundhati Bakshi, Mohammad Faisal, Bambarendage P.U. Perera, An Ye, Ryoichi Teruyama

Faculty Publications

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Aphid Amino Acid Transporter Regulates Glutamine Supply To Intracellular Bacterial Symbionts, Daniel R.G. Price, Honglin Feng, James D. Baker, Selvan Bavan, Charles W. Luetje, Alex C.C. Wilson

Faculty Publications

Endosymbiotic associations have played a major role in evolution. However, the molecular basis for the biochemical interdependence of these associations remains poorly understood. The aphid-Buchnera endosymbiosis provides a powerful system to elucidate how these symbioses are regulated. In aphids, the supply of essential amino acids depends on an ancient nutritional symbiotic association with the gamma-proteobacterium Buchnera aphidicola. Buchnera cells are densely packed in specialized aphid bacteriocyte cells. Here we confirm that five putative amino acid transporters are highly expressed and/or highly enriched in Acyrthosiphon pisum bacteriocyte tissues. When expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, two bacteriocyte amino acid transporters displayed significant …

Does Outstanding Student Debt Reduce Asset Accumulation?, William Elliott, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Ilsung Nam

Center for Social Development Research

In this study, the authors use the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) to assess whether student loan debt is associated with total assets. They find that median 2009 assets for households with no outstanding student loan debt ($207,000) are higher than they are for households with outstanding student loan debt ($174,000). Multivariate statistics indicate that a household with a four-year college graduate, outstanding student loan debt, and median assets ($451,520) in 2007 had $136,73 (36%) less home equity in 2009 than a household with a similar household with no outstanding student loan debt. The main policy implication of this study …

The Rak/Frk Tyrosine Kinase Associates With And Internalizes The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, Ling Jin, Rolf J. Craven

Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications

Src is the founding member of a diverse family of intracellular tyrosine kinases, and Src has a key role in promoting cancer growth, in part, through its association with receptor tyrosine kinases. However, some Src-related proteins have widely divergent physiological roles, and these proteins include the Rak/Frk tyrosine kinase (Frk stands for Fyn-related kinase), which inhibits cancer cell growth and suppresses tumorigenesis. Rak/Frk phosphorylates and stabilizes the Pten tumor suppressor, protecting it from degradation, and Rak/Frk associates with the retinoblastoma (Rb) tumor suppressor. However, the role of Rak/Frk in receptor-mediated signaling is largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that Rak/Frk associates …

Sodium-Coupled Neutral Amino Acid Transporter 1 (Snat1) Modulates L-Citrulline Transport And Nitric Oxide (No) Signaling In Piglet Pulmonary Arterial Endothelial Cells, Anna Dikalova, Angela Fagiana, Judy L. Aschner, Michael Aschner, Marshall Summar, Candice D. Fike

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Rationale

There is evidence that impairments in nitric oxide (NO) signaling contribute to chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. The L-arginine-NO precursor, L-citrulline, has been shown to ameliorate pulmonary hypertension. Sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporters (SNATs) are involved in the transport of L-citrulline into pulmonary arterial endothelial cells (PAECs). The functional link between the SNATs, L-citrulline, and NO signaling has not yet been explored.

Objective

We tested the hypothesis that changes in SNAT1 expression and transport function regulate NO production by modulating eNOS coupling in newborn piglet PAECs.

Methods and Results

A silencing RNA (siRNA) technique was used to assess the contribution …

Easterner, Vol. 65, No. 12, January 15, 2014, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles on a rally of the Dream Act, men's hockey, e-cigarette laws, the completion of the JFK Learning Commons renovation, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events, the men's and women's basketball seasons, and women's tennis.

Commit To Losing 10 Pounds In 10 Weeks During Scale Back Alabama, Natalie Wade

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Spectator 2014-01-15, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

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Volume 51, Number 22: January 15, 2014, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Identification Of Quantitative Trait Loci (Qtl) Underlying Protein, Oil, And Five Major Fatty Acids’ Contents In Soybean, M Akond, Shiming Liu, Melanie Boney, Stella K. Kantartzi, David A. Lightfoot, Nacer Bellaloui, Khalid Meksem, My Abdelmajid Kassem

Articles

Improved seed composition in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] for protein and oil quality is one of the major goals of soybean breeders. A group of genes that act as quantitative traits with their effects can alter protein, oil, palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acids percentage in soybean seeds. The objective of this study was to identify Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) controlling protein, oil, and fatty acids content in a set of F5:8 RILs de-rived from a cross between lines, ‘MD 96-5722’ and ‘Spencer’ using 5376 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers from the Illumina Infinium SoySNP6K BeadChip array. QTL …

Emu Today, January 15, 2014, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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2013 Update On The Healthcare Safety Net, Tennessee. Department Of Health.

Healthcare Safety Net Annual Report

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January 14, 2014 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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Emu Today, January 14, 2014, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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The Role Of Piua, An Outer Membrane Iron Receptor, In The Pathogenesis Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Brandon J. Beddingfield

Biology Theses

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common pathogen in those with compromised immunity. It has been attributed to deaths in the majority of cases of Cystic Fibrosis. Using a strain of P. aeruginosa containing no functional piuA gene, coding for an outer membrane siderophore/iron complex receptor, we show that several virulence determinants are upregulated. These include pyocyanin production, adherence to lung epithelia, and cytotoxicity of lung epithelia. Growth was diminished in iron depleted media, suggesting that even though individual cells may be more virulent in the knockout strains, the overall resulting infection may be less severe. This may have important implications for …

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, January 14, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

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Practical Application Of Research Outcomes In The Field For Elite Athletes, David B. Pyne

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Coaches, athletes and practitioners are keen to employ effective evidence-based interventions and strategies in the field to reduce the risk of illness compromising training and competitive performance. Factors affecting immune function and the risk of illness in athletes include: the volume, intensity and load of exercise training, degree of exposure to pathogens, underlying health and medical status of individual athletes, lifestyle behaviours including nutrition, sleep and recovery, and psychosocial issues related to training and competition. Given the lack of specific research studies on elite athletes it is necessary to look more broadly at related disciplines including clinical immunology, general medicine, …

Mucosal Defences, Antimicrobial Protein Concentrations And Risk Of Infection In Athletes, Michael Gleeson

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

The mucosal immune system functions as the first line of defence against pathogen invasion by preventing microbes adhering to mucosal surfaces and interrupting pathogen replication during transcytosis through epithelial cells. An important part of this defence mechanism is the secretion of antimicrobial proteins (AMPs) that have a broad range of activities against microorganisms including the direct inactivation of viruses. Some AMPs including lysozyme, lactoferrin, cathelicidin and defensins are produced by epithelial cells, neutrophils and macrophages in the lungs and are secreted into the biofilm covering the inner surface of the airways, thereby creating a barrier that is chemically lethal to …

Immune And Acute Phase Markers In Exercising Adults, P. Horn, N. West, D. Pyne, M. Brun, S. Barret, G. Koerbin, P. Fricker, S. Lahtinen, A. Cripps

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Many reports have documented the anti-inflammatory effects of regular exercise in adults. However clinicians and researchers remain uncertain on selecting specific biomarkers that are useful for predicting or monitoring chronic inflammatory states and/or disease. Clearer identification of markers (or clusters of markers) in physically active individuals that vary from established references ranges will indicate the extent of the purported anti-inflammatory effect of regular exercise.

Physically active adults were recruited from the community to participate in a prospective study comparing self-reported health outcomes and exercise activity across 150 days of dietary intervention. Of the 450 participants recruited, 64 males (mean age …

Effects Of “Living High-Training Low” On Male/Female Obese Adolescent’S Morphological Indices And Glucose/Lipid Metabolism, Ru Wang, Hong-Xia Wang, Ya-Li Xu, P.R.Mabounda Kounga, Pei-Jie Chen

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Abstract

Objective:This study aims to investigate the effects of 4 weeks living high-training low (HiLo) on obese adolescent’s body composition, glucose/lipid metabolism and gender differences.

Method: 37 overweight and obese adolescents (13-16 old), volunteers participated in the fully closed weight-loss exercises. They were randomly divided into two groups as the normal oxygen group (n=19) and hypoxia group (n=18) and exercised an intervention for four-weeks. For the normal oxygen group, aerobic exercises and diet control intervention methods were used. Exercise intensity and individualized exercise prescription were based upon subject health condition and exercise tolerance test. Dieticians according to subject basal …